By Eric Seufert
Hi,
I have an ubuntu droplet running wordpress.
I developed a desktop and mobile theme for my Wordpress site and switch between the two using a wordpress plugin that detects the device the user is on and loads the appropriate theme accordingly. The only problem is this conflicts with varnish; since the URL is the same for both mobile and desktop browsers, sometimes desktop viewers will see the mobile site (and vice versa).
I’d like to setup a subdomain, m.mydomain.com, that gets loaded if the user is on a mobile device. But obviously I wouldn’t want to run two sites as this would cause headaches in managing the data.
What’s the best way to do this?
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What is the WordPress plugin that you are using to detect the device size? Does it support redirecting to a subdomain or are you looking for an entirely different solution?
There are also other ways that you can solve this problem. Using a more responsive theme that adapts to different form factors is becoming the standard solution. You could also look into something like Varnish Mobile Detect which will use a different backend based on the browser’s UserAgent.
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