Ranelagh WAP Designs

 

Introduction | Wap Sites | Wap Tools | Articles | Books | F.A.Q. | Phones | Search Engine | WAP News | Contact

Introduction

I am freelance Wap designer, specializing in dynamic Wap sites built using PHP and MySQL. Detailed below is my portfolio; Wap Sites I have developed, Wap Tools I have written, Articles written and information on how to contact me.

WAP Sites

My portfolio of WAP sites :

Citizens Advice Bureaux
http://www.cabx.co.uk/
The Citizens Advice Bureaux WAP Site enables you to find the location of your nearest CAB. This site was written using ASP.

Doncaster Rovers WAP Site
http://www.ranelagh.uklinux.net/wap/rovers/
An unofficial Doncaster Rovers Football Club WAP site - a site built using PHP / MySQL. The site displays information about the latest results, latest news and next fixture along with address and directions - everything required by the football fan on the move. All pages on the site are dynamically generated.

Emergency Services Database
http://www.ranelagh.uklinux.net/wap/sites/emergency/
This demo application enables you to search for the phone number for police / fire / ambulance services in over 70 countries. The application then allows you to call the phone number directly.

WAP Tools

WAP Servercheck
http://www.ranelagh.uklinux.net/wap/servercheck/
A PHP script to check if your server has been correctly configured for WAP. Simply input the filenames of WML and WMLScript files and the script will do the rest.

Articles

I currently write for two WAP web sites - WMLScript.com and Wuzap.org. WirelessProNews have reprinted one of my articles.

WMLScript.com
Creating WBMP Images
How to create dynamic WBMP with PHP and a look at a practicle application.
Wap Design Principles
A look at the some of the principles required when designing a Wap site.
Easy Maintenance and Dynamic Content
Using a combination of MySQL and PHP, it is possible to design WAP sites which deliver dynamic content and are easy to maintain.
Two Sites, One URL
Why give out two different URLs for your WAP and HTML sites ? Using a few lines of PHP, it is possible to use the same URL for both sites and get PHP to direct the user to the appropriate site.
Processing User Input
A look at receiving, validating and processing user input through a combination of WML and PHP.
Creating A Paging Application
Creating an application that will enable you to page through lists of data.
Wuzap.org
Creating dynamic WML pages with PHP
A look at some tricks which make writing WML pages easier using PHP.
Tracking WAP Users with PHP and MySQL
A simple application to keep track of users to your WAP site written in PHP/MySQL.
Error Logging With Apache
How to create a custom error handler in Apache for both WML and HTML browsers.

Books

If you are looking for a good book (or two) on WAP then I would recommend the following ;

Both books are by Wrox. Or if you are looking for good books on writing CGI scripts, you could try ;

I have setup some searches for books at Amazon on WAP, PHP and MySQL.

All books are available from Amazon.

F.A.Q.

I have put together a WAP faq from the questions that I have been asked in the past. I will keep adding to this when I have the material.

Phones In Use

To show the different types of phones currently being used, I have put together a web page which shows all of the different phones used to access my Wap sites.

WAP Search Engine

I am currently working on a new WAP Search Engine which will be available soon, if you would like your site to be listed then please enter the URL below and we will come and check out your site :

 

WAP News

All of the latest WAP news headlines from Moreover.com.

Contact

I can be contacted via email at andrew.spiers@virgin.net. I am available for any WAP project on either a short-term or long-term basis, please contact me for more information.

If you require any assistance on your WAP project, I am happy to provide help on a best endeavour basis.

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