Clean blog platform with mobile view (Svbtle, Obtvse, Bitrot don't do mobile)

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I've been searching high and low for a clean and minimal blogging platform to replace wordpress. I love the look/feel of Svbtle, Obtvse, and Bitrot but none of these platforms work within a mobile device. Does anyone have any suggestions for a clean platform that renders beautifully within a mobile device?

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I don't know what are the requirements really, but I think that in blogs' case, where people just want to read you, positioning your text in the middle so that safari or Android browsers can easily focus the text is enough.

With this said, why not try Jekyll with bootstrap if you really want your site to render differently on the desktop and mobile?

good idea

I'm not sure what you're talking about. I am happy to see svbtle links on the frontpage because I usually read HN on mobile and svbtle is really easy on the eyes to read.

Here is a screenshot http://cl.ly/image/2L3y3Y1K0k2W

What would you do to make it more readable?

Odd.. some sites look optimized, while others do not.

When i view the homepage and zoom in, it starts to do funky things

Screenshot - http://cl.ly/image/2Z3v3B2F3R0z

When I view the individual contributors sites on my mobile device it renders properly.

Syte is reasonably mobile friendly, at least on my iphone.

https://github.com/rigoneri/syte

I like Syte a lot but it's worth noting that the underlying blog is actually powered by Tumblr. I think there are pros and cons to that.

Sounds like a startup waiting to happen.

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