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

** Over 23000 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 23000 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

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/manageforum.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:


Facebook Integration: Gather more members from Facebook by letting users publish topics to their Facebook feed.


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 place banners within the app:


Ability to upload images directly from Android and iPhone!:


Ability to view how Tapatalk is used via our Analytics console

[jonah1892]

As another forum owner i would agree with the above posts, i run 3-4 forums and would not pay $80 a year, however i have alot of users on each one who uses an iphone to view the site and am sure they would pay for the app on the store, just feel that this would be the best way to make money on this project

[Brandon Sheley]

I didn't think paid mods where allowed here?

[yellowpeter]

Hi all,

For past two weeks we have received a lot of feedback in terms of how you like the Tapatalk to serve your need - especially surrounding the business model - We are happy to share with you that we have decided to open up the Tapatalk Network to all vbulletin forum owners, while charging $2.99 for a copy of Tapatalk iPhone client from iTunes app store.

We have updated our system to reflect this change. The Tapatalk iPhone app has been approved by Apple and all is ready, we submitted a newer version one week ago (based on 0.9.19) and becomes Tapatalk iPhone 1.1 on the app store, please check in again on June 1st you should be able to see it on the store!

I hope you enjoy Tapatalk!

[AyeCapn]

This line is still in the original app description:

- iPhone app will be free to download and use

[Wonksta]

Originally Posted by yellowpeter

Hi all,

For past two weeks we have received a lot of feedback in terms of how you like the Tapatalk to serve your need - especially surrounding the business model - We are happy to share with you that we have decided to open up the Tapatalk Network to all vbulletin forum owners, while charging $2.99 for a copy of Tapatalk iPhone client from iTunes app store.

We have updated our system to reflect this change. The Tapatalk iPhone app has been approved by Apple and all is ready, we submitted a newer version one week ago (based on 0.9.19) and becomes Tapatalk iPhone 1.1 on the app store, please check in again on June 1st you should be able to see it on the store!

I hope you enjoy Tapatalk!

I run a fairly large forum. This is very interesting and I have been keeping tabs with what is going on @ tapatalk.com forums. The only thing stopping me from integrating this into our forums is the "Posted made by Tapatalk" with a URL to an outside page. If this can be changed to "Post made via Mobile Device" in Size 1 font below the post I will install this on my forum.

I hope Tapatalk has this key flexibility otherwise I do home it is implemented in the near future.

[yellowpeter]

Originally Posted by AyeCapn

This line is still in the original app description:

- iPhone app will be free to download and use

Thanks for reminder, it has been updated ;-)

[yellowpeter]

Originally Posted by SighK

I hope Tapatalk has this key flexibility otherwise I do home it is implemented in the near future.

Hi, this can be completely turned off in iPhone Settings!

[yellowpeter]

Hi all,

For past two weeks we have received a lot of feedback in terms of how you like the Tapatalk to serve your need - especially surrounding the business model - We are happy to share with you that we have decided to open up the Tapatalk Network to all vbulletin forum owners, while charging $2.99 for a copy of Tapatalk iPhone client from iTunes app store.

We have updated our system to reflect this change. The Tapatalk iPhone app has been approved by Apple and all is ready, we submitted a newer version one week ago (based on 0.9.19) and becomes Tapatalk iPhone 1.1 on the app store, please check in again on June 1st you should be able to see it on the store!

I hope you enjoy Tapatalk!

[Wonksta]

Personally I think that model is very good and from an EOI (expression of interest) on my forum many iPhone users were happy to pay that tiny amount for a good application to access my board. I personally can't wait until this is released in the App store. As I am an iPhone user and at the moment I am stuck with a very boring mobile style...

[movslow]

Originally Posted by SighK

Personally I think that model is very good and from an EOI (expression of interest) on my forum many iPhone users were happy to pay that tiny amount for a good application to access my board. I personally can't wait until this is released in the App store. As I am an iPhone user and at the moment I am stuck with a very boring mobile style...

Has it been released yet, I've not seen it.