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April 19th, 2006, 05:16 AM

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WML headers

Hi I build a wap site, and it is supposed to be WML 1.1 compatible.
So the first question is how can I validate my code that it is WML 1.1 and not another version of WML.
The Second question is .What are those headers that appear in my code when I view source in an emulator.
And why should I user the
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-7"?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
???
I will show you a sample.

Code:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:44:34 GMT
Cache-Control: no-cache
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: no-cache,must-revalidate
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 1327
Content-Type: text/vnd.wap.wml
Expires: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:44:34 GMT
Cache-control: private
--[ HEADER END ]------

xml Code:

Original - xml Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-7"?> 
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN"  "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
<wml title="TIM Weather" >
<card title="TIM Plus - Weather">
 
<p align="left"><img src="Images/imaginelogo_w98.gif" alt="BlaBla"/><br/><img src="Images/ BlaBla _w98.gif" alt="weather logo"/></p>
<p>
 <anchor>Name1<go href='Greece.asp' /></anchor>&nbsp;<img src="Images/word_free.gif" alt="free"/>
<br/>
<anchor> Name1<go href=asdsadsad_city.asp?areas_maps=-&areas_id=141'/></anchor>&nbsp;<img src="Images/word_hot.gif" alt="hot"/>
<br/>
<anchor> Name1<go href="asdsadsadad.asp"/></anchor>
<br/>
<anchor> Name2<go href="asdsadsadsa.asp"/></anchor>
<br/>
<anchor> Name3<go href="city_asdasdsa.asp"/></anchor>
<br/>
<anchor> Name4<go href="asdasdsad.asp"/></anchor>
<br/>
<anchor> Name5<go href="asdsadsa.asp"/></anchor>
<br/>
<anchor Name6<go href="asdsadsa_areas.asp"/></anchor>
<br/>
<anchor> Name7<go href="http://45.1.1.43:8888/asdfds.aspx"/></anchor>
<br/>
<anchor> Name8<go href="asdsadsa.asp"/></anchor>
<br/>
<anchor> Name9<go href="asdsadsad.asp"/></anchor>
<br/>
<anchor> Name10<go href="contact.asp"/></anchor>
<br/><br/>
<anchor> Name11<go href="http://mysite.com/news"/></anchor>
<br/>
<anchor>HOME<go href="http://wap"/></anchor>
</p>
</card>
</wml>

Thanx

Last edited by jabba_29 : April 19th, 2006 at 06:02 AM. Reason: tidied up a bit ;)

April 19th, 2006, 06:26 AM

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Hi,

Quote:

So the first question is how can I validate my code that it is WML 1.1 and not another version of WML.

You can use online validators: here is one, and here is another. Actually w3schools has some pretty good information on this, including http://www.w3schools.com/wap/wml_reference.asp.

Code:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK // It was a request and it was OK
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0 // your hosts server
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:44:34 GMT // date
Cache-Control: no-cache // the page won't cache
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET // software you are using 
Pragma: no-cache // the page won't cache
Cache-Control: no-cache,must-revalidate // the page won't cache
Connection: Keep-Alive // server setting
Content-Length: 1327 // size of the fiel
Content-Type: text/vnd.wap.wml // sending as wap content type
Expires: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:44:34 GMT // expires
Cache-control: private // again caching thing, more suitable for IE, but OK

There was a question posted in the PHP forums the other day and someone gave quite a good explaination about what everything meant, can't find it off-hand.

As to your last question: because you just should

But in all seriousness, it enables the browser / device to understand what it is downloading and can interprete it accordingly.

Check the resources link in my signature, there are some pretty useful links in it.

Hope that helps.

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April 19th, 2006, 07:34 AM

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thanx

ok thanks

.
One last thing .. when i validate my WML code i validate only the content between the <wml>...</wml> tags
not the header info and the <XML> that tells the browser that the content is about wml correct??

April 19th, 2006, 10:51 AM

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Your page should be

PHP Code:


		
			
<?xml .....

</wml>

The xml declaration is an important part of the process.

Last edited by jabba_29 : June 18th, 2006 at 07:27 AM. Reason: typo