Anyone have a complete text version of their forum (but not read only?)

I'm looking for a solution as well.

Vbulletin WAP forum... http://wap.howardforums.com

The howardsforums doesn't seem to work very well on my wap phone, although I wonder if it's just the service that's not up & running.

However, as mobile phones and PDAs melt together (which is really starting to happen right now, just look at the sony ericsson P800 and others) I truly believe this idea should be worked on. Although WAP seems to be declared as a flop after the late 90's tech bubble, I submit to you that this is the point where WAP (or certainly wireless Internet in general) WILL become a widely used reality.

Using PDAs with high-res color screens and improved methods for text input, browsing forums and even posting shouldn't be too hard if the forums are designed with this usage in mind. These devices can be connected to the net through GPRS (which offers reasonable bandwith and charges only per MB downloaded instead of per minute) or WLAN (which offers great bandwith and is becoming very very popular), there really is no need to wait for "3G" or anything...

Personally I believe that forums could become something of a "killer app" for wireless devices much in the same manner as instant messaging. Combine mobility with an "always-on" connection, as well as people's desire to communicate (just look at the huge success text messaging has been in Europe, even with tiny displays and high prices) and interesting possibilities emerge...

Please post and elaborate on any progress with this project...

Regards,

TMM

I previously had a Kyocera 6035, one of those 'smartphones. I could indeed go on forums and post. However JavaScript wasn't supported very well and neither were cookies.

I currently have a Samsung i330 (glee) and finally I don't have to go through so much BS just to view a forum. It was too much work before and not worth the time.So far just going to a normal forum (IE yaxay.com) everything works fine. I can't search of vbulletin.com's forum but it seemed to work fine on yaxay. Its just all those images that makes me have to scroll down so much to get to the content (yaxay is the worse in that regard haha)

I'm currently trying to remodel a forum to work on my i330.Er i have no real experience with vb templates. Its mostly just taking away what already exists. Its little more then taking away alot of the images, text, and throwing every little element in a new cell. Just sort of modifying an existing skin.

So far just going to a normal forum (IE yaxay.com) everything works fine. I can't search of vbulletin.com's forum but it seemed to work fine on yaxay. Its just all those images that makes me have to scroll down so much to get to the content (yaxay is the worse in that regard haha)

If anyone has a pocket PC or another palm device that allows them to view webpages i might be interested in talking to them since I have no real clear understanding what does and does not work on different devices.

I have developped the pda templates :

http://pocketforum.pdafrance.com

pdatoon, are you going to share? I like it!!! People have been asking about this on our site for quite some time and you have an excellent template.

One question, how can this be used with another template at the same time? Ie: Does a user need to change templates when he uses his cell-phone and then change back when he uses his standard computer?

Hi,

The problem is that it is all in french :hurt:
I have created a new style and the url : pocketforum.pdafrance.com redirects to a specific style ID.

I agree here. In fact, I would like to say that more and more people are using this service today with the new phones. Hell, I hold conversations (messenger) with friends all over the world using my cell-phone. Certainly a toned-down version of my site would be helpful so I can check PM's, approve posts, see links, check user stats, etc....

I'm at the point right now where I need to create a WAP page for mobile users. They are paying me extra money (monthly) for me to look into this.

Funny thing is, if you can bring your users together for a common topic, they will do anything to 'keep up' with the group. Sorta like extended families.

One step at a time.......................

-- Mike

I could replace the French items... :banana:

Yea, I see the style ID in your URL now... I should try your site on my WAP browser.

-- M