NGINX MIME TYPE

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I have my nginx conf file so that when ever a mobile device visits my site the url gets rewritten to m.mysite.com I did it by adding the following

set $mobile_rewrite do_not_perform;

if ($http_user_agent ~* "android.+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows (ce|phone)|xda|xiino") {
  set $mobile_rewrite perform;
}

if ($http_user_agent ~* "^(1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|e\-|e\/|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(di|rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|xda(\-|2|g)|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-)") {
  set $mobile_rewrite perform;
}

if ($mobile_rewrite = perform) {
  rewrite ^ http://m.mywebsite.com redirect;
  break;
}

I got it from http://detectmobilebrowsers.com/
IT WORKS.But none of my images/js/css files load only the HTML. And I know its the chunk of code I mentioned above because when I remove it and visit m.mywebsite.com from my mobile device everything loads up.So this bit of code does SOMETHING to my css/img/js MIME TYPES.
I found this out through the the console error messages from safari with the user agent set to iphone.

text.cssResource interpreted as stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html.
960_16_col.cssResource interpreted as stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html.
design.cssResource interpreted as stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html.
navigation_menu.cssResource interpreted as stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html.
reset.cssResource interpreted as stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html.
slide_down_panel.cssResource interpreted as stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html.
myrealtorpage_view.cssResource interpreted as stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html.
head.jsResource interpreted as script but transferred with MIME type text/html.
head.js:1SyntaxError: Parse error
isaac:208ReferenceError: Can't find variable: head
mrp_home_icon.pngResource interpreted as image but transferred with MIME type text/html.
M_1_L_289_I_499_default_thumb.jpgResource interpreted as image but transferred with MIME type text/html.
M_1_L_290_I_500_default_thumb.jpgResource interpreted as image but transferred with MIME type text/html.
M_1_default.jpgResource interpreted as image but transferred with MIME type text/html.
default_listing_image.pngResource interpreted as image but transferred with MIME type text/html.

here is my whole nginx conf file just incase…

worker_processes  1;

events 
{
    worker_connections  1024;
}


http 
{
    include       mime.types;
    include       /etc/nginx/conf/fastcgi.conf;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;
    sendfile        on;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    #server1
    server {

        listen       80;
        server_name  mywebsite.com www.mywebsite.com ;

        index  index.html index.htm index.php;
        root   /srv/http/mywebsite.com/public;

        access_log /srv/http/mywebsite.com/logs/access.log;
        error_log /srv/http/mywebsite.com/logs/error.log; 


        #---------------- For CodeIgniter ----------------#
        # canonicalize codeigniter url end points
        # if your default controller is something other than "welcome" you should change the following
        if ($request_uri ~* ^(/main(/index)?|/index(.php)?)/?$)
        {
          rewrite ^(.*)$ / permanent;
        }

        # removes trailing "index" from all controllers
        if ($request_uri ~* index/?$)
        {
            rewrite ^/(.*)/index/?$ /$1 permanent;
        }


        # removes trailing slashes (prevents SEO duplicate content issues)
        if (!-d $request_filename)
        {
            rewrite ^/(.+)/$ /$1 permanent;
        }


         # unless the request is for a valid file (image, js, css, etc.), send to bootstrap
         if (!-e $request_filename)
        {
             rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 last;
             break;
        }
        #---------------------------------------------------#

        #--------------- For Mobile Devices ----------------#
        set $mobile_rewrite do_not_perform;

        if ($http_user_agent ~* "android.+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows (ce|phone)|xda|xiino") {
        set $mobile_rewrite perform;
        }

        if ($http_user_agent ~* "^(1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|e\-|e\/|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(di|rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|xda(\-|2|g)|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-)") {
         set $mobile_rewrite perform;
        }

        if ($mobile_rewrite = perform) {
         rewrite ^ http://m.mywebsite.com redirect;
         #rewrite ^(.*)$ $scheme://mywebsite.com/mobile/$1;
         #return 301 http://m.mywebsite.com;
        #break;
        }
        #---------------------------------------------------#
        location / 
        {
            index  index.html index.htm index.php;
        }

        error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
        location = /50x.html 
        {
            root   html;
        }


        location ~ \.php$ 
        {
            try_files $uri =404;
            fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_script_name;
            include /etc/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params;
        }







    }#sever1

    #server 2
    server {

        listen       80;
        server_name  m.mywebsite.com;

        index  index.html index.htm index.php;
        root   /srv/http/mywebsite.com/public;

        access_log /srv/http/mywebsite.com/logs/access.log;
        error_log /srv/http/mywebsite.com/logs/error.log; 


        #---------------- For CodeIgniter ----------------#
        # canonicalize codeigniter url end points
        # if your default controller is something other than "welcome" you should change the following
        if ($request_uri ~* ^(/main(/index)?|/index(.php)?)/?$)
        {
          rewrite ^(.*)$ / permanent;
        }

        # removes trailing "index" from all controllers
        if ($request_uri ~* index/?$)
        {
            rewrite ^/(.*)/index/?$ /$1 permanent;
        }


        # removes trailing slashes (prevents SEO duplicate content issues)
        if (!-d $request_filename)
        {
            rewrite ^/(.+)/$ /$1 permanent;
        }


         # unless the request is for a valid file (image, js, css, etc.), send to bootstrap
         if (!-e $request_filename)
        {
             rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 last;
             break;
        }
        #---------------------------------------------------#

        location / 
        {
            index  index.html index.htm index.php;
        }

        error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
        location = /50x.html 
        {
            root   html;
        }


        location ~ \.php$ 
        {
            try_files $uri =404;
            fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_script_name;
            include /etc/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params;
        }







    }#sever2

    }#http

I could just detect the mobile browsers with php or javascript but i need to make the detection at the server level so that i can use the 'm' in m.mywebsite.com as a flag in my controllers (codeigniter) to serve up the right view. I hope someone can help me! Thank you!

Best Answer

Which virtual host do you serve images from for clients accessing m.mywebsite.com? If images are still served from www.mywebsite.com then the client is going to get a redirect for each image it requests, which some browsers may not handle correctly. If you're using relative links for all images then they should be served from m.mywebsite.com, in which case nginx config for www.mywebsite.com shouldn't affect it at all (other than the initial redirect).