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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.

omanmoon.net · #32 08-26-2010, 01:37 PM

any way thanks man for your good work
i will try with it

benstillman · #33 08-26-2010, 02:51 PM

Stupid question:

I use vBadvanced CMPS. Obviously, with the mobile style, it looks horrible. Would there be an easy way to hide the CMPS from users using this mobile style? I'm thinking some line in the index.php file to say if style=XXX then http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=forums.php. Anybody do anything like this?

benstillman · #34 08-26-2010, 03:04 PM

Think I answered my own question, at least one way of doing it.

Edit adv_portal template for the new mobile style. Replace all of it with:

Code:

{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}
<html dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
</head>

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=forum.php">

</html>

Works great.

djawir · #35 08-26-2010, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dartho

I test primarily under IE, FF, Windows Mobile 6.5 (PocketIE), Opera Mini, Opera for Mobile, Chrome, Safari and have just loaded up an Android emulator and an iPhone emulator. I'm trying to find an emulator I can use for Nokia phones to test this further ...

Are you able to update firmware / browser software?

ya this style work perfect under mobile browser emulator already test it on opera mini emulator, but under opera mini in real phone (nokia E71 firmware 410.21.010) its still overlap right border. ill try test using diferent phone browser and report here.

can u change up button to breadcum navigation? many user in my forum confused about it

and page link for first & last page.

my last request is integrated post thanks button

thanks

Coume · #36 08-26-2010, 07:32 PM

Firstly, let me thank you for this style Dartho as I will be using it once I upgrade to vb4 this week-end.

Some issue, I experienced on your test board vbdev.org using a HTC Desire.

- I am able to register but there is no CSS loaded, it is pure text without anything style/color/formatting.
- The page get loaded first and then, it gets formatted. Shouldn't the CSS be loaded first before the data, so the user see straight away a perfectly rendered page?
- I am able to post a new thread but I am unable to reply to my own thread nor to any other ones.
- It is great to be able to report posts but I believe that the button should be located somewhere else. Because it is currently just next to the reply one so it could easily be hit by mistake. I would suggest to either locate it on the right side, while leaving the reply one on the left. Or another option could be to had the report post button, in the after the message date

One thing that I cannot test right now as I still run 3.8, is it possible to perform admin/mod tasks (i.e.: delete as spam, etc.)

Thanks
Ludo

dartho · #37 08-26-2010, 09:45 PM

Hi Coume,

I'll make the leap to vb4 on my main site one of these days - just haven;t been brave enough yet

1. I haven't actually adpated the registration templates yet - what you saw was the default vBulletin template with the vbulletin CSS stipped out.

2. This is normal behaviour
3. What happens when you try? Did you make sure your test replies were over 10 characters?
4. I'll have a look

There are minimal mod tasks available - deleting/editing posts and threads and issuing infractions are about it

lilquit · #38 08-27-2010, 03:29 AM

is this iphone version out now?
http://vbdev.org/forum.php?styleid=4

Coume · #39 08-27-2010, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dartho

I'll make the leap to vb4 on my main site one of these days - just haven;t been brave enough yet

Quote:

1. I haven't actually adpated the registration templates yet - what you saw was the default vBulletin template with the vbulletin CSS stipped out.

2. This is normal behaviour

Quote:

3. What happens when you try? Did you make sure your test replies were over 10 characters?

Erm, so it was my fault as they were less than 10 chars. I just tried a 10 char+ one and it worked. Apologize about the false alert.
I would have never guessed it was due to being less than 10 chars as it kept looping to the reply form but no error message is getting displayed to let you know why it is looping (i.e.: less than 10 chars.)

Quote:

4. I'll have a look

Thanks

Quote:

There are minimal mod tasks available - deleting/editing posts and threads and issuing infractions are about it

If I may put a request/suggestion through, I would love to see the "Delete as spam" functionality added because it is unfortunately, the one that my mods and I use the more often. Our posters are very good respecting forum rules but once in a while, you get these spam outburst and when you are unable to access a computer, the only way to stop it ASAP is using my mobile.

Cheers,
Ludo
P.S.: The CMS support seems to be moving on nicely

dartho · #40 08-27-2010, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilquit

is this iphone version out now?
http://vbdev.org/forum.php?styleid=4

No - that's just me having a test. It's a looooong way from being usable

djawir · #41 08-27-2010, 11:10 AM

today found error on nokia 5530 browser

when open showthread page get error /clientscript/post_thanks.js line:27
error: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: vB_Default_Timeout

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.08363 seconds Memory Usage 2,365KB Queries Executed 26 (?)
More Information
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