cell phones

[sstonge]

Hi.

Anyone know what language I need to learn to I can make my site viewable on cell phones?

Thanks

[drawmack]

HDML & Java - most modern phones can read XHTML and CSS

[sstonge]

thanks, I'll look into that
got any tips for cell phones?

[drawmack]

don't surf the web from a cell phone.

Seriously - I make a page just for sell phones. Then I redirect based on the OS in the browser string.

[Moonglobe]

Originally posted by drawmack
don't surf the web from a cell phone.
why not?

[sstonge]

haha, ya i knoe not to di that myself, but need the access for my saite... when you said rediret based on OS, did you mean the cell's os?

[drawmack]

if I get an OS that I don't know is a desktop OS I redirect to my HDML site.

I.E. windows, linux, max, risc, bee, etc. I don't feel like digging out my list right now.

[Merve]

drawmack, there is a problem with your theory. If someone has a firewall and chooses to prevent a script from accessing OS info, they might be redirected to your HDML site. If you have a way around that, and they will be redirected to your XHTML site, what if a wireless device has a firewall (not very common, but it's emerging due to wireless security issues)? Oh well, we can always screw the firewallers! But that includes me! Damn!

[drawmack]

merve what comes up in the http_user_agent for you, that's what I use.

[Merve]

It will not always be right. There is probably not better solution to the problem, though. Good thinking!

[rpanning]

What you want to learn is WAP and WML. It's similar to HTML except it's just for cell phones. Do a Google search (http://www.google.com/search?q=WAP) or take a look here (http://www.w3schools.com/wap/).

[piersk]

Why would you need to go off-site when there are some dead good articles right here (http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/index.php3?cat=6&subcat=54) on PHPBuilder (the non-forum side)?