11.5. Using a Short URL
for the Home Page of a WML Site
As
you all know, typing words using the number pad of a mobile phone is
time-consuming. You should remember to keep the URL of your WML
site's home page short. Ways to keep the URL short include:
Making
good use of a sub-domain. For example, use
"http://wap.somedomain.com/" instead of
"http://www.somedomain.com/wap/". To make the URL even
shorter, you can use "http://somedomain.com/".
Using
the same URL as both the web site and WML site. For example, use
"http://www.somedomain.com/" or "http://somedomain.com/"
instead of "http://www.somedomain.com/wap/" as the home
page of your WML site. If a HTTP request is sent from a mobile
device, the WML version of your site will be forwarded to the
client, otherwise the web version of your site will be forwarded.
Setting
the default document of your web server, so that the user can type
"http://wap.somedomain.com/" instead of
"http://wap.somedomain.com/index.wml". The pre-set default
document is index.html / index.htm or default.html
/ default.htm for most web servers. You need to change it
to a file with the ".wml" extension such as index.wml
and default.wml.
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