Anyone know how to redirect to a mobile site??
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bingading
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- May 23, 2011
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I am using static pages. so i just want www.example.com to detect if i am using a mobile or not... if so redirect to m.example.com if not then stay at the www.
fatboy
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Ready made code for you: http://code.google.com/p/php-mobile-detect/
lol @ g00g, did u notice they happened to 'forget' iphone in that class, not much biased.. really..
if they are static pages, u have two options, use the web server to redirect (best way) or add a javascript to your pages to detect and redirect (not so good and not seo friendly). check with your host what kind of server they are running?
It's easy, just do it based on site width:
put this in <head></head>:
some browsers don't have JS on, you should stick something in noscript for that. not sure what though, there are some php you might use.
I think most just use JS though.
put this in <head></head>:
Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if (screen.width <= 699) {
document.location = "http://m.site.com";
}
//-->
</script>some browsers don't have JS on, you should stick something in noscript for that. not sure what though, there are some php you might use.
I think most just use JS though.
fatboy
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lol @ g00g, did u notice they happened to 'forget' iphone in that class, not much biased.. really..
Its in there - but wouldn't of put it past them 'forgetting'
Code:
protected $devices = array(
"android" => "android",
"blackberry" => "blackberry",
"iphone" => "(iphone|ipod)",
"opera" => "opera mini",
"palm" => "(avantgo|blazer|elaine|hiptop|palm|plucker|xiino)",
"windows" => "windows ce; (iemobile|ppc|smartphone)",
"generic" => "(kindle|mobile|mmp|midp|o2|pda|pocket|psp|symbian|smartphone|treo|up.browser|up.link|vodafone|wap)"
);
- Apr 25, 2011
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If you have trouble I have working example code I can send you.
From my experience, make sure you redirect from mobile to non mobile as well - so desktop users don't see your mobile site.
Also make sure you restrict your mobile sites so google crawler doesn't index (to avoid dupe content).
Google also has a mobile bit as well so make sure you declare the mobile site accordingly.
Lastly, I would advise to think about it carefully - I had a mobile site for a while but ended up scraping it as the mobile ads didn't generate any revenue, and when I think about it, with smart phones being so popular, most phones are quite capable of displaying a desktop page pretty well.
So what I would say is make sure your mobile site really is providing and enhanced user experience compared to your desktop version.
From my experience, make sure you redirect from mobile to non mobile as well - so desktop users don't see your mobile site.
Also make sure you restrict your mobile sites so google crawler doesn't index (to avoid dupe content).
Google also has a mobile bit as well so make sure you declare the mobile site accordingly.
Lastly, I would advise to think about it carefully - I had a mobile site for a while but ended up scraping it as the mobile ads didn't generate any revenue, and when I think about it, with smart phones being so popular, most phones are quite capable of displaying a desktop page pretty well.
So what I would say is make sure your mobile site really is providing and enhanced user experience compared to your desktop version.