# WAP/WML/Mobile Internet Access with RoR

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wap-wml-mobile-internet-access-with-ror/97117>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 5, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wap-wml-mobile-internet-access-with-ror/97117 "2006-07-05T01:11:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gopal\_Ramasammy-Coo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@Gopal\_Ramasammy-Coo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gopal_Ramasammy-Coo)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wap-wml-mobile-internet-access-with-ror/97117/1 "2006-07-05T01:11:49Z")

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Is there any good information on doing WAP/WML/Mobile Internet Access  
with Ruby on Rails. I’ve tried surfing the web, but couldn’t come up  
with anything substancial. I would appreciate any input in this regard.

Thanks in advance  
Gopal

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**Author:** ![Gopal\_Ramasammy-Coo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@Gopal\_Ramasammy-Coo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gopal_Ramasammy-Coo)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wap-wml-mobile-internet-access-with-ror/97117/2 "2006-07-05T01:43:03Z")

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You should have a look at DHH’s keynote at the recent RailsConf, where  
he discussed forthcoming enhancements to Rails that make it easier to  
generate context for different MIME types, like XML vs. HTML. The  
keynote slides are here:

[http://www.loudthinking.com/lt-files/worldofresources.pdf](http://www.loudthinking.com/lt-files/worldofresources.pdf)

The MIME type stuff starts around slide #32. As for what you can do  
today with Rails, the “Agile Web D. with Rails” book  
discussed XML output using the Builder library.

dean

On 7/4/06, Gopal Ramasammy-Cook [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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–  
Dean W.  
[http://www.aspectassoc.com](http://www.aspectassoc.com)  
[http://www.aspectprogramming.com](http://www.aspectprogramming.com)  
[http://www.contract4j.org](http://www.contract4j.org)

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**Author:** ![Gopal\_Ramasammy-Coo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@Gopal\_Ramasammy-Coo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gopal_Ramasammy-Coo)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wap-wml-mobile-internet-access-with-ror/97117/3 "2006-07-05T02:32:23Z")

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[http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToProvideAlternateViewsForMobileD](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToProvideAlternateViewsForMobileD)  
evices

might be a good place

for something basic all you should have to do is set the mime type and  
make  
the rhtml files wml instead of html

one could make an engine or plugin for something like this