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.

[letipro]

update for 4.2.0 PLS

[charlesr]

What else is broken apart from what I mentioned above? All the rest seems to be working for me? I'm continuing to leave it for users on 4.2 and I know people are using it.

[thenamesgould]

Originally Posted by charlesr

What else is broken apart from what I mentioned above? All the rest seems to be working for me? I'm continuing to leave it for users on 4.2 and I know people are using it.

I use this daily on my own forum, and hadn't even noticed that ... and I haven't had any complaints. Definitely not getting rid of it just because of that!

I'm just hoping that when vb5 rolls around, there will be a version of this for that!!!

[The Rocketeer]

Originally Posted by djbaxter

But I don't want to disallow users from using the vBulletin mobile version. I just want to add the option for mobile users to select this one.

I have the Suite. Now the CMS doesn't get a lot of use and blogs are currently disabled so the forum is the main focus, but this style, unlike the vBulletin mobile style, doesn't provide for anything but the forum.

Suggestions?

in the same boat, need some help with the second question..

[The Rocketeer]

This issue is said to be once again present in 4.2 after the patch

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

Originally Posted by dartho

If you wish to make this change manually, edit init.php and
search for:

elseif ($mobile_browser_advanced && $vbulletin->options['mobilestyleid_advanced'] && !$vbulletin->GPC[COOKIE_PREFIX . 'skipmobilestyle'])

and replace with

elseif ($mobile_browser_advanced AND $vbulletin->options['mobilestyleid_advanced'] AND !$vbulletin->GPC[COOKIE_PREFIX . 'skipmobilestyle'] AND !$vbulletin->GPC[COOKIE_PREFIX . 'userstyleid'])

and search for

elseif ($mobile_browser && $vbulletin->options['mobilestyleid_basic'] && !$vbulletin->GPC[COOKIE_PREFIX . 'skipmobilestyle'])

and replace with

elseif ($mobile_browser AND $vbulletin->options['mobilestyleid_basic'] AND !$vbulletin->GPC[COOKIE_PREFIX . 'skipmobilestyle'] AND !$vbulletin->GPC[COOKIE_PREFIX . 'userstyleid'])

above fix is not working, code not found inside init.php

[charlesr]

Originally Posted by The Rocketeer

in the same boat, need some help with the second question..

I lock the CMS to the site style (pencil on homepage) - it's useable on modern phones.
The vbulletin mobile one seems tremendously slow on my nokia 5800 (older symbian touchscreen), so I don't force it on users. I have this one set as the default for older mobiles and leave the option for modern phones as "none".

[deverill2010]

I have this style on my CMS its not perfect but it gets the basics done for simple browsing on phones.

http://www.midwiferyonline.co.uk/forum.php?styleid=8. I don't have a 'home' link as I haven't got around to editing that in. So once clicked on the above link, add index.php after .co.uk/

[The Rocketeer]

also I am unable to select the any other style, it only lets me select the default mobile style or none? look at this pic

[Gripi]

hi..

i saw that every member that reply post from this mobile style, the signature option automaticly OFF, how to make the "Show Signature" always ON when reply a thread.

thanks

[Danny M]

Hey,

I've installed this style, but how do I make it display for users who visit my forum on their mobile.

I looked in the "Style and Language" settings, but the only style that gets listed in the dropdown box is "Default Mobile Style" and not "Lightweight"

Anyone know how I can fix this?

Thanks