subject: Wordpress Business Tips: Wordpress App For Iphone Or Ipod Touch [print this page] The latest iPhone and iPod Touch are ideal for managing your online business when you're away from home, or any time that you don't want to be sitting at your computer.
With improvements in storage, file sharing, and dozens of excellent free and low cost business apps to choose from, you can leave your laptop at home and feel secure that your online business will be easily accessible wherever you go.
I bought an iPod Touch to manage my online business, including my WordPress blogs. The purchase turned out to be one of the best investments I've made so far. I often use it at home because it's great to be able to stand up while working on my business instead of spending hours sitting in a chair.
As long as I have a wi-fi connection, I can use my iPod Touch to access e-mail, do market research, make phone calls using Skype, check the stats of my sites, visit websites of interest and manage my WordPress blogs with the free WordPress app.
To install the WordPress app, you need iTunes (free to download and install on all computer systems). After iTunes is installed you simply search for the WordPress app in the iTunes store, download it, then plug your iPhone or iPod Touch into your computer and wait for iTunes to complete the installation.
The WordPress app allows you to manage comments, edit posts and pages, compose posts and pages and preview results before publication. You can insert pictures into posts and pages and, if you like, set an option to automatically resize. You can also unpublish posts and pages.
Writing long posts or pages can be a bit cramped on the tiny iPhone or iPod Touch screen and keyboard, but if you tend to write short, simple posts, or simply want to edit posts and pages you've composed already, this probably won't concern you.
However, it's important to keep in mind that there is no WYSIWYG so if you have complex formatting, you'll need to know HTML. The app is therefore best for basic blog management, which is usually all that you need when you're away from home.
As the popularity of the iPhone and iPod Touch grows in the online business community, there will be more apps to help manage WordPress blogs and the feature set will improve and expand. In the meantime, the WordPress app is great for basic site management.
