I have created several websites and just recently noticed that none of my VSD designed sites will show correctly on any mobile devices like BlackBerry or IPhones. The text blocks bleed into surrounding areas making the basically unusable. With mobile devices taking over the world, this is a HUGE hole for VSD. Does anyone within CoffeeCup know when this will be fixed? There must be a way for the software to handle text blocks to work for mobile devices.

My Workaround!!

I have found a way to work around this issue. Its not the best, but it works. First, you can add the below code to your header to redirect mobile users to a different page:

<script language=javascript>

<!--
if((navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i)) ||
(navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i)) ||
(navigator.userAgent.match(/BlackBerry/i)) ||
(navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i)))
{
location.replace("http://www.YOUR.PAGE/HERE.HTML");
}
-->
</script>

Once you have redirected your mobile users to another page, you can setup that page. I generally try to create consolidated page with the label on top "Page formated for mobile devices". I have learned that if I use a graphics package and turn my text into a graphic block they show just find. I know the text is then seen as an image but for just the mobile page I think this is fine. Like I said, this is a pretty solution but it work for me right now.

Bill

Thanks for the script. Does it work?

Yep. You can also add another line for the Ipad. Just put this into the middle section.

(navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i)) ||


I'm sure there are more devices, but these are the big ones.

Bill

Cool beans. Thanks again.

Has this problem been solved yet? Personally I find that having to make separate pages of my site just for mobile devices is a lame solution. CoffeeCup? Any ideas for a fix??

I don't know how relevant this is, but i purchased a .mobi from http://www.domainmonster.com/web-address/mobi/

http://www.domainmonster.com/mobi/im-info/ (DEMO HERE)

You do a redirect to your own website and it converts your site to mobile use

mine is pointed at www.handmade-by-me.co.uk

so if you try that on your mobile devices it will confirm if its what you are looking for

my site is not well suited to mobi use as my pages are made up mostly of large images, but if you go to domainmonster there is a trial site you can test your own websites on for free