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Enabling Mobile Device Compatibility for any Website

To make your existing website compatible with mobile devices, the simplest and most cost-effective way is to register a .MOBI domain name for the same and select the website you wish to adapt to mobile devices (mobilize).

The .MOBI Instant Mobilizer tool takes your existing website and automatically creates a mobile optimized version with no programming or user intervention. Each time a user visits your .MOBI domain name, he/she is displayed the content of your existing website in real-time, which implies any updates to the main site will automatically be reflected on your new mobile site.

Note

By using the Instant Mobilizer tool, you get the following additional features/benefits:

  • One Click Calling: Primary contact number is extracted and placed at the top of mobile Web pages so that a call can be made simply by clicking on the link.

  • Google Map Auto-generation: Company address is automatically extracted and linked to Google Maps providing directions for customers.

  • Tell-a-friend: A link to send the Web address of the mobile site via SMS is added automatically.

  • Improved Search Engine Ranking:

    • Registering a .MOBI domain puts an entry in the Internet Zone Files that search engines use to locate sites.

    • Instant Mobilizer automatically extracts addresses and telephone numbers and makes them available to search engines (HCard Autogeneration).

Additional Information

What is Instant Mobilizer

Building your mobile phone website with Instant Mobilizer

When you choose to point your .MOBI domain name to your existing website, our system would generate 3 Name Servers that you need to set for your .MOBI domain name for this feature to work.

Example:

If your corporate website is yourcompany.com, you may attract a larger audience to your website, by simply registering any .MOBI domain name like yourcompany.mobi and setting the source website as yourcompany.com. Then take the 3 Name Servers that are generated by the system and set them for yourcompany.mobi.

Making your existing website compatible with Mobile Devices

Upon registering a .MOBI domain name (that is similar to your existing website), follow the steps mentioned below:

  1. Login to your Control Panel, search for the .MOBI domain name that you wish to display your website's content and proceed to the Order Details view. 1

    Note

    • If the domain name is Locked by WIPL, it needs to be first Unlocked by WIPL, before you can proceed further.

    • In case the domain name is Locked by you, the below action can be performed even without unlocking it

    • If the domain name is Suspended by WIPL, it needs to be first Unsuspended, before you can proceed further.

    Additional Information

    Unlocking a domain name

    Unsuspending a domain name

  2. Click the Instant Mobilizer link.

  3. Mention the current website address whose content you wish to adapt for mobile audiences in the textbox and click Get Instant Mobilizer NameServers.

    Note

    • Specify the exact domain name of the website in the textbox.

      Example:

      You may submit www.yourcompany.com or yourcompany.com.

    • Do not submit:

      • http

      • :

      • /

      • any Directory

      Example:

      Do not submit http://www.yourcompany.com or www.yourcompany.com/ or yourcompany.com/eng/

  4. Note the 3 unique Name Servers displayed and set these as the Name Servers of this .MOBI domain name. 2

Once you have modified your .MOBI domain name's Name Servers, your website should start resolving shortly. Typically your .MOBI domain name should start resolving immediately, however, in some cases it may take as much as 24 to 48 hours depending upon your Internet Service Provider's settings.

  1. 1. Instructions for Searching and Managing your Orders
  2. 2. Modifying the Name Servers of your .MOBI domain name