What's the best way to setup a mobile login page (ie, /mobile/login.aspx)?

Question

User1501155440 posted

What is the best way to setup a mobile login page?  My primary concern is making sure the "Keep me logged in" works for regular users (login.aspx) and mobile users (/mobile/login.aspx).

So... should I check in my global.asax for a mobile device, then redirect from there?  

I am worried if I start redirecting in my global.asax I might cause authentication issues.  For example, a mobile user hits the site and it redirects to the /mobile/login.aspx page.  But, because my Forms Authentication has defaultUrl=default.aspx I am not sure where this will direct them too, if they have previously selected "Keep me logged in" from the /mobile/login.aspx page.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

User1943143334 posted

Hi,

I blogged the same here - http://roopeshreddy.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/detect-requesting-device-type-and-redirect-in-asp-net/

Hope it helps u...

Answer 2

User1501155440 posted

Thanks Roopeshreddy,

In my case, I ended up creating a single default.aspx and a single login.aspx.

In my login.aspx page, I have my normal formsAuth code that sets keep-me-logged-in cookie.  If I detect mobile, I swap the stylesheet and just show the same page in mobile format.

Then, to prevent "too many redirects" errors, I redirect to the mobile/default.aspx page from my default.aspx page.

Much appreciated!