More people are checking in on their favorite websites and blogs from their phones, tablets, e-readers and other devices that aren't laptops or desktop computers. If you want some of that traffic, your best bet is to offer a mobile version of your blog that doesn't make your readers constantly pinch and zoom to get a look at your latest outfit and read your bon mots.
What to do if you don't have the skills or budget to whip up a mobile version of your site? Consider a responsive theme that automatically adjusts based on the size of the screen viewing it. It's not a perfect solution – since mobile connections are often slower than regular computers, you'll want to keep large images to no more than 2 or 3 per page to ensure that everything loads quickly for mobile readers. Responsive themes don't actually change the original image size, so lots of large photos would still take a while, but having a mobile friendly layout is better than nothing.
Google has recommended responsive design as their preferred way of showing mobile content…
Google has recommended responsive design as their preferred way of showing mobile content, so you may get a small search boost from having a mobile friendly theme as well.
For an idea of where to start, consider one of these modern, clean themes that offer a clean slate for customization and highlighting gorgeous images. They're all free, and there's a little more Blogger love with some great options there.
WordPress
Note: these themes are for the hosted version of WordPress (download from WordPress.org), not WordPress.com
Unique
BonPress
Accent Box
Codium Extend
Gridly
Orion
Blogger
Excelencia
ExtraNews
Main Photo
Dazzling
Awesome compilation of themes.
I’m still a fan of Simple. It’s easy to personalize and loads very easily!
Load time is a big concern! 🙂
still going to stick to Ethereal. It just fits in with my blogging style.
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Too late to change I guess. My Simple template has been so customized I don’t remember what it looked like.
http://lazyobsession.blogspot.com
these are some great templates! if any of you are looking for something more custom, have a look at my shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/kotrynabassdesign
Cool list. I just started with aThemes’ Fashionista myself
Good stuff over here! Ryu is another fairly new theme that has responsive width- I’m a huge fan. The body text is ginormous, but I decided it was worth taking the $30 plunge to do custom CSS (so, a custom font size), and I’m so happy with it.
Thanks for the roundup!
🙂 Sarah
http://sanfranista.wordpress.com
Nice list. I want to convert my theme to responsive after watching the post. 😀
Awesome list. Thank tons for your share.
I have no words to thank you. Just awesome, thanks for such a great collections.
Great themes, thank you <3
The Gridly theme looks awesome. Looks great on mobile and tablet.
Wow. Cool responsive WordPress themes. I would probably get one.
Awesome. Thank you for sharing. Gonna use some of them as core theme for my projects.
CHEERS!
Not a big collection but at least I’ve found here something I like.
Really nyce collection thnx for ssuch post downloaded two of’em ,might overtake my blog these templates are killing awesome
Everyone want to get a responsive design for their website. and you demonstrated awesome wordpress themes. It’s good for wordpress designers.
is really nice theme responsive, tanks for share
Beautiful themes!
These are very popular and wonderful themes for mobile phones..
Just found your blog and want to say this is really nice post. Keep it up
Hi very Nice Post i am read the article and get very good information from this post.
really nice collection plz share some news blog themes
Thanks for posting! These themes will come in handy now thinking about to create an other site
Appears a great collection…just downloaded UNIQUE and applied license for ORION.Not tried anyone yet.Does these themes provide option to display ads as well?
Unique is a very nice themes among other themes. However the whole collection is fresh. Responsive themes have became popular since the tarting era of smartphones. We have also made our free WordPress theme responsive recently.
Add Fresh Line theme in your list. It’s a simple yet modern theme
@ Nasreen what’s the name of the theme you used for your site
wow best theme and responsive design 😀 good
Thanks a lot for those themes. I picked Dazzling, it seems suitable for my blog.
Wow, that is a amazing free template 🙂
i like it… nice post..!!!!
These really are some of the best WordPress themes. I would like to share one free blogging theme with you that is Bloggers Lite and which is fresh design and have various blog page layouts.
Mesmerizing list of templates. I am changing my mobile template right now after seeing this post.
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Among all themes, Gridly is the best for design. I used this theme for my 2 websites.