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.

[rooban12]

brilliant work

[dawges]

Is it just me or is ads in the update? I don't mind donating to a coder but having ads forced down my throat without my knowledge is not cool.

[dartho]

Ah CRAP!! That was me testing google ads (read one page back and you can see the posts with a member here on how to put in ads) - I'll delete and update now.

Really - that was an honest mistake!

Sorry for the hassle

[dartho]

New zip file uploaded with the errant code removed - that google ads code only appeared in the postpit_legacy template - just delete this bit from that template

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
  // XHTML should not attempt to parse these strings, declare them CDATA.
  /* <![CDATA[ */
  window.googleAfmcRequest = {
    client: 'ca-mb-pub-xxxxxxxxxxxx',
    format: '320x50_mb',
    output: 'html',
    slotname: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
  };
  /* ]]> */
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"    src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_afmc_ads.js"></script>

or import new XML in the zip I just uploaded (1.0.3a)

[dawges]

Thanks Dartho!

[Hippy]

thanks for the update dartho
I have a questions for ya
How do I go about adding Next to the page nav..

[thenamesgould]

Just uploaded the latest version when I upgraded to 4.1.9, and noticed that this step:

"replace the contents of the editor_ckeditor template with that of the editor_toolbar_off template"

doesn't seem to be in there, which lead to a bit of weirdness. Apart from that, very nice!

[dartho]

Originally Posted by thenamesgould

Just uploaded the latest version when I upgraded to 4.1.9, and noticed that this step:

"replace the contents of the editor_ckeditor template with that of the editor_toolbar_off template"

doesn't seem to be in there, which lead to a bit of weirdness. Apart from that, very nice!

Is that to say you did this, and then all was cool?

[Bacon Butty]

Originally Posted by Bacon Butty

Thanks for attempting to fix my problem - sure is appreciated.

I only have a couple of basic add-ons (VSa - Advanced Permissions Based on Post Count, Word Links by BOP5 VB4, vBookie, vB Optimise Lite, Separate Sticky and Normal Threads, Notification for Reputation) - no detection scripts.

If you have a moment, the website is www.grandoldteam.com/forum. If you visit via a mobile, you'll find your unable to escape the default mobile skin on any page other than forum home. Absolutely no idea where to look to fix, .htaccess?

Hi Dartho,

Just an update on this one. It seems a lot of users are finding themselves unable to "switch off the mobile style and use the regular forum default on their mobile devices" once upgraded to 4.1.8;

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...08#post2244908

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...obile-template

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...owser-(vB4-1-9)

I realise it's likely to be a vBulletin issue, rather than your mod - but thought I'd advise here incase anyone else is having the same problem.

[bremereric]

:up: I have it installed on 4.1.3 And the only question I have if it looks right. I works great from a phone. Loads up a ton faster than any other style. Still loads pictures in a post, that is a plus. Here are two screen shots from my site.