BlackBerry / Android / iPhone app for vBulletin - Tapatalk

[yellowpeter]

** Over 23000 forums installed!!**

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/03/43.png
TipB 5 Stars Review: http://www.tipb.com/2010/09/28/tapatalk-iphone-app-review/

YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWnkYF72nLE


What is Tapatalk?

Tapatalk is a vBulletin mod that allows your users to browse your forum using a native mobile application. Tapatalk supports iPhone, Android and BlackBerry . It provides super-fast access to your forum and allows your members to participate more in your forum while on the go.

Why Tapatalk?



Only one MOD installation to support all mobile devices including iPhone / Android and BlackBerry
Well-tested. This MOD has been installed in over 23000 forums, including some of the very large forums with 2 million members with over 10,000 online users. This app is designed to scale
Tapatalk allows you to put your sponsored banner into the app so you don't lose potential revenue **NEW**
Analytics support - you get too see how many users are accessing your forum from the Tapatalk app


Download Tapatalk mobile app


** Beta Released!! Free BlackBerry app! Download here (http://tapatalk.com/bb).
** Andriod version is available at Android Market (http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity/)! - ** 4 stars review - Top 3 Social Android app! Download now and see why we are the best forum app!


Installation Instruction:

Installation is easy. It does not change any of your forum settings or overwrite any
of your existing forum code and configuration. Simply follow the procedure below:

Step 1

Create yourself an account at http://www.tapatalk.com/plugin.php. Once you have logged in
to the website, you can download the largest version. If you are not sure you are
using the latest version. Download a new one from
http://www.tapatalk.com/download.php. You can follow the rest of the instruction
from tapatalk.com onward if you want. Otherwise read on:

Step 2

Upload the zip package at the root of your forum system.
Unzip the package. You should see a directory called "mobiquo" inside your forum
system root directory. For example, if your forum URL is http://www.mysite.com/forum,
it should be placed at http://www.mysite.com/forum/mobiquo/.


Step 3

Login to Administration Control Panel (admincp) in your server.
Choose "Style Manager" under "Styles and Templates".
Choose "Edit Template" in your current template.
Click "Edit" in your current template
Choose "headinclude" in the list, click "Edit"
At the bottom of the editor, insert the following line:
<script type="text/javascript" src="mobiquo/tapatalkdetect.js"></script>
Click "Save".


Step 4

Visit http://www.tapatalk.com/addforum.php to enter your forum URL and upload you forum
logo there. It will allow end-user to find his way to your forum using the Tapatalk
app.

Step 5

Visit http://www.tapatalk.com/manageforum.php to confirm the setup so you can select
whether you want to publish your site to the public listing or you want to set it up
so it is complete private to other end users.

Step 6

Download the free Tapatalk iPhone app from the app store
(http://itunes.com/app/tapatalkro) to confirm it is indeed working.


Screenshots:

Showing New and Unread Thread with Avatar and Number of reply:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Images are thread are converted to thumbnail and allow full-screen viewing
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Ability to see Who's Online and what they are doing:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Ability to search by topics and posts:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Ability to place banners within the app:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Ability to upload images directly from Android and iPhone!:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Ability to view how Tapatalk is used via our Analytics console

[AlexanderT]

Looks pretty impressive!

[Reycer]

will be nice, but I think I'll wait for the full version. CAN'T WAIT THOUGH!

[pein87]

This is promising marked as installed dos it support 3.8.1?

[yellowpeter]

This is promising marked as installed dos it support 3.8.1?

Not yet! We're are so tied up to nail down last few bugs in 3.7.x but our initial impression is that it should work with some minor changes. Stay tuned!

[fattony69]

Oh my god, THIS is exactly what I am looking for (with some minor edits of course to fit my board). I can't wait until this works with 3.8.1.

[M-Tuning]

Very nice!

[ericgtr]

Looks promising, I'll also be looking out for a 3.8.x version of this app. Nice work so far! I am subscribed to this thread.

[tmiland]

subscribed! :D

[sdsvtdriver]

very interesting.

very interested!

[Akademiks]

now that's coding, installed

[jorge_kai]

installed!

[gmerin]

Soon as there is a v3.8.1 release it's on my site; a third of my users have asked for iPhone / iTouch access (better than that available via custom styles).

[yellowpeter]

very interesting.

very interested!

notice you have installed it! will you send a iPhone copy really soon!! :D

thanks for joining the pilot!! I need few more forums to participate!!

[yellowpeter]

New version updated - fixed few display issuess.

[Spika]

subscribed!

I need it for v3.8.1. :D

Thanks!

[Cheertobi]

What plugin must be installed on the server, where do I get is and can you send me an ad-hoc build?!

Looks very nice, regards,

Tobi

[x5world]

X5world.com / Xoutpost.com has been participating in the pilot development of this native iPhone app and I can attest that it is really coming along nicely. Kudos to Winter and her development team for making this happen. Can't wait to make this available to our broader forum community, and for the upcoming capabilities to create and reply to posts.

[yellowpeter]

What plugin must be installed on the server, where do I get is and can you send me an ad-hoc build?!

Looks very nice, regards,

Tobi

Hi Cheertobi,

You can download and install it on your server. As soon as you are done, send me an email I will arrange to send you a ad-hoc iPhone built so you can test it. :)

[R1lover]

I want this very badly but I'm running 3.8.1 on all my sites... :( why would you release a new app with an old version of vBulletin?

Subscribed for future 3.8.1 release.

[abrecher]

I want this very badly but I'm running 3.8.1 on all my sites... :( why would you release a new app with an old version of vBulletin?

Subscribed for future 3.8.1 release.

Ditto!!!

[yellowpeter]

Ditto!!!

We're working on the 3.8.x now and you will hear the good news very soon!!!

[btotw]

Uploaded and emailed (my screen name is the Acronym of the website link I sent you). Hoping you will accept me into your program so I can help you eval the iphone app...

[Saint Dean]

Subscribed and i look forward to this

[sdsvtdriver]

Installed and working great!

the installation is very simple and the iPhone app is smooth and easy to use. It has the same feel as native iPhone apps which keeps things simple. As soon as we can post from the application, I can see my use of it going up much more.

Thanks Winter!

[gmerin]

my users are gathering kindling for a bonfire when they're not whining about not having good iphone/itouch access.

i need v3.8x !! ;)

[yellowpeter]

Hello all,

We're ready to get 3.8.x out for initial pilot! I will post it on 3.8.x add-on forum soon but I also want to see if any of the 3.8.x owner here want to get this first hand? If so please email us and we will take care of this.

Also big thanks to 3.7.x pilot participents it really help nail down some of the issues that we could have never thought of.

[indie2industry]

I'll give it a shot..

My board has a ton of customizations on it, including a beat battle script (in the next 2-3 days).

I'll be back with feedback

****edit****
Installed & waiting on the email :-)

[burridl]

This looks great. Installed and emailed :)

[indie2industry]

I fixed my error :-)

[brvheart]

installed and email sent :) looking forward to this!!

[yahoooh]

does this support htc ?
and i wish that u will support vb 3.8.x and groups , pm and other features
also vbblog, albums

[Tanpapasmurf]

Got it installed on my server, However am a little lost as to how to use it on the iphone

[gmerin]

Installed on v3.8.1 and email sent.

[brvheart]

still awaiting email here :)

[yellowpeter]

still awaiting email here :)

Didn't get your email. Can you resend? yellowwinter at gmail dot com

[yellowpeter]

Got it installed on my server, However am a little lost as to how to use it on the iphone

Hi, you will need to email us, we will provide you instruction how to move forward. ;-)

What's your forum URL?

[yellowpeter]

does this support htc ?
and i wish that u will support vb 3.8.x and groups , pm and other features
also vbblog, albums

Email us for 3.8.x pre-pilot support ;-)


Some of the features you mentioned is planned. :)

[brvheart]

Didn't get your email. Can you resend? yellowwinter at gmail dot com

sent and pm sent also :)

[Haltech]

Ive just installed this on both of my forums... how do we test this?

i noticed in the zip theres an include folder, but i placed the contents in the INCLUDES folder instead.

[zippys]

Hi I just sent an email but would like to ask others, if "installation" means just uploading the directory? Because thats as far I got.

[vbreal]

**edit**some how i missed it haa

[vbreal]

when this is in the app store how will this work.

how will users configure your app to work with our specific forums?

im guessing they download and install the app. then they enter configuration information for our specific site.

what information would that be?

so basically the app can be used for multiple forums by just changing what ever information we use to connect to any particular forum?

[vbreal]

email sent

[yellowpeter]

Hi I just sent an email but would like to ask others, if "installation" means just uploading the directory? Because thats as far I got.


it is as easy as that.. :D:D:D

[yellowpeter]

Ive just installed this on both of my forums... how do we test this?

i noticed in the zip theres an include folder, but i placed the contents in the INCLUDES folder instead.

hi you should upload the directory "mobiquo" to your forum root directory, don't put files in your INCLUDES directory!!

I love mazdaspeed! bring it on!

[vbreal]

when this is in the app store how will this work.

how will users configure your app to work with our specific forums?

im guessing they download and install the app. then they enter configuration information for our specific site.

what information would that be?

so basically the app can be used for multiple forums by just changing what ever information we use to connect to any particular forum?


pssssttt hahaa

[yellowpeter]

pssssttt hahaa

Latest Pilot iPhone bulit has released to the pilot forum owners today!

[MikeWarner]

I really want this - according to Google Analytics, my site currently gets 10,000 page views a month from iPhone users, this app will help loads - plus I have an iPhone myself!

installed and email sent.

[vbreal]

when i tried to sync the application onto my iphone it said it was not installed because it could not be verified.

any idea on what the issue is?

[Wseries]

when i tried to sync the application onto my iphone it said it was not installed because it could not be verified.

Did you drag the .mobileprovision file and the Tapatalk App into your iTunes library at the same time? If not, I'd try starting again from scratch.

[Haltech]

Can i get the iphone app emailed to me? ive got 2 users i want to use for testing on this across both of my servers.

Thanks

webmaster@mazdaspeedforums.org

[yellowpeter]

Can i get the iphone app emailed to me? ive got 2 users i want to use for testing on this across both of my servers.

Thanks

webmaster@mazdaspeedforums.org

Hi,

Please send us an email once you have installed the MOD ;-)

[vbreal]

Did you drag the .mobileprovision file and the Tapatalk App into your iTunes library at the same time? If not, I'd try starting again from scratch.

thanks for the suggestion, there was a mix up between myself and peter

[vbreal]

Pretty cool app, I guess I didn't grasp it was going to be a network of other forums also.

whats the time frame on being able to reply and start a new topic.

I have attached two photos.

When I try to view a thread I get the error that displays in the photo.jpg image

If I exit the app with out logging out and come back in I get the no permission error in the photo1.jpg

If I log out and log back in I get the error in photo.jpg

Also the app crashed a number of times on me.

[duplu]

I've got this working with my forum now and it's pretty cool. Much quicker for browsing posts than loading my site through safari and they've added some new features in the newest release. You can't post at the moment but you can see how the app is being developed and I'm sure this will be in a release in the not too distant future.

[vbreal]

I've got this working with my forum now and it's pretty cool. Much quicker for browsing posts than loading my site through safari and they've added some new features in the newest release. You can't post at the moment but you can see how the app is being developed and I'm sure this will be in a release in the not too distant future.

i was able to see ur forum fine as a guest. hmm what version of vb are you running?

[yellowpeter]

we are really glad that you guys like it.

once the current features are stablize, we will add the create/reply topcis/posts function, hopefully in a week or so.

[yellowpeter]

create topic and reply posts will be available in next release. :-)

[sdsvtdriver]

As much as I'd like to provide some useful feedback about bugs or problems, I just can't find any! Everytime I use the application to browse my forums, it works beautifully.

Are there any plans for supporting BBCODE? I have AME installed and it shows the BBCODE instead of the picture/video link.

[yellowpeter]

Thanks everyone, the Pilot forums recruitment is now closed due to overwhelming responses so far - the objectives of this pilot is to have a dry-run of the service on real server and we feel that so far with about 30 forums, it came to a point that it has fairly good representation of different kind of forums (and different server configurations) with different languages.

We have just released the Create / Reply functions support to all the pilot forum owners and is awaiting for further inputs from them and we expect to finish the beta in next two weeks.

Thanks again for everyone's support, stay-tuned to the official release. :)

[btotw]

Just want to say that this app is amazing work. Absoultely outstanding...!

[yellowpeter]

Hi all,

While the pilot is closed, we thought we should share the Tapatalk iPhone app to all forum owners who are interested to have first-hand access to the iPhone app before it releases on App Store with access to participated pilot forums only.

If you are interested to try this out please refer to the beta Tapatalk Support Forum at:
http://www.tapatalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9

Apple restricted 100 devices on ad-hoc and we have occupied over 30 now, so hopefully we can make use of all slots for this event.

[vbreal]

I am really loving this app. Ive been looking and looking for a dev to develop an app for my site. now i don't have to. I am looking fwd to the updates. i think the one i am looking fwd to most is uploading pics directly from the iphone. hahaa i never expected that.

i love how when there is multiple pics in a post. you can view the pics just as you would pics in your album by just swiping to the next pic.

What other updates are planned?
what updates are in development presently?

Just hit me, how does this app handle private areas? im guessing it follows the security settings in VB. i haven't noticed other wise.


When should we expect this to be released in the app store? My iphone users are looking fwd to it after i showed some screen shots of what my site would look like using the app.

[yellowpeter]

Hi vbreal,

Thanks.. yes for the security setting, it inhertis everything from vb system so you don't need to tweak anything specificly for iPhone users.

We are working on the Private Messaging feature where user can read/response to PM directly on the iPhone app just like they response to SMS messages.

We have submitted the app to Apple and is awaiting for final approval (you know their mess if you are into the iphone app scene). We have yet to announce the pricing but it will be a subscription-based model (i.e. paid subscription for forum owner). the iphone is free to download and is not ad-supported.

[yellowpeter]

Meanwhile we are waiting for Apple final approval before it shows up the iPhone app store, you can visit http://www.tapatalk.com/ if you can't wait to learn more about this solution. Also in there you can request a ad-hoc app to install manually to your iphone if you keen to try it out first hand.

[Wonksta]

Wow. Can't wait for this thing to be released so I can installed it on my forum!

[DeeperImage]

Definitely interested. Thanks!

[sflmkv]

This is already available, I purchased and I'm testing it.... but for some reason on my forum I'm getting a parser error on every post. :(

[yellowpeter]

Hi, I suppose it should be work now? :)

[sflmkv]

yes it does work... I noticed it's not on the App store anymore. My users are whining abut it lol

[yellowpeter]

Can't believe we are still waiting for Apple.

The upside is that we fixed even more bugs and the private message feature is close to finish (minus the Push Notification part). Yesterday we sent out the latest stable built to some 30 forum owners to trial.

If any of the forum owners here still interestred to join and get a copy of this app with your own forum, you can now go to add your forum to the list to be visible on iPhone.

the purpose of the list is to allow zero configuration at iPhone to connect to your forum - in fact once the app established connection to your forum, it is a direct data connection between your device and your forum. In case you are security/privacy minded.

also we are adding an option that your forum is only be "searchable" and is hidden from the public directory, if you need this option, drop us an email and we can do it manually for you.

[yellowpeter]

Hi all,

While still no update from Apple (probably because of the OS 3.0 launch that casues the delay). Here are some update from development perpective:

Subscription Management is added and completed. You will be able to delete your subscription (only "Topic" type of subscription is supported in the mean time)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=100866&stc=1&d=1245655212

And now you will be able to subscribe to any topic you want to follow:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=100867&stc=1&d=1245655212

Also notice the little "red badge"? Yes we are also getting close to finish off the Private Messaging. :cool:

[yellowpeter]

Finally Apple has approved it and it is appearing in the app store starting from now.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=307880732&mt=8

Currently this release is limited to U.S. app store only and we will release it to the rest of the world in next release (estimate around 10-20 days from now judging from Apple recent turn-around time)

I hope you all give it a try and we are constantly improving this app - your feedback is greatly appreciated.

What happening next is we are working on a iPhone Analytic for your forum so you can see how many users has been accessing your forum thru iPhone and also their average time on your forum etc. This will help to complement what you already have such as Google Analytic.

[ericgtr]

This seems like a nice application and I can appreciate all the work that went into it, my only question is why we are forced to join into the network of forums. Is there a specific reason that it can't be released as stand alone for individual forums?

[Darkwaltz4]

well the whole point is that the app communicates with the plugin installed on your site to load only the data it needs (like the list of forums, thread text etc). in order for the app to know which sites have the required plugins installed, a network is maintained. as part of that, you can fill in some info like title and an icon.

it cant be a standalone for individual forums because it would be a terrible waste. if each site had its own app it would mean way too much for the iphone user to pick the right one, you would have an unendless list of apps to maintain, and it just makes more sense that the one app can visit any sites on the network. not to mention that only a couple existing users would get the single-site version and you would have to pay repeatedly to get a different site's clone.

i do hear though that the next app version will allow you to choose which mode to start when you open up the app - which could be your favorites page, and thus list the site(s) you go to more deliberately without having to search around for them every time. in effect "branded" to just a single forum, without having to do the mess outlined above.

besides, iphone users curious about the app might not even know about your site, but find it on the network. do you want new visitors in addition to existing ones, or just the existing ones?

[yellowpeter]

This seems like a nice application and I can appreciate all the work that went into it, my only question is why we are forced to join into the network of forums. Is there a specific reason that it can't be released as stand alone for individual forums?

In addition to DarkWaltz mentioned I can add few more points:

- You can "join" the network but you can set it as "Search Only" where no one can see your forum on the network unless they explicitly type your forum name
- You can hide from the network anytime you want

The whole point of network is to provide better UI experience, while generating more new visitors to your forum. At the same time we provide option for you to "hide" it from the network where only you fans can find it.

Just check out the http://www.tapatalk.com/directory then you can get an idea how it works :)

[yellowpeter]

The version submitted to app store is 1.2 which contains bug fixes and major speed improvement.

The development team is working on the 1.3 version that *hopefully* can finish Private Messaging on time.

Our goal is to evetually get to the Push Notification where Private Message / Subscribed Topics push to your iPhone as soon as it is updated. But this will need more testing as it involves much more complicated setup and additional stress to our server.

[yellowpeter]

We have released the vb MOD 0.9.12 as a on-going minor update. Here are some of the highlights:

- Compatible to more plugins - if you have previously disabled some plugins to make it work with Tapatalk, you can try re-enable it and see if this release help.
- Minor character encoding fixes

Again the latest discussion can be found at http://www.tapatalk.com/forum

[yellowpeter]

No love for iPhone mod? :o

Anyway I have updated the screenshot to include the latest and greatest:

1) Full Private Message support
2) Quote reply
3) Faster load-time and improved session management
4) Full screen image viewing
5) Board Statistic
6) Who's online

And.. Push Notification is in full stream development!!

[EricGT]

I really love the idea of this app & plugin, but its performance on my site is problematic. I have a very large, very busy site and the load times of the forums index and individual forum index pages are very, very slow. If a forum has 20,000 or 30,000 threads in it, this system appears to be processing information for all of them before returning any information. On the busier forums, I am getting page load times in Tapatalk of 1 minute or more. I am testing this with the iPhone logged into my local network via Wi-Fi, so this isn't a bandwidth issue. The site loads quite a bit faster in Safari, with all the visual overhead, then these stripped down pages are loading. This system also does not appear to recognize sticky threads and I was disappointed to see that it doesn't interace with the PM system.

I really do think this is the start of a great idea. It will need to mature a bit before I launch it on my site though. Eric

[EricGT]

I just tried installing the plugin that I downloaded here, versus the version I downloaded from the Tapatalk website. Although the Tapatalk app sees the version from here as an older version and not all features are functional in the app, the forum index and thread pages load substantially faster using that version of the plugin. Eric

[yellowpeter]

Eric,

We have fixed this performance issues and submitted to Apple for an update to the app that you have downloaded. If you are interested to see what's the latest give me a PM of your UDID I will send you a Beta version to try out.

Again I expect the update pending from Apple will resolve these performance issues.

[yellowpeter]

Just want to let everyone know that the newer version of Tapatalk is out and is available to world-wide, not just U.S. anymore!

http://itunes.com/app/tapatalk

:D

[appsfinder]

Hi i am a newbi how do i install and config this plugin:confused:

[yellowpeter]

it appears you have already installed the plugin and seems to work well? :)

[Haltech]

How can i go about purchasing bulk licensing for my users who have an iphone?

[yellowpeter]

Haltech,

Check my email!

[yellowpeter]

A small glitch appears in our server breaks user registration - it should be working by now. FYI.

[yellowpeter]

While not much immediate update going on from the iPhone app side, we are pleased to announce the Analytics support of Tapatalk where forum owners can check how well the Tapatalk do in their forum.

The idea is to provide similar dataset as Pinch Media, Admob or any other mobile app analytic provider - and as a forum owner you can check how many people is using the Tapatalk to access your forum, and the time spent on it, etc.

Attached is a sample screenshot of interface you get to see once you login to Forum Owner Area (http://www.tapatalk.com/directory).

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=103764&stc=1&d=1251350580

[yellowpeter]

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

We have released Tapatalk Plugin for vBulletin as version 1.0.1 - please grab your copy if you have not updated it. We have fixed few minor bugs and one very annoying problem of not able to jump to latest posts if a thread contains more than 1000 posts. It appears to be working correctly now.

Let us know if you run into any problem!

[yellowpeter]

Hi,

I am trying to collect some of the real user testimonial of Tapatalk (good and bad), I just did a "tapatalk" on google and here are some of the discussion I find. Maybe helpful to you to decide if it is worth give it a try:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/iphone-app-store/1063309-avforums-now-tapatalk.html

http://www.elantraxd.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36632

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forum-help-suggestions-news/360395-iphone-tapatalk-support.html

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1832026&highlight=tapatalk

[yellowpeter]

Hi,

Today we have managed to release an update version of Tapatalk Plugin for vBulletin version 1.0.2. This version is an minor update with:- forum home page is not updated with latest post author and time-stamp ( see: http://www.tapatalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=401 )

- Now support customized default forum icon! This is useful if you really hate the "microphone" default forum icon . All you need to do is to place a PNG image as "default.png" in mobiquo/forum_icons/ directory. For background of this feature please refer to this thread: http://www.tapatalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=309

Personally I think this is a worthwhile update. Let us know if you run into any problem

Attached is a sampe of customized icon screenshot, taken from our Tapatalk Community forum ;)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=104456&stc=1&d=1253117488

[MissKalunji]

not bad at all

[yahoooh]

i just installed it but is there any new feature to support blogs , vba dyna , vba links

[yellowpeter]

Here are some of the screenshots highlighting the new features in 1.3 Beta:

Pagination with 6 pages, 10 posts per page. The number of posts to be displayed per page can be configure in the iPhone "Settings -> Tapatalk" section.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=104621&stc=1&d=1253459354

An extremely long thread with over 20,000 posts. Now displaying the 2335th pages. Note that you can swipe the pagination bar left and right to find the page you want.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/09/3.jpg

If you tap on the "..." button, a "Jump To" screen will appear for you to enter the exact page you want to jump to, this is handy with you are viewing a long thread:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=104623&stc=1&d=1253459354

Other new feature over 1.2.1 includes Who's Online, you can tap the username to send him a private message:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=104624&stc=1&d=1253459354

And you can now customize which tabs you want to appear at the bottom. Note that if you put a tab on the first one on the left, this tab view will be loaded automatically when you enter this forum next time. This is handy e.g. if you want to read Latest Posts with only two tap on the Tapatalk app.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=104625&stc=1&d=1253459354

[yellowpeter]

Hi all,

Today we have got version 1.3 of Tapatalk iPhone app released at Apple app store - a small milestone over the 1.2.1 version. This version has added:

- Personalization - you can customize which tabs to appear on the tab bar, e.g. if you move the "Latest" to leftmost, it will automatically load once your app starts!
- Full support of Pagination - now you can flip thru pages in a long thread just like on web browser, only much easier!
- Able to see who is currently online and send instant private message to them with just a tap
- Forum Statistic - a simple tab that lists all your forum statistic (where your forum security allows) include number of currently online users, total number of posts and members, etc.
- Added Italian, Swedish and Czech language support
- plus number of bug fixes

Any issues, please let us know! :):)

[deepmartini]

Is this coming? I want my forum on the app not everyone elses.

[yellowpeter]

Hi,

You can refer to http://www.tapatalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=187 for rebranding discussion.

Cheers!

[MPDev]

Does this work with vB3.8?

[yellowpeter]

Does this work with vB3.8?

Yes - check out this thread:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=208412&highlight=tapatalk

:)

[BadgerDog]

Sorry, but I must be missing something ... :confused:

I downloaded the server side file to install under my vBulletin installation, but I can't find any instructions as to what files to upload where?

Do I just upload the entire subdirectory called "mobiquo-1" to the root of my vBulletin directory?

Thanks .. :)

Regards,
Badger

[BadgerDog]

Never mind my question above ... ;)

I deleted the download. Just read on your site that it doesn't support 3.68 which is what we're running and with over 10,000 members and a lot of mods running just fine, we're have no intention of upgrading to 3.8. :D

Our members use a "mobile skin" and seem to be happy with it.

Too bad, as I'm even an iPod user and I was looking forward to that option ... :D

Thanks anyway .....

Regards,
Badger

[yellowpeter]

Yah too bad it doesn't support 3.6.x - are you looking into upgrading it to 4.0 in near future? or not going to upgrade at all?

[BadgerDog]

Yah too bad it doesn't support 3.6.x - are you looking into upgrading it to 4.0 in near future? or not going to upgrade at all?

No reason to upgrade .... :)

We have 10,000+ happy members with the current nicely modded vBulletin meeting their needs, so change for the sake of change isn't necessary. :up:

Regards,
Badger

[yellowpeter]

No reason to upgrade .... :)

We have 10,000+ happy members with the current nicely modded vBulletin meeting their needs, so change for the sake of change isn't necessary. :up:

Regards,
Badger
I see how you feel. If I remember correctly you are the forth one requesting 3.6.x support. We might look into it if time permits :)

[yellowpeter]

We have submitted the latest iPhone app version 1.4 to Apple few days ago with "Edit" function where you can open you post in edit mode and save the change on the fly.. I hope you guys will like it. In addition we have reworked the pagination and full screen images display logic to make it more stable and usable.

I will let you guys know as soon as it is approved.

Make sure you upgrade your plugin (MOD) to version 1.1 to take advantage the new feature.. Cheers.

[yellowpeter]

Hi all,

Today we received a letter from Apple that our app is rejected because of use of "Private API" (read this if you interested to know more: http://groups.google.com/group/three...5046771539d139) - We are going to submit a new app later tonight and keep our finger crosses.

On a bright side it allows us to include a lot more fixes and tweaks to improve the iPhone app, namely:

- better pagination support - the pagination bar will be scrollable up-and-down with the thread view to allow more viewing space, and added "Previous Page" and "Next Page" button at the bottom.
- less crashes - we expect the update will be more (much more) stable than 1.3
- better full screen images support - able to view more images where 1.3 had problem to view
- Edit Post - you can edit the post that you had previously submitted
- "New Posts" - a special place where it shows the latest unread posts. Also topic will be highlighted with blue-dot to indicate unread topics

[yellowpeter]

Just a head's up that we have released a Nokia app that works the same fashion as the iPhone and you can download it here or at our website. See the MOD details for installation instruction. :up:

[yellowpeter]

We have managed to release a "Lite" version of iPhone app "Tapatalk RO" - please download the app at http://itunes.com/app/tapatalkro

[yellowpeter]

Tapatalk iPhone 1.5 is released at app store! Download it and it should solve 70% of the crashes you have!

Same for the lite version now get updated to 1.1 with the same base code.

[jthorpe]

Count me as another one requesting support for 3.6.8....

I've got close to 90,000 members with a ridiculous amount of mods and probably won't upgrade for quite some time. Last time I upgraded, it took me close to 12 hours.

http://www.dieseltruckresource.com

[profanitytalker]

WOW! This is certainly what I was just looking for! Thank you creating this!

[jthorpe]

Excuse me. I'm actually 3.6.7 but it would be no problem upgrading one version. I just go to 3.7 without screwing up stuff

[yellowpeter]

Excuse me. I'm actually 3.6.7 but it would be no problem upgrading one version. I just go to 3.7 without screwing up stuff

Yes you can upgrade to 3.7 and it will works fine! good luck!!

[yellowpeter]

WOW! This is certainly what I was just looking for! Thank you creating this!

Hope you like it.

On separate note we have released 1.5.1 iPhone app that just got approved - give it a try.

[yellowpeter]

Hi all,

Looks like the Blackberry version is in full stream - we have finished the majority of the backend work and is now tweaking the UI to make it pretty and usable. Attached is a quick sneak of what it is like running in the ugly emulator.

At least we are assure you this won't be long until it is available. Like what we had delivered in Nokia and Android app a month ago.

Cheers!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/12/6.jpg

[MissKalunji]

Hi all,

Looks like the Blackberry version is in full stream - we have finished the majority of the backend work and is now tweaking the UI to make it pretty and usable. Attached is a quick sneak of what it is like running in the ugly emulator.

At least we are assure you this won't be long until it is available. Like what we had delivered in Nokia and Android app a month ago.

Cheers!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=108625&stc=1&d=1262180176

sweet!!

[yellowpeter]

sweet!!

Thanks! still quite a bit of work outstanding but for sure you will be able to use this app the same fashion as the Android / iPhone / Nokia app! :)

[MissKalunji]

how tho? we would have to get it from the Blackberry app store? install on the original server? a skin?

[yellowpeter]

how tho? we would have to get it from the Blackberry app store? install on the original server? a skin?

Hi MissKalunji,

We are still exploring the distribution method. probably at the app world if no major objection from you guys

[MissKalunji]

Hi MissKalunji,

We are still exploring the distribution method. probably at the app world if no major objection from you guys

Sounds perfect to me :)

[yellowpeter]

Full private messaging support is now available in Android, just grab the latest update from Android market and you are all set!

Also the update allows you to view who is current online and send him a PM in just one tap.

[yellowpeter]

iPhone 1.5.5 is released on app store. :)

[yellowpeter]

MOD has updated to 1.3.1 - please grab the latest copy as it has multiple fixes including better multi-language and image handling support.

Cheers, :)

[yellowpeter]

Updated Android app is in the market, with Tattoo QVGA support and more. check it out. :)

[frank44]

Newb question.

We have a mobile style on our site. Will this work along side of tapatalk for those who are not using a latest smart phone?

[yellowpeter]

Newb question.

We have a mobile style on our site. Will this work along side of tapatalk for those who are not using a latest smart phone?

Yes they are compatible and are completely separated. :)

[andrew67]

3 days, tried 4 differerent email addys and still no email comfimation....

[yellowpeter]

Looks like our email system is not powerful enough to get across the spam control. what's your id there and let me manaully turn it on for you.

[andrew67]

Looks like our email system is not powerful enough to get across the spam control. what's your id there and let me manaully turn it on for you.

THANKS!!

[yellowpeter]

THANKS!! FmxAustralia is me...

It should be okay now! Let me know if it doesn't work.

[yellowpeter]

We have released the iPhone 1.6.1 update at the app store. FYI. :)

[yellowpeter]

Just a head up to everyone.. we have quietly released the beta version of BlackBerry app.. You can do a OTA download at http://tapatalk.com/bb

Still have a lot of issues on this version as it doesn't yet to support Storm device and BIS network but we are working on it

[forumrunt]

Do users have to pay a fee with all the phone?

[yellowpeter]

Do users have to pay a fee with all the phone?

It's optional - there are free versions

[357Magnum]

might want to update the files to reflect the install instructions :rolleyes:

[yellowpeter]

might want to update the files to reflect the install instructions :rolleyes:

Thanks! updated! :D

[yellowpeter]

We have just released another update of the BlackBerry version (OS 4.7 or higher). OTA download via: http://www.tapatalk.com/bb

[WoodiE]

How is security handled? Users passwords stored on the phone or tapatalk's servers? How are the passwords encrypted? I can't find any information on Tapatalk's site regarding security.

[MissKalunji]

We have just released another update of the BlackBerry version (OS 4.7 or higher). OTA download via: http://www.tapatalk.com/bb

what's new?

[yellowpeter]

what's new?

Here you can find the change log

[MissKalunji]

for the blackberry? where?

[yellowpeter]

Opps.. missed the link. Here you are:

http://www.tapatalk.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=29

Let me know if you have any trouble using the app. The app itself is still in beta but the serverside component is mature as it uses the same plugin as iPhone / Android.

[WoodiE]

How is security handled? Users passwords stored on the phone or tapatalk's servers? How are the passwords encrypted? I can't find any information on Tapatalk's site regarding security.

Peter - care to acknowledge this?

[yellowpeter]

Peter - care to acknowledge this?

Hi Woodie,

Sorry if I missed this message. The password is only stored in the iPhone using the Apple key-chain framework. It is not sent to our server by any mean.

As soon as you remove the app or even remove the forum from the app, the login information will be deleted.

[yellowpeter]

Just to let you know that we have updated the 3.7 plugin with Search / Unread Posts / Mark Forums Read support. Please update your plugin accordingly - We will roll out the said features from the app store fairly soon

[yellowpeter]

FYI we have just released an update to the Android app with major performance improvement with ability to bookmark sub-forums. I hope you continue to enjoy Tapatalk

[yellowpeter]

Another update to the Android app with few crash fixes and added ability to customize signature now!! :cool:

[yellowpeter]

Today we just released another round of BlackBerry app update. OTA download at http://tapatalk.com/bb

[yellowpeter]

FYI just released version 1.4.7 of the Android app with full support of vBulletin style QUOTE formatting and improved image upload quality.

[katie hunter]

Hi,

Does a member have to install this on his or her cell phone to be able to use the application?

Step 6

Download the free Tapatalk iPhone app from the app store
(http://itunes.com/app/tapatalkro) to confirm it is indeed working.

btw the link doesn't load, it goes white page after long loading

[yellowpeter]

Hi,

Does a member have to install this on his or her cell phone to be able to use the application?

Step 6

Download the free Tapatalk iPhone app from the app store
(http://itunes.com/app/tapatalkro) to confirm it is indeed working.

btw the link doesn't load, it goes white page after long loading

Hi Katie,

Yes this is the app to access your forum. The reason that the link doesn't load as it attempts to open iTunes to download the app, your members will be able to access it if they have iPhone or iPod Touch.

Cheers!

[yellowpeter]

iPhone app is updated (1.7.2) to support proper QUOTE support. :up:

[yellowpeter]

Just rolled out another Android app with ability to disable auto-rotation. Now I know you guys love reading in bed :)

[yellowpeter]

Android app updated with ability to Search forum.

[yellowpeter]

We have updated the Android app with improved stability and performance, along with few minor UI enhancement. Now you can see the user avatar in the topic listing

[yellowpeter]

Just released the updated iPhone app with ability to rotate the screen to landscape mode, and among many fixes and UI enhancement.

:D


In next vBulletin plugin update you will even be able to see what's your members are doing online, all inside the app :cool:

[yellowpeter]

Apple just approved another iPhone update of Tapatalk, here is the change log:

- Fixed crash issues
- Fixed landscape mode not enabled issue
- Moved Settings to inside the app
- Performance improvement in scrolling and landscape rotation experience

[yellowpeter]

Android app is updated with Widget support:

Here are the screenshots:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

[yellowpeter]

iPhone app is released (1.8.3):

- Fixed crash issue when Tapatalk server is down
- Fixed Search bar disappear issue
- Fixed iPod 3rd Generation iOS4 multi-tasking network connectivity issue
- Fixed crash issue when viewing topic.
- Updated Swedish and Portuguese language
- Added Croatian language

[yellowpeter]

We have just released another Android update with full theme switching support. More information can be found here:

http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity/

[crisl]

just installed it on vb 4.0.5, working great, at least what I could see after 2 minutes :)

[yellowpeter]

Hello,

Just want to let you guys know that we have released the Android app with PM Notification support! Check it out!

[yellowpeter]

Hello,

I just want to remind you guys that you can view how your member using the app to access your forum.

Just login to the Forum Owner Console and you will see the Analytics link.

Here is one of the chart you get to see:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

[drumbum]

We just tried to install this since we had some members asking for it. Looked like it was working well and then minutes later our entire site went down. It appeared that an issue with apache not loading was causing the problem. We are running Apache 2.2.14 and PHP 5.2.12. What could cause this issue?

[yellowpeter]

We just tried to install this since we had some members asking for it. Looked like it was working well and then minutes later our entire site went down. It appeared that an issue with apache not loading was causing the problem. We are running Apache 2.2.14 and PHP 5.2.12. What could cause this issue?

Hello drumbum,

Can you elaborate more about the issue? What do you mean by "apache not loading"? The plugin does not involve any change to your system, it is simply a plugin on top of your existing vB. If you can provide more clues we will be able to look into it for you.

[chapsrulez]

Installed in a medium forum (150k registered users), tested on a blackberry 9000 and working great.

Is there a chance that any new thread/reply goes with the signature "Posted from Tapatalk" and a link?

[dmeister]

I am a computor simpleton.
I would like to download this. It mentions to download it to my root files.
Do I have to make a new file for it under my root or does it automatically make a new file and place it where it is supposed to go in the root.

[your24hourstore]

I am a computor simpleton.
I would like to download this. It mentions to download it to my root files.
Do I have to make a new file for it under my root or does it automatically make a new file and place it where it is supposed to go in the root.
root is where your vb software is installed some have it /forum/

in other words it will be in the directory where your admincp file is located

[your24hourstore]

I installed the newest version downloaded from tapatalk and got a huge amount of database errors So i deleted the file and uploaded this version, will see if it spams my admin address with database errors soon :) actually got my server flagged for spamming

[your24hourstore]

Hello drumbum,

Can you elaborate more about the issue? What do you mean by "apache not loading"? The plugin does not involve any change to your system, it is simply a plugin on top of your existing vB. If you can provide more clues we will be able to look into it for you.

lol he probibly got flagged as a spammer from his host, this cause's you to get the 403 or 404 error at your website.

and would have to cmod his public_html dir back to 755, happened to me this morning so i installed this version as i was running the latest version from tapatalk

[yellowpeter]

Good to see it is working well:D

[Webcams]

Easy Installation, good product, however the massive amount of SPAM users in the hundreds per day signing up caused me to abandon the product, it is still installed for members, but not listed at all on the Tapatalk website.
I also had to implement a large ip range block as the bots continued to sign up for weeks.

We should be allowed to add the forum from invitations sent from website for the new users who won't b able to find the forum on the tapatalk website.

[BadgerDog]

Easy Installation, good product, however the massive amount of SPAM users in the hundreds per day signing up caused me to abandon the product.....

wow ... :eek:

We get no spam users at all through the Tapatalk interface ... :confused:

Regards,
Doug

[yellowpeter]

Easy Installation, good product, however the massive amount of SPAM users in the hundreds per day signing up caused me to abandon the product, it is still installed for members, but not listed at all on the Tapatalk website.
I also had to implement a large ip range block as the bots continued to sign up for weeks.

We should be allowed to add the forum from invitations sent from website for the new users who won't b able to find the forum on the tapatalk website.

We would love to hear what made you think it encourages spam users? We don't even have the registration API?

[Webcams]

We would love to hear what made you think it encourages spam users? We don't even have the registration API?

On 3 different occasions when I listed the site at tapatalk, it began when I removed it it ended.

As I said it was so bad I had to implement massive ip range blocks.

I love the product, and it works great, I currently use it on my phone, but can't have it listed which makes it impossible for New users to find.

I wouldn't and am not bad mouthing the product in any way, but I am positive somehow these massive numbers of bots are finding the sites listed through this product directory.

I must not have the product installed correctly to display to new users so I will verify that, but it isn't listed at tapatalk.

Like I said amazing product easy to use but I hate spam registrations and 100's a day sometimes thousands was killing my site.

Send me an e-mail if you need any info, logs, stats etc.
Thanks.