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

[Spaz21]

any word yet on when this is going to hit the app store??? I cant wait! LOL

[yellowpeter]

Originally Posted by Spaz21

any word yet on when this is going to hit the app store??? I cant wait! LOL

Anytime from now ;-) Will keep everyone posted when it is there. Again if you are interested to get your hand on the ad-hoc built you can request one at the Tapatalk Forum

[Spaz21]

my pants are getting tight waiting for this thing to be released on the app store! LOL

[sflmkv]

Originally Posted by Spaz21

my pants are getting tight waiting for this thing to be released on the app store! LOL

LOL I check the app store every day.

[vbreal]

im checking every day even though i know it will probably be 2 weeks minimum before its out. i can't wait to have my iphone users add this. haha

[yellowpeter]

We under-estimated the time it takes to get the app on itunes, lengthly approval process. We really hope it gets out the door really soon.

Meanwhile we have started the Private Message function where forum members can check their latest PM as easy as checking emails on their iphone.

[meissenation]

that's awesome. I like the SMS mod that was created which sends us an e-mail about the PM but we can't reply unless we browse to the page. I've been subscribed and run here every time I get an e-mail that the thread has a new reply.

[movslow]

Originally Posted by yellowpeter

We under-estimated the time it takes to get the app on itunes, lengthly approval process. We really hope it gets out the door really soon.

Meanwhile we have started the Private Message function where forum members can check their latest PM as easy as checking emails on their iphone.

I don't understand that. I know other apps and developers that say the turn around is a week or so.

We have been waiting months now..??

[yellowpeter]

We are as frustrated as you. The app approval is about 7-12 days but to get the contract approved (for the first time) it takes 2-3 months and I heard the worst is 4 months.

Here is one example:
http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/bu...-how-long.html

We are looking into other venue to speed this up but it won't appear in next week or two.

Meanwhile we are taking this time to add features we think is important.

For those guy can't really wait I suggest you check out http://www.tapatalk.com/ to get a sense of the service and how this works. If you are really interested you can go ahead to subscribe this and/or request an ad-hoc version from there.

[abrecher]

Originally Posted by yellowpeter

We are as frustrated as you. The app approval is about 7-12 days but to get the contract approved (for the first time) it takes 2-3 months and I heard the worst is 4 months.

Here is one example:
http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/bu...-how-long.html

We are looking into other venue to speed this up but it won't appear in next week or two.

Meanwhile we are taking this time to add features we think is important.

For those guy can't really wait I suggest you check out http://www.tapatalk.com/ to get a sense of the service and how this works. If you are really interested you can go ahead to subscribe this and/or request an ad-hoc version from there.

How about coding Blackberry sister product in the interim ?