How to show different site to different web browsers

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by ponpulla, Dec 1, 2010.

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  1. #1
    okay i have a site and want to show a different site to each browsers.

    so say i want Site A to only be seen by chrome and firefox

    and i want Site B to only be seen by IE and Opera.
     
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  2. radiant_luv

    radiant_luv Peon

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    I think it is possible, with JavaScript can do this may be, determine browser and do what you want.
    Webmasters may have other option I guess.
     
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  3. ponpulla

    ponpulla Peon

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    yeah i figured it can be done with javascript, But i have no clue to how to even begin this, i looked at some scripts googling but most of em are from like 2004 that didnt work when i tried to put them on my test site
     
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    This would normally be done server side by detecting the user agent string. This is also considered bad practice unless you have some reason for promoting a product specific to a browser. User agent strings aren't highly reliable overall since they can be spoofed.
     
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    Yes, is there any specific reason to do so? It's kinda strange.

    Server side is the best option.I did on something similar note but on the frontend using JavaScript.
     
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    #6
    If you mean different style change the CSS with javascript

    if(firefox)
    {
    CSS1
    }

    if(IE)
    {
    CSS2
    }
     
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    ponpulla Peon

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    i got to do this cause i just got tired of trying to fix my landing page to work on both IE and Opera, they just refuse to show my iframe.
     
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    Then you're coding it wrong. Neither have any issues with iframes.
     
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    You right man, it just got me beat lol but now im back with my motivation to fix it cause i dont like the browser redirection idea really. and plus eventually i will have to figure it out. maybe ill post my site source and someone can help me.

    but anyways for anyone need a answer for i originally asked, here something i came across i tweaked it a bit to fit my needs, but it redirects by detect the user agent.

    

<html>
<script>
if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1)
{
   window.location = "http://yahoo.com/";
}
else if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") != -1)
{
   window.location = "http://youtube.com/";
}
else if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Netscape") != -1)
{
   window.location = "http://bing.com/";
}
else if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Chrome") != -1)
{
   window.location = "http://google.com/";
}
else if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") != -1)
{
   window.location = "http://stagevu.com/";
}
else
{
   window.location = "http://hulu.com/";
}
</script>
</html>
    Code (markup):
     
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    If that's how your markup starts, are you using a doctype?
     
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