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I want to redirect my users to my mobile site. My mobile site is in a subfolder instead of a subdomain. Here is how I want it to work ...

Request sent to:
https://www.picturepunches.com/hot

Redirect to:

I also don't want to effect the images on that page. So I want the images to be:

And not:

How can I do dis?

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If your goal is to serve the content that lives under /mobile without changing the address bar, use an internal rewrite (no R flag) and explicitly skip real files so images, CSS, and JS are not affected. You can also add a simple desktop override so users can opt out.

# .htaccess (in the web root)
RewriteEngine On

# 1) Optional: allow users to force desktop with ?desktop=1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)desktop=1(&|$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ - [CO=force_desktop:1:.picturepunches.com:31536000:/]

# If the cookie is set, skip mobile rewrites
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Cookie} force_desktop=1
RewriteRule ^ - [S=3]

# 2) Do not touch existing /mobile paths
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/mobile/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ - [L]

# 3) Do not rewrite real files or directories (keeps /pictures/... intact)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]

# 4) Internally rewrite only the sections you want to serve from /mobile
RewriteRule ^(hot|trending|featured|users|rooms|languages|comments|register|login|forgot-password|upload|contact|learn|rules|thanks)(/.*)?$ /mobile/$1$2 [L]

Notes:

  • Because this is an internal rewrite, the browser URL stays on while Apache serves /mobile/hot.
  • The file/dir checks ensure assets like /pictures/user/... are served normally.
  • If you later add more sections, extend the list in the final RewriteRule.
  • For SEO, add a canonical tag in your templates so both variants point to the preferred URL, and consider a user-facing "View desktop site" link that appends ?desktop=1. See Apache docs on mod_rewrite and flags: Rewrite Guide, RewriteRule Flags.

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Member Avatar for alan.davies

You write exceptions for certain directories. But it depends, on whether almost all links need to redirect or just the hot directory. If just the hot directory, specify that only.

Member Avatar for FarrisFahad

Here is what I have come up with ...

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^desktop
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "android|blackberry|googlebot-mobile|iemobile|iphone|ipod|#opera mobile|palmos|webos" [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "acs|alav|alca|amoi|audi|aste|avan|benq|bird|blac|blaz|brew|cell|cldc|cmd-" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "dang|doco|eric|hipt|inno|ipaq|java|jigs|kddi|keji|leno|lg-c|lg-d|lg-g|lge-" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT}  "maui|maxo|midp|mits|mmef|mobi|mot-|moto|mwbp|nec-|newt|noki|opwv" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "palm|pana|pant|pdxg|phil|play|pluc|port|prox|qtek|qwap|sage|sams|sany" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "sch-|sec-|send|seri|sgh-|shar|sie-|siem|smal|smar|sony|sph-|symb|t-mo" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "teli|tim-|tosh|tsm-|upg1|upsi|vk-v|voda|w3cs|wap-|wapa|wapi" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "wapp|wapr|webc|winw|winw|xda|xda-" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "up.browser|up.link|windowssce|iemobile|mini|mmp" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "symbian|midp|wap|phone|pocket|mobile|pda|psp" [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mobile/.*$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /mobile/ [L,R=302]
Member Avatar for FarrisFahad

Can someone please edit the last 2 lines to make it work? Make sure that you read the first post.

Member Avatar for FarrisFahad

Here is the code I currently have ...

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^(trending|hot|featured|users|rooms|languages|comments|register|login|forgot-password|upload|contact|learn|rules|thanks)$ $1.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^member/(feed|subscriptions|pictures|earnings|advertise|settings|crop-picture|create-ad|create-room|manage-rooms)$ $1.php [NC,L]

RewriteRule ^mobile/(fresh|trending|hot|featured|comments|users|rooms|languages|upload|register|login|forgot-password|learn|rules|contact|thanks)$ mobile/$1.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^mobile/member/(feed|subscriptions|pictures|earnings|advertise)$ mobile/$1.php [NC,L]

RewriteRule ^(trending|hot|featured|users|rooms|languages|comments|register|login|forgot-password|upload|contact|learn|rules|thanks)$ mobile/$1 [L,R=301]
Member Avatar for gentlemedia

Sorry to say this, but user agent sniffing was/is never a good strategy. Just make your site mobile friendly, so you don't have to alter/update multiple code bases and your URLs work everywhere!

Edited by gentlemedia
Member Avatar for rproffitt

XKCD covers this as well -> https://xkcd.com/869/

Make it mobile friendly and avoid making versions for desktop, mobile, iPads and such. You'll go mad trying to keep it in sync and working.

Member Avatar for jkon

Using htaccess for mobile detection and subfolder redirection is a primitive way. You can as rrproffitt suggested first try to built a responsive web app and then when you will see that this is not a good way do it as big companies do (google, facebook, twitter , name it … ) “first adjustive and then responsive”. That means to detect the device inside your web app. Have two (desktop/mobi) or three (desktop/mobi/tablet) versions for css and content part and serve the same logical units in the same url's.

Member Avatar for FarrisFahad

I already worked on this project. I might take your advice later but for now can anyone help?

Member Avatar for FarrisFahad

Hey guys, I have found the solution to my problem ...

With htaccess redirect you need to specify the full url of the destination redirct. This is what I did ...

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mobile/.*$
RewriteRule ^(fresh|trending|hot|featured|users|rooms|languages|comments|register|login)$ https://www.picturepunches.com/mobile/$1 [L,R=302]
Member Avatar for Vijay_34 
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

# Check if this is the noredirect query string
   RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)m=0(&|$)
   # Set a cookie, and skip the next rule
    RewriteRule ^ - [CO=mredir:0:www.example.com]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:x-wap-profile} !^$ [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Profile}       !^$ [OR]
        RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "acs|alav|alca|amoi|audi|aste|avan|benq|bird|blac|blaz|brew|cell|cldc|cmd-" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "dang|doco|eric|hipt|inno|ipaq|java|jigs|kddi|keji|leno|lg-c|lg-d|lg-g|lge-" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT}  "maui|maxo|midp|mits|mmef|mobi|mot-|moto|mwbp|nec-|newt|noki|opwv" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "palm|pana|pant|pdxg|phil|play|pluc|port|prox|qtek|qwap|sage|sams|sany" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "sch-|sec-|send|seri|sgh-|shar|sie-|siem|smal|smar|sony|sph-|symb|t-mo" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "teli|tim-|tosh|tsm-|upg1|upsi|vk-v|voda|w3cs|wap-|wapa|wapi" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "wapp|wapr|webc|winw|winw|xda|xda-" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "up.browser|up.link|windowssce|iemobile|mini|mmp" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "symbian|midp|wap|phone|pocket|mobile|pda|psp" [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !macintosh [NC]
# Check if we're not already on the mobile site
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}          !^m\.
# Can not read and write cookie in same request, must duplicate condition
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !(^|&)m=0(&|$)
   # Check to make sure we haven't set the cookie before
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE}        !^.*mredir=0.*$ [NC]
# Now redirect to the mobile site
RewriteRule ^ http://m.example.com [R,L]
Member Avatar for FarrisFahad

Thank you @Vijay for your help.

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Make website resposnive and apply your codes in website

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