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14 years 3 months ago #19135 by coolios
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{JFBCFan width=125 height=300 href=http://m.facebook.com/facebook show_faces=false stream=false header=false border_color=blue}

Building a mobile site only accessible by mobile phones so the above code needs to link to the m.facebook.com page but it's sending me to the facebook.com desktop version. What do I need to do?

Better yet, if we can somehow open up the Facebook app and land on that page it will be great, because even at the m.facebook.com people will still need to login again whereas they are most likely already logged in with their Facebook app.
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14 years 3 months ago #19136 by mtk
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coolios wrote: {JFBCFan width=125 height=300 href=http://m.facebook.com/facebook show_faces=false stream=false header=false border_color=blue}

Building a mobile site only accessible by mobile phones so the above code needs to link to the m.facebook.com page but it's sending me to the facebook.com desktop version. What do I need to do?

Better yet, if we can somehow open up the Facebook app and land on that page it will be great, because even at the m.facebook.com people will still need to login again whereas they are most likely already logged in with their Facebook app.

Hello,
are you trying to open that m link with your computer?
FB's website tries to recognize the device you are using and redirects you to the appropriate website version.

As for the FB app, I am not not an external link can open the app and access that same link inside the app, but it might be a good suggestion for the FB App.

Mati
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14 years 3 months ago #19141 by coolios
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No, I am viewing this on the iphone and another android phone. The link brings me to the regular facebook.com page but I want it to go to the m.facebook.com page.
The code already has the m.facebook as the url.
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14 years 3 months ago #19147 by mtk
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coolios wrote: No, I am viewing this on the iphone and another android phone. The link brings me to the regular facebook.com page but I want it to go to the m.facebook.com page.
The code already has the m.facebook as the url.

Regardless of JFBC, when you click on the m.FB link, does it open as expected?

Mati
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14 years 3 months ago #19181 by coolios
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Yes if I just create a simple link it will bring me to the m.facebook page on the desktop and on the mobile phone. I need JFBC syntax to bring me to the m.facebook.com page.
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14 years 3 months ago #19184 by mtk
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coolios wrote: Yes if I just create a simple link it will bring me to the m.facebook page on the desktop and on the mobile phone. I need JFBC syntax to bring me to the m.facebook.com page.

how about the other way around: try accessing www.facebook.com from your mobile browser.
(in my test, it redirected me to m.facebook.com)
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14 years 3 months ago #19199 by coolios
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Yes it redirects me to m.facebook.com as well.

I just want to know how the plugin syntax can direct me to the mobile facebook page rather than the desktop version when viewed on the mobile phones.

{JFBCFan width=125 height=300 href=http://m.facebook.com/facebook show_faces=false stream=false header=false border_color=blue}
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14 years 3 months ago #19227 by mtk
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coolios wrote: Yes it redirects me to m.facebook.com as well.

I just want to know how the plugin syntax can direct me to the mobile facebook page rather than the desktop version when viewed on the mobile phones.

{JFBCFan width=125 height=300 href=http://m.facebook.com/facebook show_faces=false stream=false header=false border_color=blue}

Well, the redirection is made by FB itself, and not by JFBC.
Our suggestion is to always use www.facebook.com as a base URL, and let FB do the redirection job.
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14 years 3 months ago #19237 by coolios
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I appreciate the help, but I don't think you understand the problem so let me clarify.

{JFBCFan width=280 height=75 href=http://m.facebook.com/facebook show_faces=false stream=false header=false border_color=blue}
{JFBCFan width=280 height=75 href=http://facebook.com/facebook show_faces=false stream=false header=false border_color=blue}

The difference between the two codes above is "m.facebook.com" vs. "facebook.com". Both of these syntax directs me to facebook.com. The first syntax should direct me to m.facebook.com but it doesn't. How do I direct the JFBC plugins to the m.facebook.com??

We are talking about the JFBC plugins here, not just entering www.facebook.com in the browser of the phone, which yes does redirect to m.facebook.com.
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14 years 3 months ago #19238 by mtk
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coolios wrote: I appreciate the help, but I don't think you understand the problem so let me clarify.

{JFBCFan width=280 height=75 href=http://m.facebook.com/facebook show_faces=false stream=false header=false border_color=blue}
{JFBCFan width=280 height=75 href=http://facebook.com/facebook show_faces=false stream=false header=false border_color=blue}

The difference between the two codes above is "m.facebook.com" vs. "facebook.com". Both of these syntax directs me to facebook.com. The first syntax should direct me to m.facebook.com but it doesn't. How do I direct the JFBC plugins to the m.facebook.com??

We are talking about the JFBC plugins here, not just entering www.facebook.com in the browser of the phone, which yes does redirect to m.facebook.com.

yes, I understood what you are trying to do, but again, the redirection is not done by JFBC it is made by facebook itself.
I suggest using only www.facebook.com for both PC and mobile, and when a mobile user will click the www.facebook.com link, FB will redirect him to the m.facebook.com version.

test it, ypu'll see...
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