How to redirect links for mobile using htaccess?

  • Resolved Sabrina Morgan

    (@sabrinamorgan)


    14 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    I’m developing a mobile version of an existing site and need to forward mobile visitors entering from any given link to its equivalent on my mobile site. Example: Sending a mobile visitor to mysite.com/about to m.mysite.com/about.

    I know the best way to do this sitewide is using mod_rewrite, but I’m new to regular expressions. What’s the best way to accomplish this in .htaccess?

    This is what I’ve cobbled together so far. It’s not working right – the main url redirects to the mobile subdomain, but deep links still aren’t redirecting (goal of the last line). What did I do wrong?

    # BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

# prevent looping
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^m.mysite.com$

# if the browser accepts these mime-types, it's definitely mobile, or pretending to be
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} "text\/vnd\.wap\.wml|application\/vnd\.wap\.xhtml\+xml" [NC,OR]

# a bunch of user agent tests
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "sony|symbian|nokia|samsung|mobile|windows ce|epoc|opera" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "mini|nitro|j2me|midp-|cldc-|netfront|mot|up\.browser|up\.link|audiovox"[NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "blackberry|ericsson,|panasonic|philips|sanyo|sharp|sie-"[NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "portalmmm|blazer|avantgo|danger|palm|series60|palmsource|pocketpc"[NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "smartphone|rover|ipaq|au-mic,|alcatel|ericy|vodafone\/|wap1\.|wap2\.|iPhone|android"[NC]

# rewrite rules here
RewriteRule .? https://m.mysite.com%{REQUEST_URI}  [L,R=302]
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  • Thread Starter Sabrina Morgan

    (@sabrinamorgan)

    Got it working! Here’s the code, in case anyone else runs into this issue:

    # BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

# prevent looping
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^m.mysite.com$

# if the browser accepts these mime-types, it's definitely mobile, or pretending to be
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} "text\/vnd\.wap\.wml|application\/vnd\.wap\.xhtml\+xml" [NC,OR]

# a bunch of user agent tests
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "sony|symbian|nokia|samsung|mobile|windows ce|epoc|opera" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "mini|nitro|j2me|midp-|cldc-|netfront|mot|up\.browser|up\.link|audiovox"[NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "blackberry|ericsson,|panasonic|philips|sanyo|sharp|sie-"[NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "portalmmm|blazer|avantgo|danger|palm|series60|palmsource|pocketpc"[NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "smartphone|rover|ipaq|au-mic,|alcatel|ericy|vodafone\/|wap1\.|wap2\.|iPhone|android"[NC]

# rewrite rules here
RewriteRule ^(.+)\$ https://m.mysite.com/$1 [R=302,NC]

    Wow! Big thanks for this.

    iluvwrdpress

    (@iluvwrdpress)

    Is this for redirecting users when they first hit your site to a mobile site or for links?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Looks like it’d redirect anyone on a mobile browser to your mobile site.

    I don’t know what you mean by ‘for links’

    iluvwrdpress

    (@iluvwrdpress)

    if this is to redirect to my mobile site and i have a custom home page, does this get added to my custom home page?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    If you add this code to your .htaccess ALL traffic to ALL pages on your site will be redirected for mobile users.

    iluvwrdpress

    (@iluvwrdpress)

    how can i get only mobile users to be redirected?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Well you can use the code up there or try a plugin like WPTouch.

    iluvwrdpress

    (@iluvwrdpress)

    I tried WPTouch, but that is only for touch screen phones, correct?
    what if the user doesn’t have a touch screen phone? I’d have to develop another mobile site for that case?

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