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This system plugin detects the user agent of your website visitor and sets a session variable accordingly.
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Based on the user agent, the plugin detects if the site is running on a desktop pc, tablet or smartphone. It can also detect if the visitor is a spider bot (search engine).
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Session variable that is set: ualayout. Possible values: desktop, tablet, mobile, bot.
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Download the installer file here: http://www.rkrweb.nl/update/plg_system_useragentdetector/plg_system_useragentdetector.1.0.7.zip
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This plugin uses the excellent Mobile_Detect library: https://github.com/serbanghita/Mobile-Detect
27-04-2015: Mobile detect update Mobile_detect library updated to version 2.8.13.
28-01-2015: Mobile detect update Mobile_detect library updated to version 2.8.11.
29-10-2013: 1.0.6 Mobile Detect update. The main Mobile Detection library is updated from version 2.6.6 to version 2.7.1.
06-08-2013: Minor update. Now supports updating on Joomla 1.0.3. Text alignment fixed. Mobile_detect library updated to version 2.6.6. Typos fixed. Link to Mobile Detect fixed.
22-04-2013: Major update. Please uninstall the old version first and then install this new one. The plugin is now setup with a Joomla Extension Update server. Now you can easily install updates by using the Joomla updater. There is no need anymore to manually update the Mobile_Detect.php library. This will now be updated to the latest version through the Joomla updater. Thanks Peter Martin @pe7er for this tip!