I dont know how to start creating a WAP site at all.

this is my first time, can sombody help me by providing a step by step guide to create a WAP site? i read articles n understood on WMLs but i dun really get it when it comes to hosting, or server, or where the WML whould be saved or wrote...sumthin like that.

sorry..i'm so embarassed...really need help. this is for my final year project for my university requirement.

Ah, great. a homework question

Do you have a host at the moment?
If so, what is their set-up?

To create a simple wap site, you don't need a wap gateway or anything.
Just make sure that you can send the correct header information.

By that I mean, if you have PHP for example, you can force headers easily.
You can with other server-side languages too, PHP is the one I am most familiar with.
Some servers are configured to accept .wml files a "text/vnd.wap.wml" too, if that is what you are aiming at..... but..

.... just explain exactly what you need to know, we will try to help........

Take a look as the wap resources link in my signature.
Everything you need to know is there.
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ermm.. ok this is all i hav in mind for now...

i was thinking of using WML, an emulator, dreamweaver for scripting...erm... apache server maybe? i dun hav any wap hosting fer time being. Cant find one really. and if i do, shud i stil download the apache server in my pc? i duno. can u suggest to me the best tools n basic things to be done first? atleast to display one wap site.

thank u sooo much!

Sounds like it, lol

I don't know who your ISP is but there is a good possibility that you can use your personal web space for testing etc...

IMO, all you should need (if you're in the US) is XHTML... almost all current mobile devices display XHTML, there are very few wap phone/www users (who is your target user base?)

if you are going to use .WML extensions then you need to enable the mime type on the server...you can possibly do this on your ISP's personal web space using a .htaccess file

use an FTP client like Filezilla that will show you hidden files unless you have ssh access...or just overwrite to edit

look for "smart phone" emulators

good luck

Yeah, wml is a bit dated, xhtml is most likely your best bet.

Setting up a server on your own PC is a good idea.
You are always best to test privately first than on a public domain -
you can upload everything to a public domain after testing.

You don't need a "wap" host unless you are going to be doing things other than basic stuff,
provided you can force the content type or have access to .htaccess on an Apache server,
you will have no problems.

There are many emulators, as listed on the wap resources page
and some web browser can view wml or html MP which is very useful for debugging -
these languages are very unforgiviing when it comes to coding standards.
Many devices can't view pages at all if there are any errors in syntax....

Avoid the "design" mode in Dreamweaver......