GPRS enabled site

I am having problems trying to access my site via WAP, the mobile
returns the error "Bad answer from origin server". The url is
http://www.lexisrex.com/test.wml. I have talked to the mobile company
about this and they have come back
saying that the website is not "GPRS enabled". Can anyone explain
what
this means? As far as I know WAP uses HTTP, and provided the MIME
type
is OK (the above url returns a Content-Type of text/vnd.wap.wml as it
should) everything should work. Is there anything else that makes a
site "GPRS enabled"? (I have asked my web hosting service as well and
they themselves have successfully opened the above URL in a mobile
phone, or so they say).

thanks

Neinstein <sct@picknowl.com.au> writes:

> I am having problems trying to access my site via WAP, the mobile
> returns the error "Bad answer from origin server". The url is
> http://www.lexisrex.com/test.wml. I have talked to the mobile company
> about this and they have come back
> saying that the website is not "GPRS enabled". Can anyone explain
> what
> this means? As far as I know WAP uses HTTP, and provided the MIME
> type
> is OK (the above url returns a Content-Type of text/vnd.wap.wml as it
> should) everything should work. Is there anything else that makes a
> site "GPRS enabled"? (I have asked my web hosting service as well and
> they themselves have successfully opened the above URL in a mobile
> phone, or so they say).
>
I have managed to open the page using an N70 on a 3G connection.

However the N70 is capable of viewing html pages, so the problem may be
something to do with the wml syntax you have used, I did dabble with wml a few
years ago, but never got further than the odd test page, I certainly didn't
need to get my ISP to GPRS enable the site.

I would have thought that wml pages are probably a thing for the past, only
very old phones are going to be unable to display html (my last phone, a 6230
could also do html), so it is probably easier to just design standard html
pages that fit on a small screen.

HTH Phil
--
Old protocols never die. They just get migrated over TCP/IP.

Neinstein wrote:
> I am having problems trying to access my site via WAP, the mobile
> returns the error "Bad answer from origin server". The url is
> http://www.lexisrex.com/test.wml. I have talked to the mobile company
> about this and they have come back
> saying that the website is not "GPRS enabled". Can anyone explain
> what
> this means? As far as I know WAP uses HTTP, and provided the MIME
> type
> is OK (the above url returns a Content-Type of text/vnd.wap.wml as it
> should) everything should work. Is there anything else that makes a
> site "GPRS enabled"? (I have asked my web hosting service as well and
> they themselves have successfully opened the above URL in a mobile
> phone, or so they say).
>
> thanks

WAP refers to a site specifically designed to be displayed in the simple
browser in a mobile phone
GPRS is a means of connecting to the Internet.
There is no such thing as a GPRS enabled web site, any more than there is an
ADSL,
cable-modem, or a dial-up web site, although the designer would do well to
bear in mind
the time it takes for a page to load for people with slower connections.


--
Graham

%Profound_observation%

sct@picknowl.com.au declared for all the world to hear...
> I am having problems trying to access my site via WAP, the mobile
> returns the error "Bad answer from origin server". The url is
> http://www.lexisrex.com/test.wml. I have talked to the mobile company
> about this and they have come back
> saying that the website is not "GPRS enabled". Can anyone explain
> what
> this means?

It means the person who told you that doesn't know the real answer.

--
Regards
Jon

On Oct 16, 8:53 pm, Phil<p...@thecork.trig222.f9.co.uk> wrote:
> Neinstein <s...@picknowl.com.au> writes:
> > I am having problems trying to access my site via WAP, the mobile
> > returns the error "Bad answer from origin server". The url is
> >http://www.lexisrex.com/test.wml. I have talked to the mobile company
> > about this and they have come back
> > saying that the website is not "GPRS enabled". Can anyone explain
> > what
> > this means? As far as I know WAP uses HTTP, and provided the MIME
> > type
> > is OK (the above url returns a Content-Type of text/vnd.wap.wml as it
> > should) everything should work. Is there anything else that makes a
> > site "GPRS enabled"? (I have asked my web hosting service as well and
> > they themselves have successfully opened the above URL in a mobile
> > phone, or so they say).
>
> I have managed to open the page using an N70 on a 3G connection.
>
> However the N70 is capable of viewing html pages, so the problem may be
> something to do with the wml syntax you have used, I did dabble with wml a few
> years ago, but never got further than the odd test page, I certainly didn't
> need to get my ISP to GPRS enable the site.
>
> I would have thought that wml pages are probably a thing for the past, only
> very old phones are going to be unable to display html (my last phone, a 6230
> could also do html), so it is probably easier to just design standard html
> pages that fit on a small screen.
>
> HTH Phil
> --
> Old protocols never die. They just get migrated over TCP/IP.

Thank you very much for trying it on your phone. Proves that the phone
company are spinning me a yarn I think, but I will take another look
at the wml (although I get the same error when accessing the default
html page).