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WordPress Mobile Apps for Android and BlackBerry Updated

The WordPress mobile apps for Android and BlackBerry have both been updated with some shiny new features, like a new comment notification system and improved VideoPress integration . There’s no word yet on an update to the iOS mobile app , but the team still has its eyes set on making this one a major bug-fixing release.

WordPress Mobile App Teams on Twitter

Are you gripping the edge of your seat in anticipation of the upcoming WordPress mobile app releases ? Do you have an insatiable desire to follow the development teams’ every move?

WordPress Mobile App Teams Seek Feedback

The development teams behind the WordPress apps for Android , BlackBerry , and iOS are seeking feedback for their upcoming releases. The blog posts linked to above include instructions on how to contribute to each mobile app

How To Use CSS3 Media Queries To Create a Mobile Version of Your Website

    CSS3 continues to both excite and frustrate web designers and developers. We are excited about the possibilities that CSS3 brings, and the problems it will solve, but also frustrated by the lack of support in Internet Explorer 8. This article will demonstrate a technique that uses part of CSS3 that is also unsupported by Internet Explorer 8.

Web Development For The iPhone And iPad: Getting Started

    According to AdMob, the iPhone operating system makes up 50% of the worldwide smartphone market , with the next-highest OS being Android at 24%.

Forms On Mobile Devices: Modern Solutions

    Mobile forms tend to have significantly more constraints than their desktop cousins: screens are smaller; connections are slower; text entry is trickier; the list goes on. So, limiting the number of forms in your mobile applications and websites is generally a good idea. When you do want input from users on mobile devices, radio buttons, checkboxes, select menus and lists tend to work much better than open text fields.

How to detect mobile visitors on your WordPress blog

To achieve this recipe, you first have to get the code from detectmobilebrowsers.mobi and upload it to your theme directory. Once done, simply open your header.php file and place the following at the top of the file. Don’t forget to edit line 5 according to the page where you’d like to redirect mobile users.

Should you use a Mobile WordPress Plugin?

Twitter ized answer? Abso-freakin-lutely! Take a look at the following graph

Mobile Web Design Trends For 2009

Web designers know that the industry involves plenty of change, and continuous adaption and development of skills is required in order to stay up to date.