# How to default to latest on mobile and categories+latest on desktop?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-default-to-latest-on-mobile-and-categories-latest-on-desktop/55716
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [13. Januar 2017 um 18:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-default-to-latest-on-mobile-and-categories-latest-on-desktop/55716 "2017-01-13T18:09:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [13. Januar 2017 um 18:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-default-to-latest-on-mobile-and-categories-latest-on-desktop/55716/1 "2017-01-13T18:09:51Z")
Is there a way to default the frontpage to display latest page on mobile, while on desktop displaying the categories+latest combined view? I’m currently trying to figure this out.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [13. Januar 2017 um 19:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-default-to-latest-on-mobile-and-categories-latest-on-desktop/55716/2 "2017-01-13T19:56:53Z")
No there is no way to do this.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [14. Januar 2017 um 06:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-default-to-latest-on-mobile-and-categories-latest-on-desktop/55716/3 "2017-01-14T06:50:28Z")
Thanks. That’s a bit sad tho as I am finding it frustrating to have to take an extra step to find latest when on mobile and using the discourse app. It tells me I have new posts to read, I select the link and then see not topics but categories. On desktop I am ok with the cat+latest view which my colleagues prefer but on mobile it shows me just cat.
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### Author:  [@Lutz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lutz)
#### Post date: [14. Januar 2017 um 12:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-default-to-latest-on-mobile-and-categories-latest-on-desktop/55716/4 "2017-01-14T12:43:02Z")
You could do it, if you edit the nginx-settings. We use a nginx reverse proxy, so its no real problem. Its a dirty hack, but works.
```plaintext
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Redirect Mobile to latest instead to default
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
set $mobile_rewrite N;
if ($http_user_agent ~* "(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|mobile.+firefox|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows ce|xda|xiino") {
set $mobile_rewrite Y;
}
if ( $http_referer !~* "www\.mydomain\.com" ) {
set $mobile "${mobile_rewrite}E";
}
if ($mobile_rewrite = YE) {
rewrite ^\/$ https://www.mydomain.com/latest redirect;
}
if ($http_user_agent ~* '(iPhone|iPod|android|blackberry)') {
rewrite ^\/$ https://www.mydomain.com/latest permanent;
}
```
This version is shorter and faster, may also work for you. [code] if ($http\_user\_agent ~\* "(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|mobile.+firefox|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows ce|xda|xiino") { rewrite ^\/$ https://www.mydomain.com/latest redirect; } [/code]
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [14. Januar 2017 um 12:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-default-to-latest-on-mobile-and-categories-latest-on-desktop/55716/5 "2017-01-14T12:59:36Z")
The compromise we reached on our forum was to
- Set categories as the homepage
- On mobile, make the logo link to /latest
That way the categories view is welcoming to potentially new visitors, while regular users are just 1 tap away from the ‘latest’ page.
The suggestion came from somewhere on meta, but I can’t find it right now.
The code we use (in the Mobile “Header” section of CSS/HTML customisation) is
```plaintext
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(on an unrelated note, can json uploads be enabled on meta, so we can share “exported” customisations for others to easily import?)
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### Author:  [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)
#### Post date: [14. Januar 2017 um 14:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-default-to-latest-on-mobile-and-categories-latest-on-desktop/55716/6 "2017-01-14T14:41:55Z")
Definitely in favor of a admin setting for
- mobile category page style
To go along with the current setting for
- desktop category page style
Categories+Latest combined view is brilliant for desktop but Latest is key for mobile.
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### Author:  [@\_vincent](https://meta.discourse.org/u/_vincent)
#### Post date: [8. Oktober 2017 um 10:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-default-to-latest-on-mobile-and-categories-latest-on-desktop/55716/8 "2017-10-08T10:00:03Z")
Bumping this feature request:
> [@scombs](#):
>
> Definitely in favor of a admin setting for
>
> mobile category page style
>
> To go along with the current setting for
>
> desktop category page style
>
> Categories+Latest combined view is brilliant for desktop but Latest is key for mobile.
Mobile usage is more and more frequent on my community, and I too think the default mobile view is pretty unpleasant when using Categories + Latest as the category page style.
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [13. Februar 2018 um 13:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-default-to-latest-on-mobile-and-categories-latest-on-desktop/55716/9 "2018-02-13T13:16:09Z")
> [@Different landing page for desktop vs mobile theme?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-landing-page-for-desktop-vs-mobile-theme/46019):
>
> Is it possible to somehow set a different landing page based on desktop vs mobile? i.e when you’re on mobile you land on /categories while desktop would land on /latest.