Best Practice to Geotarget with DotCMS

[Alex]

Hi,

What is the best way to geotarget with dotCMS?

1. At dotCMS level with a javascript
2. At a proxy level with NGINX
3. Other - please be specific

Thanks,

Alex

[Maria Ahues Bouza]

Alex,

Have you looked at this video that Stephen Bell from OC did about how they implemented Geolocation functionality on their site?

http://dotcms.com/videos/how-oklahoma-christian-university-is-using-geolocation

-Maria

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[Alex]

Hi, Maria!

Yes, I did!  Is this the right approach?

Alex

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[Maria Ahues Bouza]

Yes :)

[Alex]

Maria:

What I really want to build is a regional site with specific content for a specific region.  Only for one region.  So when someone accesses the main site he or she is redirected to the regional site. What is the best approach to do this if I don't want to use a proxy server?

Alex

[Maria Ahues Bouza]

Alex,

Can't you use the same script that Stephen is using from this site

http://www.geoplugin.com/

And access information about where the user is on the template and redirect to another folder if necessary?

-Maria

[Alex]

Maria:

Great! I can do that.  I just want to make sure it is the right approach.  I know with dotCMS anything is possible, but I have to find the right path to do it.  I have made things in a "creative way" before that I have not found them efficient later in the long run.  That is why I ask.

So I do that at the template level, is that okay?  I would put the javascript code in the template then. Is that a good practice?  I have to factor in three aspects:

a. language

b. device

c. geolocation

So according to your advice, it is best to keep everything in one host and just point to different directories, correct?

Alex

Alex

[Maria Ahues Bouza]

Alex,

You're right, in dotCMS anything is possible so it's great that you take time to plan what you want to build before doing it.

I think I would put the code in a container that you can reuse on your templates.

You can keep it in different hosts, if it's different information for different languages, if it's content that you want to translate in different languages I'd keep it in the same host.

-Maria 

[Alex]

Maria:

I was thinking of using Maxmind.  I tried to find the plugin that Michael wrote with Maxmind but it is not in his site anymore.

Thanks,

Alex

[Maria Ahues Bouza]

Alex,

I'm not sure what plugin was that ?

Maybe Michael has a copy, try sending him an email.

-Maria