A Beginner's Guide to Mobile Web Development
While accessing the web on a mobile device is nothing new, a renewed interest in developing mobile web content has been ignited by the increased availability of WAP 2.0 devices, an abundance of skilled XHTML developers, and notable efforts by groups such as dotmobi and the W3C’s Mobile Web Initiative. more...
Post Markup Directly to mobiReady.com
If you missed our newsletter yesterday you are probably not aware of a small announcement we made in it. We've pushed out a few updates to mobiReady.com, our mobile-readiness page testing tool. The most significant change is that you can now post markup directly to the service, instead of posting a URL for the service to visit and test. more...
Testing Mobile Web Sites Using Firefox
Before you ever begin testing your mobile site to determine how it looks on handsets, you should make sure the functionality of the site is working as you expect. This is not always straightforward, as you want to approximate the mobile environment as closely as possible. Fortunately, Mozilla Firefox supports some great extensions that can make testing your mobile sites a piece of cake. This article explains how to set Firefox up to act as a first pass test environment for your site. more...
AutoTrader.mobi is 1Mth page tested by mobiReady
We're happy to announce a great milestone today: autotrader.mobi was the 1 millionth page that was tested by our mobiReady testing tool! We're super happy about this, and we're delighted to see some well known brands such as AutoTrader making use of our free testing tool. Check out their results here. more...
PHP & Apache: the Tools of the Mobile Web
We recently ran a survey on mobiForge with a view to getting a better understanding of the tools and work habits of mobile web developers using our services. A number of you had expressed an interest in seeing the outcome of the survey, so we've compiled the results and created some graphs for your viewing pleasure. more...
The dotMobi WordPress Mobile Pack
The dotMobi WordPress Mobile Pack is a complete toolkit from dotMobi to help mobilize your WordPress site and blog. It includes a mobile switcher to select themes based on the type of user that is visiting the site, a selection of mobile themes, extra widgets, device adaptation and a mobile administration panel to allow users to edit the site or write new posts when out and about. more...
Getting started with the ready.mobi API
Ready.mobi is a well known page testing tool offered by dotMobi. When you supply a page URL to ready.mobi, it evaluates how well the page is likely to display on mobile devices by testing against the Mobile Web Best Practices, and dotMobi compliance rules. more...
Handy shortcuts to using Ready.mobi
I love Firefox. In fact I sometimes wonder how anyone ever did any web development or design without Firefox and its many great extensions. Well I've got 3 handy add-ons/tips for you that will make designing for mobile that much easier by enabling you to launch ready.mobi in seconds. more...
dotMobi launches Instant Mobilizer - Fast-track ticket to the mobile Web for small business
Viva la mobile Web. mobiForge’s parent dotMobi has just launched Instant Mobilizer at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This is a handy tool designed to get small businesses up-and-running on the mobile Internet ASAP, by automatically converting their PC Web site to a mobile-friendly format instantly with no development effort, hosting or site maintenance. more...
Your favorite mobile app - only two days to say 'thank you!'
The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards are currently accepting nominations in a wide range of categories, including, of course, the Mobile Application category. Now would be a great time to reward those responsible creating your favorite mobile app. But be quick, nominations are only open for another 2 days (until Sunday 16th 11:59 pm PST). more...
