{"id":116564,"date":"2013-06-04T11:30:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=116564"},"modified":"2013-06-05T02:53:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T06:53:35","slug":"wordpress-for-ios-gets-a-makeover-in-3-6-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wordpress-for-ios-gets-a-makeover-in-3-6-update\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress For iOS Gets a Makeover in 3.6 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WordPress iOS app has been given more than just a dash of lipstick in its latest release.<\/p>\n<p>Version 3.6 has undergone a complete makeover, with a new UI, a shortcut in the sidebar for faster and easier posting and improved push notifications.<\/p>\n<p>The interface is not as clunky as it used to be &#8211; it&#8217;s easier than ever to fire up the app while you&#8217;re sitting on the train to work or having a coffee at your favourite cafe and tap out a quick post.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116573\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" data-caption=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-ratio-2-3 wp-image-116573\" title=\"wordpress-ios-mobile-sidebar\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/wordpress-ios-mobile-sidebar-312x468.png\" alt=\"WordPress iOS mobile sidebar in version 3.6\" width=\"312\" height=\"468\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The updated sidebar makes it easier to quickly add a new post or page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the Make WordPress Mobile <a title=\"Make WordPress Mobile change log\" href=\"http:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/mobile\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">change log<\/a>, version 3.6 includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A completely redesigned new user experience<\/li>\n<li>A faster way to post: added shortcut on the sidebar<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a problem with Tumblr imported blogs<\/li>\n<li>Emoticons now appear correctly on notifications<\/li>\n<li>Performance improvements for notifications<\/li>\n<li>Updated translations: now also in Russian, Danish and Korean<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I took the app for a spin and it&#8217;s easy to create a new WordPress.com-powered blog or log in\u00a0an existing self-hosted WordPress site. Adding and editing posts and pages is straightforward, as is moderating comments. There&#8217;s also a clean interface for checking your site&#8217;s stats.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good app, but it&#8217;s still missing features that would make it a great app. Uploading media is awkward. It&#8217;s not easy to position photos where you want them to sit in your post. It also doesn&#8217;t make sense that uploaded photos show up as HTML code rather than as pictures when you&#8217;re editing posts. For bloggers with no technical ability &#8211; and those who have made an exodus from Tumblr &#8211; making it easier to upload and edit media needs to be a priority in the next release. On top of that, there&#8217;s no way to search your existing media library if you want to use an image you have previously uploaded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116576\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" data-caption=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-ratio-2-3 wp-image-116576\" title=\"wordpress-ios-mobile-post\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/wordpress-ios-mobile-post-312x468.png\" alt=\"WordPress iOS mobile post in version 3.6\" width=\"312\" height=\"468\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images uploaded to WordPress iOS 3.6 come up as HTML &#8211; or gobbledy gook to non-techie bloggers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Just last week, <a title=\"Matt Mullenweg interview with CNN Money\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/video\/technology\/2013\/05\/30\/tech-co-wordpress-ceo-matt-mullenweg.cnnmoney\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg spoke to CNN Money<\/a> about WordPress and its future in mobile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think probably within the next five years we&#8217;ll transition to a majority, or super majority, of WordPress usage coming from touch devices, including things like laptops that have keyboards, but they&#8217;ll primarily be touch driven,&#8221; Mullenweg said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think we embraced mobile early enough, especially because open source communities don&#8217;t embrace these closed platforms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re doing fantastic on the web and growing that percentage but I don&#8217;t think our mobile apps are really where they should be at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It looks like we can expect more features in the next version of the WordPress for iOS app.<\/p>\n<p>The new WordPress 3.6 is available\u00a0for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch for free at the <a title=\"App Store WordPress\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/app\/wordpress\/id335703880?mt=8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">App Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you tried out the latest version of the WordPress iOS app? Tell us what you think below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Credits: <a title=\"pixelthing Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pixelthing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pixelthing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WordPress iOS app has been given more than just a dash of lipstick in its latest release. 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