Add-On Releases - Mobile Device Style Assignment

This is my first released hack, be nice.

This hack will detect when a mobile device connects to your site and allow you to override the default style/skin with one you specify.

Just install the product-file and set which style is your mobile device style via the AdminCP. Has been tested with several 3.6.x versions up to 3.6.8

I am also releasing a skin I wrote (it is based on vbmechanics Alabama skin, so updated or modified would be a more accurate description) for my own needs - it could probably be tidied up a lot more, but it works for me - take it as it is, I may offer limited support for this skin if I get time (no promises), and feel free to offer suggestions. Mobi - My super light skin is probably the one to go for, it has much greater functionailty.

=Install Instructions=
Go to Plugin System, Manage Products in your AdminCP and click Add/Import Product link at the end of the page
Browse for the product-mobile_enabled36-x.x.x.xml product file and click 'import'
Refresh your admincp page and in VBulletin Options, select the settings for 'Mobile Device Detection'
Change the styleid of your mobile skin in "Mobile Device Style" to the StyleID number of your mobile device skin
Change the styleid of your PDA skin in "PDA Device Style" to the StyleID number of your PDA device skin
Your mobile/pda skin must be user selectable (although you can disbale the ability for users to change styles in vBulletin Options)
Thats it!

=Upgrade Instructions=
Go to Plugin System, Manage Products in your AdminCP and click Add/Import Product link at the end of the page
Browse for the product-mobile_enabled36-x.x.x.xml product file
Choose to overwrite
Click 'import'
Re-configure Styleid of mobile/pda skin if required

VERSION 1.0.7a
Based on initial release - supports assigning one alternative style to ALL detected mobile devices

VERSION 2.1.2
Now allows the addition of exceptions and also specifying a skin for Pocket PCs (Windows CE devices) and a skin for all otehr detected mobile devices.
I've also released a very light skin HERE which is great for cell/Mobile phones

LAST UPDATE 22-October 2007
VERSION 2.1.3 - removed, small bug
VERSION 2.1.3a

• Added ability to assign different styles to IPods/iPhones (In addiotn to Windows CE devices and other detected mobile devices
• Added ability to assign specific style to a user defined device (based on user agent string).
  
  You will need to know the useragent string, or a unique fragment of the user agent string to do this. One exmple of how this can be used would be to assign a specific style to say Firefox users, perhaps a different style for Blackberry users, or you could assign a specific style to search engines (beware when doing this - google apprently doesn't like people displying different content to search engines)
  

To upgrade, simply overwrite product - your existing settings should be preserved.

I've left the previous version available for download - to get the new version, download and install the attached XML

**BACKUP YOUR DB BEFORE INSTALLING**

Other Mobile / Lite Skins:

Mobile - My super light skin
iPhone / iPod Touch Optimised Style
Alabama
VBLite
WAP Plugin - this is a similar product and skin which I didn't find till after I'd made this one - it seems to be more directed at WAP devices as opposed to all Mobile Devices, and appears to no longer be supported, but worth having a look at.


Remember to click install and give a rating :up:

keywords: Mobile, PDA, Autodetect, Autoselect, WAP, Skin, portal, cell, phone, iphone

3.7 Version Here

[BadgerDog]

What would be a good skin option for a RIM Blackberry device?

Thanks...

Regards,
Badger

[sR Craig]

for some reason I cannot login or post with OperaMini...

and on my Blackberry browser (using the Curve 8300) I can login but cannot post (and it does not show me as logged in...I can just see private forums so I know I am logged in somehow)

Loving it...just wish it worked for my device

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by dartho

Are you able to find the exact user agent string sent by the iPhone?

Checked http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/browser_id.shtml

and got this:

Mozila/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en)
AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko)
Version/3.0 Mobile/1A543a Safari/419.3

[dartho]

The update to this mod just released (product mobile enabled36 2.1.2.xml) will exclude "iPhone" from being detected as a mobile device out of the box :up:

[dartho]

Originally Posted by sR Craig

for some reason I cannot login or post with OperaMini...

and on my Blackberry browser (using the Curve 8300) I can login but cannot post (and it does not show me as logged in...I can just see private forums so I know I am logged in somehow)

Loving it...just wish it worked for my device

Are you running with this skin: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=151186 or the "alabama mod" mod skin?

I suggest you try the first. The Alabama mod needs more work - esp on devices that don't support cookies

[MotoUp]

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

What would be a good skin option for a RIM Blackberry device?

Thanks...

Regards,
Badger

The dartho alabama skin works like a champ.

[Tralala]

Thanks for the iPhone fix... works great!

[JustJon]

I'm still a big fan of this mod and all the work you've done on it, but when posting from the phone, the user's signature is not being attached to the post. Is there any way to fix this?

[dartho]

Sorry JustJon - I'll look into that. What skin are you using?

[egyptsons]

nice work