Thinking of building a free Mobile Template

Hey Everyone,

I am considering developing a free mobile template module for Zen Cart 1.3.9. with auto device detection I nice clean interface for iphone interface compatible devices and even other less capable devices.

It's a huge pet peeve of mine to do a considerable amount of work only to find its not used especially being that I have no current use for it not owning a shop at the moment.

If this would be useful to you please say so below. If there's enough demand I will proceed with development. Or if there's already something available for free please let me know that as well.

Thanks,

Ken Thompson

I am interested in using it. thanks

I am interested in a Zencart template for the iPhone (and other mobiles but iPhone first). Be happy to pay for it too (at an average cost of template).

i have been looking for something like this since using zencart.
with my old oscommerce site i had a iphone site add on i don't know if it could be converted to run on zencart but it can be found at
forums.oscommerce.com/index.php?showtopic=327785

i hope this will help as it worked very well on the osc site,
and i would be interested in the results as the only other option at the moment is to add a css file to turn the site into a print page type format

thanks
shaun

Hi Ken

I think there will be good demand for templates for mobile devices in the not-too-distant future.

The use of mobile devices for web-browsing is growing at an exponmential rate, and within a few years, mobile browsing is likely to pass "static" browsing.

Sites that don't render (or function) on mobile devices will be unavailable to huge numbers of people.

However... Zencart will be released under a brand new version at some (not too distant) point, so it may be worth waiting for the new version before you create your template.

Yep, I would be interested in using this as well. I was just thinking of starting a work in progress of my own.

But as I have read in other threads, there's a lot to think of when creating this item. Every phone manufacture makes their screens a little different. and the way they process data is different. I didnt think i would have the time to do it myself.

interested for sure

Hi ,

I am two months old at using zencart , and I want to create a mobile format for the website https://www.gracedigitalaudio.com . Do I have to use the mobile version providers like mobify amd mofuse or is there any other way to redirect our website users to mobile format of our website?
I found a mobile version for Zencart http://www.branninggroup.com/zen-cart-mobile.php , which claims that the entire website based on zencart can be converted to the simpler mobile version. But then using define pages editor the pages have to be customized and CSS usage is not recommended. I just wanted to know if this is a module that can be used with Grace's website? Am I heading in the right direction?

regds,
Grace

I've been looking for a mobile template for a while, so I would totally be interested in this. However, since the Android phone market share is only 3% behind iPhone, I think the development should not focus on a specific phone, but the overall market. Thanks.

Andriod, Iphone, and Blackberry support would be needed. I also would be interested in a general template for this even if it was a modification of the default. I sadly do not have the expertise to do the coding for this, nor the time.

Was there any progress on this?

I think this is an important development in ecommenrce.

I totally agree iphone android all multi platform, anyone?

I have one, it's still need more time to develop it and unfortunately i am still busy with other thing. Maybe you guys can fork the file on my github and continue the development. There are a bunch of css framework to create a responsive design right now. 960.gs , Skeleton, Foundation or twitter bootstrap.

If you want to check it or try it here is the link to the post on my blog :

It's mobile friendly, try to browse using your mobile phone or tablet

http://www.samuelsena.com/zen-cart-twitter-bootstrap-themes/
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