Comments on: Create a Mobile, PDA-Friendly Version of Your Church Website in Minutes

By: faithfulweb

faithfulweb — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:49:53 +0000

Hi Daniel,

Glad you found the tip and appreciated it. My involvement with PDA versions of sites started with variations for Avantgo, which were pretty straightforward. It gets a little more complicated with links for making phone calls.

By: Daniel Sullivan

Daniel Sullivan — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:41:54 +0000

Hey “faithfulweb”, mate thank you soooo much for publishing that tip on pda call links, you were the only guy that had published any instruction on how to do it

Thanks

Daniel

By: faithfulweb

faithfulweb — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:44:11 +0000

Jill,
First try the default browser to see if it turns phone numbers into hyperlinks that automatically dial. Using the Direct Marketing Association telephone number as an example, create a page that reads 202-955-5030.

If that doesn’t work, try
202-955-5030
To add it to a phone directory, use:
Add DMA to Your Contacts
See http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2004/02/06/mobile_browsing.html
and
http://developer.openwave.com/dvl/support/faqs/faq_wml_programming.htm#11
for a number of examples covering WTAI (Wireless Telephony Application Interface) and WAP standards.

I haven’t tested this one, but you could also try:
202-955-5030

Another workaround is using Skweezer, a free service that will handle these type of mobile browsing functions. It’s described at
http://www.greenlightwireless.net/skweezer/
or on your phone go to http://www.skweezer.net/

Hope it helps. Let us know how it turns out.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:32:16 +0000

Hello,
I have been searching all over the web for information and help on how to create a click-to-call link for a pocket PC. I noticed this page mentions to include one, but I’m not sure where to find the actual coding to do so. Can you help? Thank you in advance!
Jill

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[...] The Washington Post’s “In a Tech-Savvy World, the Word of God Goes Mobile” covers the growing popularity of delivering Christian content to mobile phones. Everyone carries the devices and loves pimping them to reflect their personality so it’s a natural fit for evangelization. If you’re ready to do the same for your church site, check out my Create a Mobile, PDA-Friendly Version of Your Church Website in Minutes post. [...]