Creating an App Using Infinite Monkeys

Nowadays, many people use mobile devices such as cell phones and tablets to do their web browsing. I will show you how to create s simple app that will connect parents with your classroom blog or other subscription option such as Facebook and twitter as well as provide contact information.

Now, this website is lovely because it allows you to create a web app without coding. Web apps are wonderful because they can be accessed on all mobile devices with web browsers as well as via computers.

Listed here are some websites that may be useful.
Make your app at Infinite Monkeys.
Get a Google Voice number.
Here is my app: http://h.fanapp.mobi/ross_app2

To use the mobile version of Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, simply replace www in the web address with the letter m.

For instance, change http://www.facebook.com to http://m.facebook.com

Accessing Your Mobile Site

Many parents access various websites and information using their mobile devices. For this reason, I wanted to present a tutorial on accessing the mobile site that Blogger assembles parallel to the web version of your blog.  (To access the mobile version type ?m=1 after the / on your blog’s url.)  

Remember

?m=1  will take you to your mobile site.

Adding Gadgets and Other Subscription Options

In the last post, we discussed adding links to enable parents to find distribution through social media.  In this post, we will edit the gadget choices and enable email and another RSS subscription option. 

July 1, 2013, the Google Reader will be closed down.  However, anyone using Feedly will experience a seamless transition.  

P.S. In the video, I forgot to mention a gadget that may be useful, considering how multicultural America is.  It is the translation gadget.  To use this gadget follow the steps below:

1. Select LAYOUT from the left menu.  
2. Within the layout, find ADD A GADGET.
3. When the Gadget window opens, TRANSLATE is the fourth option down.  Click the PLUS SIGN NEXT TO TRANSLATE.

That adds the option to translate the blog.  It will not translate it perfectly, but it should at least make it readable in other languages.

Creating Links To Social Media, Editing Template

In this post, I show you how to edit the template to create links to social media sites where your content will be delivered.


Next, we will deal with other gadgets and subscription options.

Distributing Your Blog Using Twitter and Facebook (via Twitterfeed.com)

Knowing how to create content is wonderful, but here is how to make it readily available.  This tutorial is on how to configure feed distribution to Facebook and Twitter via twitterfeed.com.  Most parents already have access to these social media sites and receive regular updates from them. 

I have a tutorial on how to set up a Facebook Like Page if you need it. 

Creating a Facebook Like Page

Now, I will show you how to set up various ways for parents to subscribe.  The first option I will detail is setting up a Facebook like page.  I would like to begin by recommending that a new Facebook page is created for this purpose and that in no way should you link it to your personal page.   Now I will show you how to set up the Facebook Like Page.

In a separate post, I will show you how to create an automatic feed to your Facebook Like Page as well as a Twitter account.