If you are using PHP as your server side code, this is a good class that provides that functionality that I need to detect info about different platforms.... http://mobiledetect.net/ Mike On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Kevin Fries wrote: > Be very careful with this "feature". I can not count the number of sites > where they lost my business because it was not done well. Some of these > sites will see "Android" or "iOS" and just assume its a phone. Then I hit > it on my 10.2" tablet, and it looks stupid. Often, these sites are "auto > detecting" and don't just default, so there is no way to ask for the > regular site. When done well, its nice when the site is smart enough to > offer a good default and also offer to not filter and deliver the regular > HTML page. Also, make sure that if you do offer mobile, and you have a > link to deliver the full page instead, that this option sticks as you move > throughout the site. I have one utility pay site that f's up when I go to > it with the tablet, but offers the "pc" page. Click on it, and it will fix > the page you are on... click a link, and you are back to the "mobile" > version... click on the "pc" link again, and it takes you back the the main > page. If this was a business I had an option to not do business with (its > our local utility and I am stuck with them), I wouldn't. So as I said, be > careful and test, test, test > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:52 AM, wrote: > >> >> Thanks Eric and Nathan! >> >> ----------- >> > There are many frameworks which do what you want, namely >> > bootstrap or Foundation. I think ultimately what you want >> > is css @media queries. Do some digging on that and search >> > for detecting media type or screen size and displaying >> > a specific css for that device. >> >> ----------- >> > Joe asked: >> >> Is there a way to set up an html page so that it will be >> >> displayed at one size on a mobile device, but then make all >> >> of the multiple small images that make up the html page scaled >> >> down to a different (much smaller) size on a desktop computer? >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people > always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can > become great.” > ― Mark Twain > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >