Mobile devices

Accessing 'Akshardhool' from mobile devices

There is a general shift amongst internet users towards hand held mobile devices like Android or iOS phones and tablets. All such devices do have browser Apps (Safari on iOS devices and Chrome or other browsers on Android) as a standard home screen feature. The problem is that most users find it tough to type a web site address (URL) with the small key board that appears on the screens and later save the URL as a book mark.

Another problem faced by most readers is the lay out of the blog, which is essentially designed for a much larger screen of a desktop or a laptop computer. Reading the blog on a mobile device with its desktop layout, requires frequent shifting and pinching of the matter and photos on screen.

Akshardhool now has a special version for mobile devices that is simpler to access and user friendly. The pictures appear with sizes reduced for the screen and no shifting or pinching is required. The mobile version is also a smart version in the sense that it can decide whether to display the normal layout or a mobile layout. So when you access Akshardhool from a tablet or iPad, the mobile version decides depending upon the screen size, whether to show mobile version or normal version. The URL for the mobile version differs slightly from the URL of the blog.

URL for Desktop version of Akshardhool:- www.akshardhool.com

URL for Mobile version of Akshardhoo:- www.akshardhool.com/?m=1

A mobile device user does not have to bother about selecting the correct version as most of the times the web site itself would appear in the correct layout, meant for that device. I have given the URLs just in case this does not happen and a manual correction is required.

For easy access to “Akshardhool” from Android or iOS devices, it is best to set up a bookmark or a link icon on home or Apps screen, where all your other Apps appear in form of icons. Once this is set up, all you need to do is to tap “Akshardhool” icon to gain direct access to the blog

Here are the detailed instructions for setting up 'Akshardhool' bookmark or link button on home or Apps page of your hand held devices.

iPhone devices using iOS

1. Tap on the “Safari” browser icon. In the default setting, this icon is located in bottom row and looks like a compass needle.

2. When the browser search window appears, tap on the search sign, when a key board will appear at bottom. Type www.akshardhool.com or www.akshardhool.com/?m=1 and tap the “Go” button at the bottom.

3. The mobile or desktop version of “Akshardhool” will now appear depending on your screen size.

4. Now tap the “share “ icon at the bottom. It is in the middle of a white strip and looks like a box with an arrow projecting out of it.

5. A. notification window will appear showing icons for mail, Twitter, facebook etc. In the bottom row click on the icon saying “Add to Home Screen.”

6. Another notification window will appear with the heading “Add to Home.” Click on Add option.

7. Close the browser window and check the home screen. An icon with the name “Akshardhool” written below it, would have been added to the home scree.

8. It is now just a matter of tapping “Akshardhool” icon to get access to the mobile version of Akshardhool.

iPad devices using iOS

1. Tap on the “Safari” browser icon. In the default setting, this icon is located in bottom row and looks like a compass needle.

2. When the browser search window appears tap on the search sign, when a key board will appear at bottom. Type www.akshardhool.com or www.akshardhool.com/?m=1 and tap the “Go” button at the bottom.

3. The desktop or mobile version of “Akshardhool” will now appear depending upon size of screen

4. Now tap the “share “ icon at the top near address bar. It looks like a box with an arrow projecting out of it.

5. A notification window will appear showing icons for mail, Twitter, facebook etc. In the bottom row click on the icon saying “Add to Home Screen.”

6. Another notification window will appear with the heading “Add to Home.” Click on Add option.

7. Close the browser window and check the home screen. An icon with the name “Akshardhool” written below would have been added to the home screen.

8. It is now just a matter of tapping “Akshardhool” icon to get access to the mobile version of Akshardhool.

Android Phones and Tablets

(Depending upon the manufacturer and the Android version, the position of setting symbol, notification window and option menu, may change and may need searching, but the overall procedure remains same.)

1. Tap on the browser icon. This icon looks like an earth globe with words 'Internet' written below it. Alternatively if you have Chrome icon, tap on it.

2. When the browser search window appears, tap on the search sign, when a key board will appear at bottom. Type www.akshardhool.com or www.akshardhool.com/?m=1 and tap the search button at the bottom.

3. The desktop or mobile version of “Akshardhool” will now appear depending upon size of your screen.

4. Now tap the settings symbol ( usually as three dots in a vertical line or three horizontal lines below each other.

5. An option pull down or pull up menu will appear. Select “Save to Bookmarks.”

6. Now another dialogue window will appear with the heading “ Bookmark this page.” Tap on “OK” Button.

7. There would be another options menu either at the bottom or top of the browser window. Select “bookmarks” from this. The Bookmarks option appears as a ribbon with a star at the center. Select this option.

8. “Bookmarks” window will now open and under “local”, Akshardhool Bookmark icon will appear.

9. Select and press the “Akshadhool” icon for a few seconds till another options menu appears. Tap on “Add shortcut to home.”

10. Close the browser window and check the home or Apps screen. An icon with the name “Akshardhool” written below, would have been added to the home screen.

11. It is now just a matter of tapping “Akshardhool” icon to get access to the mobile version of Akshardhool.

Note:- In later versions of Android, this procedure is much simplified. Follow steps 1 to 3. Then near the address bar, you can see a bookmark star. If this star is tapped, the bookmark dialogue box wood open. In this box, save in option is available. Select "on home screen" here. The bookmark for 'Akshardhool' would be directly added to home screen.

Enjoy!

28^th February 2015