My client has an all flash site.
http://www.thomas-bradley.com/ [1]
He wants to retain it as is. But somehow have the capability
that when a person using a hand held device comes to the site he is
automatically directed to an alternate version which is more
handheld media friendly. How can I achieve that?|||
> He wants to retain it as is. But somehow have the
capability that when a
> person using a hand held device comes to the site he is
automatically
> directed
> to an alternate version which is more handheld media
friendly. How can I
> achieve that?
On the home page, at the top, put a link that says “HTML
VERSION or HANDHELD
VERSIONâ€
Note that an HTML version isn’t just more handheld friendly.
It’s more
accessible, more search engine friendly, easier to bookmark,
easier to
search, etc.
-Darrel
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>> He wants to retain it as is. But somehow have the
capability that when a
>> person using a hand held device comes to the site he
is automatically
>> directed
>> to an alternate version which is more handheld media
friendly. How can I
>> achieve that?
>
> On the home page, at the top, put a link that says “HTML
VERSION or
> HANDHELD VERSIONâ€
Shouldn’t that be “Flash Version or HTML Version�
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>> On the home page, at the top, put a link that says
“HTML VERSION or
>> HANDHELD VERSIONâ€
>
> Shouldn’t that be “Flash Version or HTML Version�
Er…I meant to say use one or the other (not both as a
choice).
Load the flash page by default, but at the top give them a
link to the
non-flash version. Whether you call it “HTML VERSION†or
“HANDHELD VERSIONâ€
or something else is up for debate…
-Darrel
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I know I’ll have to attach a new stylesheet for hand held
media in this alternate content page.
The thing is he doesn’t want any buttons on top. Just a back
end code detection. Is that possible that the code detects that
this is a hand held device and automatically redirects the user to
this alternate html page which has a stylesheet for the hand held
media?|||
> The thing is he doesn’t want any buttons on top. Just a
back end code
> detection.
That just won’t work.
For instance, the iPhone just uses a regular web browser, yet
doesn’t
support Flash.
You want this to be a user-initiated decision…you don’t
want to/can’t
really rely on any sort of browser detection for this in any
consistent
manner.
> Is that possible that the code detects that this is a
hand held
> device and automatically redirects the user to this
alternate html page
> which
> has a stylesheet for the hand held media?
The issue is that cell phones aren’t at all consistent. Some
WILL send ‘I am
a handheld browser’ information with the request, but some
won’t, so it’s a
bit of a crapshoot.
-Darrel
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OK Thanks.
Then I guess I’ll have to propose the button idea and tell
him thats the only way.|||
> Then I guess I’ll have to propose the button idea and
tell him thats the
> only way.
remind him that having this link is going to make it easier
for Google to
find all the content. This is usually the argument that sways
the client.
;o)
-Darrel
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