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Posted by Edward Knack
Edward Knack
Courses Plus Student 3,351 Points

How do i detect the state (NY, PA, or CT)of my web visitor? The Geobytes code I us works for desktops butnot smartphones

The code below works consistently on visitors on desktops but not always when I test on my smart phone. Do you know of a more reliable location detection code for smart phones? I don't want to know anything more about their location than the State they are in. I just want to redirect them to the website applicable to their State (NY, PA, or CT).

thanks for any help.

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head>

<title>test location </title>

</head>

<body>

<script src="http://gd.geobytes.com/gd?after=-1&amp;variables=GeobytesLocationCode,GeobytesCode,GeobytesInternet" language="Javascript"></script><script language="Javascript">// <![CDATA[ if(typeof(sGeobytesLocationCode)=="undefined" ||typeof(sGeobytesCode)=="undefined" ||typeof(sGeobytesInternet)=="undefined") { // Something has gone wrong with the variables, so set them to some default value, // maybe set a error flag to check for later on. var sGeobytesLocationCode="unknown"; var sGeobytesCode="unknown"; var sGeobytesInternet="unknown"; }

var thestate = sGeobytesLocationCode.substring(2, 4);
document.write(thestate);

if(thestate=="NY") {

window.location = "http://www.knacksite.com/ny/"

}else if(thestate=="PA") {
window.location = "http://www.knacksite.com/pa/" } // ]]></script>

</body> </html>