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.

[Hippy]

@snakes
under Style & Language Settings
your Default Style is set to ?
Default Style for Old Mobile Browsers is set to ? should be none
Default Style for Modern Mobile Browsers is set to ?

in your Forums & Moderators > forum manager >Style Options is set to ?
these may affect the style and over ride things..

[CappingTheGame]

dart,

Any update on adding thread author or how to do it? Would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[dartho]

Originally Posted by CappingTheGame

dart,

Any update on adding thread author or how to do it? Would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Edit threadbit template, search for

<div class="windowbg">
{vb:rawphrase last} {vb:rawphrase post}: {vb:raw thread.lastposter}, {vb:raw thread.lastpostdate}
<vb:if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">{vb:raw thread.lastposttime}</vb:if>

</div>

and replace with

<div class="windowbg">
<vb:if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">
							{vb:rawphrase started_by_x_y_z_a, {vb:link member, {vb:raw thread}, null, 'postuserid', 'postusername'}, {vb:raw thread.postusername}, {vb:raw thread.startdate}, {vb:raw thread.starttime}, {vb:stylevar dirmark}}
						<vb:else />
							{vb:rawphrase started_by_x_y_z, {vb:link member, {vb:raw thread}, null, 'postuserid', 'postusername'}, {vb:raw thread.postusername}, {vb:raw thread.startdate}, {vb:stylevar dirmark}}
						</vb:if>
</div>
<div class="windowbg">
{vb:rawphrase last} {vb:rawphrase post}: {vb:raw thread.lastposter}, {vb:raw thread.lastpostdate}
<vb:if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">{vb:raw thread.lastposttime}</vb:if>

</div>

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by dartho

Edit threadbit template, search for

<div class="windowbg">
{vb:rawphrase last} {vb:rawphrase post}: {vb:raw thread.lastposter}, {vb:raw thread.lastpostdate}
<vb:if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">{vb:raw thread.lastposttime}</vb:if>

</div>

and replace with

<div class="windowbg">
<vb:if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">
							{vb:rawphrase started_by_x_y_z_a, {vb:link member, {vb:raw thread}, null, 'postuserid', 'postusername'}, {vb:raw thread.postusername}, {vb:raw thread.startdate}, {vb:raw thread.starttime}, {vb:stylevar dirmark}}
						<vb:else />
							{vb:rawphrase started_by_x_y_z, {vb:link member, {vb:raw thread}, null, 'postuserid', 'postusername'}, {vb:raw thread.postusername}, {vb:raw thread.startdate}, {vb:stylevar dirmark}}
						</vb:if>
</div>
<div class="windowbg">
{vb:rawphrase last} {vb:rawphrase post}: {vb:raw thread.lastposter}, {vb:raw thread.lastpostdate}
<vb:if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">{vb:raw thread.lastposttime}</vb:if>

</div>

thanks dartho
I tried the code above I am not sure what I did but I ended up editing it to this
look bettter to me any way..

<div class="windowbg">
<vb:if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">
 {vb:rawphrase started_by_x_y_z_a, {vb:link member, {vb:raw thread}, null, 'postuserid', 'postusername'}, {vb:raw thread.postusername}, {vb:raw thread.startdate}, {vb:raw thread.starttime}, {vb:stylevar dirmark}}
<vb:else />
{vb:rawphrase started_by_x_y_z, {vb:link member, {vb:raw thread}, null, 'postuserid', 'postusername'}, {vb:raw thread.postusername}, {vb:raw thread.startdate}, {vb:stylevar dirmark}}
</vb:if><br />
{vb:rawphrase last} {vb:rawphrase post}: {vb:raw thread.lastposter}, {vb:raw thread.lastpostdate}
<vb:if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">{vb:raw thread.lastposttime}</vb:if>
 
</div>

[CappingTheGame]

Works great...thanks man.

[CappingTheGame]

Real quick, how do I add it to the "New Posts" section also. Right now the thread author is only showing up within each respective forum. If you click New Posts, it still just shows latest poster...

[Hippy]

search_threadbit template do the same thing

[CappingTheGame]

Sorry, could you elaborate? I get doing the same thing, but I already replaced it in the threadbit area. Where do I replace it now?

Thx in advance.

[CappingTheGame]

Nevermind, think I got it. Thanks.

[Hippy]

search_threadbit template
search for

<div class="windowbg">
{vb:rawphrase last} {vb:rawphrase post}: {vb:raw thread.lastposter}, {vb:raw thread.lastpostdate}
<vb:if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">{vb:raw thread.lastposttime}</vb:if>
</div>

and replace it with

<div class="windowbg">
<vb:if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">								
		</vb:if>
{vb:rawphrase started_by_x_y_z_a, {vb:link member, {vb:raw thread}, null, 'postuserid', 'postusername'}, {vb:raw thread.postusername}, {vb:raw thread.startdate}, {vb:raw thread.starttime}, {vb:stylevar dirmark}}<br />
{vb:rawphrase last} {vb:rawphrase post}: {vb:raw thread.lastposter}, {vb:raw thread.lastpostdate}

</div>