Re: [Server-devel] PDA mambot on XS
Hi David, Had that idea myself though didn't manage to see it through to a complete implementation yet. I guess the first thing you have to figure out is what devices people have. Formats are going to be a time consuming pain for mobile x / mobile y etc. No getting around that. I would suggest that you do a two phase approach: 1. Make sure that your content can be accessed using a basic XHTML browser - which is found on many of the middle range phones these days. 2. For audio application if you have a public place that people can bring cheap usb mp3 players that might help make it more accessible. You might also wanna look at Freifunk - that can be used to make a mesh cloud of routers that can extend coverage. Regards, -Mike On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:10 AM, David Leeming wrote: > Martin, Mike, > > I am exploring the possibility of increasing access to the server by > providing mobile-friendly content targeted at people in the community, and > the increasing number of phones with Wi-Fi support. For instance, the school > server as a multi-purpose resource could serve as a sort of on-demand > community radio station broadcasting audio information in the form of mp3s > (or any playable formats commonly used in mobile phones). > > It would be nice to have a tidy way to share such content, with user uploads > allowed too, and thus I thought of using a dedicated CMS with a mobile > extension or plugin. I understood by "mambot" that one could use a plugin > that causes mobile browsers to be recognised and then display content > tailored to suit. For instance, Wordpress comes with a mobile "edition" > plugin. On the XS it might run in parallel to Moodle with a different CMS, > and I am experimenting with that on an Ubuntu 10 machine, or there might be > a way to do it with Moodle. It might not be needed, I was happily surfing > the XS on an iPhone without any such reformatting. However, I want to see > what the range of options are, so I am interested in any feedback. > > David Leeming > Solomon Islands > > > -Original Message- > From: Martin Langhoff [mailto:martin.langh...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, 2 October 2010 1:04 a.m. > To: David Leeming > Cc: XS Devel > Subject: Re: [Server-devel] PDA mambot on XS > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 6:39 AM, David Leeming > wrote: >> No-one has replied to this, but I remain interested in a mobile friendly >> plugin for the XS. > > I personally don't even know what mambot is (and I'm under a pile of > hi-pri work). > > If you outline goals more openly maybe someone can help you... > > Or (in the opposite direction)if you outline specific technical > challenges in installing mambot,... > > > > m > -- > martin.langh...@gmail.com > mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > > > > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] PDA mambot on XS
Martin, Mike, I am exploring the possibility of increasing access to the server by providing mobile-friendly content targeted at people in the community, and the increasing number of phones with Wi-Fi support. For instance, the school server as a multi-purpose resource could serve as a sort of on-demand community radio station broadcasting audio information in the form of mp3s (or any playable formats commonly used in mobile phones). It would be nice to have a tidy way to share such content, with user uploads allowed too, and thus I thought of using a dedicated CMS with a mobile extension or plugin. I understood by "mambot" that one could use a plugin that causes mobile browsers to be recognised and then display content tailored to suit. For instance, Wordpress comes with a mobile "edition" plugin. On the XS it might run in parallel to Moodle with a different CMS, and I am experimenting with that on an Ubuntu 10 machine, or there might be a way to do it with Moodle. It might not be needed, I was happily surfing the XS on an iPhone without any such reformatting. However, I want to see what the range of options are, so I am interested in any feedback. David Leeming Solomon Islands -Original Message- From: Martin Langhoff [mailto:martin.langh...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, 2 October 2010 1:04 a.m. To: David Leeming Cc: XS Devel Subject: Re: [Server-devel] PDA mambot on XS On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 6:39 AM, David Leeming wrote: > No-one has replied to this, but I remain interested in a mobile friendly > plugin for the XS. I personally don't even know what mambot is (and I'm under a pile of hi-pri work). If you outline goals more openly maybe someone can help you... Or (in the opposite direction)if you outline specific technical challenges in installing mambot,... m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] PDA mambot on XS
Hi, Was a topic I considered a little while back working with CMS systems out here... Depends what class of mobile device was one is dealing with - if you're talking PDAs and more advanced phones then just a template / Joomla running in XHTML mode should be fine as long as it's reasonably put together. If you're talking like the small Nokia WML browsers then it's trickier. They should probably just use a wapalizer. The XS has a LAMP setup so shouldn't be too challenging. Regards, -Mike On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 6:39 AM, David Leeming > wrote: >> No-one has replied to this, but I remain interested in a mobile friendly >> plugin for the XS. > > I personally don't even know what mambot is (and I'm under a pile of > hi-pri work). > > If you outline goals more openly maybe someone can help you... > > Or (in the opposite direction)if you outline specific technical > challenges in installing mambot,... > > > > m > -- > martin.langh...@gmail.com > mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] PDA mambot on XS
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 6:39 AM, David Leeming wrote: > No-one has replied to this, but I remain interested in a mobile friendly > plugin for the XS. I personally don't even know what mambot is (and I'm under a pile of hi-pri work). If you outline goals more openly maybe someone can help you... Or (in the opposite direction)if you outline specific technical challenges in installing mambot,... m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] PDA mambot on XS
No-one has replied to this, but I remain interested in a mobile friendly plugin for the XS. If anyone has any thoughts on this I would be very interested. I'm thinking more in terms of increasing access to community through the most ubiquitous devices, sharing multimedia content, especially audio. David Leeming Solomon Islands Rural Link From: David Leeming [mailto:da...@leeming-consulting.com] Sent: Monday, 27 September 2010 3:18 p.m. To: 'XS Devel' Subject: PDA mambot on XS Hello, Coming from someone with as meagre Linux skills as me this may seem rich. But I am interested in an application targeting mobile users as well as XOs. Is it possible to install a PDA-mambot on the XS without doing it via a Joomla or other CMS? If so would I just follow a standard approach to installing it? David Leeming Leeming International Consulting, P.O.Box 652 Honiara, Solomon Islands +677 7476396 (m) +677 24419 (h) www.leeming-consulting.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] PDA mambot on XS
Hello, Coming from someone with as meagre Linux skills as me this may seem rich. But I am interested in an application targeting mobile users as well as XOs. Is it possible to install a PDA-mambot on the XS without doing it via a Joomla or other CMS? If so would I just follow a standard approach to installing it? David Leeming Leeming International Consulting, P.O.Box 652 Honiara, Solomon Islands +677 7476396 (m) +677 24419 (h) www.leeming-consulting.com ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
