If your blog is powered by WordPress consider giving the WordPress Wii Edition (or the Ultimate Gamer’s Pack) Plugin a spin. – the Winksite Team.
Download the WordPress Wii Edition Plugin v1.3
Or, Just released:
Download the WordPress Ultimate Gamer’s Pack
For Nintendo Wii and DS-Lite, Sony PSP. Includes WordPress Wii Edition Plugin v1.3.
UPDATE: Grab your copy of the Wordpress Ultimate Gamer’s Pack. An essential set of plugins for publishers (that appreciate gamers) that automatically renders an optimized version of your posts and pages when visitors come to your blog on a Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS-Lite, or Sony PSP. Includes Wordpress Wii Edition Plugin v1.3. | Tell me more about the Wordpress Ultimate Gamer’s Pack.
About the Wordpress Wii Edition Plugin v1.3
The WordPress Wii Edition Plugin is a plugin that automatically renders an optimized version of your blog when visitors come to your blog on a Nintendo Wii running the Opera browser. Wii’s are automatically detected, there is no configuration needed. The theme used by the plugin is based on the colours of the Wii interface and uses the “Wii” font at sizes that provide for easy reading on TV screens. This plugin was inspired by Alex King’s Mobile Plugin.
Why is this Plugin Useful?
Webpages on the Wii are hard to view on default zoom and on many pages (designed wider then 800 pixels) you will have to scroll from side to side. In addition, font sizes that work on a computer screen don’t render well on a TV screen. As such we put together this plugin to make our favorite blogs a bit easier to read.
Installation Instructions
- Download the WordPress Wii Edition Plugin v1.3
- Drop the wp-wii.php file in your wp-content/plugins directory
- Drop the wp-wii directory in your wp-content/themes directory
- Click the ‘Activate’ link for WordPress Wii Edition on your Plugins page (in the WordPress admin interface)
Updates
- 2 Jan. 07: Note v1.3 – Now supports “Pages” & “Categories”.
- 27 Dec. 06: Note v1.2 – The Wii Edition logo now appears in the header on all templates/all cases.
- 27 Dec. 06: Note v1.1 – Removed link to desktop version until return issue is sorted out. Added screenshot.png so theme can be viewed in the WP admin “Themes” list. Added CSS support for Wii-optimized bold, strong and bulleted list tags. Added title support for Wii favorites/bookmarks. Modified font for desktop visitors so this theme can be used as your desktop theme. Cleaned up the CSS a bit. Various folks are working on versions in various languages.
- 25 Dec. 06: Note v1.0 – The Wii Editions include a link at the bottom of the that link’s your visitors to the desktop version of your blog. To return to the Wii Edition your visitor will need to click on the return link. This can be confusing so we’re going to rewrite this in the next release.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does this create a Wii admin interface too? No, it does not.
- Does this support pages too? Yes.
- Will new features be added? Yes, look for us soon up on the WordPress Plugin Repository where we will track and release changes.
- Will the theme used by the plugin change the theme used by the desktop version of my blog? No, the theme used by the plugin is only rendered when a visitor views your WordPress blog from a Nintendo Wii.
- Who provided this plugin? The Winksite.com team – Chris, Jay, Ryan, and Dave. It was inspired by Alex King’s Mobile Plugin.
- How can we contact you to ask questions? Send your question to wii [at] wirelessink [dot] com. I’ll we’ll do our best to respond.
Examples of the Wordpress Wii Edition Plugin in Action
Please note these examples are only viewable from your Wii. To be listed you can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
- David Harper’s Different Things: http://harper.wirelessink.com
[...] With WiiPress, WordPress users now can optimize their blog sites for Wii’s Opera browser. The WordPress Wii Edition Plugin is a plugin that automatically renders an optimized version of your blog when visitors come to your blog on a Nintendo Wii running the Opera browser. Wii’s are automatically detected, there is no configuration needed. The theme used by the plugin is based on the colours of the Wii interface and uses the “Wii” font at sizes that provide for easy reading on TV screens. This plugin was inspired by Alex King’s Mobile Plugin. [...]
[...] WordPress Wii Edition Plugin A plugin for Wordpress that automatically renders your blog in a Wii-friendly manner. (tags: design wii wordpress) [...]
[...] Harry Chen installed WiiPress plugin on our blog. It automatically renders an optimized version when visitors visit using Wii’s Opera browser. Check out the screen shots. [...]
[...] Si usas Wordpress para administrar tu sitio, seguramente te interese saber que hay un añadido (plugin) para este CMS que permite modificar el estilo de nuestra página sin tener que tocar código. Lo podéis descargar desde aquí. Ojo, no lo recomiendo porque cambia totalmente el diseño de tu página por el que trae el plugin por defecto, pero si eso no te importa, es muy cómodo. Por ejemplo, mirad cómo se ve el weblog de DraXus (y así respondo a su pregunta
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[...] I’ve seen some Wordpress plugins lately that change how Wordpress looks if the user is accessing it with a Nintendo DS or the Wii’s Internet Channel. [...]
[...] Oyé oyé à tout les possesseurs de Nintendo Wii. Vous pouvez désormais surfer en toute liberté, avec aisance et une lisibité accrue sur mon site : http://www.geekyear.free.fr/ Ceci grâce au Plugins pour les platforme de blog Wordpress. Si vous aussi vous bloggez et que vous êtes intéressés par le plugins, vous pouvez le télécharger à cette adresse. [...]
[...] If you want to do the same for your Wordpress-powered blog, get the WiiPress plug-in. [...]
[...] WordPress Wii Edition Plugin (WiiPress) lets you Wii-fy your Wordpress blog. Thanks to <a href=”http://rom.feria.name/blog”>Advocrazy</a> for letting me know about this. [...]
[...] If any of you have a WordPress blog, you can get the plugin here. [...]
[...] I just installed a new plugin for my website, WiiPress. [...]
[...] Desde hoy, esta web, tiene una interfaz exclusiva para el navegador Opera de la Nintendo Wii. Esto es gracias al trabajo de David Harper creando un plugin para Wordpress. Como los que aquí trabajamos no tenemos (aún) la nueva consola de Nintendo, agradecemos los comentarios de aquéllos de vosotros que si la tengáis y nos expliquéis vuestras impresiones sobre el aspecto de la web en dicha plataforma. Aquí pongo una captura de cómo debería verse esta web al entrar con una Wii: [...]
[...] Wer seinen Blog Wii-tauglich gestalten will, sollte sich das Wordpress Wii Edition Plugin genauer anschauen. Die letzten 5 Beiträge werden dann groß auf dem Bildschirm angezeigt und können auch auf kleinen Fernsehern gut gelesen werden. Das Design ist dem Wii-Menu nachempfunden und passt sich so sehr gut an. Allerdings gibt es noch keine Unterstützung für Einzelseiten und auch das sonstige Menu verschwindet. [...]
[...] Lo que no hice fue instalar el plugin que ya existe para WordPress y que permite disponer de una versión de tu blog de forma que se vea teóricamente perfecto en el navegador de la Wii. Habrá que verlo . Ah, y por supuesto, hay novedades en el tema del hacking de la consola. Hace tiempo ya lograron hacer una copia de un juego, y hace unos días uno de esos gurús que hablaron en las conferencias Chaos Communication Congress de Berlin contaba que la protección de la Wii es un poco de risa. En el vídeo adjunto se puede atender a sus explicaciones, tal y como cuentan en ElOtroLado. He aquí el vídeo: [...]
[...] Als ich dann heute einen Artikel über ein Wordpress-Plugin extra für die Wii bei Max gefunden habe, musste ich doch etwas schmunzeln. [...]
Wii-Plugin für’s Pottblog…
Vor ein paar Tagen las ich schon beim WordPress-Entwickler Matt Mullenweg, daß es für WordPress-basierte Blogs (wie das Pottblog eines ist) ein Wii-Plugin von winksite.com gibt, mit dem man die Darstellung auf der Nintendo Wii deutlich verbes…
[...] Thanks to the great Wii WordPress Plugin by the Winksite Team, this site is now formatted for browsing on the Wii! If you navigate to http://www.playwii.com on your Wii Opera Powered Browser, PlayWii will look very different. The key is that it’s now actually readable without zooming in. Check it out on your Wii and let me know what you think. I’m looking to make a few more changes in the near future to make this site an even better place to get information on the Wii, so stay tuned! [...]
Works now. I guess (uneducated, mind you) that I was having some sort of caching issues. Either on the Wii/Opera side or on some other. Thanks for the plugin and the time for answering my posts.
[...] Im Dezember hat Opera einen Browser für die Spielkonsole Wii herausgebracht, mit welchem man beliebige Internetseiten am Fernseher anschauen kann. Nur ist ein Fernseher eben nicht wirklich das optimale Gerät, um im Internet zu surfen. Um dem entgegen zu wirken, wird diese Homepage nun speziell optimiert dargestellt, wenn du sie mit der Wii anschaust: Für die technisch Interessierten: Es handelt sich dabei um das Wordpress-Plugin WiiPress. [...]
[...] This blog is now optimized to be read on a Wii running the opera browser using the WiiPress v1.3 plugin. [...]
[...] WP Ultimate Gamer’s Pack Hot in the heels of the Wordpress Wii Plugin comes the Wordpress Gamer’s Pack with support for the Wii, PSP and DS Lite. There are also plans for the recently introduced Apple Inc. iPhone optimized version of a plugin for Wordpress. All of this is part of the R&D (and I suspect, promotion) of Winksite. (No Ratings Yet) Loading … [...]
[...] I just installed a plugin that detects and displays the blog with a theme compatible for the Wii, PlayStation and Nintendo DS gaming consoles. They haven’t released the browser for the DS in the States yet, but it is available in Europe. [...]
[...] To get the plugin, (CLICK HERE). This is so cool! [...]
[...] 先日このブログにも導入した「WordPress Wii Edition Plugin」のヴァージョン1.3ですが、ちょっとだけ応用してみました。 [...]
[...] Bloggers, Winksite has written a WordPress plugin, Ultimate Gamer’s Pack, that auto-magically detects when a DS-Lite, PSP or Wii are accessing your site and properly renders your site for the device. I haven’t tested AFK Gamer with the plugin because I don’t have any of those gadgets, but cellphone browsing worked great. [...]
[...] I’ve added a plugin which makes the site more easily readable by Wiis, PSPs and DSs. It basically makes it into a nicely formatted RSS feed with appropriate graphics denoting the hardware you’re reading it on. Kinda cool! I got it from this site: http://harper.wirelessink.com/?p=104 [link] [...]
[...] Plug-In WordPress Wii Edition shows an interface designed for the Nintendo Wii when visitors come to your site on a Wii with the Opera browser. Wii’s are automatically detected, there is no configuration needed. (We also found a link to use Google Maps to locate Wii users near you.) [...]
[...] Updated the plugins to include automatic detection of PSPs, Wiis, and DSs via the WordPress Ultimate Gamers Pack plugin. When detected, the site will reformat to suit them. [...]
[...] そちらの記事に寄りますと、なんとDSやPSP向けのプラグインも同梱した「WordPress Ultimate Gamer’s Pack」鳴るパッケージが公開されているということですので、私も導入してみました。 [...]
[...] 昨晩も申し上げた「WordPress Ultimate Gamer’s Pack」についてですが、先ほどDS版も一部のページの表示のみではありますが確認してみました。 [...]
[...] Ein Blog, der sich unter anderem mit Konsolenspielen beschäftigen will, sollte natürlich auch für die Leser den höchstmöglichen Komfort bieten, die mit Konsolen auf diesen Blog zugreifen. Deshalb arbeitet blogspiele.de mit einem Wordpress-Plugin, was das lesen des Blogs mit der Wii, dem Nintendo DS und der PSP deutlich angenehmer gestaltet. [...]
[...] Visit this link to download the plugin and to learn more about it, as well as to download similar plugins for the DS and PSP. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
[...] A tal proposito potrebbe essere interessante, per coloro che hanno un blog con Wordpress e hanno a casa la WII, installare il WordPress Wii Edition Plugin, un plugin installabile facilmente su qualsiasi blog creato con Wordpress che consente un rendering ottimizzato per la versione di Opera funzionante sulla nuova console Nintendo.Non è necessaria alcuna configurazione, basta installarlo e i Wii vengono automaticamente identificati fornendo delle pagine facilmente navigabili. [...]
[...] LINK to the site. [...]
[...] Got Wii? Surf the ‘net with your Wii? If so, you can now easily view Wordpress blogs, especially formatted for your TV screen. David Harper has generated a Wordpress plugin that automatically detects the Opera browser used by the Wii and formats the blog accordingly. So now you can all visit my site from your Wii (glorious news to you all, I am sure). Just doing my part to make sure that most people can access my site. If you don’t have a Wii, but want to see what Wii users would see, Wii-ify this page. Use this link to switch back to Atlantic. [...]
給 Wii 玩家專用的 Wordpress 樣板…
先說個題外話，前幾天去 HEMiDEMi 玩回來之後，寫了一篇關於為黑米慶生和玩 Wii 的短文。
言歸正傳，來談談這個為 Wii 玩家所貼心設計的 WordPress Wii Edition Plugin 吧！（感謝 Jerry 告知）
在安……
[...] Wordpress Wii edition. Este plugin optimiza la visualización del blog con Nintendo Wii. Por The Winksite Team – Christopher Collareta, Jason Sabella, and David Harper. Más info en: Bitelia, David Harper y JAB. [...]
[...] Si teneis wordpress, haceos con el plugin desde el blog del autor. Archivado en: Videojuegos — jBilbo @ 3:07 [...]
[...] WordPress Wii Edition Plugin David Harper – Different Things » Blog Archive » WordPress Wii Edition Plugin (WiiPress v1.3) WordPress Wii Edition Plugin (WiiPress v1.3) [...]
[...] Grâce au plugin WordPress Ultimate Gamer’s Pack de David Harper, mon blog est accessible depuis les consoles de jeux nintendo DS, PSP et Wii. Il s’agit d’un plugin qui détecte le type de machine dont provient la requête et applique un thème particulier pour les consoles. L’intérêt est un peu limité et les thèmes contiennent un peu de pub pour le plugin mais l’initiative est très sympathique! [...]
[...] WordPress Wii Edition Riconosce gli utenti che si collegano al vostro blog dalla Nintendi Wii e fornisce una versione adatta ad essere letta dalla TV [...]
[...] Una vera chicca per chi vuole ottimizzare il proprio blog basato su Wordpress per la visualizzazione con la Nintendo Wii. E’ il WordPress Wii Edition Plugin, un add-on installabile facilmente su qualsiasi blog “powered by Wordpress” che consente un rendering ottimizzato per la versione di Opera funzionante sulla nuova console Nintendo. Non è necessaria alcuna configurazione, basta installarlo e i Wii vengono automaticamente identificati fornendo delle pagine facilmente navigabili. [...]
Great idea and simple execution.
Quick heads up, Full Version of Wii Internet Channel is now available.
I tested the plug-in on Digital-Lifestyles before and updating the Wii browser to the full version. Worked fine before, with the Wii-friendly version of the site being displayed, but after the upgrade I saw the old non-Wii’d view of the site again.
I guess it may be down to the way the Full browser identifies itself now.
Keep up the good work.
[...] On a related note, I’ve been surfing the internet on my Wii and I was checking out this blog. It was a shameful sight. A third of it needed to be scrolled over so that it could be visible. So I installed the Wordpress Ultimate Gamers Pack and now I hope my blog is optimized it be shown on a Wii, DS Lite, and PSP. [...]
Hi Dave,
I Think this is a strange but wonderful plugin you have created, for the nintendo wii. For all you hardcore nintendo/wordpress fans, this is a must have plugin.
my website: http://madmorro.netfast.org
[...] WiiPress Plugin che riconosce gli utenti che si collegano con la Nintendi Wii e fornisce una versione del blog più adatta ad essere letta dalla TV. [...]
[...] Hier geht’s zu David Harpers Downloadsite der PlugIns [...]
[...] Vía | Anieto2k. Más información | David Harper. Descargar el plugin. [...]
[...] Por fin aparecen! Este blog presume de contar con su versión wii enable desde hace tiempo, gracias al plugin de David harpers. Aunque, todo sea dicho, con alguna actualización del WordPress haya olvidado volverlo a activar
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