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Thread: Mobile Browsers

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    Rob is offline Senior Member
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    Default Mobile Browsers

    Scott has a few simple custom mods to auto-detect, and switch skin on the fly for mobile users (e.g. iphones, etc)...cool. Ask Scott for the info =)
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    contact info for "scott" ?
    thanks!

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    Check it out.

    I found out after the fact that there's a built-in IsMobileDevice function in asp.net that could slim this down a bit, but this way gives you control over which browsers/devices to redirect if you want.

    If that doesn't matter to you, skip step 2 and modify 1 a bit:

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    if (Request.Browser.IsMobileDevice)
    
    {
    templateName = "mtemplate.ascx";
    }
    return templateName;
    Last edited by Rob; 05-14-2009 at 05:47 PM.

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    Nicely done Scott. Now if anyone has a mobile template they'd like to share as a starting point, we'd be golden!
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    We are creating a mobile skin for our own site. should be done in a bit, and could serve as an example of how to do it
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    I too am looking into the prospect of developing a mobile-enabled version of our ASPDNSF site. I see how changing the skin and/or redirecting to a different template file could change the "master" page of the site but my question lies in the hurdle of actual display of the product pages and category views. Any strategies on tackling that?

    I'm glad the community sees the opportunity here and is mobilizing (no pun intended) to address it. Let's keep the discussion going...

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    we'll pick this up right after we get through the conference...
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    Any more word on this? It seems like it may be the case that it needs a whole other 'site' that can have different xmlPackages

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    I see how changing the skin and/or redirecting to a different template file could change the "master" page of the site but my question lies in the hurdle of actual display of the product pages and category views. Any strategies on tackling that?

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    Make sure you check out our new post regarding the new Mobile Phone Client Browser Support which will be included in our v 9.0 release! Exciting stuff!!

    http://forums.aspdotnetstorefront.co...ad.php?t=21175

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    Did anyone get Scott's solution working on v8? I can't get this working.

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    We've had quite a few customers implement this successfully, yes. In fact that's very similar to how v9 does it 'out of the box'. What kind of issue are you having?

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    Actually, I think my problem is with my mobile template/skin lol. Until I put together a template that works and is effective, there is not much point to me continuing to try and implement this anyway. Any chance there is a mobile template available for download for us version 8 users?

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    Just checking up again. Anyone have a mobile template/XMLpackage for v8?

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    Default Mobile for v8

    You can find a fully functional mobile shopping cart add on for v8 here:http://www.vortx.com/p-90-mobile-com...torefront.aspx. This allows online store owners to provide a full-featured mobile version of their site without having to create a new, separate site. Our integrated platform automatically detects when a mobile device is being used and renders the requested page formatted specifically for that device.
    I am happy to answer any questions you have.