How to identify a mobile browser

[pdqsw]

I would like to be able to redirect a user, coming to a single site, either to a mobile phone layout page or a standard PC layout page. In order to do this I need to identify if the browser is 'mobile' or 'not mobile'. I want to be able to do this solely at the server end.
Can anyone help me please? :)

[stephan.gerlach]

You can use css to do that.

normal pc's will use media="screen"

mobiles, pda ect will use media="handheld"

However opera for windows mobile also uses media="screen" and handles it properly.

Hope this helps.

[pdqsw]

Thanks Stephan.
This sounds like what I am after.
But please excuse my ignorance. How do I use this information within my webpage to perform the redirect?

[stephan.gerlach]

You don't do a redirect.

You simply create the design for the screen. You need to separate html code and css code. Store css in a separate file. Create another css file that holds the css code for handheld devices.

Then in the html file in the head part you do this



<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="link to the ccs file for pc" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="handheld" href="link to the ccs file for handheld devices" />



If you make your html code efficient you can simply change the look of it via the css file.

[pdqsw]

Ah yes.
That makes perfect sense.
Let me give it a try.
Thanks very much.
Paul
:)