Add-On Releases - Mobile Device Style Assignment

This is my first released hack, be nice.

This hack will detect when a mobile device connects to your site and allow you to override the default style/skin with one you specify.

Just install the product-file and set which style is your mobile device style via the AdminCP. Has been tested with several 3.6.x versions up to 3.6.8

I am also releasing a skin I wrote (it is based on vbmechanics Alabama skin, so updated or modified would be a more accurate description) for my own needs - it could probably be tidied up a lot more, but it works for me - take it as it is, I may offer limited support for this skin if I get time (no promises), and feel free to offer suggestions. Mobi - My super light skin is probably the one to go for, it has much greater functionailty.

=Install Instructions=
Go to Plugin System, Manage Products in your AdminCP and click Add/Import Product link at the end of the page
Browse for the product-mobile_enabled36-x.x.x.xml product file and click 'import'
Refresh your admincp page and in VBulletin Options, select the settings for 'Mobile Device Detection'
Change the styleid of your mobile skin in "Mobile Device Style" to the StyleID number of your mobile device skin
Change the styleid of your PDA skin in "PDA Device Style" to the StyleID number of your PDA device skin
Your mobile/pda skin must be user selectable (although you can disbale the ability for users to change styles in vBulletin Options)
Thats it!

=Upgrade Instructions=
Go to Plugin System, Manage Products in your AdminCP and click Add/Import Product link at the end of the page
Browse for the product-mobile_enabled36-x.x.x.xml product file
Choose to overwrite
Click 'import'
Re-configure Styleid of mobile/pda skin if required

VERSION 1.0.7a
Based on initial release - supports assigning one alternative style to ALL detected mobile devices

VERSION 2.1.2
Now allows the addition of exceptions and also specifying a skin for Pocket PCs (Windows CE devices) and a skin for all otehr detected mobile devices.
I've also released a very light skin HERE which is great for cell/Mobile phones

LAST UPDATE 22-October 2007
VERSION 2.1.3 - removed, small bug
VERSION 2.1.3a

• Added ability to assign different styles to IPods/iPhones (In addiotn to Windows CE devices and other detected mobile devices
• Added ability to assign specific style to a user defined device (based on user agent string).
  
  You will need to know the useragent string, or a unique fragment of the user agent string to do this. One exmple of how this can be used would be to assign a specific style to say Firefox users, perhaps a different style for Blackberry users, or you could assign a specific style to search engines (beware when doing this - google apprently doesn't like people displying different content to search engines)
  

To upgrade, simply overwrite product - your existing settings should be preserved.

I've left the previous version available for download - to get the new version, download and install the attached XML

**BACKUP YOUR DB BEFORE INSTALLING**

Other Mobile / Lite Skins:

Mobile - My super light skin
iPhone / iPod Touch Optimised Style
Alabama
VBLite
WAP Plugin - this is a similar product and skin which I didn't find till after I'd made this one - it seems to be more directed at WAP devices as opposed to all Mobile Devices, and appears to no longer be supported, but worth having a look at.


Remember to click install and give a rating :up:

keywords: Mobile, PDA, Autodetect, Autoselect, WAP, Skin, portal, cell, phone, iphone

3.7 Version Here

[dartho]

I couldn't see anything wrong with your forum? No mobile style was disaplyed either - I assume you removed it?

[slehmann]

Originally Posted by edytwinky

how do you get this to redirect for iPhones?

My buddies iPhones go to the regular site and not the mobile version.

I've removed the word iPhone from Useragent Exceptions and it still pulls up the full version of the site.

having the same problem, how do you fix that?

[dartho]

It should be reasonably straight forward - in vBulletin Options, check that ipod device detection is enabled, and ensure that the style ID is correct.

I no longer have a 3.6 board. The 3.7 version of this should also work with 3.6 (as it does with 3.8) - give that a try, it has a better interface for vbulletin options settings

[BlueChipEarth]

I have a client who needs to moderate his forum from his Blackberry, so I needed to hide this style from him specifically.

I went into the plugin manager and opened up "Detect Mobile Device and Assign Style"

I changed the bottom if statements accordingly:

  if ($mobile==1 && $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] != 27462)
  {
    //      echo "<!-- Mobile Device -->";
    $styleid=$vbulletin->options['mobile_skin'];
  }
  else if($mobile==1 && $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] == 27462)
  {
    $styleid=1;
    $vbulletin->options['styleid'] = $styleid;
  }

  else if ($pda==1  && $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] != 27462)
  {
    //      echo "<!-- PDA Device -->";
    $styleid=$vbulletin->options['pda_skin'];
  }
  else if ($pda==1  && $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] == 27462)
  {
    $styleid=1;
    $vbulletin->options['styleid'] = $styleid;
  }
  else if ($ipod==1  && $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] != 27462)
  {
    //      echo "<!-- IPOD Device -->";
    $styleid=$vbulletin->options['ipod_skin'];
  }
  else if ($custom1==1  && $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] != 27462)
  {
    //      echo "<!-- CUSTOM1 Device -->";
    $styleid=$vbulletin->options['custom1_skin'];
  }

And it works great! Thanks, and I hope this helps someone else.

[chuanjer]

The mobile version of my forum was running smoothly till yesterday.

Lost connection to MySQL server during query

I seem to be getting a database timeout for the mobile site. Is this plugin known to have any database connection issues?

I'm running vB 3.6.8. I've tried viewing it from different phones but I get the same error.

[dartho]

this plugin has no database activity of its own

[todomaquinas]

Version 4.2.0 Tested on level 3 and it works perfectly.

Congratulations on this simple and useful Mod

A greeting.