Mobile/Cell Phone Style

A version for 3.7 can be found HERE

A super light style designed for Mobile Phones - use in conjunction with THIS or THIS modification to redirect mobile phone users to this theme.

This is a work in progress, and any and all feedback is greatly appreciated - I will do my best to act on bugs and suggestions.

Check http://mobility.mobi (not my site) from a mobile device to see how it looks or you can visit via an emulator HERE

Whilst this doesn't have ALL functionality of vBulletin default, it does allow browsing forums, replying to posts, creating new topics and sending/receiving PMs.

I'm new at this, be kind.

Version History
1.00 - Initial Release
2.00 - Validates Strict XHTML 1.0 on http://validator.w3.org/
Added PM notification, fixed new reply, new thread, new PM to look better. Can edit posts. Added Logout and also an "Up" menu which will take you to the parent forum of where ever you currently are. Images in posts are replaced with a link to the image - unfortunately this meant I had to do teh same to smilies which all now show up as :-) (which is a link to teh smilie itself). It is now approaching a fully functioning skin - not sure what else you would want to do from a mobile phone/PDA. A few small bugs fixed too.
2.01 - Added viewing thread subscriptions, who's online (both only for logged on members) and quick reply
2.02 - Quick reply for logged on members only
2.03 - fix a w3.org validation issue, added "mark forums read" to forum home
2.04 - Internal release
2.05 - added mark as read to 'new posts' added 'sub' (Subscribed threads) and 'online' (who's online) footer navbar forum name in post title (as link) fixed a few things.
2.06 - Page numbers appear in thread bits
- UserCP page, with access to PMs, Subscribed Threads, Edit Signature, Edit Options (which includes changing view from oldest first to newest first
- Basic MOD options added - can delete posts and threads (and undelete also)
- Remember me added to login in footer (duplicate login screens removed
- I should probably test this latest version more extensively and re validate it, but thought you wouldn;t mind a pre-release

2.07 - Added requests, revalidated STRICT XHTML on w3.org. If you have modified your existing install of this, I suggest you backup the style first before upgrading with this new version just in case you want to roll back.
2.08 - Remove backlink from FORUMHOME
2.09 - updated version numbers on templates to 3.6.9
2.10 - added securitytoken field to all forms

A Spanish translation can be found in post # 200 HERE

Install Instructions
Unzip and upload the wireless.css to your forum root.
Import the XML as a new style WITH NO PARENT.

Upgrade Instructions
Unzip and upload the wireless.css to your forum root (overwriet existing).
Import the XML and merge with existing. Alternatively you could delete the existing mobi style and re-upload fresh.

Keywords: Mobile, Cell, Portal, Mobi, Light, PDA, Phone

Screen Shots - Don;t be put off by the colours, these are all very easily changed by editing the CSS file. If you need help, just ask. I did these from a desktop browser with the window resized to 240px wide - to get a proper idea of the look, use the emulator link mentioned above. It looks MUCH better from an actualy small screen device!



How to hide a style from style chooser
This template edit will allow you to 'hide' a style from the Style Chooser so users can't select a specified style.

[oldfan]

Originally Posted by dartho

I think you should delete the

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="2; URL=http://metallifukinca.com/forums.php" />

line.

It would probably be a good idea to edit the navbar template for this skin and make sure that Home link point to forums.php rather than index.php

I tried that, i just doesn't auto redirect anymore.
when i click on the link it just loops

[dartho]

I see the issue - vbadvanced integrated into your forums - every page is a vbadvanced page. I didn't know this was possible..

try this one as your adv_portal template - it will only disaply your centre CMPS blocks :

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html>
<head>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar
<div>
	<if condition="$show['center_column']">
	$home[centerblocks]
	</if>
</div>
$footer
</body>
</html>

[RyanC]

I think the simple ability to delete posts and threads would be a huge improvement...

[tekguru]

Feedback from one of my Mods who has been using it extensively:

ok, so I've used the mobile version on the S710 for a couple of days now and so here's some feedback:

- The threads in New Posts search, do not show the forum that they are in, even when you go into the post. This is especially important for Mods as they can't easily tell if they're in the wild or not.
-No page numbers listed on the New Posts page so you can't opt to go straight to page number 1 for example.
-No mark all as read option in the new posts list
-The portal display isn't the best
-No moderation tools
-Quick reply box only appears on the last page of a thread

Comments?

[dartho]

- The threads in New Posts search, do not show the forum that they are in, even when you go into the post. This is especially important for Mods as they can't easily tell if they're in the wild or not.

This is in the next update

-No page numbers listed on the New Posts page so you can't opt to go straight to page number 1 for example.

You sure? Unless I'm looking in the wrong place, I can see them when I log onto your site? Page nav is however a little messy, I'll fix this in the next update

-No mark all as read option in the new posts list

I'll see what I can do...

-The portal display isn't the best

Portal? Or the style itself? Colours can easily be modifed by editing the CSS, as for layout, I've tried to make it so it will display OK on the widest range of devices, not just new devices.

-No moderation tools

There are no plans for moderation tools in this style

-Quick reply box only appears on the last page of a thread

This is in the next update

Next update also has a who's online, and subscribed threads plus whatever else I add in the mean time.

[tekguru]

Cheers for the reply. I've fed back to the team - forget the comments about the Portal as these are of course referring to VbA with the side columns removed.

May I ask why basic mod tools are not planned at all?

[dartho]

Navigation menu space is at a premium is the main reason. For those browsing from a small screen mobile phone, it can get very cluttered, esp given that drop downs may not necessarily be supported.

I do plan on taking this skin (once I think it is out of beta stage) and extending it for more modern/larger screen devices - I will add Mod controls in that skin...

[dartho]

version 2.05 released with some requested changes added!



As of this release I have added a very small link on the Forum Home below the footer (this link only appears on Forum home - not every page). I have kept the size of this link to a minimum (it currently reads "2.05 by TWF" where TWF is a link back to one of my websites where I primarily developed this skin for and 2.05 is the current version)

Sorry to do this, but I have spent many hours on this and have decided to get some benefit (other than warm fuzzys and the adoration of my peers) from it.

You may remove this with my permission after making a paypal donation. This can be done via the "Support Developer" link above (just a few links below the "Mark as Installed" link).

[tekguru]

And installed more feedback later! Donation likely to follow as soon as I get my Adsense revenue in

[tekguru]

Okay more feedback from my Mods:

We still have 2 portal login areas- 1 high in the portal with a remember me option, and one at the bottom, without a 'remember'

The Forum page does only have 1 login area, but it doesn't have a 'remember me' option, so it is necessary to log in each visit if PIE has been closed.