mobile-web

Test for AJAX in mobile browsers

I'm building a mobile web application that may or may not rely on ajax, depending on whether the user's browser supports javascript. Since I'm using JQuery, I want to make sure the mobile browser supports AJAX through JQuery before enabling my AJAX functionality. I'm running into a problem with Opera Mini because of the way it renders ...

What parts of .NET aren't available in Monotouch for IPhone dev?

What are some key bindings that aren't included? ...

Format ASP.Net MVC app for desktop and mobile browser

I am working on an ASP.Net MVC application that with views that I want to be able to format for desktop browsers as well as mobile browsers. Both formats would use the same Controllers and Actions but require different views. What's the best way to do this? Do I do a browser detect in the Action and then invoke the appropriate view?...

What is the design best practice for setting the page width for mobile web pages?

Different browsers on different phones have different screen resolution. Is there a best practice in the community to set the width to a standard size, so that it works on most moderns phones and browsers? ...

Helpful Tips for developing WAPs

I'm starting to develop WAP (websites for mobile devices) websites, however I'm finding there are such a wide range of mobile devices that stretch from the advanced iPhone to older blackberries. Are there any helpful sites that discuss best techniques and good practices so that I'm not ignoring any of the major issues? Cheers ...

Upload files using mobile broadband using standard browsers (not from phone)

My issue is trying to upload photos while using mobile broadband. (PHP) The situation is - 1) I'm using a laptop that is connected to the internet using mobile broadband (t-mobile) 2) I know that my web site works as I've used the php script for well over a year without issues Other points which may help with an answer 1) uploading ...

Making site usable both from Mobile devices and desktops

I have a website that I want to make look good from a non-mobile browser, but make very usable from a mobile device. I'm thinking I'm going to detect if the user is likely using a mobile device, and if they are, redirect the first hit to a page that says something like: "It looks like you're viewing this page on a mobile device. Would ...

how can load gmap link on mobile browser

Hi, I just created a page to display google map using gmap api and map displaying well on the pc but when i send this link http://ratebol.com/statmap_v3.php to mobile map is not displaying. Please give me solution to display map on mobile... Thanks & Regards Sushil Singh ...

Content Management System targeting Mobile Devices

Hi, all. If I want to implement CMS for Mobile Devices, what kind of points should take into account? For example, make page size smaller, use optimized (small) pictures. Any other ideas? Also what kind of rules can be applied while converting web-pages that WERE designed for Desktop Browsers, to the ones that are easily displayed in ...

My mobile site does not render on certain mobile phones. Why?

I am developing a basic mobile site in asp.NET and C# and am having problems rendering .aspx pages on certain mobile phone browsers. I tried Stackoverflow.Mobi on a nokia looking for good examples for coding mobile sites. As soon as I redirect to another page I receive the error "File Format Unknown." As soon as i use the button_click...

redirect URL to mobile version

I want to redirect some URL to mobile version, if the user agent is a mobile. Example : klikkarir.com/jawa-pos/5215/lowongan-call-center-accounting-administration-pt-asia-teleservices-januari-2010.html will redirect to : m.klikkarir.com/5215/lowongan-call-center-accounting-administration-pt-asia-teleservices-januari-2010/ somebody ...

Mobile version of a website/web application using php...???

Hello.. I was working on a website in which user can upload videos and images etc etc and can view his images and videos etc etc..Whatever the thing is image uploading/ add video via youtube link. or view image and view video added Now i want to make a same website havin its mobile version means user can add upload videos and images fr...

Screenshot tool for BlackBerry?

I am working on a web development project that I want to make sure works well on the BlackBerry browser. As part of both testing and documentation, I want to be able to take screenshots of my application and was wondering where to start. I see there are a couple of pay applications on BlackBerry App World when I search for screenshot, ...

Utilizing a current web site's assets in a new mobile version

Hi, I recently joined a friend of mine in developing his web app. He built it from scratch using the MVC pattern. Now I'm trying to make a new (and separated in a sub domain) mobile site that's based on CodeIgniter, but I have no idea how to utilize the models my friend made, especially considering they don't follow CodeIgniter's rules...

Location Aware Mobile Browsers

I want to build a mobile web application that will require the users location. I want to avoid the need to create applications for separate mobile platforms and the growing sophistication of mobile browsers seems a way around that. Which mobile browsers will allow client JavaScript to use the phone's GPS or cell tower data? There have...

meta "viewport" device-width: Wrong width small on Opera Mobile 9.7 (10 works)

For my current mobile web project I use the meta "viewport" tag to instruct the mobile browser to use a scale of 1:1 with the devices' width: <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width, height=device-height, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" /> This works on IE mobile, iPhone Safari and ...

Meta-tags for mobile – should they be used?

Meta-tags "Viewport", "MobileOptimized" and "HandheldFriendly" can be used to provide appropriately formatted HTML-content to mobile devices. Are these tags good things? They seem pretty platform specific in many cases, and even when not platform specific (viewport), they seem to require device specific attributes in order to work proper...

SVG support on smart-phone browsers

I am investigating SVG, so I was wondering if anyone knows how good SVG support is for browsers on smart-phones. I know Opera Mini/iPhone support a lot of SVG Tiny, but I cannot figure out the support for other browsers (Blackberry, Pre, Android, Nokia smart-phones). I know phones using IE as rendering engine will have no support at all....

Is It Possible to get a (rough) Mobile Phone Location from a HTTP Request

If memory serves me correctly, google does this for the maps site. I know google's mobile maps app can determine the rough location (I assume using some kind of cell tower lookup), yet I seem to remember the site getting somewhat close to the current location when viewing on a mobile browser. Anyone know how/if that's possible? Does the...

Your website can't support all mobile devices, but how to decide?

Hi, there are a lot of mobile devices that can surf and could benefit from a website optimiezed for their screen resolution and so on. but how do you decide which device to support, because you can't support all of them with an optimized mobile page view. my way would be to do a sum-up mobile page, that most of the devices can handle, ...