Mobile site not loading from outside host network

davo2001

Hi all,

I've a site issue with a site that I've made, developed it myself, very basic, 10 pages etc and hosted my on a web server within my network.

Bought the domain name and have it forwarded to a dyndns account.

Locally when i type the IP of the web server via a mobile browser it loads the mobile version of the page, however outside the network where it is hosted it only loads the desktop version of the same page and not the mobile version.

Any ideas why?

John_Mc

davo2001 wrote: »

Hi all,

I've a site issue with a site that I've made, developed it myself, very basic, 10 pages etc and hosted my on a web server within my network.

Bought the domain name and have it forwarded to a dyndns account.

Locally when i type the IP of the web server via a mobile browser it loads the mobile version of the page, however outside the network where it is hosted it only loads the desktop version of the same page and not the mobile version.

Any ideas why?

You'll need to open up port 80 to inbound traffic, and 443 if you're running SSL. There's probably other stuff as well. Obviously by default your server and network will be closed down to inbound traffic.

I would also get it working with the IP address first instead of domain name, to eliminate that as a potential problem. Once you can access with the IP, then try with the domain name.

davo2001

John_Mc wrote: »

You'll need to open up port 80 to inbound traffic, and 443 if you're running SSL. There's probably other stuff as well. Obviously by default your server and network will be closed down to inbound traffic.

I would also get it working with the IP address first instead of domain name, to eliminate that as a potential problem. Once you can access with the IP, then try with the domain name.

Thanks, I don't think it's a port issue as i can access the site remotely, but it just calls the desktop site instead of a mobile site when using a mobile browser.

davo2001

Another (or related issue).
I've got a static IP on the WAN side of the web server.
When I'm outside the network and i type (from a mobile browser) "www.mydomainname.com" it goes to the desktop site, however if i type (again from outside the network) "http://STATICWANIP" it correctly goes to the mobile site.

John_Mc

davo2001 wrote: »

Thanks, I don't think it's a port issue as i can access the site remotely, but it just calls the desktop site instead of a mobile site when using a mobile browser.

How/where are you differentiating between desktop and mobile, and routing to the relevant website?

davo2001

When the request comes into the page it checks the browser version and so loads the necessary page.
The domain name was purchased from godaddy and I've a DNS forwarding (with masking) setup via their CP for the domain name to my static WAN IP where the site is hosted.

John_Mc

davo2001 wrote: »

When the request comes into the page it checks the browser version and so loads the necessary page.
The domain name was purchased from godaddy and I've a DNS forwarding (with masking) setup via their CP for the domain name to my static WAN IP where the site is hosted.

When you say loads the necessary page based on browser type, does this involve a redirect?

davo2001

John_Mc wrote: »

When you say loads the necessary page based on browser type, does this involve a redirect?

Nope. BTW, never said thanks for the input

John_Mc

davo2001 wrote: »

Nope. BTW, never said thanks for the input

No probs

Can you show us the snippet of code that does this part please?

davo2001

Will do, once i get home later.

Thanks.

daymobrew

Can you replicate the issue on a desktop browser that is mimicking a mobile browser? You might have better access to debugging tools.