Configuring Your Web Server
The easiest way to serve WML contents is to use an HTTP server. Unless your WAP site is listed on a portal maintained by a mobile network provider, users will need to type the URL of your site on their device manually—a complicated task with only a phone's buttons to interface with. Although www is the de facto standard hostname for HTTP servers, wap seems to be emerging as a comparable standard for servers containing WAP applications.
Tip
Most WML pages use the naming convention of http://wap.sitenamehere.com
However, simply throwing your WAP applications up on a standard HTTP server will not allow users to view content on their phones. The server must "tell" the WML browser that it is about to receive a WML page ...
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