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I need to hide the branding section of my blog, but only when someone is viewing it from the iPad. I am not sure how to attack this.

EDIT: the function remove_access currently works in my template, but I need to add the iPad function.

So would this look correct for trying to hide the area:

<?php 
function remove_access() {
 if(is_page(array(63, 386, 391, 405, 'forums'))) {
    remove_action('thematic_header','thematic_blogtitle',3);
    remove_action('thematic_header', 'thematic_blogdescription',5);
    remove_action('thematic_header', 'thematic_brandingclosing',7);
    remove_action('thematic_header','thematic_access',9);
    remove_action('thematic_footer','thematic_siteinfoopen',20);
    remove_action('thematic_footer','thematic_siteinfo',30);
  }
}
if( preg_match('/ipad/i',$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) ){
    add_action('template_redirect', 'remove_access');
}

EDIT-3:

the complete function

changed the condition to: if (it's an iPad AND page is blog) OR (if it's one of the pages in array), then remove items.

<?php
function remove_access() {
    if( preg_match('/ipad/i',$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) && is_page('blog') || is_page(array(63, 386, 391, 405, 'forums')) ){
        remove_action('thematic_header','thematic_blogtitle',3);
        remove_action('thematic_header', 'thematic_blogdescription',5);
        remove_action('thematic_header', 'thematic_brandingclosing',7);
        remove_action('thematic_header','thematic_access',9);
        remove_action('thematic_footer','thematic_siteinfoopen',20);
        remove_action('thematic_footer','thematic_siteinfo',30);
    }
}

add_action('template_redirect', 'remove_access');

EDIT-4:

Add a function to remove from child pages as well. I tried this, but it doesn't seem to work:

function remove_access() {
if( preg_match('/ipad/i',$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) && is_page('blog') && ($post->post_parent == 'blog') || is_page(array(63, 386, 391, 405, 'forums')) && ($post->post_parent == (63, 386, 391, 405, 'forums')) ){
    remove_action('thematic_header','thematic_blogtitle',3);
    remove_action('thematic_header', 'thematic_blogdescription',5);
    remove_action('thematic_header', 'thematic_brandingclosing',7);
    remove_action('thematic_header','thematic_access',9);
    remove_action('thematic_footer','thematic_siteinfoopen',20);
    remove_action('thematic_footer','thematic_siteinfo',30);
  }
}

add_action('template_redirect', 'remove_access');
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  • I'm a bit confused. you want to remove those things if it's one of the listed pages OR an iPad?
    – Milo
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 16:26
  • Both. I need those areas to be hidden because they are only being accessed through an iPad app. The original function works fine because I don't have actual links on the website to access them. However, the blog is accessible from both the website navigation and the iPad app. I don't want those areas to display if the user is using an iPad. Hopefully I am clear, I have a tendency to be too vague sometimes...
    – chris_s
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 16:30
  • I edited your code, see if I understood you correctly.
    – Milo
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 17:23
  • Perfect, I knew there was a way to combine them. I just wasn't piecing it together in my head. That's a huge help. Thank you!
    – chris_s
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 17:28
  • Here's another question for you. actions are removed from those pages, however, it seems the child pages still show those areas. How can I hide those areas if they are child pages as well?
    – chris_s
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 17:36

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there's no foolproof method for doing this, but a quick and simple solution is to look at http user agent:

<?php
if( preg_match('/ipad/i',$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) ):
    echo "is iPad";
endif;
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  • So would this look correct for trying to hide the area:
    – chris_s
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 15:58
  • @chris_s - edited your code to fix the if() statement. if(): endif; is just a newer alternate syntax of if(){ }. I also moved it to check around the add_action, but I suppose you could do it either way.
    – Milo
    Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 16:13
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You want to use the WURFL, which is a constantly-updated, open-source device description repository. Follow these instructions to set up the API on your Wordpress install, and then you'll be able to query the WURFL database for "WURFL ID: apple_ipad_ver1"

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