Major Additions - iPhone / Android / webOS / WP7 / BlackBerry for vB - Tapatalk

** Over 28000 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 28000 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

Download Tapatalk mobile app


** iPhone/iPod AppDownload here.
** iPad HD AppDownload here.
** BlackBerry App! Download here.
** Andriod version is available at Android Market! - ** 4 stars review - Top 1 Social Android app! Download now and see why we are the best forum 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/landing.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:


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 upload images directly from Android and iPhone!:

[ikorolis]

Updated

Tapatalk 4.8.0 Version For VBulletin 4.x.x

http://tapatalk.com/files/plugin/mobiquo_vb40_4_8_0.zip

[ikorolis]

Updated

Tapatalk Version 4.8.1 For VBulletin 4.x.x

http://tapatalk.com/files/plugin/mobiquo_vb40_4_8_1.zip

[ikorolis]

Updated

Tapatalk Version 4.9.0 For VBulletin 4.x.x

http://tapatalk.com/files/plugin/mobiquo_vb40_4_9_0.zip

[BadgerDog]

Folks..... be very careful with this product... :down:

For weeks I've been trying to figure out how all these spammers and weird posters were getting through to our site...

Tapatalk let's people simply register and circumvent the entire vBulletin web site registration process. They just need a name, email address and password.. no other information required at all ...

Even after threads of complaints, Tapatalk have done nothing to fix this glaring security issue, except offer the vBulletin site owner a PAID version which has the ability to turn OFF registrations when using the paid version of Tapatalk, which is not available in the FREE version.

Quite simply, you have to pay "blackmail" money to change to their BYO version, in order to get a simple switch to stop hackers and spammers from registering directly using Tapatalk, circumventing all of the safety measures that have to be gone through when they do this through our web site. :erm:

In response to complaints, Tapatalk support is now claiming they use a spam detection method, which is nonsense as it hasn't done anything to stop spammers from accessing a lot of vBulletin sites offering support for their product.

We've sent out a posting to all our Tapatalk users to start searching for an alternative app ...

Regards,
Doug

[CAG CheechDogg]

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

Folks..... be very careful with this product... :down:

For weeks I've been trying to figure out how all these spammers and weird posters were getting through to our site...

Tapatalk let's people simply register and circumvent the entire vBulletin web site registration process. They just need a name, email address and password.. no other information required at all ...

Even after threads of complaints, Tapatalk have done nothing to fix this glaring security issue, except offer the vBulletin site owner a PAID version which has the ability to turn OFF registrations when using the paid version of Tapatalk, which is not available in the FREE version.

Quite simply, you have to pay "blackmail" money to change to their BYO version, in order to get a simple switch to stop hackers and spammers from registering directly using Tapatalk, circumventing all of the safety measures that have to be gone through when they do this through our web site. :erm:

In response to complaints, Tapatalk support is now claiming they use a spam detection method, which is nonsense as it hasn't done anything to stop spammers from accessing a lot of vBulletin sites offering support for their product.

We've sent out a posting to all our Tapatalk users to start searching for an alternative app ...

Regards,
Doug

I use tapatalk on our forums and I have never had a problem with spammers using tapatalk to get through. You can remove the registration option from the settings under Settings > Options > Tapatalk Options > Register page url and leave it blank or put in another non-existent page ...

For you to come on here and blast a great App that many people use without problems is pretty immature of you. Tapatalk has done nothing about this because there is nothing "to do".

What you should of done is asked if people where having problems with Tapatalk in regards to spammers and registration issues like you are on your site. There is an easy fix on your side which I just posted and I believe you owe these guys an apology for coming on here and saying that they are blackmailing people to turn this off ...

Spam will happen on any site if you don't stay on top of it, there are many ways people can combat spamming and it is ultimately each forum's owner and or staff to do their job to prevent it and or completely eliminate it.

Like I said, I have almost zero problems/issues with spam on our forums, they are one of the most active in the gaming genre and none of the spam is coming through this App. In fact, I have had zero spammer accounts come in through the Tapatalk app since installing it. ....

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by CAG CheechDogg

I use tapatalk on our forums and I have never had a problem with spammers using tapatalk to get through. You can remove the registration option from the settings under Settings > Options > Tapatalk Options > Register page url and leave it blank or put in another non-existent page ...

For you to come on here and blast a great App that many people use without problems is pretty immature of you. Tapatalk has done nothing about this because there is nothing "to do".

What you should of done is asked if people where having problems with Tapatalk in regards to spammers and registration issues like you are on your site. There is an easy fix on your side which I just posted and I believe you owe these guys an apology for coming on here and saying that they are blackmailing people to turn this off ...

Spam will happen on any site if you don't stay on top of it, there are many ways people can combat spamming and it is ultimately each forum's owner and or staff to do their job to prevent it and or completely eliminate it.

Like I said, I have almost zero problems/issues with spam on our forums, they are one of the most active in the gaming genre and none of the spam is coming through this App. In fact, I have had zero spammer accounts come in through the Tapatalk app since installing it. ....

The fix they provided (and others), doesn't work....

https://support.tapatalk.com/threads...rations.20426/

.. and, why would it be necessary to start patching code that simply needs to have a switch added (like Forum Runner and other products have ...), to simply require vBulletin registrants to use the vBulletin proper registration system?

Anyway, your situation is unique and not indicative of what a lot of vBulletin sites have experienced with this security flaw...

To Tapatalk's credit, they have indicated they're going to address the issue in a future version, but that statement has been going on for about 6 months now.

Regards,
Doug

ps: no apology owed... I made the same comments in their support forum and if there's an apology owed, it should come from Tapatalk permitting this back-door to registrations to be left open with so minimal requirements in order to be able to post to any vBulletin site offering support for their add-on product.

Doesn't it seem odd to anyone that they offer that switch, but only if you PAY a monthly fee to use their product?

[CAG CheechDogg]

Again, it is up to you to make sure that any app you install in your forums is safe and or you take any extra measures to stop spam.

I have installed Tapatalk on several forums which I have set up for friends and family and none of them have this problem. You can't expect an app that is free to do everything for you.

You say this is a security flaw, but any forum or site can experience huge amounts of spam accounts without having this app installed, but how is that a security flaw? What is it putting at risk that forums or sites that don't have this app installed isn't?

The problem is not a security flaw but a spam issue, two very different things ...

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by CAG CheechDogg

Again, it is up to you to make sure that any app you install in your forums is safe and or you take any extra measures to stop spam.

I have installed Tapatalk on several forums which I have set up for friends and family and none of them have this problem. You can't expect an app that is free to do everything for you.

You say this is a security flaw, but any forum or site can experience huge amounts of spam accounts without having this app installed, but how is that a security flaw? What is it putting at risk that forums or sites that don't have this app installed isn't?

The problem is not a security flaw but a spam issue, two very different things ...

Look my friend..

You can be a Tapatalk booster all you want, but we are also entitled to our opinion...

With all of the vBulletin add-on measures we've installed, we've had virtually no spam for many many years, because registrants have to go through vBulletin process...

It was only after installing Tapatalk, did we start to see spammers using Tapatalk's weak registration system (except of course if you pay the monthly fee), start posting spam again to our site. We know it's from Tapatalk's registration process circumventing around vBulletin's, because every spammer who does this ends up with the phrase Using Tapatalk added to their signature field. Nothing like building in free advertising for their product without telling either the web site admin or the user signing up.

Pretty funny in a bizarre sort of way ..

Anyway, enough said and my point here was to warn vBulletin admins that when they install this product (unless they use the paid version), they are automatically agreeing to let Tapatalk permit registrations outside of their current VBulletin installed method.

We raise it here, because Tapalk does not mention that fact when you install it or in their documentation... perhaps they should?

Thanks for your feedback and counterpoint ... :up:

Regards,
Doug

[CAG CheechDogg]

Lol, I am not being a tapatalk booster "My friend", I haven't had any problems with the app and you have ...tough luck right? Ultimately it comes down to how much time you spend to make sure these things don't happen.

Too me it seems like you don't like to take those extra steps to make sure things run how you want them to, instead you want everything to be free.

I am sure others will be grateful that you came on here to "warn" them about this "security flaw", but again, you still did not explain how this is a "security flaw" other than it allowing the registration without other required fields that you may have.

And in your initial post you never said regarding this "
Anyway, enough said and my point here was to warn vBulletin admins that when they install this product (unless they use the paid version), they are automatically agreeing to let Tapatalk permit registrations outside of their current VBulletin installed method."

You just simply make it look like tapatalk doesn't care, that the app is a security flaw and they are blackmailing people into paying for the BYO version which is completely false. Yes my situation might be different but that is because I take those extra measures to ensure that my site is free of spam and registration is done correctly if i install and app that allows their registration process to have an effect on my forums.

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by CAG CheechDogg

I am sure others will be grateful that you came on here to "warn" them about this "security flaw", but again, you still did not explain how this is a "security flaw" other than it allowing the registration without other required fields that you may have.

Really?

1. Tapatalk permits completely unencumbered registration to any site that adds it and opens up their access to the forums. Tapatalk's registration process circumvents around vBulletin's, and anyone using it to register in this manner ends up automatically with the phrase Using Tapatalk added to their signature field. That's how we've been finding and banning spammers.

2. Our site, using vBulletin's native built-in registration process uses vBulletin's inherent banning methods, add-ons such as IP and country banning, plus add-ons like Akismet, Glow Host Spam-o-Matic, StopForumSpam database, SpamBot Stopper, etc etc... Spamming is virtually extinct using this method of registering.

3. Tapatalk's registration processes uses none of those methods. Their software simply takes their name, email address and password desired, then pushes them into a vBulletin site so they can start posting. No other fields and no other checking. Heck, we require Location to be mandatory on registration through vBulletin. Tapatalk simply ignores that requirement so we also end up with registered users who that field is empty. The good news is that it's another way we can "search" in AdminCP and locate these back door sign ups.

It's simple and I find it odd you seem to take exception that we (and lot of other sites) are requesting the same switch they have in the paid monthly version, or minimally, if that don't want to do that, Tapatalk should advise any admin who's thinking about adding Tapatalk to their vBulletin site that this is how the free software operates, unless they subscribe to the paid monthly version. It has the switch built in that lets the admins turn OFF Tapatalk direct registrations. By the way, we are providing Tapatalk free access to potentially 25,000+ users who may buy their tablet/phone client through the iTunes ($5/copy for HD version) or Android store, so I don't think it's an unreasonable quid-pro-quo request that they simply let vBulletin admins block direct registrations to protect our sites.

If anyone takes the time to read the Tapatalk forum link I posted earlier, you'll see that this is not just a case of our site taking issue with this security flaw, but it's many sites.

Thanks CAG CheechDogg, for the interactive banter. I'm sure it's helped get enough attention in this thread, so that any potential vBulletin admins who might think about adding this mod and just skimmed the comments, will now take the time to query Tapatalk support about this issue and perhaps follow the thread dialog in their support forums, as to when this will be plugged in the free version, as in their paid version.

Regards,
Doug

ps: I have no interest in getting into a "my dog's bigger then your dog" pi$$ng match. We are not newbies to Tapatalk. We've been using it since the day it was released and I think we're now into 4 1/2 years of supporting it from our site for our members.

The issue isn't about its functionality for mobile devices, it's about it's back door registration code. That never existed for the longest time, as they were only interested in being a forum reading and posting adjunct for vBulletin, and now other products as well.

The issue we (and other vBulletin sites) started to experience occurred when Tapatalk expanded their code into permitting direct registrations through their code to vBulletin sites, circumventing vBulletin native code.