Right way to create a mobile site

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superfedya's picture

Hello,

Right now I just create a folder in /sites and put there settings.php with a mobile theme. It works. But how can I customize the modules/blocks?

Do I need to separate some DB tables for the modules and blocks?

Also, backup and migrate module creates a 2 copy of backup, 1 for main site, another one for the mobile…For that reason I think that mobile sub-domain needs some separation.

It can also speed-up the mobile version, when many un-necessary modules will be disabled.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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Drupal core already allows

Garrett Albright's picture

Drupal core already allows you to have modules in different positions/regions on a per-theme basis.

Pretty much everything else about your comment is stumping me. You're asking if it's a good idea to use separate databases for the mobile and normal versions of your site? If so… no, I don't think the pain of making sure content and configuration and such is in synch between the sites is worth it.

And whatever the bottlenecks for your mobile site may be, there's a good chance that it's not a couple unnecessary modules…

I did away with all the

wxman's picture

I did away with all the mobile modules on our new D7 site. We switched over Adaptive Themes, and use their responsive design system for mobile viewers. It's still in design mode, but the system works great, with very little overhead.

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