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i want to know how people do reformatting of web pages for mobile devices....there r some specific mobile sites, i agree but there r some people who gv such services after subscribing (some charge)....they reformat the page on the fly....how they do that? .....like 'Skweezer' <www.skweezer.net/> providing wireless web services and applications ..if u hv any idea hw to approach reformatting of already existing web page...plz help me....u r also welcome with ur new innovative ideas if u think they r feasible.....

thanx for ur reply....i m asking that i was trying to change d layout of a html page by removing the <td> tag....since <td> will not b present, so the table formatting will not be implemented...everything will come as raw data. if u hv time try to help me...what i want to do is reformatting a html pages into a single column.for this i hv done following steps:1) remove all the external links for CSS from the original web page..2)attach my own CSS.i m trying to resolve the table into a single column bt stuck in between.hw to do that??? if i remove the <table> tag or <td> tag then will it work?plz suggest me.

i m a beginer....can u tell me if i omit the starting <td> and then some data is there an d at last i close the tag by using </td> at the end of the data then wat will happen?for eg:<table>this is just an example</td></table>will the data b displaced? will the ending </td> be recognized?

can anyone tell me when to use class and when to use id?is id also used to apply our style? class can b used any no. oftimes that i knw, n i think id can used once. what other differencesare there bw class n id?

can anyone tell me when to use class and when to use id?is id also used to apply our style? class can b used any no. of times that i knw, n i think id can used once. what other differences are there bw class n id?

i apologize for that bt i didn't used space there, it was a mistake commited while typing'anyway, its nt working, flash is not being resized. its present there in its original size only. wat to do?

i m sorry to say that this also didn't work!

can u tell how to resize an already formatted flash using external style sheet, i.e. by making change in external stylesheet

oops, it didn't work!!!

i apologize if i m eating ur head. actually i only want that when i browse internet thru mobile, the web pages should appear same as they appear on desktop pc. and i want to write my own CSS for that.

one more query, how can i make flash to fit on a mobile screen if originally its size is greater than mobile screen say width is 176px.

thanx a lot, it worked

i m attaching a CSS using link. if using external style sheet, thn we should link CSS like this:<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"handheld.css\" />we use @media handheld when we have CSS in the same html na? in my CSS, wat should b done to make a web page compatible to a mobile screen.give me some guidelines...i m giving my code, plz hv a look over it. it works fine for simple pages, bt not for heavily decorated pages. i don't want to display flash objects, hw to da that?just tell me that writing in this way is OK? if i specify width in body, then will that b applicable throughout the page or i shall take some other approach?body { width: 176px ; /* nokia 176px screen */ border: thick solid red /* just to see the 'screen' limits */}*:not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(body):not(img) { /* the negated ID selectors above are here just to increase specificity */ width: auto ! important ;}*:not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(#ImPoSsIbLeId) { /* the negated ID selectors above are here just to increase specificity */ position: static; float: none; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; top: auto; left: auto;}table,tbody,thead,tfoot,tr,td,th,col,colgroup { display: block;}iframe { display : none;}li { list-style-position: inside;}img[width=1] {display: none}var l = document.getElementsByTagName('img');for(var i = 0;i < l.length; i++) { if(l.width > 176) { l.height *= 176 /l.width; l.width = 176; } else if(l.naturalWidth > 176) { var e = 176 / l.naturalWidth; l.height = l.naturalHeight * e; l.width = 176; }}

well, leave C coding...u r correct, i m attaching a CSS using link. if using external style sheet, thn we should link CSS like this:<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"handheld.css\" />we use @media=handheld when we have CSS in the same html na? in my CSS, wat should b done to make a web page compatible to a mobile screen.give me some guidelines...i m giving my code, plz hv a look over it. it works fine for simple pages, bt not for heavily decorated pages. i don't want to display flash objects, hw to da that?just tell me that writing in this way is OK? if i specify width in body, then will that b appicable throughout the page or i shall take some other approach?body { width: 176px ; /* nokia 176px screen */ border: thick solid red /* just to see the 'screen' limits */}*:not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(body):not(img) { /* the negated ID selectors above are here just to increase specificity */ width: auto ! important ;}*:not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(#ImPoSsIbLeId) { /* the negated ID selectors above are here just to increase specificity */ position: static; float: none; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; top: auto; left: auto;}table,tbody,thead,tfoot,tr,td,th,col,colgroup { display: block;}iframe { display : none;}li { list-style-position: inside;}img[width=1] {display: none}var l = document.getElementsByTagName('img');for(var i = 0;i < l.length; i++) { if(l.width > 176) { l.height *= 176 /l.width; l.width = 176; } else if(l.naturalWidth > 176) { var e = 176 / l.naturalWidth; l.height = l.naturalHeight * e; l.width = 176; }}

i m trying to format an already existing web page by linking a CSS at the headusing a code in C, so that it fits for a handheld size.in C code, i m opening that webpage and start reading char by char. as soon as head tag comes,i concatenate thelink as a string. the CSS is being successfullyattached and the contents are fitted into the specified screen size: 360*240. then istore the result into a htm file.but some entities are creating problem especially flash. i don't want to display flashon the mobile screen,hw can i do it using CSS.can u gv me correct guidelines wat should i hv in my CSS to reformat analready existing web page.plz help me, i m stuck in between.if anyone shows interest,i'll send my CSS code alsowaiting 4 ur valuable reply,

i m trying to format an already existing web page by linking a CSS at the headusing a code in C, so that it fits for a handheld size.in C code, i m opening that web page and start reading char by char. as soon as head tag comes,i concatenate the link as a string. the CSS is being successfully attached and the contents are fitted into the specified screen size: 360*240. then i store the result into a htm file.but some entities are creating problem especially flash. i don't want to display flash on the mobile screen,hw can i do it using CSS. can u gv me correct guidelines wat should i hv in my CSS to reformat analready existing web page.plz help me, i m stuck in between.if anyone shows interest,i'll send my CSS code alsowaiting 4 ur valuable reply,

* > #footer, * > form, * > #notes, * > .output { position: relative; z-index: 1000; }why it starts with '*' sign?why '>' is used?wat purpose does this solves? #header { overflow: hidden; }what " # " here means?wat do these signify?

i request all out there to help me.plz tell how to reformat a html page for small screensby externally attaching a CSS thru a code in C

i hv used a C code to read the input html code from a web page,then i hv linked an external style sheet at the head and stored the resultant code into another file.here is my code:void main(){ char ch,tempch,tempch2,word[10],inbuf[24817],outbuf[24817]; int inccnt,outccnt,i,j,k; FILE *fp, *fp2; char tbstr[70]="<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"test2.css\" />"; int flag=0; //flag for <td> fp= fopen("news.htm","rb"); if(fp == NULL) { printf("file1 not opened\n"); exit(1); } fp2 = fopen("out.htm","wb"); if(fp2 == NULL) { printf("file2 not opened\n"); exit(1); } fread(inbuf,24817,1,fp); fclose(fp); strlwr(inbuf); i=0; j=0; while(j!= 24817) { ch = inbuf[j++]; if(ch=='<') { outbuf[i] = ch; if(((ch=inbuf[j++]) =='h')) { k=0; i++; outbuf[i++] = ch; for(;k<3;k++) { word[k] = inbuf[j++]; outbuf[i++] = word[k]; } word[k] ='\0'; if((strcmp(word,"ead"))==0) { while((ch=inbuf[j++]) !='>') outbuf[i++] = ch; outbuf[i++]=ch; outbuf[i]='\0'; strcat(outbuf,tbstr); i=i+strlen(tbstr); } } else { i++; outbuf[i++] = ch; } } else { outbuf[i++] = ch; } } outbuf[i++] = '\0'; fwrite(outbuf,1,i,fp2); fclose(fp2);}

thnx for ur reply.if i use only text then mozilla is supporting but IE is not working.i hvsend my code, plz go through it and tell me where i m wrongand hw to rectify it.can u suggest wat needs to b done for images?body { width: 176px ; /* nokia 176px screen */ border: thick solid red /* just to see the 'screen' limits */}*:not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(body):not(img) { /* the negated ID selectors above are here just to increase specificity */ width: auto ! important ;}*:not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(#ImPoSsIbLeId):not(#ImPoSsIbLeId) { /* the negated ID selectors above are here just to increase specificity */ position: static; float: none; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; top: auto; left: auto;}table,tbody,thead,tfoot,tr,td,th,col,colgroup { display: block;}iframe { display : none;}li { list-style-position: inside;}img[width=1] {display: none}var l = document.getElementsByTagName('img');for(var i = 0;i < l.length; i++) { if(l.width > 176) { l.height *= 176 /l.width; l.width = 176; } else if(l.naturalWidth > 176) { var e = 176 / l.naturalWidth; l.height = l.naturalHeight * e; l.width = 176; }}

i m writing a code to format a html page so that it fits a mobile screen size.all text or image or table, frames etc should be within that screen size.can u gv me an idea what logic should i use! if i use CSS thn what changes should be applied. i m writing a code in C,either i can use an external style sheet or by just reading the html code ad making some changes n then again writing the whole content into another file will do . plz suggest me any logic.thanx a lot,