Wordpress mobile web development beginner's guide / Rachel McCollin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCollin, Rachel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mobile computing--Programming.

Mobile computing.

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Make your WordPress website mobile-friendly and get to grips with the two hottest trends in web design- Mobile and WordPress.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Acknowledgement; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Using Plugins to Make Your Site Mobile Friendly; Before we start; Plugins or responsive design - what to choose; How do mobile plugins work?; Identifying the right plugin for our site; Time for action - identify how your site should work on mobiles; Plugins that will make our site mobile; Time for action - installing and configuring WPtouch; WordPress Mobile Pack - number two in the charts

Time for action - installing and configuring WordPress Mobile PackSummary; Chapter 2: Using Responsive Themes; Mobile themes versus responsive themes; Identifying the best approach for your site; Options for developing a mobile site; Identifying the best approach for our site; Twenty Eleven - configuring the default WordPress theme; Time for action - configuring the Twenty Eleven theme; More responsive themes - installation and configuration; Scherzo - installation and configuration; Time for action - installing and configuring the Scherzo theme; Ari - another clean minimal theme

Time for action - installing and configuring the Ari themeCodium Extend; Time for action - installing and configuring the Codium Extend theme; More responsive themes; Taking it further - using a responsive theme just for mobile devices; Showing visitors different themes on different devices - how to do it; Stage 1 - installing and configuring themes; Stage 2 - installing and configuring a theme switcher; Time for action - configuring the WordPress Mobile Pack plugin as a theme switcher; Summary; Chapter 3: Setting up Media Queries; What you will need for this chapter

Working with the WordPress EditorTime for action - opening our stylesheet in the WordPress Editor; Creating a fluid layout; Time for action - digging into the Carborelli's layout styling; Time for action - making our site fluid; Moving on - planning for our media queries; Identifying our breakpoints; In what ways should a site be different on different devices?; Before setting media queries - getting the browser to behave; Time for action - adding the code to set our width correctly; Writing our media queries; Time for action - writing our first media query

Testing our fluid layout on a smartphoneTime for action - a media query for smartphones in landscape mode; Reviewing what we've done; Summary; Chapter 4: Adjusting the Layout; Need for adjusting the layout; Altering the layout of our header; Time for action - adjusting the header for iPads; Time for action - adjusting the header layout for phones in landscape mode; Time for action - adjusting the header layout for phones in portrait mode; Moving the sidebar below the content; Time for action - moving the sidebar below the content for tablets in portrait mode

Time for action - rearranging our widgets

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613906359

9781283593908

1283593904

9781849515733

1849515735

OCLC:

810317536