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]

Did you upload the contents of the upload directory to your forum root?

[Kolbi]

Seems that you haven't uploaded the css file

[dartho]

Yes I have - its in the upload folder in the zip file

[Kolbi]

@dartho I thought about DISLEX

[dartho]

as you were ...

[DISLEX]

Originally Posted by dartho

Did you upload the contents of the upload directory to your forum root?

Yes, sir. I thought so. Perhaps I missed something. Let me double check.

Originally Posted by Kolbi

Seems that you haven't uploaded the css file

Does the CSS file go directly into the forum root, as well?


Thanks, you two.

[DISLEX]

It's working great now. Thanks again!

[imagirlgeek]

This is one of my favorite mods. Thanks for all your hard work...my forum members LOVE this!

One thing I would like to do if possible, is to add the member's location to the posts. Where would I go to add this? I think if you could point me in the right direction, I could figure out the details, just need a little nudge.

[dartho]

By 'Location' do you mean from in their user profiles fields?

If so, you would need to edit the postbit template (if you use postbit legacy, edit the postbit_legacy template) and put the code in there.

[imagirlgeek]

Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Thanks!