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Mobile Phone / iPhone / PDA Detection and Style Assignment · **Released**: 03-16-2008

This add-on will detect most mobile phones, iPhones, PDAs and other mobile browsing devices and automatically for the user to a specific vBulletin style.

What can it do?
Detects most mobile phones and force the user to a specific style (users will not be able to select other styles from a mobile device with this add-on installed). If you have multiple styles installed which are optimized for small screen mobile devices, iPhones, WIndows Mobile devices you can assign a specific style to each of these groups.

Whilst designed with mobile device users in mind, you could also assign styles to self defined browsers. For example you can assign an alternative style to Internet Explorer users whilst Firefox users get the default style. You could also assign an alternative style to Google or Yahoo spiders.

Instructions:
0. Install styles which you wish to assign to Mobile/PDA/iPhone users - some links will appear at the bottom of this post
1. Download the product file
2. Install via Product Manager
3. Configure options via vBulletin Options, Mobile Device Detection (should appear at end)
4. Start browsing from your mobile device!
5. Click "Mark as Installed"

If upgrading from a previous 3.5 or 3.6 version, you will need to uninstall that and the install this one.

To uninstall simply uninstall the product - there are no database changes or additional files.

Styles released on vBulletin which you can use:
Dartho's Mobile, Cell, Phone, PDA, iPhone Style for vBulletin 3.7 (<-- yep, that's mine)
ElForro's iPhone / iPod Touch Optimized Style
Zachery's vB Lite Style
vBMechanics Mobile Alabama Style

Due to the stripped down nature of these mobile styles, you will find that most for 3.5 and 3.6 will work quite happily on 3.5, 3.6 & 3.7 although additional features introduced in vBulletin in recent years such as Social Groups, Blogs and Photo Galleries will not show well on a small screen. All should display your actual forums well.

3.6 Version can be found here

Marked as Beta until I get some feedback, and 3.7 goes Gold

Release Information
1.0.0 Initial release for 3.7 ported over from 3.6.8 version

dartho · #**252** 05-12-2009, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dt-pain

Seems the Nextel Blackberry Curve is not working well for this mod. Is there a way to add it and make it work? Or is there a new version out yet?

Please visit http://vbdev.org/test-mob-detect.php from your device and copy/paste the output here.

Here's a sample of what it will display to you (I visited in Firefox from my desktop):

Code:

No Mobile Device Detected

HTTP_USER_AGENT: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
HTTP_ACCEPT: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8

dt-pain · #**253** 05-12-2009, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biker_GA

Define not working. I have members using many different Blackberry models (including the Curve) and they're singing my praises for this mod. LOL

This is what they said:

I'm useing my Nextel Balckberry Curve and I am on the Home page. I put in Ballerscafe.com.
Everything came up real quick compared to usual which will make me want to use my phone to log on more often.
But on the left under the strip of field and stores list all I' getting is a whole line about 8 Capitol Edge Icons and the last one is the USPN Icon.
I'm not seeing Davis Dg,Extreme or any of the others

Biker_GA · #**254** 05-12-2009, 03:22 PM

Bingo.. You have vBAdvanced on the main page. Replace your adv_portal template with something like this:

Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html>
<head>
$headinclude
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="2; URL=http://your forum domain/forum/index.php" />
</head>
<body>

$header

$navbar
<div align="center"><a href="http://your forum domain/forum/index.php">Portal Disabled in Mobile View - Click here if your browser does not automatically redirect you.</a></div>

$footer

</body>
</html>

This will redirect your mobile users right into the forums. There's an issue with CMS and this mod working well together.

Once you do this, your mobile users will be kneeling and kissing your feet.

dt-pain · #**255** 05-12-2009, 05:29 PM

Yes I did do that. I made some changes thinking this will force the redirect to the mobile style. However I don't think anyone else is having this issue only that one person.

PHP Code:


			
$stylevar[htmldoctype]

<html>

<head>

$headinclude

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="2; URL=http://www.ballerscafe.com/forum/index.php?styleid=15" />

</head>

<body>



$header



$navbar

<div align="center"><a href="http://www.ballerscafe.com/forum/index.php?styleid=15">Portal Disabled in Mobile View - Click here if your browser does not automatically redirect you.</a></div>



$footer



</body>

</html>

Biker_GA · #**256** 05-12-2009, 05:37 PM

I'd take the style ID out. This particular mod is supposed to force mobile devices to the mobile style.

How competent is your Blackberry user? It's possible they have some browser settings that aren't right on the decvice. (Ensure javascript is turned on, etc etc etc.)

I'd also tell the user to do a hard reset on the device. Remove the battery while the device is still operating. Leave the battery out for 30 seconds, then put it back in. This will cure many issues a user may be having with the Blackberry, including rendering issues on some sites.

dancue · #**257** 05-13-2009, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biker_GA

Why should something that is "by design" be fixed? It's SUPPOSED to be that way.

OH COME ON!!...I'm pretty sure this was not "DESIGNED" to be this way. It happens to be this way because the mod redirects people automatically to a particular style.

Thank you for your sarcasm. It truly is a pleasure to read your replies, but if you don't mind, could you please allow the coder of this mod to give me an answer.

dartho · #**258** 05-13-2009, 10:02 PM

Actually - it was by design, I wanted to *know* that a mobile user could read the forum OK using a specific style. By giving mobile users a choice, they could load up a style that does not render on their device and never be able to get back again.

Also, I don't think there was any sarcasm in Biker_GA's comment. He has gone out of his way to help you in the last couple pages.

Anyway - if you head back to around post #219 and read on from there, you will find a post with an attached variation to this mod that will do what you seem to be asking for.

dancue · #**259** 05-14-2009, 12:04 AM

Thank you dartho.

That worked for me. My apologies to Biker. Thank you also for your help.

dancue · #**260** 05-14-2009, 12:16 AM

Would be cool to incorporate a floating notification asking the user if they want to switch back to the mobile style.

Similar to this. Of course this would only appear if the user is on a mobile browser.

dancue · #**261** 05-15-2009, 12:59 AM

Dartho,
Is there an if condition that I could use on a template that would allow me to detect if the user is on a mobile browser?

I want to say "If user is on mobile device then do not show"

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