'XHTML-MP'

[bwhhisc]

Saw this at DNF and thought it might be of interest to those that develop, seems they are talking about .mobi sites, but does it apply ot others or what is the main benefits?

QUOTE:
A good starting point is http://dev.mobi
It's a good idea to put up a simple site surrounding the primary keywords of your domain.Your content should be delivered in 'XHTML-MP',for which there are a few tutorials on google, and you should save your pages with the '.xhtml' extension as appossed to .html.
Allthough XHTML is a new learning curve, its not that much different from HTML, and the good news is once your site is up it's incredibly easy to maintain.
Even a simple site is better than parking it,plus you'll get into the SE database nice and early, which could be a big advantage later on in the game.
Thanks.

[boca]

The MP stands for mobile profile and it means this is a subset of XHTML designed for mobile devices. Therefore, unless IDN.mobi happens while someone still cares it's useless to this crowd. Design your sites in XHTML if you can, that part applies to all.

[GS]

Speaking of mobile phones, I accessed DNL using my buttberry the other day. It worked really well -- sent my browser to an abbreviated, simpler homepage and loaded fast.

Is that a feature of SMF?

[thefabfive]

You mean it worked even though it wasn't a .mobi? Amazing.

[boca]

I'm sure its baked into the simple machines code - handheld devices tend to have weird browsers, so just check the UA string, and find something like:

X-user-agent: gammas-buttberry-that-dontlike-mobi.v12345

and decide that its a buttbery, and serve up a simplified version. Actually I have no idea I never looked at the code, but people have been doing this kind of UA sniffing since the early nineties. It's useful for faking out search engines, providing a false sense of security for your scripts, etc.