MobileDetector
Version
1.2.0 (last update on Feb 20, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
8
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
12 November 2012
Detect client from mobile device and switch from default template to another mobile template. This is a Joomla! 2.5 plugin
The detector script is based on mobileESP:
http://code.google.com/p/mobileesp/
How to install
1/ Download the plugin by click here: http://code.google.com/p/joomla-mobile-detector/downloads/list
2/ Install it as a Joomla!2.5 extension
3/ From Plugin Manger page -> find the plugin (Mobile Detector) - Enable it - Make sure that the option "Enable Template Switcher" set to YES - Select the template to apply when switching
4/ Save it. Use a mobile device and browse to your Joomla! website to check and see the switcher work!
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It works. Really. Very very very good! Just a suggestion for users. At first i used to think it doesn't work. Of course! clean the casche and cookies from your mobile to see template changed! i write a silly thing, i know... but perhaps can helps someone who thinks that it doesn't work juast like me at first!
Only one thing to say, and I honestly mean this, it is developers like this that make the difference in Joomla. I wanted to start a website business, dint know how, joomla taught me but such developers make the site awesome. I was so close to signing up for a FREE mobile component the catch being it will display an ad on my template just for making it mobile. An ad that might even direct traffic to a rival site if they want, I thought I was stuck but this little but mighty plugin has made the difference. I created a simple basic one-columned template that mirrored my current one but removed(by not defining them in index.php) some modules that weren't mobile friendly such as ones that call mootoools and javascript, and included some that are. Now what was left was to redirect mobile users to my mobile template, this plugin works like a charm, almost too simple to believe it, I made my site mobile in just 2 hours and now a page loads at 10% of original size and time with this plugin. JUST AWESOME. THANKS!!!
Tried this and when I set the plugin to re-direct my main site went blank. Noticed on the Wiki that a lot of people are having the same issue.
I am using 2.5.9 and installed the plugin at the last position as detailed in the documentation.
I am using 2.5.9 and installed the plugin at the last position as detailed in the documentation.
Owner's reply
We have just released a new version with may fixed your issue. Try it now :)
This extension is soooo good. Installed easily. Also free and works exactly like the description said.
Thank you so very much! It's saved me hours of work. Took me 10 min from install to working. Love it!
I've tested it on my iPhone and it works well.Great work! Thank!
