Forum Style - Lightweight Style for Small Screen Devices (cell phone, iphone, mobile, android)

A lightweight *forum only style aimed at small screen devices such as Windows Smartphones, Nokias and even iPhones. It has VERY low bandwidth requirements - 15 times less on my site - 20K as opposed to 300K for forumhome.

*forum only - I have done a very small amount of rough work on CMS templates, a simple single column CMS *could* be created to work with this style without too much effort. However I am not sure if you can have a different CMS layout dependent on which style you are using?

This is an update to the mobile style I have previously released.

The changes are predominantly aesthetic to take advantage of larger screens.

It is also much easier to change colour schemes by editing the commented CSS file.

Demo: http://vbdev.org/forum.php?styleid=7

This is a a lightweight style and as such has much reduced functionality/information over the default vBulletin style.

Install instructions:

• Firstly, if upgrading, I recommend installing this as a new style rather than overwriting your previous install. This way you get to test it first without trashing your existing style.
• BACKUP YOUR EXISTING lightweight.css.php FILE IF YOU HAVE CSS CUSTOMISATIONS
• Download ZIP file
• Unzip to a local/temp directory
• Edit lightweight.css.php file to customise colours if required
• Upload contents of the upload directory in the zip file folder to your forum root.
• Install style XML via Style Manager in your ADMINCP
• **Install and configure "LightWeight Style Options"
• See post 2 for a FAQ
• Click "Mark as Installed"
• Test it out
• Leave a rating
• Leave feedback
• Enjoy checking your site from your mobile phone without the need to pinch/zoom/wait etc...

Version Control:

1.0.0 - 25 AUG 2010 - Initial Release on vBulletin.org
1.0.1 - 26 AUG 2010 - Fixed "Mark All Forums Read" link in Search results. Released Lightweight Style Options to customise this
1.0.2 - 21 MAR 2011 - Updated to 4.1.2, removed short tags from CSS, fixed some issues discovered since last release, added some stuff.
1.0.3 - 16 DEC 2011 - Updated to 1.0.3, tried to fix all known issues. Nothing new. If you have updated your site as bugs have been found, probably no need to upgrade. But if you're upgrading your site from to 4.1.9, might be worthwhile.
1.0.3a - 16 DEC 2011 - remove test ad hook code accidently left in postbit_legacy template

Branding Free:

The style is free to use. However I ask that you keep links in the footer. If you want to remove them - send me a donation of an amount you can afford, or that you think is fair/reasonable, it's up to you how much.

[nike.stars]

sorry, a bit correction, the problem above is also happen if the forum is switched ON.

what i mean works fine, if i access using standard styling, i can login as usual and then switch back to lightweight style and use it normally

however, if i try to login using lightweight style, i can't login properly, it keep throwing me back to home page, it seems like login isn't processed though

[dartho]

I can't reproduce this on my phone (WinMo 6.5 HTC) or any desktop browsers (safari, chrome, firefox, IE)

Anyone else?

[nike.stars]

hm, maybe because i assigned a subdomain m.domain.com to be redirect to style direct link?

because if i choose the lightweight style manually from main style, it is fine

[dartho]

Rather than redirect to a style link, try pointing m.domain.com to the same webspace as your primary domain and give https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=174381 a go (install the single domain version - the 2nd XML file) It says it's for 3.7, but it works for 4.0

[winners888]

Can the menu make it in such a way like Iphone where you touch the arrow and it will just slide to next page..?

[nike.stars]

i've give that plugin a try, but still i can't login properly if i login from m.domain.com

well actually, i'm already logged in, this is proved if i switch back to PC Mode, i'm already logged in. it seems the style cannot accept proper login if i login from subdomain

should i make a video to show it?

[dartho]

Ah - that's vBulletin doing what it is meant to do - I think you will need to add m.domain.com to your domain whitelist in settings in AdminCP

[slinky]

A couple of things - in the if/else statement in the navbar template, the forum home URL is hardcoded as forum.php. This caused me to have problems since I renamed it to index.php so I wouldn't have forum.php as my forum title - it hadn't been the case in the past. This may throw a couple of people as you set this variable in the navbar. Will also go to the mobile options page since I didn't get the "PC Mode" link to switch to the PC style to show up.

In addition, no link to site home via the graphic. I added that in, a simple URL most would expect instead of a wasted space for the logo.

[dartho]

The "PC Mode" link comes when you install and configure "Lightweight Style Options"

I'll have a look at the templates in regards to your other suggestions

[slinky]

Originally Posted by dartho

The "PC Mode" link comes when you install and configure "Lightweight Style Options"

I'll have a look at the templates in regards to your other suggestions

I just realized I was confused with the lightweight and mobile options - make sure you install the right one! Doh! Thanks.