Mobile Web Server 1.5 beta released
By Jukka Eklund 2008-11-18
Brings easier access rights management, intelligent network handling, improved RSS feeds for effortless sharing and more.
Based on user feedback adding and modifying of access rights has been made significantly easier. There is a new combined Access rights web page under mobile site settings. Now it's easy to see in one look which users have access to which content.
Mobile Web Server now takes full advantage of intelligent network handling available in S60 3rd. Edition, Feature Pack 2 devices. For example connecting to a WLAN network is done automatically without user actions. This ensures Mobile Web Server is always using the best option for network connectivity, based on user's preferences.
There is a new content RSS feed added into mymobilesite.net gateway. This fully configurable feed can include content from the device such as location, photos or blog entries. This enables automatic sharing of contextual information on 3rd party services such as Jaiku or Google Reader. The feed is always available regardless of mobile site status, and is updated whenever the mobile site is online and there is new content. Sharing your personal discoveries has never been this easy.
It's now possible to add your own web applications into your site, and utilize the Mobile Web Server application framework. External applications can be added into the site and will show up in navigation similar to the built-in applications. To illustrate this option we have done an example application which is available for download at Mobile Web Server wiki, complete with source code and a tutorial. In the wiki you will also find updated API document, the Calendar application now has some REST-type APIs as well.
To download, point your S60 device browser to address http://download.mymobilesite.net or download via PC at http://mymobilesite.net/download. Remember to join the conversation in S60 Blogs (note the new address!) or in development issues at Forum Nokia Discussions.
Final hot tip: the Presence page's location information now contains a link that launches Nokia Maps to visualize the location on map. How cool is that?