Now its very necessary to make a mobile friendly version of your blog or site in the ultra fast growing Mobile and smartphone market in world. Now most of visitors and internet user browsing net via their mobile phones and if your site/blog not compatible with it, you may left behind. But now if you've a blog at Blogger than you no need to worry. Blogger has introduced a new system mobile templates which solve this problem in few clicks.
Already a lots of online services offered to create mobile version of blog but if you don't familiar with them they may a headache for you also they have a url with added their name. You already have noticed my site;s mobile version which based on such an online service. So it is best to go with the native one offered on same platform without redirecting to some other URL. Though Wordpress already offer similar service but blogger's user waiting for it from a long time and now finally their wish comes true at New Year 2011.
Feature Highlights in Mobile Template:
Preview: Get a glimpse of what your blog will look like by clicking on the Mobile Preview button. You can also see it on your smartphone by scanning the QR-code to the right of the options.
Automatic Redirection: All opted-in blogs will automatically be redirected to the mobile view when accessed from a smartphone*.
Template Support: We are initially supporting 6 variants of the Simple template and 6 variants of the Awesome template. If you have used one of these 12 templates through our Template Designer, your mobile view will be rendered in the same style as your desktop view (other template variants will be rendered as Simple). Some gadgets are also supported**.
Mobile Ads: Mobile AdSense ads will be displayed at the top of the post pages and at the bottom of the index page if the blog has an AdSense gadget or inline blog ads.
Comments and Videos: You will be able to make comments and watch videos.
How to Activate Mobile Templates Version on Blogger:
1st login to Blogger in Draft. Remember currently this feature is only available in draft. Just after you logging in to dashboard, you will see notification asking you to activate Mobile templates for the blogs you own.
If not, then go to Settings for which blog you wants to give a mobile look. Than goto Email & Mobile option and check on option "Yes, On mobile devices, show the mobile version of my template".
This will make a mobile version of your site just after selecting and you can preview your blog’s mobile template using the "Mobile Preview" button there.
The best thing is you still have your same url and there is no different URL for accessing mobile version of your blog. Now onward whenever you or your visitor will try to access blog from mobile phone, blogger will detect and switch automatically to Mobile version for your blogspot's blog.
I hope this will be great gift for blogger having blog and needs a mobile version from long time. Now its very simple within few clicks to have your blog mobile and future ready.
Hey Manoj, Can u tell me the same procedure for wordpress as I'm also using URL redirect method.
ReplyDeleteFor WordPress you can install free plugin available like jetpack or search in plugins for more.
ReplyDeleteIs it also possible without plugin?
ReplyDeleteYe many paid services available, but best to go with plugin.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot maanu...
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