Discussion of PDA-mambot/plugin
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I suggest to discuss prospects of further development of PDA-mambot/plugin.
I have following ideas:
- Definition of browser type with the aid of WURFL library (it will be released in forthcoming version 2.2).
- Support of three separate templates for wap, i-mode and wap2/xhtml mobile browsers.
- Redirect to a corresponding subdomain for mobile devices.
- Opportunity in template parameters to specify a logo and a slogan of a site.
- Opportunity to view the mobile version of a site through a virtual directory (i.e. through http://site.com/pda/; it is useful if creation of a subdomain is impossible for any reason).
- For Joomla!1.0 - additional postprocessing of generated pages. Probably, to add caching results of postprocessing.
- For Joomla!1.5 - to include in a template(s) the changed layout of standard components and modules (that basically is impossible in Joomla!1.0).
- A script for check of updates which can be started on the schedule (through cron, for example).
- Also it would be quite good to reduce in passing big images that they don’t exceed the size of the mobile screen. But I do not know yet how to make it.
I wait impatiently for your suggestions, comments, help in realization etc.
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November 9th, 2007 at 6:00 am
1. Your work is brilliant.
2. Google now supports “mobile sitemaps”, maybe there could be a plugin to manage this function too?
3. there’s a plugin for Wordpress that performs resizing when mobile devices request it. Look here for an example:
http://www.andymoore.info/wordpress-mobile-plugin/
It works brilliantly.
PDA-mambot is invaluable to my efforts to promote a friendly mobile experience on my own websites. Thanks for your work, and when you get PayPal I’ll gladly donate to your cause.
November 9th, 2007 at 7:26 am
PDA-mambot allows to display any page in a “mobile” format. Therefore there should be no difference between sitemaps.
I know about this plugin. It allows to create “thumbnails” of images when you upload them with the post. However there are some problems which cannot be solved in a similar way:
1. If the site already exists some time plenty of images without thumbnails can be collected.
2. Mobile devices have different resolution, therefore there is a question: till what size it is necessary to reduce images?
3. There are many ways for inset images into article/post (via wysiwyg editors, by ftp, etc.), therefore there is no opportunity to process all of them.
Instead of it I wish to realize other solution: by means of “PHP Image Rendering Library” to change the size of images so that it did not exceed the size of the pda screen.
It is sore point. The matter is that PayPal system has a restriction for Russia: inhabitants of Russia can pay purchases, but not receive money via PayPal. I do not know, whether they sometime will change this condition or not. Therefore now in Russia the most popular system of e-payments is WebMoney.
November 15th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Received "Unrecoverable error "PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10)" when installing mambot. Any idea how to fix?
November 16th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Try to download and install tar.gz version of mambot (it's because of phpnet.us hoster attempt to add ads banner to any downloadable file.
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December 5th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Hi I would like to help with localization of the pda plugin. just email me
December 5th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
not sure if my post worked or if its in moderation let me know if you never received it
December 6th, 2007 at 9:45 am
Jordan:
I didn’t receive your post. So, retype it, please.
I really moderate all comments, but I do it carefully.
December 12th, 2007 at 5:11 am
Hi,
I am glad you made PDA Mambot …
I am preparing a mobile version of a japan news site (in French). When I access it from a Softbank (ex Vodafone) mobile phone (Wap) and try to login, I get an error message. It works fine with IE6. Any idea how to solve this problem ? Thanks in advance.
December 13th, 2007 at 5:49 am
Actu Japon:
I know login didn't work on some phones. Now I work on forthcoming "Mobile Joomla 3.0" that will solve (at least partially) this problem.
December 14th, 2007 at 7:34 am
Actu Japon:
PDA-mambot and “Login Form” module.
January 16th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Hi,
im very interested in this product. I do have a couple of questions:
1. whats the difference between the pda-mabot and Mobile Joomla (3.0)?
2. is there a complete feature list (of both)?
3. does it work with all basic features of joomla?
4. does it work with "all" other plugins/ extensions?
5. does it work with a .mobi domain name?
Thanks and best regards,
mr. Bes
Holland
Ps. feel free to send me private email!
January 17th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
1. Mobile Joomla 3.0 is further developing of PDA-mambot 2.1.2. I recall it because, first, this version will work both on PDA and other devices (cellphones with wap etc), and second, I'm going to transform it from mambot to component.
2. There is no single list. But I listed most new features on each release.
3. "Basic" - Yes, I think. But I don't test it with 3rd-party components.
4. It depends on plugin.
5. Mobile Joomla - Yes. You can set any domain name as a pda subdomain.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Hello,
First let me congragulate you for this awesome plugin.
My reason to post here is to suggest a fork. (I did not find another place to post)
I will point to an important potential of your plugin. Nameley this is the possibility to change the template according to some parameters. This does not need to be uniquely the presence of a PDA.
Example: The template change can be triggered if the user is not registred. In this case for guests We could show PDA template and for registred ones another template. Evidently the pda template would only be a container template that would be edited by site admin for the purpose. This could be a minimal page with only a login module. Lets call it "template switch mambot".
So let me ask my real question. Would you be interested to offer to the community such a modified bot? (I hope that this is a simple task)
Sincerely
Derin
June 5th, 2008 at 6:53 am
How do you get the links to show up with this module. I installed this & the links do not show up on my cellphone.
July 3rd, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Hi. Great plugin. Use it for 1.5. Is there anyway for the bot to redirect screenreaders to pda version?
August 10th, 2008 at 1:20 am
I was just wondering if there will be any possibility for the mambot to detect the presence of flashlite?
November 30th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
I love this plug-in!!
I have had two reports of users getting the mobile site on their computer (using Internet Explorer). Any advice on how to troubleshoot this would be welcome.
Thank you