Jetpack Mobile Theme Customization

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  dickey1 · Member · Jun 10, 2013 at 6:14 pm

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  Hi, I’m trying to find *this* file in the Jetpack Mobile Plugin so I can customize my WordPress.org site’s mobile theme:

  “The theme files are in plugins/jetpack/modules/minileven/theme/pub/minileven/. However, if you modify the files directly, your changes will be overwritten the next time you update Jetpack.”

  So far, I haven’t had any luck finding this file… The closest I’ve gotten has been to click “edit” under Plugins, thence getting to jetpack/modules/minileven/minileven.php and jetpack/modules/minileven.php but no luck finding the mobile module theme!! I know Jetpack has been updated since the reference I quote above was written, so that may figure into my problem.

  How can I locate this file? (assuming, of course, it’s not unlocatable…)

  Thanks,
  Adele Hajicek

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Jun 10, 2013 at 6:15 pm

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  May I suggest looking for an answer to your question here first? http://jetpack.me/support/ If you do not find one then the Jetpack forum is at WordPress.org http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.org, click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post there.

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  dickey1 · Member · Jun 10, 2013 at 6:36 pm

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  I’ve looked there already, actually, and this is where it put me when I submitted my question. Anyway, help would be appreciated.

  Thanks

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  timethief · Member · Jun 10, 2013 at 6:39 pm

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  dickey1 · Member · Jun 10, 2013 at 7:29 pm

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  Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Jun 10, 2013 at 8:15 pm

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  You’re welcome. Please be patient while waiting.

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  richardmtl · Member · Jun 11, 2013 at 2:02 pm

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  Hi Adele,

  The Plugin editor in your WordPress dashboard isn’t able to access files that are several folders deep. If you want to edit the plugin files, you are better off downloading the files to your computer, editing them there, and then uploading the modified files to your site via FTP. Please note that you weren’t pointed to a specific file in what you quoted, you were pointed to a folder where the various files that make up the mobile theme reside. Can you give me the link to the thread in which you were told to edit these files?

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  dickey1 · Member · Jun 11, 2013 at 2:08 pm

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  http://jetpack.me/2012/09/27/jetpack-1-8-mobile-theme/

  Comment by Christopher Finke.

  Ahah. That makes sense. How do I upload these (and what does FTP stand for…) Should I download everything, then re-upload? And how can I test it before it’s uploaded?

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  richardmtl · Member · Jun 11, 2013 at 2:27 pm

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  Thanks for the link, Adele.

  FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, and is a way to transfer files to and from web servers.

  Before we embark on modifying the plugin files, may I ask what it is you are trying to accomplish, exactly? What would you like to change in the mobile theme?

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  dickey1 · Member · Jun 11, 2013 at 2:31 pm

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  On http://dickeybub.net/ I would like the Home page (when mobile) to not be blank… How should I edit this? I have downloaded the files but Dreamweaver won’t let me edit them without specifying where to use them on the server. But I’m uncertain that’s going to help- the files are made to work with WordPress

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  dickey1 · Member · Jun 11, 2013 at 2:38 pm

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  Ugh- no server at all here, apparently. The website is hosted on Hostgator. How can I test this and write my code?

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  dickey1 · Member · Jun 11, 2013 at 2:46 pm

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  I was (oddly) able to connect to Hostgator’s IP using my login- but Dreamweaver still chokes and won’t display my files. Do I need to also upload the WordPress.org files to test this properly?? Why won’t my stuff display?

  It says the site definition is wrong.

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  dickey1 · Member · Jun 11, 2013 at 3:00 pm

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  More research. Downloading Apache but still want to know if I need to upload all WordPress files to server also.

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  richardmtl · Member · Jun 11, 2013 at 4:19 pm

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  Hi Adele,

  Before you embark on editing your site’s files and Jetpack’s files, might I suggest a few resources that can help you learn the ins-and-outs of coding for WordPress? Have a look at the following, to start with:

  Sites:

  http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients
  http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files#Editing_Files_Offline
  http://digwp.com/

  Books:

  http://www.amazon.com/MySQL-JavaScript-HTML5-Dummies-Computer/dp/111821370X

  http://www.packtpub.com/wordpress-plugin-development-cookbook/book
  http://www.packtpub.com/wordpress-plug-in-development/book

  Now, to solve your original issue regarding the Home Page being blank on Mobile, your theme, Maya Shop, already comes with CSS styles for mobile devices. Have you tried turning off Jetpack’s Mobile Theme and looking at your site without it? Since your theme’s mobile CSS was specially made for your theme, you might have better results with it than with the generic styling provided by Jetpack’s mobile theme. Let me know if that works for you.