Redirecting Mac users - adding JavaScript on index.php?

**hifipj** · 24 Oct 2008, 06:46 PM

Hi,

I've tried searching on this but can't seem to find exactly what I am looking for. My site sells WMV-HD digital downloads that, due to DRM protection, aren't playable on the Mac platform.

I would like to add some JS to my main catalog page that will redirect all Mac users to my mac.html page, which gives them info about the incompatibility and provides links to product categories in the catalog that they can purchase, like Blu-Ray discs. The JS I want to use is something like this, in the <HEAD> area of my index.php:

Code:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
if (navigator.platform.indexOf('Win') == -1)
   window.location=('mac.html');
</script>

Which I hope is correct; I don't have a Mac to test it on.

I've also read several sites which give info on doing the Mac redirect via PHP, however I thought this route would be the easiest.

So my questions are: in which .php files (and where) do I need to add this JS statement so it will show up in the <HEAD> section of my index.php catalog page? And will this little JS do what I am trying to, in redirecting all Mac OS users to the mac.html page?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Patrick

**DrByte** · 25 Oct 2008, 03:26 AM

Put the code you posted above into a new file:

/includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE_NAME/jscript/jscript_redirect_mac.php

Zen Cart will automatically put it into the right spot in your page head.

Yes, it works on the mac, at least in Safari, Firefox, and Opera ... running on Leopard (OSX 10.5).

**hifipj** · 25 Oct 2008, 05:01 AM

DrByte,

THANKS VERY MUCH! I put the code into a new jscript_redirect_mac.php file, into my cherry_zen/jscript/ directory.

Will test out on a Mac soon. Thanks again, you're a lifesaver. This will help a lot, to avoid Mac users purchasing the WMV-HD videos and then realizing they can't play them.

Best,
Patrick

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