Wireless Markup Language / WML Tutorial
WML (Wireless Markup Language) is the first markup language standard for wireless devices. It is supported by all the major mobile phone manufacturers. At the beginning of this WML tutorial, you can learn about the basics of WML, such as the deck and card concept, WML's document structure and syntax, etc. Then topics like font styles, images, tables, anchor links and softkeys will be covered. After that we will move on to more advanced topics of WML like events, input elements, variables, and the submission of form data to the server. Plenty of code examples are given in the WML tutorial to help you understand the concepts and techniques.
Table of Contents
1. WML (Wireless Markup Language) Introduction
1.1. What is WML 1.x?
1.2. WAP 2.0
1.3. WML 2.0
2. WML Deck and Card
3. WML Document Structure
3.1. Hello World WML Example
3.2. Prolog
3.3. XML Declaration and Character Encoding
3.4. DOCTYPE Declaration
3.5. <wml> Element
3.6. <card> Element
3.7. <p> Element
4. WML Generic Metadata: <meta>
4.1. WML Cache Control: Setting Expiry Period of a WML File
5. Comments in WML
6. Line Breaking in WML
7. Font Size and Style in WML
8. WML Preformatted Text: <pre>
9. WML Images
9.1. Wireless Bitmap (WBMP)
9.2. Can a WML Browser Display Color Images?
9.3. Displaying an Image in WML: <img>
9.4. Issues Concerning Large Images in WML
10. WML Tables
11. WML Anchor Links
11.1. Going to a Card in Another Deck
11.2. Going to a Card in the Current Deck
11.3. <a> Element
11.4. Going Backwards
11.5. Using a Short URL for the Home Page of a WML Site
11.6. WML Image Links
12. Programming Softkeys of Mobile Phones and the <do> Element
13. WML Template and Menu
14. WML Events and the <onevent> Tag
15. Timer and the ontimer Event
16. WML Event: onenterbackward
17. WML Event: onenterforward
18. WML Selection Lists and the onpick Event
18.1. Creating Selection Lists (Radio Buttons): <select><option>
18.2. Selecting Multiple Options (Check Boxes)
18.3. Organizing Options into Groups: <optgroup>
18.4. WML Event: onpick
19. WML Input Fields
19.1. WML Password Input Fields
19.2. Controlling the Type and Number of Characters to be Entered in Input Fields (format Attribute)
19.3. Controlling Whether Input Fields can be Left Empty (emptyok Attribute)
20. WML Variables
20.1. Setting Variable Values in WML
20.1.1. Using the <setvar/> Tag
20.1.2. Using Data Collection Tags <select> and <input/>
20.1.3. Using the setVar() Function of WMLScript's WMLBrowser Standard Library
20.2. Referring to the Value of a Variable in WML
20.3. The $ Character in WML
20.4. Clearing Variable Values (Passwords and Personal Data)
20.4.1. The newcontext Attribute
21. Submitting Form Data to the Server in WML
21.1. At the Server-side
21.1.1. ASP Version
21.1.2. JSP Version
21.1.3. PHP Version
21.2. Posting Data When an Event Occurs
22. Clearing a Saved Form in WML
22.1. Reset Buttons
