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 <da...@leeming-consulting.com> 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 > <da...@leeming-consulting.com> 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