Tom, I have come across a solution that might be worth looking at the site is www.asiapac.ulead.com/es/webchameleon/runme.htm it seems they have a technology that will accomodate content to any device.
Fred --- Tom Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael, > > I have two points on this > > Firstly, my experienc with Cocoon is that it can be > really slow for > dynamic publishing, especially when you have > multiple XSLT > transformations. Don't you think this would quickly > get too complicated > for the platform. > > Secondly, what sort of data model would you use? I > guess you are talking > about some kind of XSLT which applies device > specific delivery rules > across the whole sitemap to decide what is > rendered... the problem is > that you have some software development to do > everytime a new handset is > rolled out and how can you be sure that you have > enough fields in your > content to ensure that you will be able to build > appropriate rules for > new handsets as they are made available... > > t. > > P.S. I'm beginning to see why CMSs don't support > this kind of thing out > of the box. > > Michael Wechner wrote: > > > Gevers, Julian wrote: > > > >> Tom, > >> > >> I've come across the following systems for doing > this : > >> > >> www.volantis.com > >> www.wokup.com > >> > >> No doubt there are others. They are not CMSes, > but deliver CMS > >> content to > >> mobile devices. > >> I have not yet come across a CMS that provides > the functionality that > >> these > >> mobile delivery systems do. > > > > > > In think there are some (at least in the case of > Open Source ;-): You > > just take any system which is really capable of > handling XML, XSLT and > > Pipelines. I am pretty confident that the > principle of Cross-Media > > Publishing can also be applied to > Cross-Mobile-Device Publishing. > > > > Thanks > > > > Michael > > > > > >> > >> HTH, > >> Julian > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Tom Weiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: > 11 December 2002 20:53 > >> To: cms-list > >> Subject: [cms-list] CMS and mobile handsets > >> > >> > >> I've been working on a really tricky CMS problem > recently: basically > >> if you run a large mobile portal you end up have > to support a wide > >> range of mobile phones (100+) and not all pages > will work on all > >> phones. For some, this is simply a case of the > content not being > >> appropriate, i.e. Club Nokia on a Motorola phone, > some it relates to > >> downloading paid for content that doesn't work on > your phone > >> (ringtones, java games), or may even be dependant > on multimedia > >> features on the phone (i.e. colour). > >> > >> Basicaly you end up with a massive range of > different sitemaps - > >> almost one for each phone - whereas what you > really want is a single > >> sitemap and rules to define what pages are shown > to different groups > >> of phones. > >> > >> Now - I've stated the requirement, which is half > the battle - but as > >> you know I am a great fan of using CMSs "out of > the box" with as > >> little customisation as possible, so what I'm > wondering is > >> a) Does anyone know of a commercial CMS that can > do this? (Vendors, > >> this is not an invitation to spam me - if you > system does it, then > >> post to the list the name of an example site that > is using your CMS > >> out of the box for this application). > >> b) Is there another way to approach this problem > that results in a > >> solution without massive customisation to the > CMS? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Tom. > >> > >> -- > >> http://cms-list.org/ > >> trim your replies for good karma. > >> > >> > >> This email and any attached files are > confidential and copyright > >> protected. > >> If you are not the addressee, any dissemination > of this communication is > >> strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise expressly > agreed in writing, > >> nothing > >> stated in this communication shall be legally > binding. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://cms-list.org/ > >> trim your replies for good karma. > > > > > > > > -- > > http://cms-list.org/ > > trim your replies for good karma. > > > > > > > -- > http://cms-list.org/ > trim your replies for good karma. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
