Hi all,

as part of the grand S60 Blogs makeover the old individual blogs were archived, hence there is no Mobile Web Server Blog anymore. You can still find all of the past stories via this link. To follow Mobile Web Server stories, I will be using tag ‘Mobile Web Server‘ for those so you can always find the stories. I am also working with Saara to have a new RSS feed, but I don’t know about this yet.

I have to admit I am not completely satisfied with the current status, and I do apologize for all my loyal Mobile Web Server Blog readers if this causes annoyance to you. But you know, all good things come to an end and most changes bring something good with them. For me this change means a better motivation to write also about other things in the context of S60. To follow my stories, use this link or RSS feed.

-Jukka

A fully MWS compatible version of the Personal AMP - Apache, MySQL and PHP - stack for S60 has been released!

This version can be installed directly on top of MWS, after which you can develop mobile sites using PHP and MySQL. And be able to install pretty much any PHP/MySQL based CMS, Wiki or other package alongside the default MWS site. But there are still rough edges, so it’s better if you are not afraid of the bleeding-edge:)

As usual, you can download PAMP from SourceForge and installation instructions are provided in our wiki.

In case of any problems or questions, please use the Forum Nokia discussion board.

Have fun!

Johan

Just in time for Finnish summer holidays: Mobile Web Server 1.4 is out!

Head on to the official news item to check out what’s new and fixed. Then follow up here, what did you like? Or didn’t?

PS. At this point I want to thank all the hard-working people putting on long hours for this stuff. Thank you, and have a relaxing holiday!

-Jukka

The short-list of our challenge finalists is now available at http://mymobilesite.net/news/14/. Check them out and vote for your favorite now!

-Jukka

One of the coolest things in Mobile Web Server 1.3 beta has to be the Location feature. It’s a bit hidden down there in Presence application so chances are you haven’t even noticed it yet.

By default Presence page shows just the coordinates if the phone location is found. It’s fair to say that’s not very intuitive but here we are leaving the innovation possibilities for developers and hobbyists. It’s very easy to modify the default Presence page to have a link to any map or other service. Hint: the file is Web server\htdocs\Web_Applications\Presence\Viewer\index.psp. You can take a look at our demo device’s Presence page, it has some examples on what to do with the location.

If you don’t feel like experimenting just start to use our Facebook application. It will translate your location into a map name and country, if you allow that. This way your friends can check out your live location roughly.

The location feature works in S60 devices that have the AGPS feature in software. This includes all the models that have internal GPS module. For some products such as N95 and E90 make sure you have the latest software for the device. Our current implementation only uses network-based location which can be hundreds of meters or even kilometers off depending on the cellular network structure. In our next release we will add an option to use also the GPS information if desired.

Bonus link: The Mobile Web Server brochure describes this and other possible future ideas. If you have new ideas, you know what to do
-Jukka