Mobile Web Page Dev

[hanski9]

If this is already here and I didn't find it, I apologize. Is there a software tool that if you are a web developer, you can use to create a mobile website from your normal www website? I'd like to not have a seperate URL, but rather the web server recognize the mobile browser and provide the smaller page size...also do I need to make a copy of everything and have smaller pages?

[FourTwenSesh]

Originally Posted by hanski9

If this is already here and I didn't find it, I apologize. Is there a software tool that if you are a web developer, you can use to create a mobile website from your normal www website? I'd like to not have a seperate URL, but rather the web server recognize the mobile browser and provide the smaller page size...also do I need to make a copy of everything and have smaller pages?

This should help you out brother. Im not a developer but a nerd nonetheless. This link seems to be the jackpot:

http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/a...obile-friendly

Let me know if it doesn't help, i'll keep looking for you.

[qnoob]

Originally Posted by FourTwenSesh

This should help you out brother. Im not a developer but a nerd nonetheless. This link seems to be the jackpot:

http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/a...obile-friendly

Let me know if it doesn't help, i'll keep looking for you.

well, you're still going to have to create a separate URL for the mobile friendly version (all you're really doing is detecting the mobile browser then REDIRECTING them to the mobile site).

making sure your CONTENT is updated on both versions of the site (automatically) is even more fun. With a little server-side scripting a la php, asp, etc you can detect the mobile browser and populate your content into the alternate page.

[FourTwenSesh]

Hence:

Step 1: Set up a domain mirror

[qnoob]

Originally Posted by FourTwenSesh

Hence:

Step 1: Set up a domain mirror

or just something as simple as creating a mobile-friendly stylesheet. detect the mobile browser via javascript and if the mobile browser is found use a different stylesheet to format the page that's kosher with mobile browsers.

[scubasteve]

Originally Posted by qnoob

or just something as simple as creating a mobile-friendly stylesheet. detect the mobile browser via javascript and if the mobile browser is found use a different stylesheet to format the page that's kosher with mobile browsers.

Easiest way to do it I have one of the forums i run on SMF setup that way.

[hanski9]

Originally Posted by scubasteve

Easiest way to do it I have one of the forums i run on SMF setup that way.

I may have failed to mention this...I'm not a web"master", but the guy who maintaing his church's web site. Can you e-mail me a sample of the style sheet you are referring to? I can usually follow an example since I do have some programming in my background, I'm just not schooled in what goes on beinhd all the scenes when I use FrontPage to update the site.

hanski9 AT yahoo DOT com

Thanks!!

[scubasteve]

i used this site i think

http://www.developershome.com/wap/wc...iffUserAgents2