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

[PixelFx]

I've got the update installed works great thank you

[yellowpeter]

You are welcome Rob!

[yellowpeter]

Just an update (or not much update really..)

The app is still stuck at the queue within Apple, as discussed in this forum: http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/ip...thread-56.html

And Apple was upset of seeing some of the forums with Jail-breaking discussion and rejected. We are working on a new feature that allows forum owner to selectively hide the sub-forums that may "violate" Apple law.

It looks like we are on a whole new territory of a social networking app that confuses Apple

Again, if you want to join and get a copy of the app please let us know and we are happy to provide it to you for free.

[PixelFx]

wow what sucks, you think the forums would know better, than to post jail break stuff, although thats a 3rd party network, since joining your program is free, to get a forum listed, you should be punished if a site happens to discuss topics like that.

[yellowpeter]

Hi PixelFx,

We have no authority to "punish" anyone and in good faith we want to make everyone aware of this "limitation" - what we are doing now to provide more flexibility for forum owner to hide specific sub-forums from Tapatalk.

But I am surprised the level of detail Apple staff looked into. wow.

[N-0p3rz]

lol good luck getting approved..

Apple are pricks when it comes to moderation.

[yellowpeter]

It should be okay as we had received approval earlier - just that the version is way too old so we need to replace with a better one.

[yellowpeter]

Hi all,

While still no update from Apple (probably because of the OS 3.0 launch that casues the delay). Here are some update from development perpective:

Subscription Management is added and completed. You will be able to delete your subscription (only "Topic" type of subscription is supported in the mean time)



And now you will be able to subscribe to any topic you want to follow:



Also notice the little "red badge"? Yes we are also getting close to finish off the Private Messaging.

[trancetopia]

omg, I just stumbled across this and I was ready to start dev of an iphone vb client myself in the next couple of weeks..... well maybe not now I can see you've put lots of effort into this, well done for it's execution and I for one will be a customer of yours.

Now apple... get a move on!! I've seen old age pensioners in concrete boots move quicker that you!! You're keeping the world waiting.... again!!

[vbreal]

oh man i cant wait for private messaging to be completed!!!!

i am enjoying the app as is, this will just make the app experience even better.

great work guys