Desktop and mobile theme switching.

Opencart 1.5.5.1
Custom theme (not reposponsive)

Basically our store is functioning absolutely fine, however, it is not responsive and we was wondering how difficult it would be to implement a mobile theme.

The aim is to provide all mobile and tablets uses to switch between mobile and desktop versions. We are not looking to change anything on our desktop version, however, as mentioned, we would like mobile and tablets users who visit our site to access mobile site first and have the option of switching to desktop if they want.


Thanks

EDIT:

We're currently going through themes, however, can't find just mobile themes. They're always desktop responsive themes. We're looking for a very bare minimal mobile theme, if anyone has any suggestion, I would appreciate it.

It would probably be practical to have an individual Mobile Shop as well as a Desktop Shop Version, running on the same DB, but in different Directories on the Site Server.

Regarding Template Sets, did you check here?

http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route ... le%20Theme

I have not seen any free real Mobile Theme's yet.

Ernie

IP_CAM wrote:It would probably be practical to have an individual Mobile Shop as well as a Desktop Shop Version, running on the same DB, but in different Directories on the Site Server.

Regarding Template Sets, did you check here?

http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route ... le%20Theme

I have not seen any free real Mobile Theme's yet.

Ernie

Thanks for your reply. Would having a seperate mobile shop involve installing another version of opencart on the same database? Would that not cause any issues? I mean we would prefer to have one opencart store where mobile users are directed to the mobile version automatically but can access the mobile and desktop version. Also creating a separate shop, it'll be responsive wont it, unless we remove the desktop version from the said theme.

Not sure how it will work..

We don't mind paying for a theme, just as long as it can function well and browsing speed is fast etc.

munaim1 wrote:Would having a seperate mobile shop involve installing another version of opencart on the same database? Would that not cause any issues?

Unfortunately, I did not play around with this yet, but there are uncounted numbers of commercial Websites, operating from a single DB. When using 'Perl Coding' , whoever 'actively' accessed the DB (in order to manipulate DB data), just 'locked' it from others, temporarely, before others again where able to 'write-manipulate' it's content. There is a 'similar' way, doing such with PHP, but I advise you get a DB-PRO to assist you with this, this is a very 'system-critical' Process to do, in order to keep the Site secure and working.

Good Luck

Ernie

(I will follow this Theme!!)

hmmmm I would've hoped that it would much simpler than tinkering with the DB like that. I'll have to find alternatives or maybe look into making the desktop theme responsive.

I could possibly install a very very simple minimal theme and remove the desktop version of it and somehow install it.....

munaim1 wrote:hmmmm I would've hoped that it would much simpler than tinkering with the DB like that. I'll have to find alternatives or maybe look into making the desktop theme responsive.

I could possibly install a very very simple minimal theme and remove the desktop version of it and somehow install it.....

I've been reading about on how it seems to work, in a posting, where a Fellow tried to access the Admin Section trough a Multistore SubSite. He wrote, that he was rerouted automatically to the MAIN-Store-Site Admin Section.

If this is correct, then, a Sub-Shop could not operate on FULL Admin Rights by default anyway, therefore, if a sale is made in a Sub-Shop, it would be delayed until another, presently ongoing Sale, has been processed - kind of, 'master-controlled' by some Multitask-Security-Routines. It's basically not much different from a Mono-Shop Situation, when, technically, 10 Users order within the same Second, it needs as well to delay/lock every 'active' Transaction, until it's done, then, the next would follow...

It's all imagination, I really have not played with this, so far. But, coming from Perl-Auctions, there, it's easy to accomplish, 2-3 short Lines in total, placed before and after the 'DB-Manipulation' Line.., and it works, in any case. PHP can't work that much different, hopefully...

I'll find out some day

Ernie