Re: [ACFUG Discuss] redirect to mobile version using a php page.

[Frank Moorman]

I also agree with the thought of not creating a different site... If your site is coded with an eye towards web standards, it should appear decent and functional in any browser. The only real concern for mobile browsers is screen resolution. However, even this should be treated without grouping things as a "mobile" browser; after all can you tell the difference between a phone and a tablet(which would have a large screen)? My personal thoughts are to only consider screen resolution when creating a website that may be used by mobile browsers. However, even this may be moot because mobile devices usually allow the end-user to zoom. I know for a fact that some of my websites have been used by people on their phone. I do have two words of advice:    1) Avoid extensive _javascript_ (if possible, because that is the most likely to be unsupported); and,    2) Trim your input fields. I noticed that both android and iphone users on my website will tend to have a space added to words that are auto-completed(or spell-corrected) from their phone. On 10/11/2011 12:02 AM, Howard Fore wrote: Keep in mind this article is from 2005. Much of his advice is not at all what I would do (and am doing) today. Is your site templatized? If so, use CFWURFL to sniff the the mobile users and then set a request flag to determine if the users get the mobile or "normal" templates. I also greatly disagree with the advice to create a standalone site for mobile. This destroys your position in search engines for mobile users. It also pushes the mobile users into a ghetto of different functionality. It's better to treat them as you would a different class of desktop browser (you know...IE). My two cents... Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2011, at 12:34 PM, kristine keigan <techsupp...@hirenet.net> wrote: I'm working on making a webpage more friendly for mobile devices. I found this "simple" step to convert a webpage to mobile friendly with some php. Question is....I know nothing about php. Does my server need software? Does it need some sort of utilities or tools in order to run php or can I simply create a php page and have it work just I would an html page? All my pages are .cfm on my own server so I'm wondering if this possible solution will work for us. Here's the article I'm referencing: http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2005/07/make-your-site-mobile-friendly kristine ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=gin.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------