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iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Sun 19 Jul 2009 2:38 pm
by daj
I have been working on a little project to make the Cumulus data iPhone friendly on the web. To that end I have created an add-on page to Cumulus which is specifically designed for iPhone or iPod Touch screens.

If you visit my website using an iPhone/iPod it will automatically detect this and switch to the compatible version. However given that the iPhone has a full blown web browser built in it actually works really well on the standard site so I enhanced it a little. If you visit with your iPhone in portrait mode (normal orientation) you get the optimised version. If you visit in landscape (wide) mode you get the full website.

Please feel free to have a look at my website to see it in action. http://www.grantownweather.co.uk Obviously if you use your computer you will see my normal site!

I would appreciate any comments you have on how it can be enhanced. I am also more than happy to share the code with you (it is one html page, one style sheet and a short piece of javascript) -- all very simple to incorporate into your own site.

If there is enough interest I will post all the details here. I have attached a picture of three screens from the iPhone for the curious.

I am also working on a Blackberry optimized version if anyone is interested.

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Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Thu 23 Jul 2009 4:45 pm
by meteotortosa
I try it on Nokia 5800 XM, and I can get normal site.
:?

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Thu 23 Jul 2009 4:52 pm
by daj
meteotortosa wrote:I try it on Nokia 5800 XM, and I can get normal site.
:?
It only converts to the iPhone site if you are on an iPhone!

If you want to force it -- http://www.grantownweather.co.uk/iphone but I have no idea what it will look like on a Nokia.

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Thu 23 Jul 2009 5:18 pm
by meteotortosa
daj wrote:
meteotortosa wrote:I try it on Nokia 5800 XM, and I can get normal site.
:?
It only converts to the iPhone site if you are on an iPhone!

If you want to force it -- http://www.grantownweather.co.uk/iphone but I have no idea what it will look like on a Nokia.
Opera for Symbian -> i can see iphone web, but i thouch links but don't work
Nokia web browser -> it works fine

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Thu 23 Jul 2009 6:15 pm
by daj
meteotortosa wrote:....
Opera for Symbian -> i can see iphone web, but i thouch links but don't work
Nokia web browser -> it works fine
Is Javacript supported/enabled on Opera for Symbian?

The links are actually Javascript to hide and show page elements. The whole iPhone interface is one page to save on bandwidth and downloading.

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Thu 23 Jul 2009 6:57 pm
by meteotortosa
daj wrote:
meteotortosa wrote:....
Opera for Symbian -> i can see iphone web, but i thouch links but don't work
Nokia web browser -> it works fine
Is Javacript supported/enabled on Opera for Symbian?

The links are actually Javascript to hide and show page elements. The whole iPhone interface is one page to save on bandwidth and downloading.
I think Opera don't support Java...that's the question... :?

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Fri 24 Jul 2009 4:46 pm
by 6719jason
Im very interested! I would be very pleased to have a iPhone version for visitors to use.

Great Work!

Jason

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Sat 25 Jul 2009 11:04 pm
by tomcatuk
Hey that's pretty neat, tried it on my iphone and it works fine.....

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Sun 26 Jul 2009 8:38 am
by daj
6719jason wrote:Im very interested! I would be very pleased to have a iPhone version for visitors to use.

Great Work!

Jason
hi Jason

I will pull together some instructions and a package of the files and get back to you later today

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Sun 26 Jul 2009 9:55 am
by M1DUL
Im very interested! I would be very pleased to have a iPhone version for visitors to use. I have just tried it on my Nokia 5800 and it works very well apart from getting back to the index page but that does not matter to much.

Great Work!

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Sun 26 Jul 2009 1:46 pm
by w5afw
I would like to replicate this. Are there instructions?

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Sun 26 Jul 2009 4:43 pm
by daj
Here are the instructions

It should be relatively simple as it is only a few files and a small edit or two.

Any problems with the instructions or installing, let me know

thanks for your interest

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Sun 26 Jul 2009 5:25 pm
by beteljuice
Thank you for your code and explicit instructions.

Well done :D

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Sun 26 Jul 2009 5:27 pm
by 6719jason
Thankyou for the code and instructions!

Your a credit to the Cumulus community.

Re: iPhone site for Cumulus

Posted: Sun 26 Jul 2009 8:57 pm
by w5afw
OUTSTANDING! Thanks a lot. Great instruction set. Now, I'll try it. Cheers, lex