Danielm

I've noticed that my site redirects to the mobile version for my iPad, which seems unnecessary. Does anyone know how to tweak a redirect script that goes by resolution to avoid that?
Thanks.

Jay Moreno

The best way to prevent that is to use user agent detection and to tell it not to redirect when it detects and ipad... it sounds like you are using javascript screen size detection... if thats the case it sounds like you have a small screen size setting try increasing your screen size detection to be less than 1024 pixels am guessing its set to around 800 or smaller right now.

if your using wordpress you will find some plugins similar to ours that will address these issues for you without you having to hack or add any code

hope that helps

cheers

jay

HypeText

This is why it's essential to have a link on the Mobile site that allows the user to click to view the Desktop version of the site. Give the visitor a choice...

YellowGreenMedia

With this script you can select what device should be sent to what URL..

Jay Moreno

if the desktop site uses a regular redirection script without some kind of preventive redirect loop feature a simple back link wouldn't be suffice - the user will continue to get sent back to the mobile site and be stuck in a loop

the redirection script needs to know whether or not to trigger for returning visitors - there are several methods that can be implemented to do this

HypeText

A redirect script done correctly will redirect www.website.com when visited on a mobile device to whatever the mobile address is, but www.website.com/index.html will bring up the Desktop site on that mobile device.

For instance. Feel free to visit out mobile site on your mobile device at m.hypetext.com and then scroll to the bottom and click "Classic" and it will show our Desktop site.

Jay Moreno

like you said when a redirect is done properly!

there are plenty of basic standalone re-director scripts that arent implemented properly that will cause people to get stuck in a loop...

as i mentioned there are several ways of doing it, yours looks like it appends a variable to the returning url and the main site determines what to do with the returning visitor based on that variable... theres many pros and cons to how you do it bottom line it needs to be done properly to prevent getting stuck in a loop!

HypeText

Very True...

Kinda pays to know what you are doing!

4webmaster

Most of redirect provided by WSO members here with their mobile site themes do redirect to mobile when ipad is used to browse. And I was demoing without knowing it for the 1st time, I was in trouble, my client said I like the regular version on ipad but would like the mobile for mobile phones. I was stuck!
So please next time think of ipad before you sell any mobile themes with redirects.

https://stevesuard.com

Danielm

Thanks gang, its a WP site using a plugin for the redirect. It is set at less than or = 1023 but the ipad is 1024, I guess just turning it on its side causes it to use the 768 side. I'll have to play around with it or look for a device specific redirect vs just resolution.

Jay Moreno

Maybe easier to use a separate solution specifically designed to handle redirects of that nature instead of relying on the theme designer to provide you with that solution. Have seen recently on here that the redirect is sometimes an after thought and then hastily put together. If you need a standalone code for the iPad ie your not using Wordpress drop me a pm I can probably help you out with your iPad issue if You havent already got a solution.

Jay Moreno

Ours does this out of the box, have found other plugins do the same but many fall short when it comes to handling returning visitors when they are going from the mobile site back to the main site it just pushes them back to the mobile site again.

Hth

Jay