Major Additions - iPhone / Android / webOS / WP7 / BlackBerry for vB - Tapatalk

** Over 23000 forums installed!!**


TipB 5 Stars Review: http://www.tipb.com/2010/09/28/tapat...ne-app-review/

YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWnkYF72nLE


What is Tapatalk?

Tapatalk is a vBulletin mod that allows your users to browse your forum using a native mobile application. Tapatalk supports iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, webOS and Windows Phone 7. It provides super-fast access to your forum and allows your members to participate more in your forum while on the go.

Why Tapatalk?

• Only one MOD installation to support all mobile devices including iPhone, Android, WebOS, Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry.
• Forum API - build your own app or server-side integration with well-documented Tapatalk API, enjoy quality forum app from third-party developers, beyond what Tapatalk internal team can offer.
• Well-tested. This MOD has been installed in over 23000 forums, including some of the very large forums with 2 million members with over 10,000 online users. This app is designed to scale
• Tapatalk allows you to put your sponsored banner into the app so you don't lose potential revenue **NEW**
• Analytics support - you get too see how many users are accessing your forum from the Tapatalk app

Installation Instruction:

Installation is easy. It does not change any of your forum settings or overwrite any
of your existing forum code and configuration. Simply follow the procedure below:

Step 1

Create yourself an account at http://www.tapatalk.com/plugin.php. Once you have logged in
to the website, you can download the largest version. If you are not sure you are
using the latest version. Download a new one from
http://www.tapatalk.com/download.php. You can follow the rest of the instruction
from tapatalk.com onward if you want. Otherwise read on:

Step 2

Upload the zip package at the root of your forum system.
Unzip the package. You should see a directory called "mobiquo" inside your forum
system root directory. For example, if your forum URL is http://www.mysite.com/forum,
it should be placed at http://www.mysite.com/forum/mobiquo/.


Step 3

Login to Administration Control Panel (admincp) in your server.
Choose "Style Manager" under "Styles and Templates".
Choose "Edit Template" in your current template.
Click "Edit" in your current template
Choose "headinclude" in the list, click "Edit"
At the bottom of the editor, insert the following line:
<script type="text/javascript" src="mobiquo/tapatalkdetect.js"></script>
Click "Save".


Step 4

Visit http://www.tapatalk.com/addforum.php to enter your forum URL and upload you forum
logo there. It will allow end-user to find his way to your forum using the Tapatalk
app.

Step 5

Visit http://www.tapatalk.com/manageforum.php to confirm the setup so you can select
whether you want to publish your site to the public listing or you want to set it up
so it is complete private to other end users.

Screenshots:

Showing New and Unread Thread with Avatar and Number of reply:


Facebook Integration: Gather more members from Facebook by letting users publish topics to their Facebook feed.


Images are thread are converted to thumbnail and allow full-screen viewing


Ability to see Who's Online and what they are doing:


Ability to search by topics and posts:


Ability to place banners within the app:


Ability to upload images directly from Android and iPhone!:


Ability to view how Tapatalk is used via our Analytics console

[yellowpeter]

We have started coding on Google Android, will look into Blackberry as soon as we have got enough bandwidth to take care.

[shayanbahal]

great stuff!
w8ing for apple approval!

[yellowpeter]

Thanks

[Fastbird]

I can help beta test the android app if you would like. Myself and my brother both have G1's. If you need help, we can surely offer any.

[akonze]

Originally Posted by yellowpeter

the iphone will be free to download, we plan to charge a fee to forum owner so their members can access it from iphone. we will announce detail information shortly.

Sorry, but LOL....

I am a forum owner. Last year some people asked me to integrate a mobile phone support for my board. I installed a mod, which detects mobile phone users and automatically sends them to a different style. Then I installed a a free mobile phone style. Done. Took me 10 minutes, costs me nothing. Everything works even albums, groups and of course posting!

Why in the world should I pay for your service?

However, good luck...

[arcadian_girl]

yeah, how dare he develop an app for us to give us more choice. and how dare he put a lot of work into it and so decide to charge people for it IF they, of their own free will, decide to buy it. what a ++++er, huh?

[coolgus]

Originally Posted by akonze

Sorry, but LOL....

I am a forum owner. Last year some people asked me to integrate a mobile phone support for my board. I installed a mod, which detects mobile phone users and automatically sends them to a different style. Then I installed a a free mobile phone style. Done. Took me 10 minutes, costs me nothing. Everything works even albums, groups and of course posting!

Why in the world should I pay for your service?

However, good luck...

LOL. It's clear that you don't have any idea about iphone and the app store. Try it before you post again here and you'll understand the benefits of a standalone application.

[yellowpeter]

We have released another round of update last night with new features include display of "Subscribed Topics" as a seperate tab, also added "quote" support and few others.



and of course create and reply posts that has been released since middle of last month :

[dklassen]

I have some concerns.

$80 per year for forum owners is pretty pricey especially since I may not have that many iPhone users compared to the majority of regular users. I love this mod but I'm not sure the % of iPhone users makes it worth $80 per year.

Most iPhone users I know purchase quite a few apps from the store so I thought this was going to be a purchased app at whatever price you set and all the forum owner had to do was install the mod.

If you want the forum owner to foot the bill I think a better model would be to pay a one time fee for the mod on the forum side and charge a couple bucks for the app on the member side. I'd be willing to do that. I own three fairly busy forums but I don't think I'll get much ROI for $240 per year.

I use my iPhone all the time on my sites and even do some admin stuff, it's really not that difficult to navigate and use the forum with the regular iPhone browser.

What's the up side for the forum owners here?

I may give it a try on one of my forums but I don't know guys. I'm pretty apprehensive with the price and the over all model they are using.

[rapidphim]

what is the appz name on App Store?