Automated switch to mobile view

Tags: primo, javascript, mobile view

Last Updated: Jan 24, 2012 11:14

• Description

  How to configure Primo, that it is automatically detected, if the end-user is accessing a view by a desktop/laptop pc or by a mobile device.
  When Primo Front End is accessed by a mobile device, the view shall switch from the institutions standard view to the institutions mobile view.

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• Author: Thomas Gerd tom Markotten
• Additional author(s):
• Institution: Exlibris
• Year: 2011
  
  
  

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• License: "This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. ..."

For further details see http://detectmobilebrowsers.com/about

• Skill required for using this code:
   Basic

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Working example

University of York

http://yorsearch.york.ac.uk/

Software requirements

Tested with Primo v. 3.1.0

Installation instructions

Please add the mentioned javascript to the header.html -file of your standard view. Please replace 'http://your-mobile-view' at the end of the script with your actual mobile view.

For scripts, pls. check http://detectmobilebrowsers.com/

Known issues

No known issues. 

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