How to show a different "store view" when browsing from Mobile and Desktop

Question

I have read loads of tutorials on how to set up a specific "store view" for the mobile version of my magento store.

My problem is that nobody really explain on how (after the different store views are being created) you can have magento show automatically one store view when browsing from mobile and another one when browsing on the desktop.

Where is the place where to insert the user agent expression?

Please note: I am not looking for how to change the theme, but instead how to show a different store view. What I need to do is being able to "switch on and off" different pages or static blocks when browsing the same theme from mobile or desktop.

maybe you can help me with this.

Answer 1

Magebase explains it quite well.

It is not changing the storeview, but changing the theme. You can add an exception, like:

iPhone|iPod|BlackBerry|Palm|Googlebot-Mobile|Mobile|mobile|mobi|Windows Mobile|Safari Mobile|Android|Opera Mini

and then define a theme which is used instead, like iphone (included) or mobile (to implement by you)

To change the storeview, you have to change the MAGE_RUN_CODE in $_SERVER, this can be done on two ways:

1. in VHost config / .htaccess via

   SetEnvIf Host www\.domain2\.com MAGE_RUN_CODE={storecode}
   

   so you can check the user agent (read the doc) and change the storeview based on this. Putting this in the VHost config is the best way (and removing the .htaccess)

2. via index.php

index.php:82

$mageRunCode = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE']) ? _SERVER['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] : '';
$mageRunType = isset($_SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE']) ? _SERVER['MAGE_RUN_TYPE'] : 'store';

Then another store view is loaded.