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.

[whites]

Originally Posted by dartho

You already have basic mod tools such as edit / manage / move threads. Click on the "Edit" button next to the thread name, and then you'll see a "Move this Thread" button down the bottom

Ah, very cool. I missed that I guess. Thanks!

[Wilfred1]

Doesn't seem to be working for me as the css is not right nor are the forums shown as links:
Attachment 121599

[dartho]

I am guesing PHP does not have short tags enabled - see post 2 for an alternative CSS file to download https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....87&postcount=2

[Wilfred1]

Thanks Dartho, but that didn't work...still seeing just a list of forums in text but not links...everything else seems to work ok though

[dartho]

I've had a check of your site, and something is editing or has edited the templates on your forum home. The CSS is right, but the space has been removed from the div containers. eg: <div class="titlebg"> has become <divclass="titlebg">

I am guessing you have an addon which changes forumhome which is doing something here

[Wilfred1]

Now that is strange...could it be VBSEO or Sorky's subforum list (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233084)? The style was added without any parent style - I assume that is correct? The templates are correct so it is somewhere between calling the templates up and the screen

[dartho]

Dunno - I'd try disabling them briefly to see what happens

[sbsforum.us]

Great style. Thank you!

[jpwilliams]

Originally Posted by benstillman

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:

{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.

I want the lightweight style to go to my forums by default instead of my CMS. I can't find the "adv_portal" template this user said he changed. Is there another way to get the lightweight style to default to the forum instead of CMS?

Edit: Just noticed he was using VBAdvanced CPMS.

Is there a way to get the lightweight style to default to the forums instead of the default CMS that comes with vbulletin I guess is the appropriate question.

[Wilfred1]

Originally Posted by dartho

Dunno - I'd try disabling them briefly to see what happens

I think I have found the issue...it seems this mod may not work with vBAdvanced CMPS when you have your forums page integrated