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

[mariocaz]

Of course work in 3.6.8 yo can see it in the top of this site.

Also I have installed there and works perfectly.

[nicolerork]

Ah, nevermind. I figured it ou!

[tehtide]

Ok... we have this installed on our site, http://www.clan-tlb.com, with vbAdvanced as our home page. The issue is this.. when you browse to the site with Windows Mobile 6, there are 3 broken image links, and the login doesn't work. Any one have any ideas?

thanks

[mariocaz]

Solution by dartho:
Edit the adv_portal template in the CMPS group for the mobile styles and replace the contents with

<html>
<head>
<title>Redirecting to mobile friendly</title>
<META http-equiv="refresh" content="2;URL=http://URL_TO_FORUM_HOME">
</head>
<body>
<p>
Redirecting to mobile site...
</p>
</body>
</html>

make sure to change the URL in the code above

This is the best solution my friend.

[dartho]

Originally Posted by tehtide

Ok... we have this installed on our site, http://www.clan-tlb.com, with vbAdvanced as our home page. The issue is this.. when you browse to the site with Windows Mobile 6, there are 3 broken image links, and the login doesn't work. Any one have any ideas?

thanks

Those broken image links and login issues are nothing to do with this addon - all this does is detect a mobile device and assign a style accordingly.

The first of the broken images is http://www.clan-tlb.com/images/butto...lapse_tcat.gif which doesn't exist, neither do the other two - http://www.clan-tlb.com/images/buttons/sendtofriend.gif and http://www.clan-tlb.com/images/buttons/printer.gif seems there are some paths wrong somewhere... I think you need to do some more editing of your vbadvanced templates

As for the login not working - does it work from your forums home page (as opposed to the vbAdvanced page?)

Personally I'd suggest the same as Mario. Feel free to click "Mark as Installed" also...

[tehtide]

Ok... I'll take a look.

The crazy thing is that it work on every other device that we have used... it is just the Windows Mobile 6 that isn't playing friendly.

thanks for all your help guys!

[tehtide]

Ok... I found in the vbAdvanced CMPS templates where the issues were... took a bit but now it's working...

Dartho... one thing in your style in order to fix the login issue I changed the following:
<form action="login.php?do=login" method="post">
to
<form action="$vboptions[bburl]/login.php?do=login" method="post">

and all was fixed!!!

thanks for the help...

[dartho]

glad it's working for you..

BTW:

I changed the following:
<form action="$vboptions[bburl]/login.php?do=login" method="post">
to
<form action="$vboptions[bburl]/login.php?do=login" method="post">

you mean from <form action="login.php?do=login" method="post"> to <form action="$vboptions[bburl]/login.php?do=login" method="post">

Yep - that would need to be done to make the logging on work on a vBadvanced page if you had vBa CMPS installed in the root of your domain and vBulletin in a directory off your root.

[Jase2]

*Jason eagerly awaits the 3.7 release*

Regards Jason

[dartho]

Relased for 3.7 HERE