Widgets don’t appear on Iphone browser

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  cravenmaven · Member · Feb 13, 2010 at 2:16 pm

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  Hello:

  I’ve noticed that when I view my blog in the broswer of my iphone, the side bar and widgets do not appear and the top navigation bar is instead a drop down. Also the posts are summaries. All in all the format of the blog, though workable is completely different from what I see in a web browser.

  I’ve seen other WP blogs that look exactly the same on the iphone browser as they do on a web one. Is there somethng I can ‘activate’ to enable this or is it a limitation of the theme I have?? I can’t seem to find anything about this. :(

  My blog is http://cravenmaven.wordpress.com

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  S

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Feb 13, 2010 at 2:25 pm

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  I’m not sure (don’t have an iPhone to test it out), but it may have something to do with this:
  Appearance—>Extras—>”Display a mobile theme when this blog is viewed with a mobile browser” is checked.

  My daughter with the iPhone mentioned something about my blog looking different on the mobile device from the way it looks on a laptop.

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  cravenmaven · Member · Feb 13, 2010 at 6:10 pm

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  1Tess! You are my new favourite! That’s exactly what it was. I unchecked the box and it now looks a-ok in the phone browser. Thanks so much.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Feb 13, 2010 at 6:44 pm

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  @cravenmaven

  Great! and you are welcome!

  I can’t find the wp blog post where they first introduced the feature, but having a truncated mobile display makes looking at wp blogs faster. I think that is the logic behind that option.

  Lucky you with an iPhone!!