Going Mobile with your ASPNET Website

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Why is Mobile a Requirement for Your Website
What I'm Talkin' Bout
- Sueetie Framework Apps: BlogEngine.NET, Gallery Server Pro, ScrewTurn Wiki, and YetAnotherForum.NET. Using the same logic we'll demonstrate today you'll find fully mobile versions of each application at Sueetie.com and screenshots below. Two factors to keep in mind in all of your mobilization efforts: 1) Creating a Mobile Version of your website is primarily a matter of reduction, and 2) Our goal is to facilitate the consumption of content from our website, not necessarily the production of content.
- Compare the two Sueetie.com Home Pages
- Two formats of the same Sueetie.com Forums Thread
- Two formats of the same Sueetie.com Blog Post. Consumption Junction.
- Something you've not seen before. A Mobile Wiki
- For Completeness Sake. A Mobile Media Gallery
Everything I learned about Mobile Design I learned from BlogEngine.NET
- Two Themes: One for desktop browsers, one for mobile devices
- Theme selection based on device agent description. Regex string placed in application .config
- SueetieContext.Current.IsMobile
- SueetieContext.Current.Theme
  - Notice, nothing is cached here as an application Theme property normally would be. For example: SueetieSettings.CurrentTheme
- Setting the Theme
  - Theme is set in a base page from which application pages derive
- Using IsMobile and a Tip that's Golden
  - Example A
    - Alternate Links for Address Bar RSS Links
  - Example B
Pages: To Share or Not to Share
- Way different form factors require way different .ASPX pages
- Url Redirection
  - HttpModule on Begin Request traverses through items in url.config below. If current rawUrl matches "path" it is rewritten to the RewrittenUrl url, substituting the current desktop/mobile theme using SueetieContext.Current.Theme
Mobilizing your Website: Tips and Tricks
Thanks

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Dave Burke : Freelance .NET Web Developer specializing in Online Communities