http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/wordpress-mobile-pluginsthemes-wptap-and-wptouch Just another bbPress community en-US Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:13:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/wordpress-mobile-pluginsthemes-wptap-and-wptouch#post-217523 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:43:40 +0000 Jake2010 217523@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Nowadays, as more and more people surf internet with their mobile phones, it becomes urgent to have our websites mobile-ready or mobile-friendly. But the job seems to be a little too challenging for non-professional web admins like me. </p> <p>Recently, my friends recommended two WordPress mobile Plugin/Theme packages to me, namely WPtap and WPtouch. I found both plugins amazingly easy to use and really turned my WordPress site into a mobile application experience when viewed from iPhone and Android phones. After using both of them, I summed up some similarities and differences between WPtap and WPtouch.</p> <p>Similarities:<br /> - Both are easy to install and easy to manage through back-end admin panel<br /> - Both packs come complete with all the standard WordPress website features: search, login, categories, tags, archives, photos, thumbnails &amp; more.<br /> - Both packs includes a social features such as bookmarks, and email<br /> - Both support easy ads insertion<br /> - Both look amazing on iPhone and Androids</p> <p>Differences:<br /> - WPtouch only offers one theme, while WPtap has three theme packages available: Video Tube, News Gallery and News Press, designed for video sites, graphic-style, or text-centric sites, respectively. According to the website, more themes are coming out each month on WPtap<br /> - WPtap themes come with 6 colors, WPtouch only has black.<br /> - WPtap’s News Gallery theme can show a slideshow of posts on homepage, while WPtouch does not have this feature<br /> - WPtouch theme is free. While only WPtap News Press theme is free, the others are paid themes<br /> - WPtap offers customization service to customers, while WPtouch does not<br /> - WPtap also offers to develop iPhone-based web apps for your site</p> <p>Personally, I prefer WPtap, since it gives me more choices. Their themes are great-looking and diversified. I’ve purchased News Gallery and Video Tube for my two blogs, they all work great. And I find their customer support is great, too. </p> <p>For more information on WPtap, go to their website: <a href="http://www.wptap.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.wptap.com</a> </p>