Major Additions - Announcing Forum Runner - vBulletin Android/iPhone/iPad App

Introducing Forum Runner for the iPhone/iPad/Android vBulletin!

Forum Runner now supports ANDROID Devices!!!

Forum Runner now supports vBulletin 4.0/4.1 CMS!!

http://www.forumrunner.com

What is Forum Runner?

Forum Runner is a vBulletin mod that allows your users to browse your forum using a native Android/iPhone/iPad client. This means faster access for those users since it only downloads the actual forum information rather than all the extraneous images that slow down the mobile connection.

Forum Runner now supports the iPad natively! Download the Forum Runner app once and support both iPhone and iPad versions in one universal app!

iOS 4 multitasking on the iPhone is fully supported by Forum Runner.

Forum Runner is FREE for forum owners to install, and takes less than 5 minutes. The client for the iPhone/iPad/Android costs 1.99$ which is LESS THAN THE COMPETITORS, and has more features. Please see the list below for full information on Forum Runner's features.

Forum Runner inherits all the security built into vBulletin, so users running Forum Runner will only be able to see the same forums and threads as they could using a regular browser.

Forum Runner Feature List

• Native Android/iPad/iPhone support
• vBulletin 4.0 CMS support
• iOS 4 multitasking support
• Browse your favorite forums in an easy-to-use-interface with multiple notification types (private message, subscription, etc)
• Fully customizable home screen with your favorite forums
• FREE PUSH NOTIFICATION SUPPORT : Get private message and subscribed thread updates from your favorite forums in the background!
• Poll updates (private messages/subscriptions) from favorites on home screen - shows you a summary of which forums you have new messages or subscriptions on!
• Graphical display of polls - view results and vote on polls
• Moderation tools for your moderators/admins (close/open thread, stick/unstick thread, move thread, delete posts, etc)
• Image attachment thumbnail and full size viewing from threads
• View a thread's image attachments in one convenient screen (much like the native iPhone "Photo" app)
• Save thread images to your iPhone/iPod touch library
• Fully searchable forums!
• Multi-quote support
• View embedded links without leaving the app, including YouTube videos
• Supports portrait AND landscape mode
• Full posting options (quote posts, start new thread, etc)
• Attach unlimited photos from your library (or take a photo from the camera and attach it)
• Full support for private messages and private message folders
• Full support for thread subscriptions - track your favorite threads and be updated via push when they have new posts!

Forum Runner currently supports vBulletin 3.6.x, 3.7.x, 3.8.x and 4.0.x. We are adding support for other mobile phones as well as forum software.

There is a Free version available in the iTunes App Store and Google Market as well which allows your users to try out Forum Runner before making a decision to buy it. It has all the features of the full version except that it does not have the ability to post threads and a few other differences which are outlined on http://www.forumrunner.com.

Some screen shots of Forum Runner running on various devices:

iPhone: Home Screen with customizable icons and notifications:



Push notification updates while outside the app:



Image attachment browser from a thread:



Fully searchable forums:



Full forum browsing:





How do I get the Forum Runner vBulletin Add-On?

You can download the latest version from vBulletin.org below. However if you download this version, you still need to register your forum on our directory list so it shows up in the iPhone/Android client. Please note that if you download the addon from vBulletin.org, you will need to download the unique sitekey.php file from http://www.forumrunner.com after you register your forum.

To register your forum, simply head over to http://www.forumrunner.com/?p=register. Full instructions to register your forum in the Forum Runner database are there. Once you register your forum, you can download the sitekey there. Simply place this file in the "forumrunner" directory that is created when you unarchive the add-on.

Also, there is a support forum located at: http://www.forumrunner.com/forum Please post up your ideas or any issues you have with the App there.

How can I get the Forum Runner iPhone Client?
Either search "Forum Runner" in the App Store on your iPhone, or click one of the links below:

Get Forum Runner Full Version from App Store

How can I get the Forum Runner Android Client?

Either search "Forum Runner" in the Google Market on your Android device, or click one of the links below:

Get Forum Runner Full Version from Google Market

BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD THE RIGHT VERSION FOR YOUR FORUM!

This is the vBulletin 4.x thread. For other versions, look below.

Forum Runner for vBulletin 3.6.x
Forum Runner for vBulletin 3.7.x
Forum Runner for vBulletin 3.8.x

[trackpads]

Also, please consider PP/VBG Gallery support, my site uses a huge one and It would be awesome.

Thanks again,

-Jason

[ClemsonJeeper]

What version PP/VBG do you run?

[trackpads]

The latest PP, the newest VBG is the new Beta for Vb4, I have it installed but not open yet.

[ClemsonJeeper]

Excellent. I will look into adding support for this.

[ClemsonJeeper]

We have just released v1.3.0 of the add-on which adds support for:

* Add support for Google AdSense links (see http://www.forumrunner.net/forum/showthread.php?t=29 for installation instructions)
* Add support for Sphinx plugin searching (see http://www.forumrunner.net/forum/showthread.php?t=32 for installation instructions)
* Add ability to disable Forum Runner detection on supported devices (look in vBulletin Options->Forum Runner Settings)
* Fix issue with unknown location for people browsing with Forum Runner
* Fix various searching issues
* Add support for [YT] and [YOUTUBE] BBCode
* Add who's online support
* Fix issue with annuncements showing up multiple times if you "Load More Threads"
* Honor "Auto Subscription" settings in options when posting thru Forum Runner

[trackpads]

updated! Thanks!

[yellowpeter]

Hi,

Just a word of caution of implementing Google Adsense for Mobile Content on an actual iPhone app - The Google license agreement stated that the usage of Adsense for Mobile Content should be limited to mobile web-site, not mobile application. There is a risk of Google banning your entire Adsense account if they found you are violating the agreement, although we haven't heard of any incident of it.

We strongly advise all the forum owners to evaluate this risk before attempting to inserting Adsense for Mobile Content Advertisement into any iPhone or Android native application.

Here you can find the Google Adsense for Mobile Content license agreement:
https://www.google.com/adsense/suppo...y?answer=71600

And more discussion related to this topic:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/...7baa6821&hl=en

This is the exact reason that at Tapatalk we have not yet ready of inserting this kind of banner into the app until we received more clarification from Google.

[ClemsonJeeper]

Originally Posted by yellowpeter

Hi,

Just a word of caution of implementing Google Adsense for Mobile Content on an actual iPhone app - The Google license agreement stated that the usage of Adsense for Mobile Content should be limited to mobile web-site, not mobile application. There is a risk of Google banning your entire Adsense account if they found you are violating the agreement, although we haven't heard of any incident of it.

We strongly advise all the forum owners to evaluate this risk before attempting to inserting Adsense for Mobile Content Advertisement into any iPhone or Android native application.

Here you can find the Google Adsense for Mobile Content license agreement:
https://www.google.com/adsense/suppo...y?answer=71600

And more discussion related to this topic:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/...7baa6821&hl=en

This is the exact reason that at Tapatalk we have not yet ready of inserting this kind of banner into the app until we received more clarification from Google.

Good looking out (except for the product plug ), it looks like a grey area right now. Forum Runner adheres to all of the:

* Only one AdSense for mobile ad unit may be displayed per mobile webpage.
* A "double" ad unit can only be placed on the bottom of the page, but may appear above the page's footer (e.g. navigational links, copyright messages, etc.).
* Google ads displayed on a publisher's mobile-compliant webpage may not be modified or obscured in any way.
* After a user click, display of the advertiser's landing page may not be interrupted or prevented in any way. For instance, publishers may not display their own interstitial pages before taking users to the advertiser's website.

Since the actual forum webpages that are indexed are HTML, and since the AdSense code is hosted from the forum's website, the crawler has no problem indexing and categorizing the website.

I will attempt to get more clarification from Google on this, but nowhere in the terms do I see "cannot be in an application".

[ClemsonJeeper]

New feature! Push notification time periods! Now, you can modify your push notification account to only send you notices during a specified period. So, if you don't care about getting notifications at 3AM that someone has sent you a PM, you can now specify when you want push notifications sent to you during the day.

To configure this, log in with your push notification credentials at http://www.forumrunner.net/?p=push and modify the settings.

[hilaryl]

Just wanting to clarify how this works...

We have our forum running on mobiles with a specifically designed mobile skin that allows us to place ad units and things like google analytics in the header and footer templates (that we can customise).

Can we do this with the forumrunner app?