cell phone enabled web site

T Pat · 2008-08-25, 07:23 AM

What's it take to view a video or picture that's on line with a cell phone
Do I simple have to have a separate size for cell phones?
Is there a way to send cell phone users to a page made for cell phones
Is there a script that sets everything up for you?

Jim · 2008-08-25, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T Pat

What's it take to view a video or picture that's on line with a cell phone
Do I simple have to have a separate size for cell phones?
Is there a way to send cell phone users to a page made for cell phones
Is there a script that sets everything up for you?

Option number 2, I believe Pat. It always pisses me off when I go to my bank and a few other places with my iphone and am redirected to a cell phone only site when the iphone doesn't need it.

I think this may be the code...

Code:

     
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
	<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php
/* cell/pda browser detection */

if (strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'], 'vnd.wap.xhtml'))
{
    echo "You are using a vnd.wap.xhtml WAP browser";
}
else if (strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'], 'vnd.wap.wml'))
{
    echo "You are using a vnd.wap.wml WAP browser";
}
else
{
    echo "You are using a normal browser";
}

?>

</body>
</html>

ArtWilliams · 2008-08-25, 09:33 AM

Hi T Pat,

I really want to do a mobile site because presumably if you're the first in then there is a greater chance of making money. Having said that, IMHO mobile is all fucked up because of lack of standards and fragmentation.

The British magazine, Practical Web Design (Issue 178) has a great article on designing sites for mobile. [I think the magazine might be called .Net in the States.] If you're serious about it then it is well worth the read. My mini summary of it would be this:

- There are no standards.
- You can adopt one of the following strategies:
1) Lowest common denominator (i.e. pics of 120px size)
2) Create a baseline of phones you'll support with Wireless CSS OR table based pages.
3) Only support the latest phones which will have full mini-browsers and video (iphone / (Google) Andriod [coming this fall] / Phones with Opera)

To answer your direct questions:

What's it take to view a video or picture that's on line with a cell phone

Fine, I've viewed NaughtyAmerica's 5 minute iPod movie verions just fine on my phone. If I were a "young buck" I'd wack off to it!

Do I simple have to have a separate size for cell phones?

See my comments above.

Is there a way to send cell phone users to a page made for cell phones

I don't know. I suspect a text link would do it. I can certainly open URLs in email on my Blackberry browser.

Is there a script that sets everything up for you?[/quote]

I have seen a script that determines from the referrer info what kind of page to send someone but I am afraid I've lost the link. Look up mobile, referrer, script -- maybe add Symbian or some other phone OS. That should find it for you.

Here are some links:

dotMobi Mobile Web Developers Guides
Designing For The Mobile User Experience
W3 Mobile Web Initiative

Good luck!

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2008-08-25, 09:33 AM	#3
ArtWilliams You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 6,244	Hi T Pat, I really want to do a mobile site because presumably if you're the first in then there is a greater chance of making money. Having said that, IMHO mobile is all fucked up because of lack of standards and fragmentation. The British magazine, Practical Web Design (Issue 178) has a great article on designing sites for mobile. [I think the magazine might be called .Net in the States.] If you're serious about it then it is well worth the read. My mini summary of it would be this: - There are no standards. - You can adopt one of the following strategies: 1) Lowest common denominator (i.e. pics of 120px size) 2) Create a baseline of phones you'll support with Wireless CSS OR table based pages. 3) Only support the latest phones which will have full mini-browsers and video (iphone / (Google) Andriod [coming this fall] / Phones with Opera) To answer your direct questions: What's it take to view a video or picture that's on line with a cell phone Fine, I've viewed NaughtyAmerica's 5 minute iPod movie verions just fine on my phone. If I were a "young buck" I'd wack off to it! Do I simple have to have a separate size for cell phones? See my comments above. Is there a way to send cell phone users to a page made for cell phones I don't know. I suspect a text link would do it. I can certainly open URLs in email on my Blackberry browser. Is there a script that sets everything up for you?[/quote] I have seen a script that determines from the referrer info what kind of page to send someone but I am afraid I've lost the link. Look up mobile, referrer, script -- maybe add Symbian or some other phone OS. That should find it for you. Here are some links: dotMobi Mobile Web Developers Guides Designing For The Mobile User Experience W3 Mobile Web Initiative Good luck!