Mobile Website Themes and Plugins

One of the things we’ve discovered is that our members are a trendsetting bunch. And since one of the hottest trends on line is the mobile internet, and specifically mobile marketing, you should know that we’re planning on some cool tools to make your mobile sites work better, look better, and build faster.

And since everything we do here is based on WordPress, that means the development of mobile website themes and mobile website plugins.

You might not know this, but as of 2012 (and perhaps as early as this year, given the huge success of the iPhone 4s), we’ve finally come to the point where HALF of all internet traffic is generated by mobile devices.

That’s right — There are as many people accessing the internet via their cell phones and tables as there are people who get online via desktops and laptops. Amazing.

Dan and I started talking about this today (November 2, 2011) on our webinar, and we got some great feedback about our plans — and a few great ideas.

We’ve added those “wordpress for mobile” ideas to the ideas we already have on our “big idea list”, but we know that we can’t think of everything (though, we try). So we’ve got a few questions for you.

• Are you planning on building a mobile website, or converting your existing site to work better on mobile?
• What have you seen in existing mobile wordpress themes that you don’t like?
• What features do you think we should add to our upcoming mobile theme?
• What kinds of cool things would you like to see us do with a wordpress plugin for mobile?

I’ll give you one idea right out of the idea pile: We need a way to vary the content so that if the user is on a mobile device, they see different text on a page than if they are on a desktop or laptop computer. That way, you can easily eliminate certain photos, or even javascript content, that you either don’t want or that doesn’t display properly on a mobile device.

So, what do YOU need on a mobile site? What would be REALLY COOL to see when viewing your site on an iPhone or Android? Got any ideas? Share them here, and we’ll add them to our list for an upcoming theme or plugin.

Thanks, in advance, for all your great ideas.

-Mark

P.S. By the way…even if you think your idea is silly, or not a big deal, or off the wall crazy, post it here as a comment anyway. Why? Because your idea may actually be FANTASTIC! And, even if it isn’t, it may inspire another idea from another member, or from one of us. So whatever’s on your mind, write it here. Now.

Cool!

–M