2012-09-14, 13:08:01
From what I remember of that plugin, it ended up being a lot more than "Simple" as the name suggests. Having the option to use a different theme for different platforms (iPhone/webOS/Android) I thought was superfluous and a mobile theme should work just fine across those platforms regardless. Less work, more simple.
- You could use media queries in your main theme's stylesheet to target mobile devices and restyle accordingly. No GetSimple plugins required.
- It looks like there's at least a few themes that supposedly render cleanly for mobile devices. I've only used the iGetSimple theme but that was a few years ago now and it may need some tidying up.
- Not at this stage, this is something the Simple Mobile Theme Changer really should handle too (something I recommended here). You could also manage this with JavaScript and media queries. First of all you would "namespace" all your media-query selectors for mobile styles with a body class like "body.mob". Then using JavaScript use a link to toggle this class on and off for mobile devices, then use a cookie to keep track of that toggle's state between pages. There's a run-through of getting that to work on Toolbox Digital's blog.