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]

No idea - If you give me admin access to your forum, I can have a look.

[yanref]

Originally Posted by dartho

No idea - If you give me admin access to your forum, I can have a look.

ok, pm sent.

thanks for the help.

[EgyKit]

Unfortunately this won't work with vBulletin versions higher than 4.1.8, waiting for your update.

Thanks.

Edit: sorry, forgot to upload the css php file after I installed the style, now it's working fine..

[bremereric]

This mod is awesome. I did the stupid thing and forgot to upload a couple of files to my forum root but it has been working great with my Blackberry viewing my Forum. Great product and many thanks to Dartho.

[yanref]

Originally Posted by dartho

No idea - If you give me admin access to your forum, I can have a look.

thanks mate.

all working now, and very good it is too.

very impressed with the way you have helped out, so many would not!:up:

[nocte]

We have a big forum with several areas like arcade or glossry. when this areas are accessed with this style, the style is messed up. Is it possible that this style only shows up, when the users surfs in areas this style is made for?

[The Rocketeer]

can anybody tell me if there has been any changes made to this when upgrading to vb 4.1.10? I had it working very well in vb 4.1.8, do I need to uninstall and reinstall the theme or add any certain codes to make it work or something?

[Ozymandyus]

Originally Posted by The Rocketeer

can anybody tell me if there has been any changes made to this when upgrading to vb 4.1.10? I had it working very well in vb 4.1.8, do I need to uninstall and reinstall the theme or add any certain codes to make it work or something?

I typically have to reinstall between versions, but it's not that big of a deal. Just be sure to make a note of any customizations you've made first, then re-import the style allowing it to over-write what's there. Re-apply your customizations and you're done. Total time is usually under five minutes for me.

[MxRE]

I really like the look of this.. am about to download it

[snakes1100]

Vbulletin has released the Jira fix for the style issue, this bug was discovered in 4.1.8, mobile users will be directed back to the default style.

http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-13851