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Add a iphone.css file to drupal.org

Drupal.org header with iphone.css
Drupal.org front page with iphone.css
Drupal.org documentation with iphone.css
Drupal.org comment with iphone.css
Drupal.org search with iphone.css
Drupal.org issue with iphone.css

The drupal.org web site, nice as it is after the redesign, is not a pleasure to access on a mobile device like the iPhone. In issue #951114: Mobile phone support (iPhone / Android) there are some discussions and suggestions how to improve this. My contribution is a iphone.css file for drupal.org, see below or in the issue.

I have two simple goals for mobile devices:

  • Avoid the need to zoom in and scroll sideways, making the text readable directly.
  • Make the navigation and the search function touch friendly with larger buttons/fields and more spacing.

In the screenshots you can see the result of this first ruff draft for an iphone.css file for d.o. With a few lines of CSS we have made drupal.org a lot nicer to use with an iPhone.

If you are interested in helping out please go to the issue, try out and help improve the iphone.css file. There is a lot more that can be done!

P.S. Notice the apparent low quality look of the Drupal logo in the screenshot? A high quality version for high pixel density displays like the one on iPhone 4 would be neat.

Code in page.tpl.php to add the iphone.css file and set the viewport:

<!-- Start iPhone stuff -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)" href="http://drupal.org/sites/all/themes/bluecheese/iphone.css" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<!-- End iPhone stuff -->

The iphone.css file:

#page-inner,
#footer {
  margin: 0 10px;
}
#header {
  background-position: 0 0;
}
#header,
body.drupalorg-front #header,
#footer,
#page {
  min-width: 0;
  height: auto;
}
#header-right-inner {
  margin-top: 5px;
}
#header-content,
body.drupalorg-front #header-content,
#nav-masthead,
#site-name {
  padding-left: 5px;
  height: auto;
}
#userinfo {
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;;
}
#footer {
  padding: 10px;
}

#edit-search-theme-form-1,
#search-theme-form,
#search-theme-form-advanced,
#nav-header,
#nav-header ul,
#nav-header ul li,
#nav-masthead ul li,
#nav-masthead ul li a,
#userinfo {
  float: none;
  font-size: 1em;
}
#nav-header ul {
  padding: 5px;
}
#nav-masthead ul {
  padding: 15px 0;
}
#nav-header ul li,
#nav-masthead ul li,
#nav-masthead ul li a {
  display: inline;
}
#nav-masthead ul li {
  background: transparent;
  padding: 0;
}
#nav-masthead ul li a,
#userinfo a {
  background: #006caf;
  padding: 5px;
}

#nav-masthead,
#homebox.column-count-3 .homebox-column-wrapper,
.container-12,
.grid-1,
.grid-2,
.grid-3,
.grid-4,
.grid-5,
.grid-6,
.grid-7,
.grid-8,
.grid-9,
.grid-10,
.grid-11,
.grid-12,
.grid-footer {
  position: static;
  display: block;
  float: none;
  margin: 0;
  width: auto;
}

.content {
  word-wrap: break-word;
}

div.codeblock,
.node pre,
.node code {
  overflow: auto;
}

/* Search page */
.page-search #page-inner {
  position: relative;
}
.page-search #column-left #content-top-region {
  height: 11em;
}
#block-drupalorg_search-meta_type {
  position: absolute;
  top: 7em;
  left: 0;
}

#header-left-inner h2,
#header-left-inner .standfirst,
#search-theme-form-submit,
html.js #search-theme-form-advanced,
#search-theme-form-advanced,
#front-top-middle,
#front-middle,
#front-bottom-left {
  display: none;
}