Hello Team,
I think I read all the post/docs about this but couldn’t understand it.
So, in the theme panel it says “Displays content using the Mobile Theme on both mobiles and AMP” in mobile theme settings.
What does that mean exactly? Don’t all mobile device browsers and small screen device browsers support AMP?
If we choose “Amp + mobile” does that mean we force “&=1” on all small screen devices and mobile phones?
IF I enable the Amp plugin but not the mobile theme, will my urls get appended “&=1”
If I enable both the amp and the mobile theme plugins, will all my urls in mobile phones gets the “&=1”?
After activating both plugins, should I make separate crawl requests in Google SEO tools for all the urls by adding them “&=1”??
As you can see, this is very confusing to me, any help is appreciated. The more details you can provide, the better.
Thanks in advance.
Hello @Ozgurunlu !
The AMP only works better with the Mobile Theme plugin. From my point of view, if you don’t use the Mobile Theme plugin, then there is no reason or benefit to AMP. Please read all about AMP here: https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-amp-plugin-tutorial/
The Mobile Theme is a performance-optimized theme included in the main Newspaper theme that only loads on mobile devices. It comes with its own templates and designs for pages, posts, categories, etc., so your current templates from the desktop theme will get converted to the mobile theme layout. Please see https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-mobile-theme/ and https://forum.tagdiv.com/mobile-theme-introduction/ for more information.
A full explanation is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpGkOnJeNZY
“If we choose “Amp + mobile” does that mean we force “&=1″ on all small screen devices and mobile phones?” -> No. These settings regarding the URL will be made in the AMP plugin.
Ideally, amp + mobile, so you can customize how the URL here: https://prnt.sc/Suz-eOBmge8- is displayed before activating the Mobile theme plugin.
I hope it is more understandable now for you!
Thank you!
Hi Bettina,
Thank you for the reply. MY confusion is this: aren’t all mobile device browsers AMP?
So what’s the difference between choosing “Amp + Mobile” and choosing “Mobile” for mobile theme?
Thanks,
Ozgur
Hello Ozgur!
When you enable the mobile theme plugin with AMP, then it will overwrite the templates with their layout. If you use only Mobile, then you’ll never have amp on mobiles.
Thank you!
So if I use only mobile, you say “then you’ll never have amp on mobiles.” does that mean: I’ll have the mobile template on mobile phones but that will not be an AMP version of the mobile theme, am I understanding it correctly?
Hello Ozgur!
Yes, you can not have AMP which means the pages with the links /?amp.
Thank you!
thank you Bettina for keeping up with me. 🙂 So will this below summary be correct?:
When Both Mobile Theme plugin and Amp Plugin installed & activated:
1. If we choose the “Mobile only” option in the theme panel Mobile theme settings -> Mobile phones will see the mobile template without the AMP benefits & without the ?amp=1 parameter.
2. If we choose the “Mobile + AMP” option in the theme panel Mobile theme settings -> Mobile phones will see the mobile template with the AMP benefits and with the ?amp=1 parameter.
3. If we choose the “AMP only” option in the theme panel Mobile theme settings -> Mobile phones will not see the mobile template but they will see the pages with the AMP benefits and with the ?amp=1 parameter?? (can you confirm this?)
Thank you!
Ozgur
Hello Ozgur!
Yes, I confirm that.
Thank you!
Thank you Bettina! Much appreciated..
