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Jun 15, 2010, 1:16 AM
joeybone
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Hi,

I've been commissioned to make an iPhone application based on the Links database. I don't need any login features, just a listing of categories with simple drill downs to detailed pages. Does anyone out there have experience with this and could recommend the best way?

cheers.
Jun 15, 2010, 1:45 AM
Andy
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Jun 15, 2010, 1:45 AM
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Hi,

I can't see it being too hard. Really, you would want a new template set called "iphone" ... then in those templates, have a basic setup of category.html/home.html/detailed.html/link.html

From there, you would probably wanna use mod_rewrite to setup the URL's to goto that new template set ... something like:

Code:
RewriteRule ^mobile/?$ /cgi-bin/page.cgi?t=iphone;g=index.html [L]
RewriteRule ^mobile/(.+) /cgi-bin/page.cgi?t=iphone;g=$1 [L]

Not quite sure where you would be sending them - would it be to something like mobile.domain.com?

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Jun 15, 2010, 2:12 AM
joeybone
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Jun 15, 2010, 2:12 AM
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Thanks Andy.

Rather than a mobile-friendly page, this would be a native iPhone app. So I guess the data would come out as xml. But I'm wondering if xml the best way or using a plist file? Or perhaps another way? Any tips would be much appreciated.
Jun 15, 2010, 2:39 AM
Andy
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Jun 15, 2010, 2:39 AM
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Hi,

Mmm ok - as I said, never done an iPhone app =)

Exporting the data as an XML file shouldn't be too hard - just wrap it around the templates (will probably have to use html_escape to make sure that non-standard charachters like " ' @ etc are escaped to stop any problems with XML errors)

For example:

category.html:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<%loop link_loop%>
<link>
<ID><%ID%></ID>
<URL><%URL%></URL>
<Title><%Title%></Title>
</link>
<%endloop%>


...or something like that :)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

IMPORTANT: I've now moved to ultranerds.co.uk, and the .com will no longer work!
Want to give me something back for my help? Please see my Amazon Wish List
GLinks ULTRA Package (plugins total "value" $3,325 & rising, for just $350)| GLinks ULTRA Package PRO (plugins total "value" $5,625 & rising, for just $500)
Support Forum | Links SQL Plugins | DMOZ Dumps | UltraNerds | ULTRAGLobals Plugin | Pre-Made Template Sets | FREE GLinks Plugins!
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Jul 18, 2010, 2:13 PM
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Jul 18, 2010, 2:13 PM
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