7th Dec 2011, 08:48 AM | #1 |
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but when you do the htaccess redirect for mobile sites, if on your mobile you already have the PC site bookmarked, when or how (if ever) does it redirect it. Eg when I type in the whole PC site URL, it redirects to the mobile version fine, but when I go to the PC site version via my mobile bookmarks app it still shows the PC based one. Is there a way round this or is it just a matter of time until the bookmarked version catches up with the just installed redirect? |
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7th Dec 2011, 07:21 PM | #2 | |
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There should be no lag time with redirects - if it's not working now then it means it will not work. I'm not sure why your mobile bookmark app is linking to your main PC website though? Why not just link it straight to your mobile website url? After all, that's what people on mobile devices are going to be looking for - your mobile version. | |
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8th Dec 2011, 02:46 AM | #3 |
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Hi Will thanks for the response. when I type in the full URL into my mobile it redirects fine, when I use the bookmarked way it doesnt. Not sure if the bookmark App perhaps only updates every so often or uses a cached version Reason I have my PC site bookmarked is so I can quickly demo the difference between a PC and mobile site to someone I'm chatting to using my own sites |
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Was the redirect installed when you originally bookmarked your PC site? It may just be using a saved cache of that page. What I would do is delete your history and cache and the bookmark and then try doing it again. I should think/hope that would fix the problem. | |
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8th Dec 2011, 03:37 AM | #5 |
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yeh thats what I just done, cheers, so do all bookmarks work like that ie would all (most) mobile users have that issue with their bookmarked sites if they saved them pre htaccess redirect ? Not a big issue in the big scheme of things but a potential bummer for new mobile sites who's old PC site is bookmarked on a lot of users (is there a way of automatically updating all bookmarked sites too from the websites ftp place or am I askign the impossible? |
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8th Dec 2011, 05:35 AM | #6 | |
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No, I would assume most browsers only store copies of webpages for a short period of time so the problem probably would have fixed itself soon enough. It's not really an issue I would worry about. I don't think it has anything to do with the htaccess redirect, it would have happened with any other changes you had made to your main site as well. | |
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