Which type of mobile website version should you use to check if the “user agent HTTP header” variable is included to identify and provide the relevant web version to the right user agent?
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Correct answer: Dynamic serving.
Why this is the answer
Dynamic serving is the correct choice because it uses the "user agent HTTP header" to detect the type of device (e.g., desktop, mobile) requesting the page. Based on this detection, the server then delivers a different HTML and CSS code to the same URL, optimizing the content for that specific user agent. This ensures the relevant web version is provided without changing the URL. Responsive web design uses CSS media queries to adapt the layout and content to different screen sizes, but it serves the same HTML to all devices. An independent/standalone mobile site involves a completely separate website, often on a different subdomain (e.g., m.example.com), which requires redirects and doesn't rely on the user agent header to serve different content from the same URL.
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