Drunkit Mobile

JoeyJoJo

30-12-2003 12:29:16

Anybody know much about this?

I'm trying to upload a file and it says there is an error but that it has uploaded, but it's not there when I look.

I'm also trying to delete my currently stored files and it says they are deleted but when I return to the file management section they are still there!

Who looks after this?

Bob

30-12-2003 13:03:26

I dont know what your talking about!

JoeyJoJo

30-12-2003 13:11:37

http://mobile.drunkit.com

The site someone (Matt?) set up where we can upload pics from our pc's onto the net and then get them onto our phones as wallpaper via WAP.

Jimmy

30-12-2003 16:30:12

just says file format unknown when i try it

Matt

31-12-2003 00:50:50

Fixed (and yes it was me who implemented it as a proof-of-concept design... just wanted to see if I could get it to work. There's vast potential in this kind of service and I have a fairly decent/secure working model :-D)

Of course, Dave has more of the commercial ideas, mine are just free service-type ideas for people to try out :)

--Matt

Mr_Lenehan

31-12-2003 12:15:59

unfortunately for Dave his course won't let him do wapdevil in PHP (good programming thing which make uploading file easy).

Dave has to use ASP which is shite

JoeyJoJo

05-01-2004 13:04:25

http://get.drunkit.com

is this still the wap address as it says 'file format unknown' when I try to connect to it via my phone?

I've uploaded the file ok now though - thanks

Mr_Lenehan

05-01-2004 22:40:17

file format unknown is a network provider issue. In non tech terms your network gateway won't give your phone the file because it doesn't think it's a wap page.

In technical terms your wap gateway won't execpt php generated headers and is infact looking for a pure .wml/.wmls (text/vnd.wap.wml) file. PHP is giving your phone the mime type after it has agreed to recieve the file, because the gateway doesn't know what to do with the file it simply tells your phone that the file format is unknown becuase the gateway doesn't like the file extention (in this case none).

The problem can't really be solved by you. File extentions on the end of the files could help but it probably won't make a difference, however you can bypass the issue as follows.

Type into your wap browser

http://mobile.drunkit.com/view/file,IMA ... GENAME.JPG

this will then download the file to your phone. obviously swap username for your username, imagename for the name of the image, and make sure you get the file extention right (it'll most likey be .jpg, .jpeg, .gif or on rare occasions .wbmp). Make sure you get the case right, as in some cases Filename.jpg is different from filename.JPG.

A tip is to go to the file manager section of mobile.drunkit.com, and view the picture you want on your phone. Magically the text that matches what I have written above appears in the address bar on your browser/internet explorer. copy and paste this into one of those free text things like that one on lycos and text it to yourself. When you get the text simply save the link as a bookmark - load it on your phone and it will download straight away.

There is probably a quicker way. But I don't know it.

-Additional: I got the info from a book by WORX on wap, wml and wmlscript - although it was refering to asp similar would apply to PHP.

Jimmy

06-01-2004 13:16:40

Well bugger me I can't get it to work and I thought I was a computer nerd. :(

Matt

06-01-2004 19:30:12

Hmm, I'm not sure why it's not working on mobile phones, what Dave says seems to be the case, but it really shouldn't be (I'm sending out the right content type).

--Matt

JoeyJoJo

07-01-2004 08:55:41

How come it worked before then?

Matt

07-01-2004 09:39:54

That's what puzzles me.

I have four mental exams over the next two weeks. After they're done, I'll have a look at Drunkit mobile and try and fix http://get.drunkit.com/

--Matt

Matt

07-01-2004 11:29:50

Okay, had a look at it and (with the help of Dave) I know think I've fixed it.

Have a go and tell me what happens.

--Matt

Jimmy

07-01-2004 11:40:23

file format unknown :(

JoeyJoJo

07-01-2004 13:00:39

Same here and I tried the thing Dave suggested and it said 'page not found'.

I don't know as much about computers as you guys, but would the fact Drunkit has changed servers since have anything to do with it?

It's probably nothing to do with it, but just trying to help!

Matt

08-01-2004 01:46:31

Yeah, that's exactly teh problem, since the server change.

As I said before, I'll take a proper look at it after exams 8)

--Matt

JoeyJoJo

08-01-2004 08:56:32

I'm not so stupid for a blonde then! He he!

Ok cool - good luck with your exams!

JoeyJoJo

27-01-2004 12:08:00

Have you had a chance to look at this yet Mr Day?

How did the exams go?

JoeyJoJo

28-01-2004 12:53:44

:cry:

Matt

28-01-2004 22:58:32

I have one of the finest programmers and men in the world looking at it...

Well, I am anyway.

--Matt

Jimmy

29-01-2004 11:26:13

I thought you meant me :(

Mr_Lenehan

29-01-2004 22:41:55

If you are dying to get onto it you can go to http://www.wapdevil.com which is my site. Its just a beta version so it's not yet perfect, and whatever you upload can be seen by anyone, and there is no option to delete it afterwards... but feel free if you have something that you don't mind everyone seeing or hearing (it supports ringtones).

I do however recomend that you stick with drunkit if you can, as there are a lot of wholes in my one which won't get plugged untill the summer.

Matt

30-01-2004 02:02:36

Shouldn't really make a diff...

and stop stealing my customers :P

--Matt

JoeyJoJo

30-01-2004 08:36:11

File format unknown! :cry: