Webmasters: WAP for Webmasters

WAP for Webmasters

Written by James Scott

What is WAP?

The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is a standard technology that enables Cellular Phones to connect to repparttar Internet and view stripped down Web Pages and Services.

WAP uses similar concepts to repparttar 132071 desktop Internet we are all familiar with. The Cellular Phone has embedded WAP Micro-Browser software capable of displaying WML (Wireless Markup Language). The user enters repparttar 132072 URL of a WAPSite into repparttar 132073 Micro-Browser and this request is forwarded to a WAP Gateway. The WAP Gateway resides within repparttar 132074 Cellular Carriers network providing an interface between repparttar 132075 Phone and repparttar 132076 Internet. The WAP Gateway retrieves WML content from conventional web servers on repparttar 132077 Internet and returns it to repparttar 132078 Phone to be displayed by repparttar 132079 Micro-Browser.

Why do we need WAP?

Is another markup language really needed? In a word - Yes! The constraints of mobile devices and networks such as low bandwidth, high latency, low memory, and small display capabilities mean conventional Internet protocols (HTTP/TCP/IP) are unsuitable for use in repparttar 132080 wireless environment. It is not feasible to automatically translate HTML designed for a high-resolution monitor onto a three or four line Cellular Phone display. WAP is a standardised way to provide efficient and reliable access to Internet based information and services via Cellular Phones.

How to WAP enable your existing website

If you already know HTML you will find learning WML very easy. There are less tags and most follow repparttar 132081 conventions of HTML. The main differences between developing for repparttar 132082 Web and Wap are repparttar 132083 small screen size, monochrome images only, and slow connection considerations. Well-designed WAP applications provide a simplified web-like experience.

Do You Know What Your Website Visitors Are REALLY Looking For?

Written by Jim Daniels

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last few years I've tried many solutions to a nagging problem... how to let visitors easily search through my website. Each time I'd try a new service, script or software program I'd run into a problem. Either repparttar 132069

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search engine results were lousy or it just plain didn't work.

After lots of trial and error, I finally found a site search tool that is head and shoulders above all others. Actually, it is more than that. It can be used as a powerful marketing tool as well. I now know "exactly" what my website visitors are looking for and can present my own solutions to them in a unique manner.

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o The Atomz fun starts...

As your visitors search your site, Atomz logs what they enter and then creates reports for you by day, week, and month. These reports tell you what visitors are looking for at your site. You can use this information to improve your site or to control repparttar 132079 search results for your visitors.

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