04/3 QR Code Plugin for Wordpress
| Category: QR Code, Data Matrix... By editor at 11:47 |
After the Firefox QR Code Plugin, there is now also a Wordpress QR Code Plugin. Very cool.
Download the Wordpress QR Plugin
Important!: Be aware however that the QR Code only gives access to an URL and that it doesn't resolve the problem of the mobile version of your blog. Your visitors will shy away to download the fat web version of your blog: if they don't have a flatrate it will cost them a lot of money to go on your 500KB web version start page.
Therefore, if you use a QR Code, direct it to a special mobile version of your blog. As a reference: i-mode pages cannot be more than 10KB per page. Personally I would go a bit higher, but it's important to keep that in mind.
PS:
If you use neither Firefox nor Wordpress to install the plugin, you can always use Kaywa's Moblog (free with ads), Feed2Mobile (free) or the QR Code Generator.
Download the Wordpress QR Plugin
Important!: Be aware however that the QR Code only gives access to an URL and that it doesn't resolve the problem of the mobile version of your blog. Your visitors will shy away to download the fat web version of your blog: if they don't have a flatrate it will cost them a lot of money to go on your 500KB web version start page.
Therefore, if you use a QR Code, direct it to a special mobile version of your blog. As a reference: i-mode pages cannot be more than 10KB per page. Personally I would go a bit higher, but it's important to keep that in mind.
PS:
If you use neither Firefox nor Wordpress to install the plugin, you can always use Kaywa's Moblog (free with ads), Feed2Mobile (free) or the QR Code Generator.
Comments
Marc Fonteijn
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success [at] marcathing.com
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http://www.marcathing.com
2007-03-04 22:20:40
As for the fat web pages problem. There is a wordpress plugin (WP-Mobile) that automatically serves light web pages if you access the blog with a mobile browser. Works great!
The WP-Mobile plugin:
http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/readme?project=wordpress-mobile-edition
2007-03-04 22:20:40
As for the fat web pages problem. There is a wordpress plugin (WP-Mobile) that automatically serves light web pages if you access the blog with a mobile browser. Works great!
The WP-Mobile plugin:
http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/readme?project=wordpress-mobile-edition
Roger
2007-03-05 10:13:05
Hi Marc,
I checked it now. It's a good start, but there are still many things missing for a satisfying user experience.
Also I don't think images are downsized for mobile consumption.
When I went on the about page, I got the same image of Alex (150x224 pixel) as on the web about page.
2007-03-05 10:13:05
Hi Marc,
I checked it now. It's a good start, but there are still many things missing for a satisfying user experience.
Also I don't think images are downsized for mobile consumption.
When I went on the about page, I got the same image of Alex (150x224 pixel) as on the web about page.
