Theme for Mobile Website

skaicaptain

dear weavers,
is there a theme which allows to only develop a mobile website/webapp?
not responsive. just for mobile devices.
thanks a lot! best wishes -kai.

soonwai

nimblehost has mobile only themes. There's one other which I can't recall right now. I remember he also does RW themes tailored for Facebook.

tsilva

jonasthemes.com has a couple.

skaicaptain

@soonwai thanks a lot. that is a good start!
any more suggestions anyone?

tsilva

Um, did you check the site I suggested?

soonwai

skaicaptain, please let us know if you find other mobile themes. Would be good to keep a list. Never know when I might need them.

skaicaptain

@tsilva yes I did. thanks a lot!!! there are also some nice free stacks at http://www.jonasthemes.com

skaicaptain

@soonwai yes I will. I know that the themes "flood" and "media" from http://www.themeflood.com are responsive and look good in the mobile view. but I wanted a dedicated theme.

skaicaptain

found another one:
http://ttdthemes.com/themes/remedy/
but read carefully. you will have to buy extra stacks etc. to make it work as advertised!

yuZool

This one is pretty awesome:
http://rapidweaver.at/

skaicaptain

@yuZool thanks! but I don't get it. the theme (site) does not show any responsive behaviour. it stays the way it is.

soonwai

If you guys are talking about the Mobile Webapp theme from http://rapidweaver.at/ You'll need to view from an iPhone. It's really good.

skaicaptain

@soonwai ah. thanks! I just looked at it with my ipod and then it works. it does not respond to the width of a browser window as others do.

yuZool

Thanks @soonwai, I forgot to mention that bit

Yes @skaicaptain it is awesome, I've used this theme before.

Sure, it's not responsive as it's built just for mobile so you would have two sites / sub domain, and it won't change if you resize the browser window.

www.mysite.com
m.mysite.com

If you go to www.mysite.com on your phone, it will take you to the mobile version using a redirection script. On the desktop site (www.mysite.com) you can use any other theme.

Hope that makes sense

skaicaptain

@yuZool actually I did not say that it's awesome. that was you
I even find it quite limited and it looks more or less like only one "accordeon" page go me.
and what about this much advertised feature to add an icon to your homescreen in iOS? that is a function of iOS and can be done by default with any website. or did I overlook something?
it works on my ipod touch but not on my ipad. but this does not concern that webapp. this seems to be a problem with my ipad?!
how can I see the mobile version on may desktop computer? mobile.rapidweaver.at switches to rapidweaver.at automatically...

yuZool

Yes I do that sometimes I was just reiterating @soonwai 's recommendation.

I wouldn't say it is limited, perhaps "resourceful". This is what dedicated mobile sites usually are. The idea is that your streamline your content and provide the most useful and relevant information to the user in the place they need it.

So, yes, 1 page accordion works well here. Great for static marketing sites like for freelancers, design agencies, marketing 1 or 2 products, selling a book, iPhone app, etc.

Responsive on the other hand usually gives everything the desktop site gives but decreases its size to fit on a mobile screen.

Two solutions to this mobile "problem". Both depend on the project, the scope, budget, and loads of other things.

This is a good theme / tool to have in your arsenal.

I think the icon part he's referring to is the cool little pop-up prompt to ask you to save to desktop.

Not sure why it's not running on your iPad. This will depend on the redirect script he's using. His site might just be detecting iPhones for this particular example. Also this means you will be redirected when you type in mobile.rapidweaver.at on your computer as the server side script is detecting that you are "on an iMac using Safari" and will take you to the desktop site only. There's no easy way around it. On the other hand, seamless for the user.

skaicaptain

@yuZool thanks for your extensive reply. I am still not too convinced about the theme. I think everything can be done nicely with a theme like flood or media from themeflood.com.
the problem was on my ipad. after restarting it the option was back there. strange but true...

yuZool

Glad you fixed your iPad and good to have so many theme choices these days