Lightweight Style for VB3.8.7 iPhone/Mobile/Cell/PDA

A few have asked for this, hope you like it.

As the title suggests, this is a lightweight style for vBulletin 3.8.7 (and probably most versions before that - A quick test showed it also working under vBulletin 3.7.7!)

It's lightweight (low bandwidth) and works well on most handheld / mobile devices. Some have been know to use it on their desktops and I personally use it for Google as a way of significantly reducing the bandwidth they use.

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Install Instructions
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• Backup
• Download and extract ZIP file locally
• Upload contents of forum folder to your forum root
• Go into your AdminCP->Style Manager->Download / Upload Styles
• In the "Import Style XML File" section browse to "lightweight-vbulletin-3.8.7-style.xml" (extracted form the zip file)
• If you are running a version of vbulletin other than 3.8.7, select Yes in "Ignore Style Version"
• Click the "Import" button.
• Edit the header template and change the 2nd line to reflect the Style ID of your default style and location of your home page (forum.php or index.php) and text for the anchor (Default Style).
  

  <a class="toplinks" href="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?<if condition="$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']">$_SERVER[QUERY_STRING]&amp;</if>styleid=1">Default Style</a>

• Return to vBulletin.org and click "Mark as Installed"
• Reply to this thread leaving feedback and a rating

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Release History
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18th May 2011 - 1.0.0 Initial Release
20th May 2011 - 1.0.1 Bug Fixes and enhancements

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Screen Shots
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Branding Free
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If you wish to remove the branding/copyright notice from the footer - send me a donation of an amount you can afford, or that you think is fair/reasonable, it's up to you how much. (can't get much fairer than that) You can do this by clicking the "Support Developer" link above (a few lines below the "Mark as Installed" link).

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Bugs fixes for next release
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Issue:
extra "> in template forumhome_forumbit_level2_nopost
Resolution:
Search for

<div class="windowbg">">

Replace with

<div class="windowbg">

Issue:
Inconsistencies in disaplying locked forums
Resolution:
See this post

Thanks.

[jskoh]

hi, how to change the colour of the category strip? i try Changing it but it doesnt work.

[dartho]

Edit the CSS file

[Clutch]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

AdminCP>Styles and Templates>Style Manager. Then uncheck the box for this style and click "Save display Order."

This will keep the style from being selectable by users but the automatic detection script will still be able to use it.

This does not seem to work for me. The script (style_fetch hook on plugin) will only set the style if it's an active style. I'm looking for a workaround now.

I know it's been a few months, but I'm just now getting back to implementing this after a lot of customization. Thanks dartho.

[dartho]

You can choose not to allow users to change styles in vBulletin settings, should word then (this is how I use it)

[mastersat]

Will try it
thank you

[infnity8x3]

I want to try this style out so bad but its conflicting with mods. Mostly cyb_chatbox, cyb_paypall_donate, and the mod that adds little icons to your userCP.

I wish there was a proper way to just disable all the hacks for a specific style. Would make this so easy.

As of now I read an article posted here that says if the hack has an on off switch the it can be controlled with some style fetch template but the userCP icon thingy has no one off switch.

[BirdOPrey5]

Pretty much any mod can be disabled for a specific style or styles if you edit the plugins for the mod. You can't go wrong editing every single plugin for a mod but sometimes you don't need to edit every single one...

Basically you need to wrap all of the plugin in this code:

PHP Code:

if (!in_array($vbulletin->userinfo['styleid'], array(2,3,4)))
{
 
  //All Original Code Here
 
} 


Where 2, 3, and 4 are the styleids you want to disable the mod in. You can add ore remove as many as you want, just separate each with a comma. If there's only 1 you don't need the comma.

Only thing to look out for, if in the plugin there is the line:

global $vbulletin;

Then you have to put that line above the conditional, like so:

PHP Code:

global $vbulletin;

if (!in_array($vbulletin->userinfo['styleid'], array(2,3,4)))
{
 
  //All Original Code Here
 
} 


[cstreater]

Great style! However, I don't see a report post button or any moderator functionality. Did I do something correct during the install? It seems like I did everything the instructions said to.

[infnity8x3]

Thank you for the response and i plan to use your code in the future for the time being i just manually placed the mods in the templates (turned off auto placement) and just removed the one that was just fluff.

Now my problem is switching back and forth between styles. Ok the quick style picker i do not like. Because if some one is in say the arcade they switch to this style and now there page is broken. I know they could do it any way with typing the style into the url but most members wouldn't even think about that. I can comment the style picker out of the template.

But for what ever reason my userCP change style option does not work. Turn off all mods globally with config file it works. Disable all mods in admin control panel it doesn't work so i have no idea whats conflicting I guess I have to edit that out of the template to.

Any easier way of doing this other then editing them out of the template?

Finally (I know dartho has a mod like to this but... Is there any way to auto detect mobile browser and instead off assigning a style, open a notice saying eg we noticed you have mobile would you like to try our mobile version blah blah with link.

Sorry for the wall of text I'm just excited about this project.

[dartho]

@infinity8x3 Check https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=270928