Lightweight Style for VB3.8.7 iPhone/Mobile/Cell/PDA

A few have asked for this, hope you like it.

As the title suggests, this is a lightweight style for vBulletin 3.8.7 (and probably most versions before that - A quick test showed it also working under vBulletin 3.7.7!)

It's lightweight (low bandwidth) and works well on most handheld / mobile devices. Some have been know to use it on their desktops and I personally use it for Google as a way of significantly reducing the bandwidth they use.

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Install Instructions
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• Backup
• Download and extract ZIP file locally
• Upload contents of forum folder to your forum root
• Go into your AdminCP->Style Manager->Download / Upload Styles
• In the "Import Style XML File" section browse to "lightweight-vbulletin-3.8.7-style.xml" (extracted form the zip file)
• If you are running a version of vbulletin other than 3.8.7, select Yes in "Ignore Style Version"
• Click the "Import" button.
• Edit the header template and change the 2nd line to reflect the Style ID of your default style and location of your home page (forum.php or index.php) and text for the anchor (Default Style).
  

  <a class="toplinks" href="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?<if condition="$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']">$_SERVER[QUERY_STRING]&amp;</if>styleid=1">Default Style</a>

• Return to vBulletin.org and click "Mark as Installed"
• Reply to this thread leaving feedback and a rating

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Release History
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18th May 2011 - 1.0.0 Initial Release
20th May 2011 - 1.0.1 Bug Fixes and enhancements

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Screen Shots
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Branding Free
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If you wish to remove the branding/copyright notice from the footer - send me a donation of an amount you can afford, or that you think is fair/reasonable, it's up to you how much. (can't get much fairer than that) You can do this by clicking the "Support Developer" link above (a few lines below the "Mark as Installed" link).

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Bugs fixes for next release
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Issue:
extra "> in template forumhome_forumbit_level2_nopost
Resolution:
Search for

<div class="windowbg">">

Replace with

<div class="windowbg">

Issue:
Inconsistencies in disaplying locked forums
Resolution:
See this post

Thanks.

[Beretta1526]

I just installed this on vB 3.8.5 a few minutes ago. I'll see if I get any feedback from my members that could be helpful. I manage the forum from mobile quite a bit, and this is great.

Originally Posted by dartho

It's lightweight (low bandwidth) and works well on most handheld / mobile devices. Some have been know to use it on their desktops and I personally use it for Google as a way of significantly reducing the bandwidth they use.

I would be interested in how to force search engines, robots, spiders, etc. to use this version. I've hacked mine so that a non-member cannot see the "style chooser" on my page, but that shouldn't matter I suppose.

THANK YOU!!!

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[Beretta1526]

I would like to add options to the style in the vBulleting Options panel, similar to the "Mobile Style Options" that allow you to append all posts with either the mobile user agent (browser, etc) or custom text like (posted via mobile). In fact, this is the very same options from your original "mobile" style that I'm referring to. Should I attempt to take this on myself, or will you be adapting some of those awesome options to the "Lightweight" style?

I'm going to have to make it a point to donate for all this hard work.

Thanks again!

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[MissKalunji]

Thank you again! I'm sticking to 3.8 as well

[benFF]

Originally Posted by dartho

[s]If you link me up with an example, I could look. via PM is OK.[/s]
Worked it out. Not highlight is 'hot' new threads (thread_hot_new). I'll fix that up.

To fix, edit the CSS, search for

.new, ._new, .forumnew

replace with

.new, ._new, .forumnew, ._hot_new

search for

.thread_dot, .thread_hot, .thread_dot_hot, .thread_, .thread_lock,.thread, .thread_moved, .thread_new

replace with

.thread_dot, .thread_hot, .thread_dot_hot, .thread_, .thread_lock,.thread, .thread_moved, .thread_new, .thread_hot_new

Thanks for the code for default style link, I'll put that in.

You need to add the "dot_hot_new" variants to that as well

Also the logo is never actually used...?

[dartho]

Originally Posted by Beretta1526

I would be interested in how to force search engines, robots, spiders, etc. to use this version. I've hacked mine so that a non-member cannot see the "style chooser" on my page, but that shouldn't matter I suppose.
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I used the mobile detect hack and added search engine useragent snipperts to teh user defined section (Yahoo!,Baiduspider+,Googlebot,msnbot,Slurp)

Originally Posted by Beretta1526

I would like to add options to the style in the vBulleting Options panel, similar to the "Mobile Style Options" that allow you to append all posts with either the mobile user agent (browser, etc) or custom text like (posted via mobile). In fact, this is the very same options from your original "mobile" style that I'm referring to. Should I attempt to take this on myself, or will you be adapting some of those awesome options to the "Lightweight" style?

I'm going to have to make it a point to donate for all this hard work.

Thanks again!

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I'll do something at some stage. You could try the following for appending useragents to posts: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=185987

Originally Posted by benFF

You need to add the "dot_hot_new" variants to that as well

Also the logo is never actually used...?

Thanks, and yes - I should probably do a logo rather than text.

[MagicThemeParks]

Yes! 3.8x lives! :up:

I'll be adding this to the sites that I don't plan on moving to another forum software

[0ptima]

Thanks. Will install this when I upgrade to 3.8.7

[bestmilan]

I found a small bug... when you click on the "Register" button you can see duplicate login fields (please see the attached image).

One more thing... we allow unregistered users to post but it seems that they can not post by using the lightweight style (this was true i believe also with the previous mobile version). It wouldn't be a big problem itself if the submit reply button and the new thread button were disabled on the lightweight skin for unregistered users... but right now it gives unregistered users a wrong impression that they are able to post.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS NEW LIGHTWEIGHT STYLE... IT'S VERY NICE AND VERY USEFUL !!!

[BirdOPrey5]

I'm loving it. Donation sent for Branding Free!

Made some customizations but never could have done it without this style to build off of.

Got it up and running, if my users don't find any bugs I will be removing the old mobile styles I have.

[Alfa1]

Are blog and groups supported?