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

[yellowpeter]

Originally Posted by JTS2005

I am getting the dreadful NOT INSTALLED but its uploaded to my root forum folder. i am running 3.8.4

Hi JTS,

I believe this problem has been fixed now, by yourself.. :up:

[yellowpeter]

Originally Posted by yahoooh

i just installed it but is there any new feature to support blogs , vba dyna , vba links

Hi yahoooh,

We are adding new features as fast as we can!

[yellowpeter]

Here are some of the screenshots highlighting the new features in 1.3 Beta:

Pagination with 6 pages, 10 posts per page. The number of posts to be displayed per page can be configure in the iPhone "Settings -> Tapatalk" section.



An extremely long thread with over 20,000 posts. Now displaying the 2335th pages. Note that you can swipe the pagination bar left and right to find the page you want.



If you tap on the "..." button, a "Jump To" screen will appear for you to enter the exact page you want to jump to, this is handy with you are viewing a long thread:



Other new feature over 1.2.1 includes Who's Online, you can tap the username to send him a private message:



And you can now customize which tabs you want to appear at the bottom. Note that if you put a tab on the first one on the left, this tab view will be loaded automatically when you enter this forum next time. This is handy e.g. if you want to read Latest Posts with only two tap on the Tapatalk app.

[chris1979]

I have installed it; works great!

[chris1979]

If you ever release a branded app version, let me know. It would be perfect for me to offer my members an app specifically for my site (rather than giving them all the sites in your network).

[Brandon Sheley]

is this free?

[yellowpeter]

Originally Posted by chris1979

I have installed it; works great!

Glad to see this work well Chris!

[Morrus]

Originally Posted by chris1979

If you ever release a branded app version, let me know. It would be perfect for me to offer my members an app specifically for my site (rather than giving them all the sites in your network).

Yup, me too. I'd plonk down good money for such a thing in a heartbeat.

[Trana]

Originally Posted by chris1979

If you ever release a branded app version, let me know. It would be perfect for me to offer my members an app specifically for my site (rather than giving them all the sites in your network).

Agreed. I need to get a branded version of this, and I would gladly pay the fees you determine to be fair.

[BocaB]

Question and suggestion.

Why charge end users $2.99 for this app as most companies give the app for free to increase user base and only charge the websites for providing the app?

Or split the difference, 99c for the app and $xyz from a developer.

I would GLADLY pay $100 for a branded app that I can give away for free on iTunes for my site and this would be equal to 33 end user revenue. I would even consider a yearly fee (like SEO apps).

Let me know if you are interested as most vbforum owners will have a hard time convincing their users to pay $2.99 for an app when our sites are 100% free already.