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.

[Chase]

Having the Post Thank You Hack working (and looking good) on the mobile style would be fantastic.

[dartho]

Originally Posted by karabaja3

Thanks for reply. Here there are:

1. [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

2. vB Ad Management 4

Those mods are for vb4 - this is for vb3. That being said, I have post thanks working on a 3.8 site with this style, I'll have a look at what I did ...

[dartho]

Originally Posted by Chase

Having the Post Thank You Hack working (and looking good) on the mobile style would be fantastic.

Check this post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...94#post2305594

[Chase]

Originally Posted by dartho

Post Thanks Integration

edit postbit and postbit_legacy templates in lightweight style , search for

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/moderated_small.gif" alt="$vbphrase[moderated_post]" border="0" />
</if>
</div>
</if>

and replace with

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/moderated_small.gif" alt="$vbphrase[moderated_post]" border="0" />
</if>
$template_hook[postbit_controls]
</div>
</if>
$template_hook[postbit_end]

caveat: this may introduce other hacks into the lightweight style which use the postbit_end and postbit_control hooks

I can't find these last 2 edits in the postbit or postbit_legacy templates in the mobile theme.

[dartho]

Try this:

edit postbit and postbit_legacy templates, search for (which should be the very end of those templates):

<div class="windowbg">
<if condition="$post['editlink']"><a id="btn" href="$post[editlink]">$vbphrase[edit]</a></if>
<if condition="$post['replylink']"><a id="btn" href="$post[replylink]">$vbphrase[reply]</a></if>
</div>

and replace with

<div class="windowbg" align="right">
<if condition="$template_hook[postbit_controls]">$template_hook[postbit_controls]</if>
<if condition="$post['editlink']"><a id="btn" href="$post[editlink]">$vbphrase[edit]</a></if>
<if condition="$post['replylink']"><a id="btn" href="$post[replylink]">$vbphrase[reply]</a></if>
</div>
<if condition="$template_hook[postbit_end]">$template_hook[postbit_end]</if>

[bada_bing]

Just for curiosity I am looking for a lightweight style for our site but before we try this one I want to know a couple of things.

1. When a user visits our site with a smartphone will they automatically be reverted to the Lightweight style ?

2. We use tapatalk and when you visit our site with a smartphone the javascript will prompt the user to download the tapatalk client. If I install this style what will be the behavior then?

3. We also use a content server which we can use to redirect smartphone to this style but I wanted to know if there is something in this style that detects mobile devices?

Thanks

[dartho]

This is just a simple style/template - no javascript, plugins or smarts to see here.

So to answer your questions: no, no different, and no

[ludachris]

Which style to use, this one or your other Mobile Style for 3.8?

We have a lot of members who use Tapatalk, but I don't like having Tapatalk dictate how things show up, not to mention the way they have their ads showing up, etc. I'd really like to look into implementing a mobile style. The only problem is that we use vba Dynamics for our classifieds section - I take it your style wouldn't be compatible with that. Would it be compatible with other solutions, like ProVB's advanced forum plugin:
http://www.provb.org/vbulletin-mods/...o&productid=11

Or maybe would it be better to just use the forums for the classifieds and use a couple of plugins like "thread thumbnails" (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=214755) and "extra threadfields" (http://www.provb.org/vbulletin-mods/...fo&productid=1) to make it more like our existing classifieds solution, then apply one of your mobile styles? I just want the most effective and easy to integrate solution that will work with mobile. It seems like it would be easier to move away from Dynamics, but maybe it would be easier to just style that solution. I don't know. Would love your advice.

Which style would be best to start with to have more of our content viewable in a mobile style? This one or your other Mobile Style plugin? We also have a lot of static vBa CMPS pages, will this work with those? Or will we have to do a bit of work for those?

[dartho]

Either style would pose the same challenges when implementing add-ons. For the most part, you just need to change templates for add-ons to be friendly in a mobile interface. Depending on the addon, they might even look OK enough to get away with, with no template changes.

[imported_silkroad]

Hi.

This style just stopped working on our 3.8.7 vB forum and we cannot see any errors.

Any suggestions on how to debug this?