I got the next version ready to go with many of the suggestions incorporated (no companion product yet though so some things still have to wait) - anyone care to test it for a day or two before I release send me a PM. I'm one of very few mobile users on my site so my 'live' testing isn't that thorough ...

Added search page (replace online link for search), added more attachmenst information, added more time information, added number of posts in threads, drank some beers...

Screen real estate is pretty limited on devices, and I dont; have labels for things such as the number of threads. I'm open to suggestions on how to display information. Bear in mind I want to keep this style usable on a wide range of devices.

many thanks

The guys just advised they get the vB 3.7.x security token error warnign if trying to delete a post from the mobile portal.

P.S. Quite happy to test the new version as we have a lot of mobile users.

Here's a pre-release which has had incredibly little testing. Use at own risk and let me know how it goes and I'll release...

also added basic poll viewing/voting in addition to the mentioned updates a couple posts back

Thanks!

And installed!

Comments on the Alpha style from my team....


Hope that makes sense! Needless to say we had to switch back to the prior version.

I really didn't do well with anything to do with coding or vbulletin over the weekend :( That last attachment wasn't even the mobile style. I think I need to get more sleep....

Try this one, tekguru or anyone else that is game. Same disclaimers - This is a pre-release version of this style - *use at own risk* - but let me know how it goes :)

Don;t forget to modify the Home link in the navbar template

I'm clueless about style creation, so forgive my newbie question.

I installed this style and it works great on my Blackberry 8800. However, instead of using my "default font size setting" on my blackberry, the style seems to be forcing a font size that is bigger than I would like.

Where/how would I change the font size in the style for everything?

To use a devices default font sizes, edit the wireless.css file remove "10pt " from the first font decalration (in the body section) and then remove all "size:x" lines from the rest of the file

so far so good...
the only major problem I have is I can't figure how to go back to another style once I've switched over to mobile.

there needs to be a style chooser even in the mobile version. (unless I just missed it).

Very cool. Worked perfectly. Thanks so much for the quick reply.

To add style selection options check HERE for style chooser code - it will become an option one of these days..

I wrote this style to work with my mobile detect add-on, so teh user never actually gets a choice on my site. The get the sites default if visiting from a PC or the mobile style if visiting from a mobile device.

An update on showing this style to Yahoo. I can confirm my bandwidth has dropped by about 10GB/month by forcing Yahoo spiders to the mobile style :eek:

That's how I like it - force it to mobile for phones, and a default on the site. I like to control how my site looks to others.

Quick question: A user has reported that the first time he tried this skin after I loaded this up with your mobile detect add-on, he couldn't see where to log-in. I was already logged in when I switched skins, so it never occured to me.

Is there a Log-In link in the skin somewhere?

You can login in the footer of every page - should be a username/password prompt down there when not logged in...

I check the siite with Sonyerricsson P990i & this is my site url

www.best2m.org/main.php

You need to make sure the style is user selectable - that the checkbox next to it in Style Manager is checked. Even if you don;t allow users to change styles, it needs to be checked so that other addons such as the mobile device autodetect can load the style up.

I dig this style alot, but is there any way to allow it to view images? My users would like to be able to see the pictures and smileys posted by other users. Thanks.

How can you change back to a different style once this one is selected? I could find no link, which is especially troublesome if a desktop user changes to this style and is not able to revert back to a full style.

@Dr Bantham - scroll up about 6 posts before yours :)

@JustJon - deleting the following replacement variables form the mobile style options should put images back in line:

border="0" alt="" />

class="inlineimg" />

img src

Updated.

Version 0.0.7 - Added Style chooser to UserCP, Post count to threads, Search Page, Attachment Sizes, More detailed time info, viewing/voting in polls, other stuff too probably

Don;t forget to edit teh navbar template to point the "Home" link at your forums if your forums home page is not index.php

I do this setting & style now is selectable with users but auto detect dont work in mobile phone

www.best2m.org/main.php

Awesome!

is there a way just to show up the smiley?

for those interested, i made lite edition of "what's going on?" box for this theme, you can place this code at FORUMHOME template before the $footer

anychance you can put the style chooser in the default location of down the bottom on the forum home page?

also, for the vbulletin copyright, I think you are doing it differently, because I have branding free, and in all my other styles the copyright is not there, but in this style the copyright is showing. Maybe you did this to speed up the skin? but I feel it is something that should be left in tact, as the copyright date is off now anyway.

I dont see any style chooser at all in the usercp, where is it?

Also, how do I moderate the forums from this skin? I couldnt work out how to close threads or do anything like that.

@SAT2M - Have you installed and configured teh Auto-detect addon here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=173239 ?

@Hornstar - no moderation. You can delete threads/posts but thats about it. Style Chooser is in the Edit Options in UserCP (I just noticed that the title shows even of the user has no permissions to change styles). There are instructions on putting style chooser where you want back a page or two HERE

As for the copyright messages etc - the default uses half the screen so I entered in the minimum allowed. I however didn't want to modify the default phrases so I hard coded it. It's a pretty simple edit to make in the footer template. I'll look at making it an option to have default copyright messages or the reduced one in the future

@nike.stars - nice addition - I may put those in as options when I eventually release a companion addon for this style to allow individual customization without editing templates.

What a nice style to add to my just-upgraded forum. Thanks!

I did notice that if I go into the mobile style and then switch back from within the mobile's User CP, some of my other options are lost, such as time zone, DST usage, editor choice, and default subscription mode.

I didn't see anyone else notice this, so I'm thinking that perhaps I didn't set up something right. I'm going to need to look and see if I somehow messed up the User CP code when I uploded it to the forum.

ooo... That sounds like a bug. It would appear that any options that aren;t explicitly saved in the screen get lost which I think means I will need to add *all* options form the full "Edit Options" screen to the mobile version, or find another way to update them so existing options are preserved....

IN the mean time see here for otehr ways to implement style changing ...

Great style! Does anybody know how I can create a mobile sitemap for this style to submit to Google ?

Would a mobile sitemap be any different than a non-mobile sitemap? URL's would be the same, just a different style?

had to do a little editing but works great and fast too, even my mods still worked with this one, thx

Comments from my Modrators, all positive:

IMHO for me I'd add in nike.stars mod as a standard....

For now, I'm just telling people to go to mobile.domain as that avoids the issue entirely.

I did have someone report that this style doesn't handle nested quotes properly. I would imagine that fixing that problem is much more difficult. :)

Other than that, my users really like this over the previously installed mobile style. Thanks!

Hello! Why it told me Invalid File Specified when i'm trying to import?

XnaMe - you did import this via style manager as opposed to Products and Plugins?

BTW - I just noticed that this is the most installed 3.7.x style on vBulletin.org :D Thanks for the feedback and suggestions (and code snippets) to make it what it is. However - I really hope that when vBulletin 4.0 comes out thaey have builtin mobile support - the popularity of this rather rudimentary and novicely assembled style would have to go a long to way to proving the need and desire for a functional mobile forum is out there!

Seems to be a conflict with the MGC chat bot. From a WAP phone, you get a scripting error once you scroll to the chat box. And from opera when you try to post you get the dreaded "Security token" issue. when you try to post.

I'm loving the style - works great!!

One issue: my subforums do not show in the forum home view (list of forums). Can you make it display them here or is that not desired for those that have many subforums (I only have a few)?

Second request: how about a symbol or letter link to Quote a reply?

Thanks.

@Fireproof - You need to edit some templates to make this happen.

Edit the forumhome_forumbit_level?_post templates and add
below
then edit forumhome_forumbit_level?_nopost templates and add
below
Then edit the subforumbit_nopost and subforumbit_post templates and replace the cntents with
That should add the subforums listings - you probably only need to edit the level1 and level2 templates..

The reply link [rep] does quote by default - you want a quoting and non-quoting reply links?

Thanks for the help. I'll look into those edits.

Regarding the reply link, ignore my request. I had been replying just via the "quick reply" box at the bottom. I incorrectly assumed that [rep] did the same thing. I just tried it and see that it auto-quotes, so that is perfect!!

Thank you!

Thanks. Is there any reason you don't make the style chooser default?

I just added inferno shoutbox into the skin, and it just stays on loading, is there a reason that modification wont work in this skin?