OJS goes mobile An investigation of how to adapt OJS to meet the needs of mobile Purposes of the investigation Mobile devices used in the investigation Potential Problems Problems Encountered
Mobile devices used in the investigation
Potential Problems
Google Skweezer No-brainer solution – Mobile Web Proxy
No-brainer solution – Mobile Web Proxies no pain, no gain", mobile web proxy is not a solution. Mobile device built-in adaptations cannot provide satisfied results
Our Approach to OJS Mobile Friendliness "One Web" with different views by changing the presentation on server side, utilizing OJS plugin architecture. Same URL (no mobile.myjournal.net) Same website One installation Same content "One Web" It is more easy to the OJS users and administrators
Our Approach to OJS Mobile Friendliness "One Web" with different views by changing the presentation on server side, utilizing OJS plugin architecture. different views" OJS Plugin
Our Approach to OJS Mobile Friendliness "One Web" with different views by changing the presentation on server side, utilizing OJS plugin architecture. different views"
Mobile Plugin for OJS How it works? The plugin simply checks the user agents of accessing device. Once identified as mobile devices, the plugin intercepts OJS responses and renders the content with a mobile friendly template and stylesheet. Other possible uses?
Mobile Plugin Demo
References W3C Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 (W3C proposed recommendation 2 Nov 2006) Global Authoring Practices for the Mobile Web Composite Capabilities / Preference Profiles and User Agent Profile Tutorial about Detecting User Agent Types and Client Device Capabilities Comparing Mobile Internet User Behaviours in Beijing EC/Presentation/Grassel-Roto-Comparing-Mobile-Internet-User-Behaviours-in-Beijing-2.html#(1) Ultra Mobile PC in Education