.htaccess mobile redirect to subfolder and desktop view button

Question

I have a .htaccess file with the following:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mobiledirectoryhere/.*$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "android|blackberry|ipad|iphone|ipod|iemobile|opera mobile|palmos|webos|googlebot-mobile" [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /mobiledirectoryhere/ [L,R=302]

Everything is fine and works great when viewing form a mobile phone - it detects and goes straight to the subfolder where the mobile site is located. But what I am trying to figure out is how to have a link at the bottom of the mobile site that will allow the user to view a desktop version. And when they're on the desktop version I want them to be able to get back to mobile...

Can anyone help me???

Answer 1

As for the "View Desktop Version" link, that should just be an HTML modification on the mobile site, huh?

In order to keep users on the desktop site after they've selected the option though, you'll need to implement a way to track their client-side preferences, e.g., a cookie. Here's some info about adding a cookie-based condition to your rewrite rule: How to do htaccess redirect based on cookie value