template for iphone/mobile userd

[ballyc27]

Hi,

I am currently searching for a new template for my ebook store... www.theebooksale.com/zen-cart. I was recently accepted by mobipocket.com as a retailer, so very soon I will have several thousand ebook titles available in my store. Therefore, to mark the occasion, the store needs a serious face lift.
I have found a nice template that I can use as a starting point... and with some customization, it will be perfect. For an additional fee, the folks at algozone.com can create a iphone/mobile version of the same template. My questions are:
- how do I setup this mobile template?
- is it a fresh install (if so, how do I connect to the master database)? - or do I copy the modified template files into the existing installation and figure out how to detect an iphone/mobile user in order to display the mobile template?

Any help is appreciated.
Thank-you.

[DrByte]

It would be most logical to ask *them* to answer those questions, since they're the ones building it, presumably including testing to be sure it actually works as desired.

[ballyc27]

Sure, I will ask them... but I'm sure other zen-cart users have mobile versions of their stores, and if so, how did they set them up? I already have a .mobi domain, so is this the place to install it? If so, is it possible to link it to the master database?

[tino.schlegel]

One way is to use different style sheets for handheld devices. See here: codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000782.html

Another way is to check if the device is a handheld device and redirect the browser to another website (such as m.yoursite.com) with a completely different layout.