18.3. Using a Short URL
for the WAP Home Page
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 WAP home
page short. Ways to keep the URL short includes:
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 WAP 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 WAP site. If a HTTP request is sent from a mobile
device, the WAP 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.xhtml". The pre-set
default document is index.html / index.htm or
default.html / default.htm for most web servers. One
way is to change the default document to a file with the ".xhtml"
extension such as index.xhtml and default.xhtml.
Another way is to save your WAP home page as index.html,
index.htm, default.html, or default.htm. (As
mentioned earlier in this tutorial, an XHTML MP document can use the
".html" or ".htm" file extension.)
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