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]

Originally Posted by bremereric

:up: I have it installed on 4.1.3 And the only question I have if it looks right. I works great from a phone. Loads up a ton faster than any other style. Still loads pictures in a post, that is a plus. Here are two screen shots from my site.

It looks like you have not upload the lightweight.css.php file to your forum root

[dartho]

Originally Posted by Bacon Butty

Hi Dartho,

Just an update on this one. It seems a lot of users are finding themselves unable to "switch off the mobile style and use the regular forum default on their mobile devices" once upgraded to 4.1.8;

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...08#post2244908

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...obile-template

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...owser-(vB4-1-9)

I realise it's likely to be a vBulletin issue, rather than your mod - but thought I'd advise here incase anyone else is having the same problem.

I'm sure VB will get onto this quick - esp since 4.1.9 was meant to be a big mobile fix release

edit: I looked at the vb detection code - it hasn't changed between 4.1.7 and 4.1.9.

[bremereric]

Originally Posted by dartho

It looks like you have not upload the lightweight.css.php file to your forum root

You were correct sir. Sure looks different now. I am new to this but I am still not so smart that I can't ask questions. Thanks.

[doobiefillin]

Can you please link up all the modifications I can do to this theme so that I don't have to overwrite my XML file with the update? Thanks!

[S_E_A]

Dartho, does the latest version no longer show 'Currently Active Users'? Or is the issue at my end? Installed on 4.1.9.

[dartho]

Originally Posted by S_E_A

Dartho, does the latest version no longer show 'Currently Active Users'? Or is the issue at my end? Installed on 4.1.9.

Do you have the Options addon installed and have Show "What's Going On" set to 'Yes' in it's settings in AdminCP?

[Hippy]

if you dont use that option addon remove this code
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=566

[The Rocketeer]

@ dartho - the mobile styles Logo is not appearing, I tried changing it on the stylevars titleimage. didn't work. using the latest version on vb 418.

[dartho]

You need to edit the css file - this style doesn't user the stylevars system. alternatively, you can edit the header template (or it could be navbar) and edit it direct

[The Rocketeer]

i see. which css file is that? having a hard time finding it in the header and navbar templates.

Also how do you disable the cms sidebar for the mobile style?
I tried adding the below code to the Lightweight Style Options but didn't work

$vbulletin->options['enablesidebar'] = 0;