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.

[ET240]

Hihi.... Does this style support poll on mobile?

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by ET240

Hihi.... Does this style support poll on mobile?

It does on mine.

[Ozymandyus]

Originally Posted by wtfaatp

Seems this no longer works with vb 4.1.7

Works fine for me!

[thenamesgould]

Still works, but I couldn't re-install it.

Would love an updated version - I have the same problem with no line breaks when qouting or editing a post.

Overall, an outstanding mod though.

[RS25com]

I cannot install the XML file on 4.1.6, I get this error:

This file was created using a different version of vBulletin from the one you are running.

Your version: 4.1.6
File version: 4.1.2

Solution?

[Ozymandyus]

Originally Posted by RS25com

I cannot install the XML file on 4.1.6, I get this error:

Check the box that says 'Ignore Style Version' when doing your import/upload.

[rootsxrocks]

well fiddle I was about to install this and toss tapatalk because this is really better after looking at Marks forum via mobile , I have 4.15 and have both tapatalk and forum runner installed but I deleted the vb mobile style cause its crap anyhow. but when I tried to install it I got an invalid file error any hints ?

[etca]

Originally Posted by Ozymandyus

Check the box that says 'Ignore Style Version' when doing your import/upload.

I did, but doesn't work on my 4.1.7 *sigh

[dartho]

I'll update my test site and give it a going over over the weekend ...

[fofo4u]

Hello everyone

Thanks to this Mobile style .. can you help me .. I want to get the Style Mobile is compatible with 4.14 and the highest as well as be supportive of the Arabic language ... I hope to help me
I'm from Kuwait ............Arab country ..