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Hi folks.
I've been trying to figure how to set an acceptable linking procedure within a web page.
It has been quite tricky, since you cannot actually detect if BBM Channels are installed on a device from within the browser.
(believe me, I've tried ... many, many workarounds lol).
So, after an usuccesful day of attempts, I changed the approach and used the basic HTML failover.
In short, I'm creating via JS an object which data is the link to the Channel. It will be recognized on devices with BBMChannels installed (bc protocol is installed on the system) while ignored on non compliant devices.
Basically, it's a combo, as it will open the channel (you have to accept on a BBM Channel powered device) and display a page provided by channelpin.com which displays the appropriate tag.
This is the page code (script embbeded for ease, should be external if you're a best practices fan)
The above page is live here : http://www.2bo.com/bbmchannels/bbmc.htmCode:<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> // THIS CODE AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY // KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE // IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A // PARTICULAR PURPOSE. // Author: Superfly_FR AKA Antoine Bapst // Date: 2013-12-01 // Summary: Open a new window with tag barcode, courtesy to www.channelpin.com (not affiliated with the author) // AND will launch the channel on BBMChannel ready devices. // Version: 1.1 beta // Disclaimer: this script has been tested with latest versions of FF/IE/Chrome/Safari in windows8 environment // and BlackBerry(R) 10 devices running BBMChannel ver 10.2.25.101 // Licence: free to use and distribute without restriction. Please include this header. function showChannel(channelPIN){ fullBBM = "bbmc:"+channelPIN; fullURL = "http://channelpin.com/"+channelPIN; bbmCall = document.createElement("object"); bbmCall.data = fullBBM; placeHolder = document.getElementById('bbmcCallAnchor'); // write the objet to the page : fires BBMC bbmcDiv = document.body.insertBefore(bbmCall,placeHolder); // we don't want the object to mess the layout (can't be done in the object instanciation, IE no go) bbmcDiv.style.height = 0; bbmcDiv.style.width = 0; // load channelpin window.open(fullURL,'_blank'); } </script> </head> <body> BBMC test<br> <input type="Button" ID="bbmcLink" onclick="showChannel('C00035FA6')" value="Hey ! visit my BBM Channel !"> <div ID="bbmcCallAnchor"></div><!-- The bbmCall objet will be inserted above this DIV --> </body> </html>
Can you guys (and gals !) give it a try, both on your computers and devices and report if you encounter a problem ?
Thanks a lot !
SF
P.S: keep in mind that we want to be cross platform and "update-hassle-free" here, so OS/navigator/device detection is not a valid option
12-02-13 10:55 AM
[Tests Request for guide] How to link to your Channel in HTML web pages
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