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you are installing this on a vBulletin version higher than the current 'supported' version, and wish to get rid of the Out-of-Date Custom Templates Found!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

[dartho]

wrong thread - this is about the style, not detection. However - I have no idea....

[rrudeboy]

i may have found it.

[jjrambo]

I noticed that sometime on certain phones it still switches back to this style even when there is no detection in it.

I did notice that it has some stuff in the xml about webtv, I would like to remove all browser detection that it has. If someone could me know how to do that I would appreciate it.

[Mr. W]

Originally Posted by jjrambo

I noticed that sometime on certain phones it still switches back to this style even when there is no detection in it.

____ Do you mean, without the auto-detection modification? Or with it? If you mean with, then you might wish to use that other thread. Anyway, can you tell us what phones have that issue? How did you learn about it? Personal experience, or what others have said? I just want to see if I can rule out user error (possible for those who aren't as tech savvy).

[dartho]

This style is just a style and has no 'detection' in it. the WebTV references are in the default vBulletin style and I left it there. Your problems lay elsewhere ...

[jjrambo]

Originally Posted by Mr. W

____ Do you mean, without the auto-detection modification? Or with it? If you mean with, then you might wish to use that other thread. Anyway, can you tell us what phones have that issue? How did you learn about it? Personal experience, or what others have said? I just want to see if I can rule out user error (possible for those who aren't as tech savvy).

the problem occurs at times on my BB Curve, I click a link on one style and then when it goes to that link it then switchs over to this style... weird.

and no I haven't installed any detection scripts or anything, I don't want that as I need to be able to switch around.

I really do like this skin but I have had it swap on my 3 times so far, kind of annoying.

The first time I cleared the phones cache and everything else. still did it later on.

[Mr. W]

Originally Posted by jjrambo

the problem occurs at times on my BB Curve, I click a link on one style and then when it goes to that link it then switchs over to this style... weird.

____ Alright. Well, I don't have a Curve, although I do have a Pearl 8120. While I haven't had the exact problem that you are describing, I found that the original browser that my BB has doesn't display certain things in this style. In particular, things that relate to certain moderation actions (if you log in with an account with sufficient privileges). Specifically, editing posts from what I remember.

____ As a workaround, I tried using Opera Mini. Using that, I find that everything that seems to be in this style, shows up as it should. Have you tried using Opera Mini? http://www.opera.com/mini/download/

[jjrambo]

Originally Posted by Mr. W

____ Alright. Well, I don't have a Curve, although I do have a Pearl 8120. While I haven't had the exact problem that you are describing, I found that the original browser that my BB has doesn't display certain things in this style. In particular, things that relate to certain moderation actions (if you log in with an account with sufficient privileges). Specifically, editing posts from what I remember.

____ As a workaround, I tried using Opera Mini. Using that, I find that everything that seems to be in this style, shows up as it should. Have you tried using Opera Mini? http://www.opera.com/mini/download/

wow, opera is a much nicer program! Thanks for the heads up on this man! It works with the regular skins a lot better as well. Still trying to sort out all the functions as it is now but damn does it work a lot better.

I think I figured out why it does the switching, it seems that if you switch skins like I do you have to do it 2 times for the skin you want in order for the browser to recognize that it needs to stay on that skin you selected.

I have BB OS 4.5 on my phone which is a major improvement but Opera displays the pages much better but it's missing simple things like cut and paste and the navigation on it needs improvement for the BB also putting in symbols is kind of a pain in the butt. But the display is a lot better.

I tried 4.2 which was ok, but 5.0 beta is nicer but still missing some of the basic functions that it should have.

[dartho]

Some good news over at vbulletin.com

You'd figure in this era, that vBulletin would have a mobile version all ready to go out of the box.

With so many people using mobile browsers as their main internet, it should be a no-brainer

[Byggahus]

Thanks for a very good, lean and fast mobile skin! I can view it as an admin on http://www.byggahus.se/forum?styleid=17
But for some reason I can not get this style to show for non admins. I have figured out that my problem has to do either by a rewrite in .htaccess or a settings in vBSEO Control Panel. Please help!