RE: [users@httpd] first email to this list - WAP and apache

[Boyle Owen <Ow...@swx.com>]

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cyberarian [mailto:cyberarian@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:43 AM
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: Re: [users@httpd] first email to this list
> 
> Thanks for prompt response.  My HTML files are running quite 
> fine in my browser by visiting http://localhost
> what to do next?

You just put a WAP file (ie, page.wml) in the server (eg,
http://server/page.wml) then hit that URL from the phone.

I get the feeling you're not really sure about how WAP works... It's
really just the same as normal HTTP - the only difference is that the
content is in a different mark-up language (eg, WML or HDML instead of
HTML). The other big difference is that the phone doesn't connect
directly to the server, rather, it sends a request to an HTTP gateway
computer in the base station and it is the gateway that makes the
request (via the internet) to the server. So the phone -> gateway link
is over GPRS/UTMS/EDGE or whatever and the gateway -> server link is
over Plain Old HTTP. 

If all you've got is an apache server on localhost then it obviosuly
won't work - your server needs to be accessible on the public internet,
with a registered domain name and public IP and everything.

Rgds,
Owen Boyle
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>  
> cyberarian
> 
>  
> On 1/24/07, Boyle Owen <Ow...@swx.com> wrote: 
> 
> 	> -----Original Message-----
> 	> From: cyberarian [mailto:cyberarian@gmail.com ]
> 	> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:33 AM
> 	> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> 	> Subject: [users@httpd] first email to this list
> 	>
> 	> Hi all i m the new user of this list.  can someone guide me 
> 	> how to use apache webserver for wap files.  I have an
> 	> index.wap file. How can i use it from my mobile using my
> 	> apache web server?
> 	>
> 	
> 	The WAP file goes on the apache server. The mobile 
> phone is the client - 
> 	it fetches the file from the server and renders (ie, 
> displays) it.
> 	
> 	Forget about WAP for the minute - get apache running 
> with a plain HTML
> 	file that you can see in a browser then start worrying 
> about WAP.
> 	
> 	Rgds,
> 	Owen Boyle
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Re: [users@httpd] first email to this list - WAP and apache

[Krist van Besien <kr...@gmail.com>]

On 1/24/07, Boyle Owen <Ow...@swx.com> wrote:

> You just put a WAP file (ie, page.wml) in the server (eg,
> http://server/page.wml) then hit that URL from the phone.
>
> I get the feeling you're not really sure about how WAP works... It's
> really just the same as normal HTTP - the only difference is that the
> content is in a different mark-up language (eg, WML or HDML instead of
> HTML). The other big difference is that the phone doesn't connect
> directly to the server, rather, it sends a request to an HTTP gateway
> computer in the base station and it is the gateway that makes the
> request (via the internet) to the server. So the phone -> gateway link
> is over GPRS/UTMS/EDGE or whatever and the gateway -> server link is
> over Plain Old HTTP.
>
> If all you've got is an apache server on localhost then it obviosuly
> won't work - your server needs to be accessible on the public internet,
> with a registered domain name and public IP and everything.

There is a wml plugin for Firefox that can come in quite handy here.
Use this plugin, put your content on your server, and make sure it
first works in your browser, using the public name of your server. My
job is to maintain a wap portal, and I use this all the time. Once you
have everything working correctly from a webbrowser you can start
testing from your phone. Provided your wap gateway is properly
configured you can just telle your phone to go to the URL of your
site.

wml browser plugin here:

http://wmlbrowser.mozdev.org/

Krist

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