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The Flashlight Wiki is available in a mobile version for Android, Blackberry, and iPhone. This version hides toolbars in a dropdown menu and shows articles using a simplified format that should fit a small screen better. It is based on a skin for WordPress blogs called WPtouch. It was then adapted for wiki's. You can read a lot more about it [http://fiveforks.com/ted/2012/02/wptouch-for-wiki/ here].
The Flashlight Wiki is available in a mobile version for Android, Blackberry, and iPhone. This version hides toolbars in a dropdown menu and shows articles using a simplified format that should fit a small screen better. It is based on a skin for WordPress blogs called WPtouch. It was then adapted for wiki's. You can read a lot more about it [http://fiveforks.com/ted/2012/02/wptouch-for-wiki/ here].


The mobile version should appear automatically when you visit the site on a mobile device. If it does not, you can force the mobile version to load by creating a user account (you must email the site owner to be confirmed after creating an account) and logging in. Then go under Preferences and the Appearance tab and choose the WPtouch skin.
The mobile version should appear automatically when you visit the site on a mobile device. If it does not, you can force the mobile version to load by creating a user account and logging in. Then go under Preferences and the Appearance tab and choose the WPtouch skin. To set up a profile and edit pages, you will need to be confirmed, but you can choose a skin without confirmation. To get confirmation you must email the site owner. If you do not send the email, your account may be blocked.


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Revision as of 23:47, 11 February 2012

The Flashlight Wiki is available in a mobile version for Android, Blackberry, and iPhone. This version hides toolbars in a dropdown menu and shows articles using a simplified format that should fit a small screen better. It is based on a skin for WordPress blogs called WPtouch. It was then adapted for wiki's. You can read a lot more about it here.

The mobile version should appear automatically when you visit the site on a mobile device. If it does not, you can force the mobile version to load by creating a user account and logging in. Then go under Preferences and the Appearance tab and choose the WPtouch skin. To set up a profile and edit pages, you will need to be confirmed, but you can choose a skin without confirmation. To get confirmation you must email the site owner. If you do not send the email, your account may be blocked.

A screen shot of the home page.
A screen shot of the home page showing the drop down menu.