I will take the advice from your emails and try again. I could leave it but it is something I just want to fix. Many Thanks!!! Sent from my BlackBerry®
-----Original Message----- From: Phil Archer <ph...@w3.org> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:15:09 To: <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> Subject: Re: [WSG] Mobile Page Passes but MIME Type Fails Hi Kevin, The answer is in your e-mail. You have created a page using a version of XHTML for which the correct MIME type is application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml or application/xhtml+xml but you're sending text/html so there is a mismatch, hence the warning. The recommended markup for mobile is now XHTML Basic 1.1 for which the appropriate MIME type is application/xhtml+xml but if you're sending to a device that doesn't support that (essentially just IE) then you'll need to do as you are doing and use text/html. However... this is a warning, not a failure, so you may decide just to leave things as they are ;-) Presumably you got this warning from the mobi Ready tool? This uses the same core code as the W3C mobileOK checker http://validator.w3.org/mobile/ (although we've added a lot of extra UI stuff over the last year or so). HTH Phil. Kevin Erickson wrote: > Hello All, > > If anyone can help me understand why my mobile page passes all accept the > MIME type. > > Page code: > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.0//EN" > "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd"> > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> > > <head> > > <title>Virginia.gov Mobile - Home</title> > > <meta http-equiv="content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> > > <meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="max-age=200" /> > > <meta http-equiv="content-Language" content="en-us" /> > > <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True" /> > > <meta name="viewport" content="user-scalable=no, width=device-width" /> > > <meta name="description" content="Virginia.gov Mobile Portal allows you > to access key services from Virginia state government on your mobile device, > such as news, alerts, weather, and contact information." /> > > <meta name="keywords" content="mobile, Virginia.gov, Virginia > government, PDA, phone, wireless, state" /> > > > > <style type="text/css"> > > @import url(../../css/m_index.css); > > </style> > > <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/iphone.css" > media="only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)" /> > > </head> > > <body> > > <!-- Start of Mobile --> > > <div id="m-header"> > > <h1><img src="../../images/virginia_dot_gov_logo.jpg" width="151" > height="40" alt="Virginia.gov Mobile Web Services" /></h1> > > <p><a accesskey="Z" href="../mobile_expanded/index.html">Switch to > Expanded Mobile Pages</a></p> > > </div> > > <div class="m-breadcrumbs">Home</div> > > <div class="m-body"> > > <h2>Mobile Virginia.gov Services:</h2> > > <ul> > > <li>Home</li> > > <li><a accesskey="1" href="search.html">Search Virginia.gov</a></li> > > </ul> > > <h2>People:</h2> > > <ul> > > <li><a accesskey="2" href="people_citizens.html">Citizens</a></li> > > <li><a accesskey="3" href="people_families.html">Families</a></li> > > <li><a accesskey="4" href="people_state_employees.html">State > Employees</a></li> > > <li><a accesskey="5" href="people_students.html">Students</a></li> > > </ul> > > <h2>Information:</h2> > > <ul> > > <li><a accesskey="6" href="info_government.html">Government</a></li> > > <li><a accesskey="7" href="info_online_services.html">Online > Services</a></li> > > <li><a accesskey="8" href="info_business.html">Business</a></li> > > <li><a accesskey="9" href="info_employment.html">Employment</a></li> > > <li><a accesskey="A" href="info_education.html">Education</a></li> > > <li><a accesskey="B" href="info_tourism_travel.html">Tourism and > Travel</a></li> > > </ul> > > <h2>About Virginia:</h2> > > <ul> > > <li><a accesskey="C" href="about_va_facts_history.html">Facts and > History</a></li> > > <li><a accesskey="D" href="about_va_mapping_virginia.html">Mapping > Virginia</a></li> > > </ul> > > </div> > > <div id="m-footer"> > > <ul> > > <li><a href="index.html">mobile.virginia.gov</a></li> > > <li><a href="http://www.virginia.gov">Virginia.gov Home</a></li> > > <li><a > href="http://www.virginia.gov/cmsportal3/about_virginia.gov_4096/web_policy. > html">Site Policies</a></li> > > <li><a > href="http://www.virginia.gov/cmsportal3/about_virginia.gov_4096/contact_us. > html">Contact Virginia.gov</a></li> > > </ul> > > </div> > > </body> > > </html> > > > > To test the page I used http://ready.mobi/launch.jsp?locale=en_EN and the > error says: > > > > Incorrect or missing MIME types were detected > > The MIME types sent by servers give very important information to browsers > as to how to treat a document. If incorrect MIME types are sent with a > document, it may prevent the browser from correctly interpreting the > document and failing to render a document. > > For XHTML-MP, the recommended MIME type is application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml or > application/xhtml+xml. Unlike HTML, XHTML-MP should not be served as > text/html. > > Web servers are often set up correctly for common document types such as > HTML and CSS, but often do not have the correct doc types for XHTML-MP. > Please refer to mobiForge <http://mobiforge.com> for instructions on how to > set up your MIME types correctly. > > WARN > MIME type was detected as text/html > > > > I would send a link to the page but it is on a secure server. > > Thank you very much for any help on this, > > > > Kevin > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* -- Phil Archer W3C Mobile Web Initiative http://www.w3.org/Mobile http://philarcher.org ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************