Mobile, Cell, Phone, PDA, iPhone Style

vBulletin 4.0 version here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228986

A very cut back style with very low bandwidth usage which renders well on pretty much all small screen devices from old Nokias to new iPhones.

• Supports viewing/posting/replying in forums
• Supports Private Messaging
• Supports Tags (viewing, not adding)
• Supports viewing and replying to messages in Social Groups
• Supports Thread Prefixes
• has an add-on product to customise here: Extend and Customise Mobile Style (It is recommended that you install this also, but not required)
• Supports other stuff too ....

Notes

• If you are installing this on a vBulletin version higher than the current 'supported' version, and wish to get rid of the Out-of-Date Custom Templates Found! errors, see Post #329 for more information...
• I suggest you also install this add-on to this style to get more out of it...
• To modify the colour scheme of this style, you have to edit the wireless.css file by hand
• If you use a portal such as vbadvanced which you wish to disable in mobile style, see here

Release Information

• Version 0.0.1 - Initial release ported from my 3.6 version here
• Version 0.0.2 - Added auto quoting when replying to a post

  - fixed "Up" link bug
  - Added 'Posted via Mobile Device' message to new posts
  - couple small non - critical bugs fixed in some links
  

• Version 0.0.3 - No change other than change version to 3.7RC2
• Version 0.0.4 - Updated with security tokens tages for forms submital, and Gold version
• Version 0.0.5 - fixed navbar template "Home" link (you will need to edit this if your default forum page is not index.php)
• Version 0.0.6 - added ad_hook locations, fixed page titles, fixed couple small bugs
• Version 0.0.7 - Added Style chooser to UserCP, Post count to threads, Search Page, Attachment Sizes, More detailed time info, viewing/voting in polls, other stuff too probably
• Version 0.0.8 - now has an addon to customise certains aspects of this style - see HERE
• Version 0.0.9 - updated template version numbers to to 3.7.2 - no other changes have been made
• Version 0.0.10 - Now Fully Phrased (thanks Keyser Soze) Other updates included so its add-on product can do more customization

  Both this style and the addon will have the same version numbers - it's best to make sure you update the add-on when updating the style.

• Version 0.0.10a - fixed small bug in footer template

Install Instructions

• Save attached XML to your local computer
• Save attached wireless.css.txt, rename to wireless.css and upload to your forum root
• In AdminCP go to "Styles and Templates"
• In the "Import Style XML File" section browse to where you saved the XML
• Click "Import" button
• Come back to this page and click "Mark as Installed"

Other useful Add-ons to use in Conjunction with this style

• Extend and Customise Mobile Style

  This is a companion add-on designed specifically for this style which allows you to customise some aspects of it without the need to edit templates. Only works with version 0.0.8 and above

• Mobile Phone / iPhone / PDA Detection and Style Assignment

  Will automatically detect a mobile device and force the user to use a pre-defined style

• Different Domain, Different Style

  Will force the user to a predefined style based on URL visited (eg. visiting mobile.yourdomain.com will force the user to use a pre-defined mobile style wilst www.yourdomain.com will display your defaultstyle to the user
  

• Limit Posts/Thread per Page for a Specific Style

  Will set the maximum number of posts and threads displayed on a page based on a style. Whilst you may want to display 25 threads per page on a desktop, a small screen/mobile device would probably benefit from only showing 5 - 10 threads per page.
  

• 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.

Other Mobile Styles worth checking out

• ElForro's iPhone / iPod Touch Optimized Style
• Zachery's vB Lite Style
• vBMechanics Mobile Alabama Style

[MissKalunji]

thanks

[abrecher]

I recently upgraded to 3.7.4 and I'm being asked to revert templates in the AdminCP.

Do I revert or just keep things as they are ?

Are you planning to update the skin ?

[dartho]

For more info, have a look here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...05#post1607905

[abrecher]

Originally Posted by dartho

For more info, have a look here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...05#post1607905

Thanks! Edited and saved the templates.

[Quarterbore]

I downloaded the new version and I still have a suggestion that I think should be standard:

Change template: headinclude

FROM:

PHP Code:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="wireless.css" type="text/css" /> 


TO:

PHP Code:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="wireless.css" type="text/css" />
<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0" /> 


Reason: Forum Content is always changing

I also really suggest updating the navbar template to add the following:

FIND:

PHP Code:

<a class="navbar" href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew">$vbphrase[new_posts]</a> 


AFTER ADD:

PHP Code:

<a class="navbar" href="$vboptions[bburl]/search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a>
<a class="navbar" href="$vboptions[bburl]/search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=process&showposts=0&exactname=1&searchuser=$bbuserinfo[username]">My Posts</a> 
<a class="navbar" href="$vboptions[bburl]/search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=process&showposts=0&starteronly=1&exactname=1&searchuser=$bbuserinfo[username]">My Topics</a> 


Reason: Just with a Mobile Devise, I assume these other three links may be things the user really wants to have available right there.

Otherwise, as a Site Admin I am loving this and your mobile detecton script as it has allowed me to keep an eye on the spammers when I can't get to a computer

[MissKalunji]

there's no way to cache the stylesheet? cause my blackberry loads my site twice as slow cause of that stylesheet...?

[dartho]

You could try editing your .htaccess file and setting caching on CSS files there, but if the blackberry doesn't want to cache it, it won't no matter what you do on the server

# Requires mod_expires to be enabled.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  # Enable expirations.
  ExpiresActive On
  # Cache CSS for 2 weeks
  ExpiresByType text/css A1209600
</IfModule>

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by dartho

You could try editing your .htaccess file and setting caching on CSS files there, but if the blackberry doesn't want to cache it, it won't no matter what you do on the server

# Requires mod_expires to be enabled.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  # Enable expirations.
  ExpiresActive On
  # Cache CSS for 2 weeks
  ExpiresByType text/css A1209600
</IfModule>

*edit*

Nop you're right no difference

any tip on how i can speed that up?

[tekguru]

Good suggestions I too think should be included, just added to me site!

[dartho]

You could copy the CSS from the CSS file and put it in the Additional CSS Definitions section of teh style properties in control panel, then remove <link rel="stylesheet" href="wireless.css" type="text/css" /> from headinclude.

This won't reduce the size, but it may make for faster loading as an additional file request isn't needed? At only 2.5k, I didn;t think it would make much of a performance hit ...

If this makes no difference, I'd be incluned to put it back to how it was.