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

[opsman]

As an Iphone nutter I have installed and cant wait to try it out on my site, when will Apple sort it out then???

[Jman423]

Of course we would all love something for free, but the point is that with this solution becoming commercial, we will receive better support and more frequent updates. Most site administrators that are going to use this are not going to use it on a smaller forum, so the potential for a lot of iPhone users is good, and they'll want support as soon as it is needed.

Not to mention, I'm SURE that there is going to be some major changes needed when vBulletin 4 is released, so administrators that use this will want a timely upgrade option, and you couldn't be sure that a developer do this for free would be able to provide a vB MOD and an iPhone App quickly.

"Ya get what ya pay for"

They are here because this is the place to do something like this, this benefits anyone who immediately buys this solution or buys it in the future, they are getting feedback and bugs reported to the them and are working to resolve as much as possible before the official release.

I've reported a couple of bugs and ensured that they have appropriate abilities to reproduce the issues which helps, so if you are involved in the testing, I would recommend that you talk with Winter and see what you can do to help them help you.

Thanks

[R1lover]

Version 4 is years away... and yes I'm not kidding.... lol

[Jman423]

Originally Posted by R1lover

Version 4 is years away... and yes I'm not kidding.... lol

The last thing I read says they are "planning" to release vB 4 as a BETA in Q2 of 2009, which would be right around the corner...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=198928

[Dr.Viggy]

BBcodes aren't working, not sure if they're supposed to be. for instance, smilies like :birthday4: don't parse into images.

something else I think would be awesome and a huge step for getting the full version would be some kind of aggregate option. Let's say I'm a member of 4 forums within your network, I still have to check each individually. With an aggregator built in I'd be able to see all new posts across all forums at a glance.

[rmxs]

Works Very very good...
i report some small bugs and suggestions and we wait for full version with post/reply.

about the price now..If you have a forum with 100 users for sure you dont need this app.in my opinion is for large forums with many people and with the right promotion this app can be must....

[CristianoDiaz]

I just installed the app and began playing around with it - the only issue I've encountered so far is that reading any threads gives me the following error:

Unexpected error has (sic) received from the server. If this problem persists, please contact your forum administrator. {Reason:Operation could not be completed. (NSXMLParserErrorDomain error 5).

[Urban-Desi]

^^ Did you follow the instructions in Winter's email about the 2 different ZIP files attached.. 3.7 and 3.8 versions... i.e. only upload the 3.7 version if your vB board is on 3.7 etc??

And uploaded the entire folder into the forum root? i.e. /forums/thefolder

And did the iPhone sync perfectly after adding the 2 files attached for this app into your iTunes Library?

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So far mine works perfectly apart from the My Info tab... that's perfect but when i load GENERAL to load my profile or another posters profile... i get an error saying:

Unexpected error has received from the server. If this problem persists, please contact your forum administrator.
[Reason:Internal server error: no function matches method]

I don't understand what that is but i'l forward that onto Winter..

Additional Feature for next beta update id like to see avatars being pulled out and displayed in the posts etc... [if possible]

[yellowpeter]

Originally Posted by Urban-Desi

^^ Did you follow the instructions in Winter's email about the 2 different ZIP files attached.. 3.7 and 3.8 versions... i.e. only upload the 3.7 version if your vB board is on 3.7 etc??

And uploaded the entire folder into the forum root? i.e. /forums/thefolder

And did the iPhone sync perfectly after adding the 2 files attached for this app into your iTunes Library?

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So far mine works perfectly apart from the My Info tab... that's perfect but when i load GENERAL to load my profile or another posters profile... i get an error saying:



I don't understand what that is but i'l forward that onto Winter..

Additional Feature for next beta update id like to see avatars being pulled out and displayed in the posts etc... [if possible]

Hi Urban-Desi,

Which forum you are the owner? The avatars should work...

[Urban-Desi]

Yes my 2 minor issues have been fixed by DELETING the whole folder and then re-uploading the files... before i just overwrite the files... hence the glitchy errors.

yellowpeter - I am the owner of DholAholic.com