WAP Hosting
Posted under: With the rise in WAP hosting websites, many people have turned to these sites in order to create their own mobi websites.
When it comes to hosting these sites, there are two basic options. You can host them on your own domain, or use one of these ever growing hosting websites.
There are advantages and disadvantages to both, and each web master needs to make a choice based on their individual needs. Here is a quick look at both hosting a mobi website on your own domain and using a WAP hosting site.
WAP Hosting Using Your Current Domain and Hosting Company – Biggest Advantage – Can Have Only One Website
If you already have a regular website that you simply want to be made more mobile friendly, then there is no need to recreate it and use a separate company.
All you need to do is set up a sub domain such as mobile.yourdomain.com. Next you need to create a PHP file or files that will automatically prepend and append all of your website pages.
Then using .htaccess, you can enable the prepends and appends. When done correctly, your website will quickly become a functioning mobile website without much work. Many examples of these PHP scripts and how to use them can be found online.
WAP Hosting Using Your Current Domain and Hosting Company – Biggest Disadvantage – Your Hosting Provider
Your hosting provider may not provide this type of hosting. WAP (wireless information protocol) is the method that is used to deliver information to users that are utilizing the internet from their phone.
While most hosting companies are not a problem, some still do not have wap hosting abilities.
Using a Separate WAP Hosting Service – Biggest Advantage – Website Builders
Almost every one of these hosting services provides a website builder that is geared toward creating a website that is meant for only mobile access.
This can be important because many phones have problems correctly reading the CSS, PHP, and HTML within the website design. This means that your website will come out looking jumbled and disorganized.
The website builders are specifically designed to help you create a mobile website that will look great on every phone.
Using a Separate WAP Hosting Service – Biggest Disadvantage – Less Control
There are a lot more free WAP hosting sites than commercial ones.
If your mobile website is designed solely for profit purposes, you should always hesitate a moment when your website is placed in someone else’s hands.
What if your free hosting website shuts down? Will you be able to access your website so that you can copy it and move it somewhere else?
No related posts.