Forum Style - Lightweight Style for Small Screen Devices (cell phone, iphone, mobile, android)

A lightweight *forum only style aimed at small screen devices such as Windows Smartphones, Nokias and even iPhones. It has VERY low bandwidth requirements - 15 times less on my site - 20K as opposed to 300K for forumhome.

*forum only - I have done a very small amount of rough work on CMS templates, a simple single column CMS *could* be created to work with this style without too much effort. However I am not sure if you can have a different CMS layout dependent on which style you are using?

This is an update to the mobile style I have previously released.

The changes are predominantly aesthetic to take advantage of larger screens.

It is also much easier to change colour schemes by editing the commented CSS file.

Demo: http://vbdev.org/forum.php?styleid=7

This is a a lightweight style and as such has much reduced functionality/information over the default vBulletin style.

Install instructions:

• Firstly, if upgrading, I recommend installing this as a new style rather than overwriting your previous install. This way you get to test it first without trashing your existing style.
• BACKUP YOUR EXISTING lightweight.css.php FILE IF YOU HAVE CSS CUSTOMISATIONS
• Download ZIP file
• Unzip to a local/temp directory
• Edit lightweight.css.php file to customise colours if required
• Upload contents of the upload directory in the zip file folder to your forum root.
• Install style XML via Style Manager in your ADMINCP
• **Install and configure "LightWeight Style Options"
• See post 2 for a FAQ
• Click "Mark as Installed"
• Test it out
• Leave a rating
• Leave feedback
• Enjoy checking your site from your mobile phone without the need to pinch/zoom/wait etc...

Version Control:

1.0.0 - 25 AUG 2010 - Initial Release on vBulletin.org
1.0.1 - 26 AUG 2010 - Fixed "Mark All Forums Read" link in Search results. Released Lightweight Style Options to customise this
1.0.2 - 21 MAR 2011 - Updated to 4.1.2, removed short tags from CSS, fixed some issues discovered since last release, added some stuff.
1.0.3 - 16 DEC 2011 - Updated to 1.0.3, tried to fix all known issues. Nothing new. If you have updated your site as bugs have been found, probably no need to upgrade. But if you're upgrading your site from to 4.1.9, might be worthwhile.
1.0.3a - 16 DEC 2011 - remove test ad hook code accidently left in postbit_legacy template

Branding Free:

The style is free to use. However I ask that you keep links in the footer. If you want to remove them - send me a donation of an amount you can afford, or that you think is fair/reasonable, it's up to you how much.

[dartho]

Not really, but there has been some renaming of variables etc and reversioning. When I release the new Style Options add-on, you should uninstall the beta versions and install the released versions. As of now, this only applies to people who helped test on my test site.

[fly]

Whoa, very slick

[najaru]

very very good thanks

[djawir]

installed, look prety cool

enable post thanks button its look greats

maybe its bug i am using nokia e71 browser
- in forumdisplay & showthread right border is overlap outer border.
- in showthread no link back to forumdisplay | -home => sub forum 1 => sub forum 2
- in forumdisplay & showthread page link maybe u can create like default template | <<first .. 5 6 7 8 9 .. last>>

thanks

[dartho]

Hi djawir,
I can not see overlap on my device, a screen shot may help if possible?
There is always link back by clicking/tapping "Up" at bottom of page
Yes - that may be OK with this style. Originally was for small screen so I was trying to conserve space

Thanks for the feedback

[djawir]

here is screenshot on my device nokia e71 using default browser

[Mopar Rob]

Originally Posted by dartho

I'm going to release an addon product which enables such options. In the mean time have a look in the header template and search for

<vb:if condition="$vbulletin->options['ls_default_style_link']==1">
			<a class="toplinks" href="{vb:raw $vbulletin->options['ls_navbar_home']}?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}styleid={vb:raw vboptions.ls_default_style}">{vb:raw vboptions.ls_default_link}</a>
		</vb:if>

and replace with

			<a class="toplinks" href="forum.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}styleid=xxx">Desktop</a>

where xxx is your default styleid. change the href to suit your site also.

Can someone please help...
I am getting the following error When I try updating the Header Template as described above: adding child to non-existent node!

[bfdzio]

Being told the 'Mark Forums Read' button doesn't work again...?

[slinky]

I am fearing that I already know the answer to this question - is it possible to have a vBulletin 3.x version of this mobile style? With all due respect, the current version is terrible, aesthetically and from a UI perspective. While this style isn't perfect, it is miles better than what is currently available for 3.x. I'd commission someone to convert this style to 3.x and make my modifications as moving to 4.x seems like imprudent, at least no earlier than 4.1 at best.

[Fungsten]

Originally Posted by Mopar Rob

Can someone please help...
I am getting the following error When I try updating the Header Template as described above: adding child to non-existent node!

Make sure you put in the PC style ID in the XXX. ALSO! Make sure all of this is highlighted:

<vb:if condition="$vbulletin->options['ls_default_style_link']==1">
<a class="toplinks" href="{vb:raw $vbulletin->options['ls_navbar_home']}?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}styleid={vb:raw vboptions.ls_default_style}">{vb:raw vboptions.ls_default_link}</a>
</vb:if>

and not just the first line when you replace the code. BTW there are TWO lines in the template and not one.