WML Cards

The content of the page is placed between wml tags within the document. WAP sites consist of cards rather than pages. Each card represents the text that will be displayed on the device's screen. Not surprisingly, a collection of cards is referred to as a deck. A single document may contain one or more cards. Each card should contain an id attribute, and a title attribute. The id attribute is used for linking, and the title attribute will be displayed as the title on the device's screen. The following example defines a basic WML document with a single card.

first.wml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN"
    "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
<wml>
<card id="index" title="Welcome">
<p>
    This is my first WML document.
</p>
</card>
</wml>

Formatting Text

The following elements are supported in WML to format how the text will be displayed on the device.

The following example extends the original document to include some extra formatting.

formatted.wml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN"
    "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
<wml>
<card id="index" title="Welcome">
<p align="center">
    This is my <br/><em>first</em><br/> WML document.
</p>
</card>
</wml>

Output From Program

Displaying Special Characters in WML

The following characters all have reserved meanings in WML. To show the characters on the device, you must use the code.