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/

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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]

Originally Posted by rootsxrocks

Seriously I am finding the really annoying as hell and I want to eliminate it from my users post, I can see a promo on a limited edition but after they pay for it they should not have to advertise what device and browser they are using, I restrict members from seeing each others IPs and user agents, and I don't think it is anyones business what they are using to log on with. at least change it to a discreet graphic .

Hello,

This is the signature user inserted. The default is OFF so the user has explicitly turned it on - Also the signature is customizable so it's really up to the user what they choose...

We can, however, add an extra warning? Or perhaps control it from serverside??

[rootsxrocks]

Originally Posted by yellowpeter

Hello,

This is the signature user inserted. The default is OFF so the user has explicitly turned it on - Also the signature is customizable so it's really up to the user what they choose...

We can, however, add an extra warning? Or perhaps control it from serverside??

Ahhh OK My bad I don't have access to an I-phone If my member is choosing to promo it thats a whole different thing, she is very happy thus far with it, and was especially pleased today that she could view a video in a post.

I will ask her if she knows it is an Option

[gazzak]

Just to make sure every forum Admin is very clear on this, none of your users will be able to make posts unless they buy the full blown version. The free read only version allows them to read only, (fairly obvious). My own forum users absolutely hated the fact that this app advertised itself when they logged in, and that to use it properly would cost them money. Now completley uninstalled.

[BirdOPrey5]

You could disable the "advertising itself" by not using the javascript code in your footer. As for my users having to pay ~$3 for an app that lets them see thousands of forums I have hard time feeling bad for them after they probably spent $500 on an iPhone or Android + $30+ a month on a data plan and god knows what on actual phone minutes... Someone has to pay for this app after all... If you want you can buy a branded version for your site and give it away free to your users- but it's an expensive investment.

So you can pay for your users or they can pay themselves- no one was going to make an app this big for free- hell it costs hundreds of dollars just to list an app in apple and google's stores to begin with.

[rootsxrocks]

Not really excited about promoting a app that leads my members off to "thousands of forums"

[BirdOPrey5]

If they have a web browser they can access millions of forums right now... a mobile app that limits it to 8000 or so isn't all that bad...

[rootsxrocks]

Dadgumit, I feel kinda stupid for doing it but when I updated I downloaded the file from this topic and messed up my install, I have found my error ad fixed it, but perhaps this post should be modified to reflect the need to go to the tat website for the latest version. or upload it here.

[BirdOPrey5]

My biggest gripe with Tapatalk right now is the option in settings to allow users to turn off the banner ads... I mean, really- you tell us we can put in a basic banner ad, but then you let users just turn it off anyway? I guess that's the trade-off being the users buying your app are your "customers" not the forum owners... but it still beats having to pay hundreds of dollars or more for the vBulletin app that isn't even released yet.

[rootsxrocks]

Yeah thats not nice Tapatalk, I really want control of what content is shown from my site.

[ZGeek]

I just uninstalled. I don't see the point of this app anymore. Especially when we make them money and get nothing back from it.