Beginning WML

WML

Tutorial By: webmaster@ltpb.8m.com -(June 30, 2001)

WML is a from of HTML. WML (Wireless Markup languages) is a scripting language that allows you to create web pages for wireless internet devices. To be able to view WML pages on your computer you will need an emulator, you can find one at M3gate.com. To create a WML page you do not need any thing but a text editor such as Notepad or DOS's Edit. To start a WML page you have to define is as a WML page by putting this code at the top:

<?xml version="1.0">
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC="-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" http://www.wapforum.org/STS/wml_1.1.xml>
<wml>

After that you have to create a "card". The device views the information in "cards", because of the limitations that the screen has and that it can only show so much at a time. To create a card you use this tag(note: you can use more than one card in a page):

<card>
</card>

To display text into the card use the paragraph tag (place this inside the card tag):

<p>
	INSERT TEXT HERE
</p>

To make the text go to the next line use the tag (place this inside the card tag):

<br/>

To insert a link use one of two tags (place this inside the card tag):

<go href="URL" /> </anchor>

or

<a href="URL" >  </a>

To display a wireless bitmap image use the tag (place this inside the card tag):

<img src="WBMP URL">

To end your WML page use this code:

</wml>

Tutorial By: Ltpb.8m.com

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