Lightweight Style for VB3.8.7 iPhone/Mobile/Cell/PDA

A few have asked for this, hope you like it.

As the title suggests, this is a lightweight style for vBulletin 3.8.7 (and probably most versions before that - A quick test showed it also working under vBulletin 3.7.7!)

It's lightweight (low bandwidth) and works well on most handheld / mobile devices. Some have been know to use it on their desktops and I personally use it for Google as a way of significantly reducing the bandwidth they use.

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Install Instructions
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• Backup
• Download and extract ZIP file locally
• Upload contents of forum folder to your forum root
• Go into your AdminCP->Style Manager->Download / Upload Styles
• In the "Import Style XML File" section browse to "lightweight-vbulletin-3.8.7-style.xml" (extracted form the zip file)
• If you are running a version of vbulletin other than 3.8.7, select Yes in "Ignore Style Version"
• Click the "Import" button.
• Edit the header template and change the 2nd line to reflect the Style ID of your default style and location of your home page (forum.php or index.php) and text for the anchor (Default Style).
  

  <a class="toplinks" href="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?<if condition="$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']">$_SERVER[QUERY_STRING]&amp;</if>styleid=1">Default Style</a>

• Return to vBulletin.org and click "Mark as Installed"
• Reply to this thread leaving feedback and a rating

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Release History
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18th May 2011 - 1.0.0 Initial Release
20th May 2011 - 1.0.1 Bug Fixes and enhancements

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Screen Shots
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Branding Free
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If you wish to remove the branding/copyright notice from the footer - send me a donation of an amount you can afford, or that you think is fair/reasonable, it's up to you how much. (can't get much fairer than that) You can do this by clicking the "Support Developer" link above (a few lines below the "Mark as Installed" link).

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Bugs fixes for next release
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Issue:
extra "> in template forumhome_forumbit_level2_nopost
Resolution:
Search for

<div class="windowbg">">

Replace with

<div class="windowbg">

Issue:
Inconsistencies in disaplying locked forums
Resolution:
See this post

Thanks.

[plazzman]

Oh lol. My bad, I must have DL'd 0.0 instead of 0.1

Thanks a lot mate!

[bestmilan]

Btw, if you have enabled "Prefixes" on your forum homepage (to display specific icons for each forum) the "lightweight theme" images (status icons) will not show up on the lightweight skin's homepage.

I had to cut this piece of code from the lightweight skin templates (the specific templates are listed below) ...

$forum[imageprefix]

... to be able to display default lightweight theme images (status icons) on the homepage.

forumhome_forumbit_level1_post
forumhome_forumbit_level2_nopost
forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

[snakes1100]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

This is great that you have updated this for 3.8.7 and are not leaving the 3.x series behind! Downloading now!

ditto!

[MagicThemeParks]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

This is great that you have updated this for 3.8.7 and are not leaving the 3.x series behind!

I agree. 3.x rules!

I'm curious, does this have the auto-detect built-in or do I have to install the other mod?

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by MagicThemeParks

I agree. 3.x rules!

I'm curious, does this have the auto-detect built-in or do I have to install the other mod?

It doesn't auto-detect.

[dartho]

Check this post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....7&postcount=56 for an updated autodetect based on vb's detect code in 4.x (ie. it allows over-riding)

[Max Taxable]

Installed. Most excellent. Thank you for this good work!

[MagicThemeParks]

Dartho, [S]I'll be sending[/S] I've sent a donation [S]in a moment[/S] for the brand-free option and to support your great work! :up:

I have a question to ask though.

I have my default style (Sofia's Impact: http://www.unitedstateshistoryforum.com/) and I use the forums arranged in columns for the 'States' forums. When you switch to the mobile style (http://www.unitedstateshistoryforum.com/?styleid=3) it shows different icons than the ones being used on the other forums. How can I fix that? [s]I noticed that post #62 has a possible fix, but is that the way to do it?[/s] Fix on that post didn't work for me.

I also just noticed a line through one of the threads: check here .... the only different thing about that thread is that it was an auto-thread from the social groups mod here. Any thoughts on what may be causing that?

[dartho]

Thanks for the Donation, it's appreciated.

Easy one first - the line through the thread is because it's closed. Probably not the best way to denote a closed thread, but ... You can change this to what you want by editing the lightweight.css.php file and searching for :

.thread_lock  a,.lock  a,.thread_lock ,._lock , ._hot_lock, ._dot_lock, ._dot_hot_lock, ._lock_new
{
	text-decoration: line-through;
}

and changing to what you prefer or just remove that block to have closed threads treated the same as normal threads.

How do you arrange them in columns - is that a default vBulletin feature or an addon? Also, if you could turn on template names in HTML comments, that would help me track it down greatly.

Thanks

[dartho]

@MagicThemeParks - it looks like you're using this addon https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=99829

If you want the forums to display like standard forums in the lightweight style, you can edit the forumhome_forumbit_columncell template in the lightweight style and replace it's contents with the contents of the forumhome_forumbit_level2_post template (I think...)