Developers' corner

Are you interested in diving into the Mobile Web? We have gathered here a few of the resources that can help you in this adventure...

Tools

mobileOK Checker
This tool, based on the mobileOK Basic specification, identifies problems a given Web page would create on a mobile browser; a great way to get started on making an existing Web page mobile-friendly!
Markup Validator
Want to make sure your page conforms with XHTML Basic or XHTML MP? The markup validator is here to help!
mobileOK Bookmarklet
To install, drag the following link to your browser toolbar: W3C mobileOK check - clicking on the bookmark will then check whether the page you are looking at is mobileOK Basic.
CSS Validator
The CSS Validator can check various levels and profiles of Cascading Style Sheets, including CSS Mobile Profile, and can restrict itself to a given CSS Media Type (e.g. handheld).
Convertor of (X)HTML to XHTML Basic
This tool takes almost any HMTL or XHTML page and does its best of converting it into XHTML Basic (1.1 or 1.0).
Mobile Web Test Harness
Do you need help figuring which mobile browser supports what technology and how well? The Mobile Web Test Harness may have the answer you're looking for.

Discussion list

Want to share mobile web development tricks with your peers, or ask if one of them has a solution to your problem? Join the discussion on public-mobile-dev@w3.org - this mailing list is publicly archived, and you can subscribe to it by sending a mail with "subscribe" in the subject to public-mobile-dev-request@w3.org.

References

Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0
This collection of advices is meant to help Web developers understand better the challenges and opportunities of getting mobile
Mobile Web Best Practices Flipcards (PDF)
A summary of the Best Practices in a set of colorful flipcards
XHTML Basic 1.1 Cheat Sheet
A compilation of all you need to know about XHTML Basic 1.1, including the full list of elements and attributes
XHTML Basic 1.1
The specification of the markup language of reference for the Mobile Web
XHTML Flavors comparison
You already know XHTML 1.0 and want to learn how Basic 1.1 differs from it? This is what you need!
CSS Mobile Profile
The set of CSS properties best fitted for mobile devices

Tutorials

W3C organized a couple of webinars on the Mobile Web:

(See the webinars page to find equivalent webinars in French and German)

More generally, you can find useful information in the presentations made by W3C Staff and Members on the Mobile Web Initiative.

mobileOK Basic CMS and transcoders

The following content management systems are advertized as creating mobileOK Basic Web pages:

Do you know of others CMS and transcoders producing mobileOK basic content? Please let Dom know at dom@w3.org!

Contact: Dominique Hazaël-Massieux <dom@w3.org>