Websites for WAP (WML) Anyone expeienced with this?

trekkie · Web Design Newbie Joined: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 15

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place - I can't find anything in the forum related to websites enabled for or specifically for WAP.

Is anyone here experienced in this?
As Google and Yahoo are getting heavily involved in this now I think we need to get more serious about it. I rejected the idea as dumb 5 years ago but it seems that people are now surfing the web on their PDA's and mobile devices.

Would welcome any discussion on this.
THANKS

ci5co · Web Design Newbie Joined: Aug 18, 2004 Posts: 89

I've done it. Producing a website to run on one specific WAP device is easy; especially if you have that device in front of you. Getting it to "fit" correctly on all different manners of phones, PDAs, and CE devices is a different story. If you think browser standards are bad on home PCs, it is much worse with portables.
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tofuman · Freshman Joined: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 8

What exactly is your concern? Are you interested in building a web site or a shop?

Jon · Web Design Admin Joined: Jul 12, 2004 Posts: 72

Since WAP 2.0 you actually can use same front-end for mobile devices, so there is no significant overhead in development phase. This is, IMO, good enough to make WAP version of the site wherever possible.

Another issue is adjusting content/usability of your site to mobile devices, but I think you need to be a little more specific in what exactly do you want to know about the topic.
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trekkie · Web Design Newbie Joined: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 15

Hi guys

Thanks for the responses.
We are considering it for a very large site - I was looking for any resources available on the net, or a site or any where I can get some more info. eg. what software to use etc etc etc.