Forum Style - Lightweight Style for Small Screen Devices (cell phone, iphone, mobile, android)

A lightweight *forum only style aimed at small screen devices such as Windows Smartphones, Nokias and even iPhones. It has VERY low bandwidth requirements - 15 times less on my site - 20K as opposed to 300K for forumhome.

*forum only - I have done a very small amount of rough work on CMS templates, a simple single column CMS *could* be created to work with this style without too much effort. However I am not sure if you can have a different CMS layout dependent on which style you are using?

This is an update to the mobile style I have previously released.

The changes are predominantly aesthetic to take advantage of larger screens.

It is also much easier to change colour schemes by editing the commented CSS file.

Demo: http://vbdev.org/forum.php?styleid=7

This is a a lightweight style and as such has much reduced functionality/information over the default vBulletin style.

Install instructions:

• Firstly, if upgrading, I recommend installing this as a new style rather than overwriting your previous install. This way you get to test it first without trashing your existing style.
• BACKUP YOUR EXISTING lightweight.css.php FILE IF YOU HAVE CSS CUSTOMISATIONS
• Download ZIP file
• Unzip to a local/temp directory
• Edit lightweight.css.php file to customise colours if required
• Upload contents of the upload directory in the zip file folder to your forum root.
• Install style XML via Style Manager in your ADMINCP
• **Install and configure "LightWeight Style Options"
• See post 2 for a FAQ
• Click "Mark as Installed"
• Test it out
• Leave a rating
• Leave feedback
• Enjoy checking your site from your mobile phone without the need to pinch/zoom/wait etc...

Version Control:

1.0.0 - 25 AUG 2010 - Initial Release on vBulletin.org
1.0.1 - 26 AUG 2010 - Fixed "Mark All Forums Read" link in Search results. Released Lightweight Style Options to customise this
1.0.2 - 21 MAR 2011 - Updated to 4.1.2, removed short tags from CSS, fixed some issues discovered since last release, added some stuff.
1.0.3 - 16 DEC 2011 - Updated to 1.0.3, tried to fix all known issues. Nothing new. If you have updated your site as bugs have been found, probably no need to upgrade. But if you're upgrading your site from to 4.1.9, might be worthwhile.
1.0.3a - 16 DEC 2011 - remove test ad hook code accidently left in postbit_legacy template

Branding Free:

The style is free to use. However I ask that you keep links in the footer. If you want to remove them - send me a donation of an amount you can afford, or that you think is fair/reasonable, it's up to you how much.

[Defkalion]

This is a great style,

@dartho: can you please empty your pm box? i want to get in contact with you for some custom work.

[djbaxter]

One problem: The option to hide "What's Going On" / "Who's Online" isn't working for me (4.1.7), whether I'm logged in or viewing as a Guest.

[dartho]

Originally Posted by djbaxter

One problem: The option to hide "What's Going On" / "Who's Online" isn't working for me (4.1.7), whether I'm logged in or viewing as a Guest.

Edit the FORUMHOME template, search for

<!-- what's going on box -->

and replace with

<vb:if condition="$vbulletin->options['ls_whats_on']">
<!-- what's going on box -->

then search for (near end of template)

<div class="oldwindowbg">{vb:raw upcomingevents}</div>
</vb:if>
{vb:raw footer}

and replace with

<div class="oldwindowbg">{vb:raw upcomingevents}</div>
</vb:if>
</vb:if>
{vb:raw footer}

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by dartho

Edit the FORUMHOME template, search for

<!-- what's going on box -->

and replace with

<vb:if condition="$vbulletin->options['ls_whats_on']">
<!-- what's going on box -->

then search for (near end of template)

<div class="oldwindowbg">{vb:raw upcomingevents}</div>
</vb:if>
{vb:raw footer}

and replace with

<div class="oldwindowbg">{vb:raw upcomingevents}</div>
</vb:if>
</vb:if>
{vb:raw footer}

Thanks! That did it. :up:

[demonfatal]

Something is wrong with the "Move thread" option...
Even if the "Yes" in "Redirect?" is unticked, the "Moved:" appear...
Please could you check and let me know how to solve this issue... Thanks

[The Rocketeer]

when will you update this dartho? VBulletin 4.1.8 is out..

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by The Rocketeer

when will you update this dartho? VBulletin 4.1.8 is out..

And this style continues to work. Better than vBulletin's version, in fact.

[Filgga]

Originally Posted by djbaxter

And this style continues to work. Better than vBulletin's version, in fact.

I doubt, when someone goes to the page /private.php there's an error (after upgrade to 4.1.8). The sender of the Private Message is not displayed, you end up getting 'Array' as the sender.

Probably this' facing me alone?

[thenamesgould]

It is great, but I have a few problems. Big row of smileys appears under the edit box when you quote a post, and then when you post that reply, line breaks are removed. The reply box is also wider than the width of the page.

There were solutions to this earlier on in thie thread, but they didn't seem to work as intended for me, so I reverted to the original.

I'd love for those to be fixed, but this is still a great mobile skin, so I still use it.

[K4GAP]

Before I install this I have one question. When someone connects to my site using mobile device, will they be directed to this style? Or, do they need to be given a different url?