Apache2: How To Redirect Users To Mobile Or Normal Web Site Based On Device Using mod_rewrite | Linux Today

Apache2: How To Redirect Users To Mobile Or Normal Web Site Based On Device Using mod_rewrite

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FT
Falko Timme
Sep 12, 2011

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“Since the massive rise of smartphones and tablets like the
iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, BlackBerries, etc. you
might have considered creating a mobile version of your web site.
This tutorial explains how to configure Apache to serve the mobile
version of your web site if the visitor uses a mobile device, and
the normal version if the visitor uses a normal desktop PC. This
can be achieved with Apache’s rewrite module.”


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