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]

You can read post #2 for fixes also.

Re: the private messages issue - could it be that you have other unread message types? Maybe a visitor message or something ...

[Hippy]

thanks for the quick reply...
no nothing shows in the normal style.. I checked it all
made a new use with no messages and same...

* I found the Arrays PM fix.. but will check out post #2 to make sure I got it all..

thanks again

[Hippy]

that would of made my life easy if I see post #2 first.

anyway search is your friend..

I did notice this no longer works..

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...31#post2264831

even if WGO is set to members only it will not show even anyone not even guests ..

[muratcan25]

Thank You !

[dartho]

Originally Posted by Hippy

that would of made my life easy if I see post #2 first.

anyway search is your friend..

I did notice this no longer works..

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...31#post2264831

even if WGO is set to members only it will not show even anyone not even guests ..

that fix was only for those that use the lightweight style options addon. otherwise you did not need to make that edit anf WGO should show by default

[Hippy]

I noticed on the verizon browser there is either one of these I can't remember now
???? before each name.. in current active users

any idea?

I think it was this one if it makes a difference
? or maybe even this one I can't see it good lol..?

also noticed the refresh this page link when viewing who's online.. takes you back to the forum index.. instead on what it intended to do.
the refresh issue can be viewed when you are on this style using your desktop using IE9 or ff
thanks for your quick support with this style..
Regards

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by ZeroHour

Not sure if it has been mentioned but you should add the show signature code in the showthread template as most would probably want it on/enabled rather then off.

		<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo['signature']">
					<input type="hidden" name="signature" value="1"/>
		</vb:if>

Also I personally replaced vbcms_page with:

{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"<vb:if condition="$vboptions['enablefacebookconnect']"> xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"</vb:if> dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
	{vb:raw headinclude}
	<title>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</title>
	{vb:raw headinclude_bottom}

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
window.location = "/forums/"
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>

{vb:raw header}

{vb:raw navbar}

<div id="pagetitle" class="pagetitle ui-bar-b">
	<h1 class="pagetitle">{vb:rawphrase vbulletin_message}</h1>
</div>

<div data-role="content">	
	<div class="ui-body ui-body-e">{vb:rawphrase content_not_supported_by_mobile_style, {vb:link forumhome}}</div>
</div>

{vb:raw footer}

</body>
</html>

It redirects the users to /forums/ which is where my forums are.

EDIT: Another thought too, I would add "Top" links to the bottoms of pages as it can be useful in some scenarios.

the show sig is still not working with that added
any idea?
I don't care much if it don't show on the light style / Mobile but if posted from your phone and the viewing it on your rig with the normal style it's not showing


thanks

[DeanoUK]

Any chance of a 4.1.8 update? Pretty please!

[dartho]

Originally Posted by Hippy

the show sig is still not working with that added
any idea?
I don't care much if it don't show on the light style / Mobile but if posted from your phone and the viewing it on your rig with the normal style it's not showing
thanks

If you made that change, it should work - does on my test site. Not sure why you get strange characters in who's online - could you link me?

[dartho]

New version released which should have all fixes to the issues as listed in this thread over recent months.

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