Major Additions - iPhone / Android / webOS / WP7 / BlackBerry for vB - Tapatalk

** Over 28000 forums installed!**


TipB 5 Stars Review: http://www.tipb.com/2010/09/28/tapat...ne-app-review/

YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWnkYF72nLE


What is Tapatalk?

Tapatalk is a vBulletin mod that allows your users to browse your forum using a native mobile application. Tapatalk supports iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, webOS and Windows Phone 7. It provides super-fast access to your forum and allows your members to participate more in your forum while on the go.

Why Tapatalk?

• Only one MOD installation to support all mobile devices including iPhone, Android, WebOS, Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry.
• Forum API - build your own app or server-side integration with well-documented Tapatalk API, enjoy quality forum app from third-party developers, beyond what Tapatalk internal team can offer.
• Well-tested. This MOD has been installed in over 28000 forums, including some of the very large forums with 2 million members with over 10,000 online users. This app is designed to scale
• Tapatalk allows you to put your sponsored banner into the app so you don't lose potential revenue **NEW**
• Analytics support - you get too see how many users are accessing your forum from the Tapatalk app

Download Tapatalk mobile app


** iPhone/iPod AppDownload here.
** iPad HD AppDownload here.
** BlackBerry App! Download here.
** Andriod version is available at Android Market! - ** 4 stars review - Top 1 Social Android app! Download now and see why we are the best forum app!


Installation Instruction:

Installation is easy. It does not change any of your forum settings or overwrite any
of your existing forum code and configuration. Simply follow the procedure below:

Step 1

Create yourself an account at http://www.tapatalk.com/plugin.php. Once you have logged in
to the website, you can download the largest version. If you are not sure you are
using the latest version. Download a new one from
http://www.tapatalk.com/download.php. You can follow the rest of the instruction
from tapatalk.com onward if you want. Otherwise read on:

Step 2

Upload the zip package at the root of your forum system.
Unzip the package. You should see a directory called "mobiquo" inside your forum
system root directory. For example, if your forum URL is http://www.mysite.com/forum,
it should be placed at http://www.mysite.com/forum/mobiquo/.


Step 3

Login to Administration Control Panel (admincp) in your server.
Choose "Style Manager" under "Styles and Templates".
Choose "Edit Template" in your current template.
Click "Edit" in your current template
Choose "headinclude" in the list, click "Edit"
At the bottom of the editor, insert the following line:
<script type="text/javascript" src="mobiquo/tapatalkdetect.js"></script>
Click "Save".


Step 4

Visit http://www.tapatalk.com/addforum.php to enter your forum URL and upload you forum
logo there. It will allow end-user to find his way to your forum using the Tapatalk
app.

Step 5

Visit http://www.tapatalk.com/landing.php to confirm the setup so you can select
whether you want to publish your site to the public listing or you want to set it up
so it is complete private to other end users.

Screenshots:

Showing New and Unread Thread with Avatar and Number of reply:


Images are thread are converted to thumbnail and allow full-screen viewing


Ability to see Who's Online and what they are doing:


Ability to search by topics and posts:


Ability to upload images directly from Android and iPhone!:

[greenchicken]

This app allows users to turn off the mobile ads ... Can't pay the bills like that, sorry.

[BirdOPrey5]

I enjoy it each time someone comes in here and says they are removing or not installing tapatalk... it means more mobile users that will instead visit my forum.

[fly]

Originally Posted by Jennifer2010

Oh really? How do I do that? Where exactly would I go about removing the prompt? No where in the Tapatalk panel can I remove it. There's not even a settings section in vBulletin? Do you expect me to go digging into the code? What about their license agreement? "Modifications to the Software are prohibited.". Please, enlighten me with your knowledge of how to do this. I'd love to know.

Leave out Step 3, as listed in the original post. That step adds the popup. yellowpeter has commented in this thread that that is acceptable.

The item you've requested is not currently available in the US store". HM... What does that mean to you? Maybe you installed this mod when it was free for your users.

I'll be damned. Yep. Back when I installed this, there was a free version that allowed reading. Interesting. You win!

This is fun Try not to use any common sense or logical reasoning when responding - it might hurt your brain!

Sucks that this debate is over. It was fun while it lasted. Have you installed dartho's mobile skin yet? Maybe we can find something to argue about in that thread...

[fly]

Originally Posted by greenchicken

This app allows users to turn off the mobile ads ... Can't pay the bills like that, sorry.

Tapatalk allows you to put your sponsored banner into the app so you don't lose potential revenue **NEW**

^^^

[fly]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

I enjoy it each time someone comes in here and says they are removing or not installing tapatalk... it means more mobile users that will instead visit my forum.

It's been nothing but positive for me. Even tho I have a mobile theme installed, most people seem to appreciate the usability of this app.

[BirdOPrey5]

Actually while I agree Tapatalk is overall a positive experience (I have this and forum runner installed and people tend to prefer tapatalk 5 to 1) they have made some decisions I don't agree with but their loyalty is to the consumer buying the app, not the forum admin since we don't pay anything (for the non-branded app)

While as an admin you can set up advertising, in the tapatalk client settings users can still turn it off. So if any of your users look at the settings they probably turned it off.

Next, they did discontinue the free app- you have to buy the app to use it all all- no more free read-only access.

That's actually OK with me- I want tapatalk users to contribute by posting- giving people free read-only access is counter-intuitive to growing a forum IMO.

So yes Tapatalk isn't perfect, but it's better than a mobile style IMO- much better.

[Jennifer2010]

Originally Posted by fly

Leave out Step 3, as listed in the original post. That step adds the popup. yellowpeter has commented in this thread that that is acceptable.

I'll be damned. Yep. Back when I installed this, there was a free version that allowed reading. Interesting. You win!

Sucks that this debate is over. It was fun while it lasted. Have you installed dartho's mobile skin yet? Maybe we can find something to argue about in that thread...

vBulletin has an "Official Mobile Style" built in now

http://youtu.be/D45CHqjxQzU

There is 0 difference in functionality between a mobile style like this and Tapatalk. Call Tapatalk an app, sure, all it is is a browser unique to forums who have it installed. The difference being a mobile skin is displayed to every single visitor who visits, for free, without having to pay or download anything.

[Jennifer2010]

Ah, here we go!

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/conte...bile-Suite-FAQ

This is exactly what I've been preaching the ENTIRE time. The vBulletin people are not stupid, thank God. Anyone who gets a decent amount of mobile traffic would be nuts to think that offering a paid app is good business. It's completely the opposite. The only time it would be good business is if YOU were the one capitalizing from app sales - not some cheesy app company.

Will my site's users have to pay to download the app?
You are welcome to charge for the application to your end users if you so desire, or offer it for free - the choice is yours!

This blows Tapatalk completely out of the water. Ah, such a nice thing to discover. Now I don't have to pay an app developer! W00t!

[AndrewRich]

We have installed Tapatalk and are pretty happy with it (along with the existing vB4 native mobile theme... it's all about options). However, unlike the native mobile theme, Tapatalk does not seem to respect the user choice made with the "Exclude Forums from What's New" mod. Which is to say, if I've selected one or more forums to exclude from a "What's New" search, they are excluded in the native mobile theme but they are NOT excluded in Tapatalk. This is a pretty big sticking point for us. Any ideas?

Note that this is in reference to arbitrary user-selected forums to exclude. It is not in reference to administrator-selected forums to always exclude from Tapatalk.

[basilrath]

I have used TTalk for a while on our site

Is the VB native customisable as in logo or is it simply a "theme" as mobile theme etc because if so i have tried both and like TTalk

Im curious as to the comparissons and peoples user experiences