Even in India we haven’t failed to notice just how popular the iPhone and iPad are and how the usage is exploding like never before. However the big draw back for all our customers is that up until now we’ve only presented videos in a state of the art FLV Player. Now we are sure you are aware but this has one major disadvantage and drawback: People using Apple products can’t view the videos on your website 
Responding to an overwhelming demand from our customers, we assigned our best techno-nerds (they like to be called web developers) to figure out how to let our customers have their cake and eat it too. Or in other words, how can people using a browser take advantage of all the features in the FLV player and people using the iPhone and iPad still be able to view the videos.
The result is a brand new module for Channel called: Channel Mobile
When you install this module it does three things:
- Converts all uploaded videos to QuickTime – Apple’s preferred video playback method
- Redirects all iPhone and iPad (as well as other mobile users) to a special mobile optimized website
- Installs a new theme that is optimized for portable devices like the iPhone
To get the module working you simply have to upload the files and follow the onscreen installation instructions and then you’ll have a fully optimized mobile version of your site that iPhone and iPad users can access and watch videos. All the usual functions are available too, so your users can search, comment, rate, login and share videos just like they would if they were accessing the site through a computer browser.
Check out some of the screenshots below to see how your site will look:
Index page of the Channel Mobile site
Video list page of the Channel Mobile site
Video page of the Channel Mobile site
User Profile page of the Channel Mobile site
Settings page of the Channel Mobile site
Each page has been designed specifically to fit on the small screen and to be as clean as possible. It’s 100% compatible with all types of touch screen phones and tablets so you will be able to open your site to a whole new market.
If you are wondering what it looks like in real life (and just to prove that we have been testing the site on real Apple products!) have a look at the photos below which show a few screens from our new Channel Mobile module.
This is what the video list will look like on your iPhone
This is what the individual video page will look like on your iPhone
This is what the video playback page will look like on your iPhone
See The Working Demo
If you want to see this working for yourself, point your iPhone or iPad browser to this URL: http://channel.demo.agriya.com/product_demo/video/index.html and you’ll automatically be redirected to the special mobile site. Check it out, see how it works (although note that the video loading might be a bit slow due to the huge amount of traffic we have on our demo servers).
If you are using your regular computer browser then you will see the normal Channel website.
How To Order
If you want to get up and running with this module right away you can go ahead and place an order here. It costs $47 and you’ll get instant download once your order has been approved. Buy Channel Mobile now.
If you’ve got any questions about this module please use our Live Chat buttons, contact form or post a comment below (although comments are moderated and may take up to 24 hours to appear).
Not Just For Channel
We’ll be coming out with Mobile modules for the rest of our products over the coming weeks, but if you want to optimize the user experience for your own website then get in touch with us today and let us show you how we can create a fantastic mobile version of your existing website.