We recently developed a mobile version of our Spring Jam
website<http://springjam.umn.edu>
.

We chose a slightly different method than Kris. Our original website is
rather image heavy and has lots of JavaScript that we knew we wouldn't need
for the mobile site. Rather than load all of that and hide it, we opted for
mobile detection that redirects to a different url with a template that is
more lightweight.

We used this mobile detection script <http://detectmobilebrowser.com/>. The
script is wrapped in a PHP function that we can call and use to redirect. A
cookie is set before the user is redirected so that they can go back to the
full-featured site if they wish (rather than getting redirected over and
over <http://xkcd.com/869/>). The same mobile detection is used on the full
site to add a link to the mobile version if someone is viewing it on a
mobile device.

As for Java support, I can't be certain.

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Tim Beaufoy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  I should probably also ask what are you using for device detection and is
> java a good route to go? I've read many phones can detect java but not all
> phones.
>
>
>
> On 4/28/2011 2:24 PM, Kristofer Layon wrote:
>
> We have a web site that we've been testing here --- this version hasn't
> replaced the OSA web site yet, but take a look:
>
>  http://www.faculty.umn.edu/osa/
>
>  When viewed on a mobile device, it has a different presentation.  But the
> exact same HTML.  It's all done with device queries and a mobile CSS.
>
>  And on mobile, you still have the option to view the full site (see link
> at bottom of the page).
>
>  Kris
>
>
> Kristofer D. Layon
> Web Design & Social Media
> 612.624.4545  :  http://z.umn.edu/klayon  :  http://twitter.com/klayon
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>
>  On Apr 28, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Tim Beaufoy wrote:
>
>  Is anyone developing mobile sites yet for their schools?
>
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>
> Tim Beaufoy
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> University of Minnesota
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>
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> 420 Delaware Street SE
> Minneapolis, MN 55455
>
> www.sph.umn.edu
>



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