Jamie’s blog

I have been trying to get my content and the application (back-end) up and running for what I think will be a brilliant mobile site. I still haven't found an equivalent, but I have run into a few more stumbling blocks.

I have decided to release the site with no user-interaction for the first release. I have much planned, but I thought I would start to get some content available and start spreading the word. I have some really grand ideas, but I am having a few issues....

1) Trying to use Ajax while sending content as "application".... is proving quite a challenge. I know this this pretty high level for mobile phones, but I know some of this stuff actually works when you send content as "text".

2) I want to add location based services to the site. The problem is

a) I don't know too much about it and
b) I need to sell this idea to potential advertisers.....

I think this has great potential, though low margin initially as the products are fairly inexpensive,
but I believe that potential retails may be very interested in tapping into the market that is potentially walking
right past their door....

Time will tell I suppose.

If there is anyone out there that has an insight into this area, please get into touch.
Or if you are interested in potential partnership....

So I have been trying to get my new mobile site up and running. Of course at this stage I should be concentrating on the back-end and how the application side of things work. However I just can't help wondering what the site looks like on a mobile phone - principally the N95 8GB.

So, thanks to the wonder of wireless I have been able to test my site a little on my phone over my local wireless network. One thing really bugs me though. The horizontal scrolling. It is so hard to get rid of!! I have, currently but I haven't tested in depth yet to see what element actually causes this.

I normally for mobile devices use margins and padding set to 0 on most elements, but the phone doesn't seem to obey this rules all the time. Is it just me or is it temperamental..?

I have about 50 mobile sites bookmarked on my phone, but most of them have some horizontal scrolling which is a bit annoy - not least that the <div>'s don't fill the page when you scroll. BBC is a prime example. I mean, I love that site but why does it have to scroll..

I have decided to start a little blog. I don't know how often I will update it,
but since it is integrated into my phone I might as well give it a try.