Netbiscuits architecture
A mobile Web site for the Netbiscuits delivery platform is managed and developed in exactly the same as any other SDL Tridion Web site, only difference is that Netbiscuits uses a mark-up language called BiscuitML, a standards compliant XML format that you code your delivery components against instead of XHTML. You can reuse controls and custom functionality built for your regular Web sites on the mobile Web site by adapting them to deliver BiscuitML.
- Applying BiscuitML to template code
- You apply BiscuitML to a SDL Tridion Component by adding template code, typically your Dreamweaver Template Building Block. You can also use a conversion eXtension to convert XHTML rich text fields to the Netbiscuits rich text format (BBCode).
- Rendering the mobile Web site
- Mobile Web sites are hosted in the same way as other SDL Tridion Web sites. The Netbiscuits application acts as a reverse proxy: at request time, it gets the domain for the mobile site, redirects requests to the mobile Web site, resolves the BiscuitML and renders the content optimized for the visitor's specific mobile device.
- Previewing mobile content
- Mobile Simulator allows content authors to view the (BiscuitML) content Netbiscuits renders to mobile devices using the Content Manager Explorer and SiteEdit.