I am working on a site that has a mobile site: http://www.exchequersolutions.co.uk/m/ I am trying to create a link to the desktop site with out much luck.
When the user clicks on a link I want them to be taken to the desktop site.
The link in the anchor tag is:
<p><a href="http://www.exchequersolutions.co.uk/contractors/cis-self-employed/cis-form/" target="_blank" class="cis_register" >Register Online</a></p>
Does anybody know how or even if this is possible?
Is not possible.
Every browser implement a function to save a link on OS FileSystem (drag&drop or file > save as ...).
You're stuck in a loop caused by user-agent detection.
It looks like there is device detection on the desktop site that uses the user-agent to identify mobile devices. If you follow a link to the desktop site using a mobile phone, you'll just be sent back to the mobile site.
There are a few different ways you can fix this, but it depends on your site architecture. One way would be to disable the redirect on the desktop site if you include a specific parameter in the query string. Another option would be to set a cookie and use that to disable the redirect.
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On Facebook, via mobile, If you go to a profile page and click on a link to a person website it loads the website up in front of the Facebook website so when they press the X in the top left-hand corner it then deletes the webpage and the Facebook is still there.
On my desktop computer, I have used a different tap to load up but can't find out how I can do it this way for mobile and tablet?
I'm sure its quite simple but I have not got a clue what to look for sadly
Hope you can help, please.
Many Thanks
Tim
The picture you give appears to be the native mobile app for Facebook and not a webpage.
It just uses an embedded browser in the mobile app. How you do that depends on which platform you are developing for. For iOS it would be something along the lines of the UIWebView class.
This emulator has a nice feature, when you click in the "share in home screen" option, it works as a app, offline and out of a browser.
https://gameplaycolor.com/app/
I intend make something like it, but I have no idea how can I do. Which technique it website use?
Thanks in advance!
Placing websites on the homescreen is native iOS. As a website, you can extend this, by enabling your website as a 'web app', like you described. For this, you use a number of meta tags in your code. Please see this support document by Apple on how to configure your website so users can save it to their homescreen as a web app.
Moreover, you can specify a startup screen, the color of the statusbar, and some other things.
I want to make a website that will only be accessible by people who use the link I put on the QR code.
Is such thing possible? Can a website recognize if the request is coming from html browser or mobile device?
No. Anyone could access the site via the same URL. You could try to use the user-agent string to try to limit access to mobile browsers, but a) this could prevent some mobile users from accessing the site, and b) all methods of detecting mobile browsers are easily spoofed.
I am wondering if it is possible to make a link that if tapped on (say in iOS Mail), would open up a specific app (I know that part is possible), AND if the very same link were opened up on a regular computer say in Gmail, it would function as a regular web link.
So essentially, two different links in one, depending on the platform you are on.
Where would I start to get something like this going?
I just did it this morning. You need to have your link in the email go to your website. Then on your website check the user-agent and redirect to the app if the user-agent is for iOS and if it is not iOS show the regular web page.
You can't, because you don't have control on which device email is shown.
Best approach would be to code (css/html) responsive email template and hide first link(for pc) if screen size is < 600px etc.
More on responsive emails:
http://zurb.com/article/1144/a-tutorial-on-responsive-email-templates
I would like to use apple-mobile-web-app-capable to allow a user to browse a website like a kiosk, without the navigation bar and the page fullscreen.
This works well until a link is clicked, then it opens Safari.
Is there any way to use this fullscreen mode and allow clicking of links without being taken to Safari?
I asked a similar question over on AskDifferent - Hiding URL Bar on iPad.
The answer I received there suggested distributing the web app's configuration file, which allows you to configure many more options. The end-user must agree to the profile installation, but having a controlled device will limit any frustration with this fact. The details of this were linked to in the above answer, but it appears to be broken now.
Alternatively, Chrome has a full screen browser mode that can be taken advantage of. Given a controlled device you could simply use the alternative browser.