Mobile/Cell Phone Style

A version for 3.7 can be found HERE

A super light style designed for Mobile Phones - use in conjunction with THIS or THIS modification to redirect mobile phone users to this theme.

This is a work in progress, and any and all feedback is greatly appreciated - I will do my best to act on bugs and suggestions.

Check http://mobility.mobi (not my site) from a mobile device to see how it looks or you can visit via an emulator HERE

Whilst this doesn't have ALL functionality of vBulletin default, it does allow browsing forums, replying to posts, creating new topics and sending/receiving PMs.

I'm new at this, be kind.

Version History
1.00 - Initial Release
2.00 - Validates Strict XHTML 1.0 on http://validator.w3.org/
Added PM notification, fixed new reply, new thread, new PM to look better. Can edit posts. Added Logout and also an "Up" menu which will take you to the parent forum of where ever you currently are. Images in posts are replaced with a link to the image - unfortunately this meant I had to do teh same to smilies which all now show up as :-) (which is a link to teh smilie itself). It is now approaching a fully functioning skin - not sure what else you would want to do from a mobile phone/PDA. A few small bugs fixed too.
2.01 - Added viewing thread subscriptions, who's online (both only for logged on members) and quick reply
2.02 - Quick reply for logged on members only
2.03 - fix a w3.org validation issue, added "mark forums read" to forum home
2.04 - Internal release
2.05 - added mark as read to 'new posts' added 'sub' (Subscribed threads) and 'online' (who's online) footer navbar forum name in post title (as link) fixed a few things.
2.06 - Page numbers appear in thread bits
- UserCP page, with access to PMs, Subscribed Threads, Edit Signature, Edit Options (which includes changing view from oldest first to newest first
- Basic MOD options added - can delete posts and threads (and undelete also)
- Remember me added to login in footer (duplicate login screens removed
- I should probably test this latest version more extensively and re validate it, but thought you wouldn;t mind a pre-release

2.07 - Added requests, revalidated STRICT XHTML on w3.org. If you have modified your existing install of this, I suggest you backup the style first before upgrading with this new version just in case you want to roll back.
2.08 - Remove backlink from FORUMHOME
2.09 - updated version numbers on templates to 3.6.9
2.10 - added securitytoken field to all forms

A Spanish translation can be found in post # 200 HERE

Install Instructions
Unzip and upload the wireless.css to your forum root.
Import the XML as a new style WITH NO PARENT.

Upgrade Instructions
Unzip and upload the wireless.css to your forum root (overwriet existing).
Import the XML and merge with existing. Alternatively you could delete the existing mobi style and re-upload fresh.

Keywords: Mobile, Cell, Portal, Mobi, Light, PDA, Phone

Screen Shots - Don;t be put off by the colours, these are all very easily changed by editing the CSS file. If you need help, just ask. I did these from a desktop browser with the window resized to 240px wide - to get a proper idea of the look, use the emulator link mentioned above. It looks MUCH better from an actualy small screen device!



How to hide a style from style chooser
This template edit will allow you to 'hide' a style from the Style Chooser so users can't select a specified style.

[Jase2]

Hi dartho,

do you plan on releasing this for vb 3.7?

I tried to install the product and got the xml error.

Well, I got the xml error with this hack you released - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ghlight=mobile

I'm running vB 3.7 BETA 4.

Regards Jason

[Lee A Burnett]

Any ideas on how one could incorporate ads from Google Adsense for Mobile?

EDIT: NM, figured it out.

To do it, create a php page say "googlead.php" and insert the php code from Google Adsense. Then load it to your server. Next create a plug-in for vbulletin with hook location at 'global_start' with this code:

ob_start();
include('/path/to/file/googlead.php');
$mobileads = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

Then insert

$mobileads

into the header template, or wherever you want the ad to appear.

[dartho]

Thanks for this.

I'd guess you could put the contents of the '/path/to/file/googlead.php' file in place of the include('/path/to/file/googlead.php'); line, but by using an include you reduce memory overheads.

[RedGTiVR6]

Originally Posted by Jase2

Hi dartho,

do you plan on releasing this for vb 3.7?

I tried to install the product and got the xml error.

Well, I got the xml error with this hack you released - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ghlight=mobile

I'm running vB 3.7 BETA 4.

Regards Jason

I'd be interested in knowing if this will be supported in 3.7 as well.

[dartho]

current version works under 3.7B4 for teh forums, just choose to ignore the version. It does however have no support for all the new stuff such as photos and social groups

[ricker]

I've tried to read through these 13 pages carefully, but perhaps I missed it.

If you take a look here at the thread display and want to go back to the thread list via the forum link at the top, (in this case it's "Your Rockin' Jeep"), clicking it takes you back one level too far I think. I was expecting to see the thread list, not the forum link. Is this happening for anyone else, and/or is there a fix?

Thanks so much.

[dartho]

I'll look into - remind me in a week if I haven't done something by then

[ricker]

dartho - I just gotta say, YOU ROCK! This style is very clever in many ways, and I appreciate all the work you've put into it. Thank you!

[NavS]

I keep getting invalid file specified when I upload the xml file through the plugin manager....

[dartho]

This isn't a plugin or product, it's a style. To install you need to expand "Styles and Templates", then go into the "Download / Upload Styles" option.

Then in the "Import Style XML File" section, browse for the XML file, Click the "Yes" radio button for "Ignore Style Version" and then click on the "Import" Button...

This style is best used in conjunction with the Mobile Device Style Assignment or Different Domain Different Style addon