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New Post 2/12/2009 12:25 AM
User is offline Jens Lemmer
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Show different version for field workers - possible with Traffic Director?  (Thailand)

We soon want to implement our new Intranet with DNN. As our field workers usually access our Intranet with a mobile phone connection via VPN we would like to provide them a lite version of our Intranet to not waste their limited bandwith. For example, we would like to block some modules like the media gallery, show a lite skin with less graphics, etc. As our field workers access our site via VPN, their subnetmask will statr with sth like 155.xxx

Is it possible to realize this with Traffic Director?

 
New Post 2/12/2009 1:43 PM
User is offline David Dyer
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Re: Show different version for field workers - possible with Traffic Director?  (United States)

It sounds like you are going to create a seperate site to send users with ip address that start with 155, and the traffic director can help here.

You can add the traffic director to your home page and set up a ip address redirect.  When a user goes to your site
www.mysite.com
if they have an ip address of 155.*.*.* they will be redirected to
www.mysiteForMobileUser.com

 
New Post 2/13/2009 8:09 AM
User is offline Jens Lemmer
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Re: Show different version for field workers - possible with Traffic Director?  (Thailand)

Hi David,

thank you for your answer. Not sure, if I understand you right, but the scenario you mention is rather simple and could be more easily (and without buying an additional module) done by .htaccess or the DNN built-in redirection feature.

We want a more flexible solution, which allows us to build one full-featured site as basis, where we then can define filter/redirectors/blocks for pages, modules, containers etc. Possible examples (which of these would be possible?):

  • Same startpage, but picture gallery module will not be loaded
  • Same site design, but no background image
  • Same news page, but without teaser images
  • Same blog page, but only blog titles being loaded
  • Same articles page, but only 5 articles being loaded (instead of the higher default value)
  • Same page, but chat module is blocked
  • etc.
 
New Post 2/13/2009 10:40 AM
User is offline David Dyer
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Re: Show different version for field workers - possible with Traffic Director?  (United States)
Modified By David Dyer  on 2/13/2009 8:43:23 AM)

Hi Jens,

The Traffic Director only can redirect users to different pages based on criteria you set. It cannot change the page layout or block modules from loading. 

One possible solution is to create two page.  One page for a standard web browsers and another page for mobile users using a custom skin.  You can use the "Add Existing Module" feature in DotNetNuke to show the modules on the mobile page (this essentially creates a reference to the module on the normal page).  The traffic director will then enable you to redirect users based on their ip address to the mobile pages.

Hope this helps.

Thanks

 

 
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