Theme Differences from WordPress.com to WordPress.org on Mobile device

  • SteveSOL

    (@stevesol)


    10 years, 5 months ago

    I started using WordPress.com and once I had my first blog published I quickly realized that a WordPress.com hosted blog was too limited in what types of code they allow to be posted. That is when I decided to purchase a WordPress hosting account with my domain registrar. Now that my new hosting account is setup and WordPress is installed and running I immediately began to recreate the blog I originally started on WordPress.com. The first thing I did was search for and install the same theme, Twenty Eleven. This theme worked great for me on WordPress.com, but now that I am using it on my new WordPress installation at my web host, I noticed a difference. The difference occurs when viewing the blog on a mobile device. On the WordPress.com version of the Blog the main menu and search box would reformat nicely for the small mobile screen. Now on the WordPress installation at my web host the menu and search box don’t reformat for the smaller screen and it just looks awkward. Can anyone help me to get the menu and search box to do what they were doing on WordPress.com? The WordPress.com blog is still live and its url is EmpireNightsEnt.com. The newer web host installation of the WordPress blog is located at EmpireNightsEntertainment.com. BTW.. I am not using the JetPack mobile feature. I don’t like they look of the site when using that feature. I chose the Twenty Eleven theme because it’s responsive layout reformatted nicely on small mobile screens. But now its not.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks 🙂

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    10 years, 5 months ago

    Have you modified the Twenty Eleven theme? I don’t see the same issue on the theme’s demo site: http://wp-themes.com/twentyeleven/ .

    Btw it’s expected for WordPress.com themes to look different to WordPress.org as they operate differently.

    Thread Starter SteveSOL

    (@stevesol)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    The only modifications I made to the theme are the basic ones that the theme allows like choosing colors and adding a header image.

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    Themes may not be identical between .COM and .ORG, but twentyeleven should not have resizing issues. But without seeing your site, no way to help with this kind of issue – can you post a link to it?

    Thread Starter SteveSOL

    (@stevesol)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    The WordPress.com blog is still live and its url is EmpireNightsEnt.com. The newer web host installation of the WordPress blog is located at EmpireNightsEntertainment.com

    Thread Starter SteveSOL

    (@stevesol)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    I’m experimenting with different themes now on EmpireNightsEntertainment.com so chances are if anyone visits this site it will not be using the Twenty Eleven theme anymore. However, I really prefer the Twenty Eleven theme and would love it if someone could tell me how to get the search box on the menu bar to behave like it does on the WordPress.COM version of the theme when it resizes for mobile screens. On the WordPress.com version of the theme, when resized for mobile screens the search box stays in the menu bar and simply shrinks to hide the search box and only shows the search icon. Then when someone clicks on the search icon, the search box expands in the menu bar allowing them to type in the box. On the WordPress.ORG version of Twenty Eleven, when resized for mobile screens the search box moves up into the header area.

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