Add-On Releases - Mobile Device Style Assignment

This is my first released hack, be nice.

This hack will detect when a mobile device connects to your site and allow you to override the default style/skin with one you specify.

Just install the product-file and set which style is your mobile device style via the AdminCP. Has been tested with several 3.6.x versions up to 3.6.8

I am also releasing a skin I wrote (it is based on vbmechanics Alabama skin, so updated or modified would be a more accurate description) for my own needs - it could probably be tidied up a lot more, but it works for me - take it as it is, I may offer limited support for this skin if I get time (no promises), and feel free to offer suggestions. Mobi - My super light skin is probably the one to go for, it has much greater functionailty.

=Install Instructions=
Go to Plugin System, Manage Products in your AdminCP and click Add/Import Product link at the end of the page
Browse for the product-mobile_enabled36-x.x.x.xml product file and click 'import'
Refresh your admincp page and in VBulletin Options, select the settings for 'Mobile Device Detection'
Change the styleid of your mobile skin in "Mobile Device Style" to the StyleID number of your mobile device skin
Change the styleid of your PDA skin in "PDA Device Style" to the StyleID number of your PDA device skin
Your mobile/pda skin must be user selectable (although you can disbale the ability for users to change styles in vBulletin Options)
Thats it!

=Upgrade Instructions=
Go to Plugin System, Manage Products in your AdminCP and click Add/Import Product link at the end of the page
Browse for the product-mobile_enabled36-x.x.x.xml product file
Choose to overwrite
Click 'import'
Re-configure Styleid of mobile/pda skin if required

VERSION 1.0.7a
Based on initial release - supports assigning one alternative style to ALL detected mobile devices

VERSION 2.1.2
Now allows the addition of exceptions and also specifying a skin for Pocket PCs (Windows CE devices) and a skin for all otehr detected mobile devices.
I've also released a very light skin HERE which is great for cell/Mobile phones

LAST UPDATE 22-October 2007
VERSION 2.1.3 - removed, small bug
VERSION 2.1.3a

• Added ability to assign different styles to IPods/iPhones (In addiotn to Windows CE devices and other detected mobile devices
• Added ability to assign specific style to a user defined device (based on user agent string).
  
  You will need to know the useragent string, or a unique fragment of the user agent string to do this. One exmple of how this can be used would be to assign a specific style to say Firefox users, perhaps a different style for Blackberry users, or you could assign a specific style to search engines (beware when doing this - google apprently doesn't like people displying different content to search engines)
  

To upgrade, simply overwrite product - your existing settings should be preserved.

I've left the previous version available for download - to get the new version, download and install the attached XML

**BACKUP YOUR DB BEFORE INSTALLING**

Other Mobile / Lite Skins:

Mobile - My super light skin
iPhone / iPod Touch Optimised Style
Alabama
VBLite
WAP Plugin - this is a similar product and skin which I didn't find till after I'd made this one - it seems to be more directed at WAP devices as opposed to all Mobile Devices, and appears to no longer be supported, but worth having a look at.


Remember to click install and give a rating :up:

keywords: Mobile, PDA, Autodetect, Autoselect, WAP, Skin, portal, cell, phone, iphone

3.7 Version Here

[MotoUp]

Originally Posted by dartho

@Motoup, thanks for the extra feedback - those issues should be reasoably easy to fix - the log in and quick reply options were only added in that last version. I'll have a go at that this evening and get a new version to you to test before posting up here again.

I can't wait! I'll keep an eye out for the update and let you know how it goes.

[fly]

Hmmm, the detection seemed to fail on my Tmobile Dash (its WM6)

edit: I found this: http://blogs.msdn.com/iemobile/archi...IE_Mobile.aspx

I tried adding "IEMobile" to the plugin, but the detection still didn't work. I also had someone test this out on a crackberry, and he was getting a mixture of this theme and the default theme.

[MotoUp]

I know of 3 Crackberry's including mine that see the style just fine...I wonder why you're getting a mix.

[gg_luna128]

A request:

I have a forum open to guests, and to stop Spammers, I use NoSpam! product. Your skin seems that doesn't support that product. Can you tell me where to change the skin to add support for that plugin?

[tekguru]

I think I sorted out the handle error with removing the WAP product I had installed. Two other issues / requests:

- When posting back (I think using quick reply) the guys are finding the posts all being added to one thead, and not the one being replied to.

- Will you be adding things like the forum and post dates to the search results in the mobile forums?

Oh and you may want to note in the last version posted it had the logo graphic with the incorrect extention on it and the archive also included a versino of the older XML file

[tekguru]

Still experiencing wirdness here with the theme. Some of us but not all are getting the handle error and posts are always going back to the same thread on fourm, if they actualy are registered.

[dartho]

OK - Yet another version

@tekguru - still can;t track down the error messages you are getting. If you are able to consistently reproduce, try disabling so plugins and see if you can track it down?

@gg_luna - there are some instructions in teh No Spam thread - integration.txt - try and follow these to add the no spam questions. Chances are that bots won;t see the mobile skin anyway.

@motoup - this will hopefully resolve all your issues

@flypaper - Mobile6 should get detected as it still uses "Windows CE" in it's useragent string, double check your settings with the hack and the styleid of your mobile skin.

Sorry for the wait, been busy - let me know how it all goes!

There are a few more status icon images and the old statusicons have been reduced in size so you should re-upload these too.

If this version works well, I'll bundle it with this hack

BTW - if you use this skin with vbAdvanced, I suggest you edit the "adv_portal_welcomeblock" template and remove all its contents so you don't have a double log in screen on your front page.

[tekguru]

Okay will install shortly and see how it goes.

- Further investigation shows the handler problem is not just native to this theme but applies to vBlite as well. However it looks like it only occurs with early WM6 versions of Pocket Internet Explorer - newer versions of PIE or Opera Mobile do not suffer the problem.

- With the prior version (and not VbLite) we get problems where posts show as posted via the theme but do not make it into the database, or if they do get through they end up in one specific thread.

So the first may be a vBulletin issue but the second is definitely this theme. Do you think the later may be addressed in the new version?

[dartho]

the quick replies all ending up in the same thread has be fixed...

[tekguru]

Great that is good news indeed.

Will feedback any further issues / reports from the team as I get them.