Stoupa Wap Site
WAP phones come in two flavours, basic phones, and advanced smart phones.
Basic phones will always put a link to another page (or action) on a separate
line. Smart phones have much better displays, and will mix links and text on
the same line. What this means is that screens designed for one type of phone,
look awful on the other sort. This is not a problem, as I have a WAP site for
each type of phone, and you can switch between them. It’s possible by program
to detect the type of phone, and redirect to the correct type of site. My ISP
does not let me run programs on their server, and I can’t justify the cost of a
paid for site that would allow this. This is why you have to make the choice
yourself on my site, whereas other sites will work it out for you. Note, smart
phones are likely to similar, as Nokia has licenced the technology to all the
other big phone manufacturers.
Advanced phones also support colour pictures, and will let the WAP site call
phone numbers (the phone checks with you first).
Examples of smart phones are the Nokia 7650 and 3650. Examples of basic phones
are Nokia 6210, and 3330. Got a 7650? If so
check out the hidden extras! They are probably on the 3650 as well.
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what’s on the site? At the top of the home page, are two select boxes, The
first lets you swap between the Advanced and the Basic site. The second lets
you specify what happens when you select a phone number; Do you want to be
given the option to call the number, or do you just want it displayed? The
default for the advanced site is call the number, the default for the basic
site is just to display it. If you are on the basic site and choose
Call number you will get a warning, and the selection will return to
Show number, just select it a second time to make the change.
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About the pictures. The ones on the Pictures page match the 176
width display of smart phones. The pictures on the Gallery page are some of the
thumbnails from
Stephan’s Site . The thumbnails are a little smaller than ideal.
The 7650 sometimes decides to give you a History button
instead of a Back button. I always add a
Back or a Home choice to the menu give
by Options. On some phones this will just be shown
mixed in with the other options, on the 7650, it is listed under
Service Options. As you can see, I give other options too.
Move your mouse over the names of the pictures on the left hand side screen
scrape to see the picture displayed in the right hand side screen scrape.
You can also move the mouse over the names of these pictures added 18 November:
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It‘s here. The WAP Stoupa Web Cam. |
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an advanced phone, there is really not much point in setting the
Show number mode, as the number is shown before it is called.
Note that there is an option to have the numbers in Greek internal format. You
must not use this if you are abroad in Greece, use the international format.
The Greek format is for phones registered on a Greek network only. So if you
are a UK Vodafone user on the Panafon network, use the international format.
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The addresses for the WAP sites are (case sensitive):
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http://www.stephenwaring.btinternet.co.uk/Stoupa.wmlc |
| Basic: |
http://www.stephenwaring.btinternet.co.uk/StoupaBasic.wmlc |
If I can work out how to get the character set encoding working, I hope to have
different language versions of the wap site.
 Thanks are due to Stephan, the wap
site works in partnership with the
Stoupa Web site.
I’m sorry, but I’ve yet to find a web based WAP browser that supports
WmlScript, so you won’t be able to view this site’s pages from the Internet.
Problems with, or suggestions for:
The Wapsite,
The Stoupa Web Site,
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are not as many options on a basic phone. You also have to scroll down more, to
see less.
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