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.

[dartho]

Originally Posted by djawir

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

"post_thanks" That's nothing to do with this style.

[dawges]

Thanks so much! My users have been really wanting a better style for modern phones. Installed and works great!

[BadgerDog]

Hi ..

I'm trying to move from the OLD 1.0.3 style to this new one ...

I downloaded the ZIP file and unzipped it....

The last step in the install instructions says:

Upload contents of "Forum" folder to your forum root.

I see no folder in my unzipped v1.01 that is called "Forum"?

I don't want to overwrite the OLD 1.0.3 currently working version with this new version and screw it up, without really understanding how to install this new version first.

Thanks for any help ..

Regards,
Badger

[dartho]

Sorry BadgerDog, I corrected instructions to read:
Upload contents of the zip file (exluding the XML file) folder to your forum root.

[edit: The only thing you need to take care with is if you have both "Mobile Style Options", and "Lightweight Style Options" They can work together, but it would need to be tweaked a little (simply disabling one plugin would do it).]

[asj]

Excellent
Thank you very much

[Mopar Rob]

Originally Posted by Fungsten

Make sure you put in the PC style ID in the XXX. ALSO! Make sure all of this is highlighted:



and not just the first line when you replace the code. BTW there are TWO lines in the template and not one.

Thanks Man!!! Everything is working, just need to figure out how to access the new options xml that I merged.

[LuisManson]

im having a hardtime getting the CSS work :S
i see:

body { color: ; background:; margin: 0px; font-size

..

maybe its the short tag thing...
i also dont see right <?=$varname is there any trick there?

[LuisManson]

got it, short tag should be on, but this is only for backward compatibility with php4 or 3 but this is almost deprecated

[dartho]

Thanks Luis, I've added an alternative CSS to the 2nd post on this thread which you can use instead.

[Kaitou Ace]

Great style!
If I could have a request, I'd love to see support for the vb Blog module.