Ah, but this still doesn't answer my question on your part, Mark! How do you detect browser width, especially on the server-side? If it's with Javascript... the method Ken describes, it's not clear to me how javascript logic could get in there exactly. Thus my question. On 1/2/2013 3:51 PM, Mark Pernotto wrote: > I'd be curious to hear the response to Jonathan's question. For the > longest time, I used to determine mobile displays by browser, but it > just got too cluttered. Now I detect browser width to determine > mobile versions. This little trick doesn't play nice with all > frameworks, however, so it's not bullet-proof, but so far, it has > worked well. And on a high level, easy to troubleshoot. > > It wasn't immediately apparent to me if this was a part of a CMS or > not - it's awfully clean, and the usual Joomla/Drupal/Wordpress > identities weren't visible in the source. Really nice work! > > Thanks, > Mark > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> What method do you use to detect mobile-or-not? >> >> >> On 1/2/2013 3:33 PM, Ken Irwin wrote: >>> >>> Sarah asks about how to direct users to mobile versions of databases where >>> appropriate. >>> >>> The way I'm doing it is: >>> 1. All database links are served up from a database table, so the link on >>> our website is http://$OUR_LIBRARY/redirect?$db_id >>> 2. The db-of-dbs knows if there is a mobile specific url (because we put >>> it there...) >>> 3. Detect mobile-or-not as a binary value >>> 4. Serve up the right one as an HTTP header redirect >>> >>> One big exception: EBSCO (which provides a really large number of our >>> databases) handles their mobile access by using the same URL with a >>> different profile name in the url. The redirect script has a special case >>> that says if ($mobile = true and $ebsco = true) { do string replace on the >>> url to change from the desktop url to the mobile url } -- so I don't have to >>> list both versions of the URL in the database. >>> >>> It seems to work out pretty well. >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >>> Sarah Dooley >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 3:25 PM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Responsive Web Site Live >>> >>> Very cool--congratulations! >>> >>> In addition to Dave's questions, I'd be curious to know (can't see it >>> since I don't have a login) how you handled directing people to databases >>> that have mobile versions. This is something I've been wondering about for >>> our site down the road and library sites in general--from a responsive site, >>> how to effectively link people out to vendor-provided resources that are >>> either mobile or non-mobile. >>> >>> -Sarah Dooley >>> >>> >> > >