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Mobile browser detection for WordPress – embedded is_mobile() function

Posted by Danny Herran on Mar 7, 2012 in Backend | 5 comments

Lets face it. Responsive design is here to stay and it is the solution to all of our nightmares regarding mobile web design. For those who are not aware of this technique, I invite you to read my other post where I explain what it is. But lets get to the point. Sometimes we need to add conditionals to our WordPress theme in order to detect if the visitor is visiting us from a mobile device, if so, we remove or add content. This is solved by using a custom made function called is_mobile() embedded into our functions.php. Read on for more.

How is responsive design the answer to mobile web consumption?

Posted by Danny Herran on Feb 13, 2012 in Frontend, Other Stuff | No comments

The number of people perusing the web on mobile devices is huge, nobody can say otherwise. Ericsson reported that in the past year, mobile traffic more than doubled. The number of users in the United States alone who use the internet via a mobile device grew 19% over the past year. The Times of India recently reported that the number of mobile phones in the United Kingdom is now greater than the number of people there; not only that, but 27% of the adult population in Britain now uses a smartphone. It’s becoming clear that mobile browsing isn’t only here to stay, but it’s here to change the way we consume media. What does this mean for content creators and designers? In short, we must adapt and begin thinking about content in a more inclusive fashion.

Detect mobile browser/user agent with PHP (iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, WP7 and others)

Posted by Danny Herran on Feb 2, 2011 in Backend | 80 comments

With all this load of smartphones and tablets, it is mandatory for us as developers to optimize our content as much as possible so everybody can see it, no matter what device they are using. This is why I wrote a small but powerful function to properly detect a wide range of mobile devices and redirect to an special content accordingly.