PDA-plugin for Joomla!1.5 Plugin

It is now fashionable to have the PDA-version of the site so that users could visit a site through a pocket computer. For that it is necessary: 1. To install PDA-template which will be used for an output of the information in the simplified kind. 2. To install a PDA-plugin which will choose this template in the case of a pocket computer.

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byarthur.uribe on May 26, 2009
No documentation. Not easy to configure or use. Unable to use directories as redirect.
I'm just writing the review to help those with the same problem as mine. When we were testing the pda version of the website it was loading the Pda template in the Internet Explorer(But with firefox worked fine)

The solution is written in joomla forum (http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=371889) by ddmobley:

You just have to open the file (pdabot.php) and change from "nec" to "nec-"

Besides this little problem it works perfectly.
I have this in my J1.0.15 sures too.
Is perfect for switch from default template/home to pda dedicated ones.
I've hacked the code to switch for pda and iphone differently.
Just a note for a little bug in Jommla 1.5 version
$mainframe->setTemplate($template);
does not affect any template change in Joomla 1.5.
Substitute this command with
$mainframe->setUserState('setTemplate', $template);
... And all works...
byKinng on January 26, 2009
A perfect plugin to make your website compatible with mobile phone devices.

The bad thing is that the pages fail the W3C XHTML Mobile Profile 1.0 validation test very badly beacuse of the JavaScripts and tables used in the pages.

Also if the images used in your articles are large, it would make the plugin useless.
Thank you so much for the plugin, and it worked like hell..!!!

At first it was a little difficult for me to correctly configure it, but after a little sturggle, managed to set it up correctly

U saved my life, Tanx again...!!!
byelmasry on December 13, 2008
a perfect plugin for anyone who wants to make a mobile version of his joomla.
I am very happy with this plugin. Install order is important. I needed to install the template first and the plugin second to avoid errrors. The, getting it going was totally straightforward.

Does anyone know how I can have a link within the PDA displayed page/s so that the PDA user can choose to go to the standard web pages instead? I have Nokia E61i and E71s and they work well on the full web pages, so that option would be nice as well as being able to go back to the PDA pages.

I am sure it is simple, but others might also find this useful so any hints would be appreciated.

Overall an excellent Plugin which will become more and more useful as PDAs proliferate.

Regards,
Dave
bymacku on August 31, 2008
This plug in is awesome! Working great on default Nokia E51 Symbian browser, Opera Mini MOD 3.10 and Opera Mini 4.1. Great Work!
Great job! this is just exactly what I needed, it works just flawlessly. Installed fine, no issues, no bugs...
Does exactly what it says. Installed very easily and works out of the box! It made a huge difference visually to my website when I surf using my pda. I'm very impressed with this extension.
Excellent plugin&template! Very easy to install and setup.

This plugin makes the web site much easier to access, even if you have a mobile that can display normal web pages - layout is adjusted to device with a small screen, very easy to navigate and read!