Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Web & mobile developer & consultant
Editor & contributor at mobiForge
Author of "AMP: Building Accelerated Mobile Pages"
Runs westerntechnological.ie
Latest Articles by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Fixit – Page size limit
March 13, 2007, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
This test determines how large your page is. There are two contributing factors to the outcome of this test: the size of the page markup itself, and the total size including markup plus all external stylesheets, images, objects and any other resources that might be referenced by your document... Read More
Fixit – Page title
March 13, 2007, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
This test determines if a page has included a page title. A page title should be included to allow easy page identification. Page titles should be short and descriptive. Some devices will use the page title as a label for a bookmark, so the page title should be meaningful... Read More
Fixit – XHTML Mobile Profile
March 9, 2007, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
This test attempts to determine if you are using markup appropriate for the mobile context. dotMobi recommends that you use XHTML Mobile Profile. You may use any of the markup specifications listed below which are optimised for mobile and satisfy this recommendation... Read More
Fixit – Valid Markup
March 8, 2007, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
This test runs an XML parser on your document to check if your page validates against its specified schema. A schema (or DTD) constrains the structure and content of an XML document. An XML document which is well-formed and which complies with its schema is said to be valid. Put simply, the schema specifies rules about the structure and content of a document, and your document must follow these rules (as well as general XML well-formedness rules). If the XML parser finds something wrong with your document, then an error message will be displayed. Some errors cause the parser to stop dead in its tracks, while some errors are not so serious, and the parser can continue... Read More
Mobile-Friendly Blogging with WordPress
September 19, 2006, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Update: dotMobi has released an awesome new mobile pack. Get it here!. So you want your blog to reach as many people as possible, or you want people to be able to access and comment on your postings anytime, anywhere, then WordPress, coupled with the mobile extension is the tool for you... Read More
Thoughts on the Apple iPhone
September 8, 2006, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
It's been reported that Apple are ready to put the "iPhone" into production. This brought back memories of a day earlier this year when I first got my hands on a shiny 30GB video iPod. My first impressions of the video iPod were mostly of awe. It truly was something to behold. The thin design, audio and video playback etc etc... Read More
