Java Server Pages from scratch

Developing the Start Page

In this section, we will create Auction Station's start page, a WML deck, index.wml. This deck will contain information about the site and provide links to the different sections as well.

Structuring a WML Deck

Each WML file requires the mandatory xml header and the DTD declaration shown following:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN"
          "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">

As with well-formed XML documents, you will need to store the content within a wml root element. All the content in the WML page—text, images, and links along with the formatting information—is stored into one or more cards. To conform to the WML DTD, you need to specify a card tag for each card that you define ...