Mobile, Cell, Phone, PDA, iPhone Style

vBulletin 4.0 version here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228986

A very cut back style with very low bandwidth usage which renders well on pretty much all small screen devices from old Nokias to new iPhones.

• Supports viewing/posting/replying in forums
• Supports Private Messaging
• Supports Tags (viewing, not adding)
• Supports viewing and replying to messages in Social Groups
• Supports Thread Prefixes
• has an add-on product to customise here: Extend and Customise Mobile Style (It is recommended that you install this also, but not required)
• Supports other stuff too ....

Notes

• If you are installing this on a vBulletin version higher than the current 'supported' version, and wish to get rid of the Out-of-Date Custom Templates Found! errors, see Post #329 for more information...
• I suggest you also install this add-on to this style to get more out of it...
• To modify the colour scheme of this style, you have to edit the wireless.css file by hand
• If you use a portal such as vbadvanced which you wish to disable in mobile style, see here

Release Information

• Version 0.0.1 - Initial release ported from my 3.6 version here
• Version 0.0.2 - Added auto quoting when replying to a post

  - fixed "Up" link bug
  - Added 'Posted via Mobile Device' message to new posts
  - couple small non - critical bugs fixed in some links
  

• Version 0.0.3 - No change other than change version to 3.7RC2
• Version 0.0.4 - Updated with security tokens tages for forms submital, and Gold version
• Version 0.0.5 - fixed navbar template "Home" link (you will need to edit this if your default forum page is not index.php)
• Version 0.0.6 - added ad_hook locations, fixed page titles, fixed couple small bugs
• Version 0.0.7 - Added Style chooser to UserCP, Post count to threads, Search Page, Attachment Sizes, More detailed time info, viewing/voting in polls, other stuff too probably
• Version 0.0.8 - now has an addon to customise certains aspects of this style - see HERE
• Version 0.0.9 - updated template version numbers to to 3.7.2 - no other changes have been made
• Version 0.0.10 - Now Fully Phrased (thanks Keyser Soze) Other updates included so its add-on product can do more customization

  Both this style and the addon will have the same version numbers - it's best to make sure you update the add-on when updating the style.

• Version 0.0.10a - fixed small bug in footer template

Install Instructions

• Save attached XML to your local computer
• Save attached wireless.css.txt, rename to wireless.css and upload to your forum root
• In AdminCP go to "Styles and Templates"
• In the "Import Style XML File" section browse to where you saved the XML
• Click "Import" button
• Come back to this page and click "Mark as Installed"

Other useful Add-ons to use in Conjunction with this style

• Extend and Customise Mobile Style

  This is a companion add-on designed specifically for this style which allows you to customise some aspects of it without the need to edit templates. Only works with version 0.0.8 and above

• Mobile Phone / iPhone / PDA Detection and Style Assignment

  Will automatically detect a mobile device and force the user to use a pre-defined style

• Different Domain, Different Style

  Will force the user to a predefined style based on URL visited (eg. visiting mobile.yourdomain.com will force the user to use a pre-defined mobile style wilst www.yourdomain.com will display your defaultstyle to the user
  

• Limit Posts/Thread per Page for a Specific Style

  Will set the maximum number of posts and threads displayed on a page based on a style. Whilst you may want to display 25 threads per page on a desktop, a small screen/mobile device would probably benefit from only showing 5 - 10 threads per page.
  

• How to hide a style from style chooser

  This template edit will allow you to 'hide' a style from the Style Chooser so users can't select a specified style.

Other Mobile Styles worth checking out

• ElForro's iPhone / iPod Touch Optimized Style
• Zachery's vB Lite Style
• vBMechanics Mobile Alabama Style

[dartho]

Sorry - no update coming anytime soon

Message from 'Update Email':

Originally Posted by dartho

Many apologies but I no longer have the time to support this style. However, I hope not to leave everyone high and dry with an unsupported style - If anyone with necessary skills/knowledge is interested in taking over it's development etc, please let me know. All I ask in return is that they do the same should they no longer be able to develop in the future....

[buro9]

I still want this updated for vb3.7 but don't have the time to maintain all by myself.

However, if you're willing dartho, I am prepared to upload it to sourceforge under a open source license, and grant developer rights to other users so that the mobile skin can collaboratively be worked upon.

A definitive feature rich mobile skin is so essential, and this is the best of the bunch IMO. So I'd be happy to get it to 3.7 gold, get it open sourced and shared, and help deal with some of the bugs... providing that dartho agrees to open sourcing his code, and at least one other committed developer comes on board to help so that it's not a solo job.

[dartho]

Sounds fantastic to me if other coders/designers are up for it - a "stable release" should likely be maintained on vBulletin.org so people find it - but you already knew that

Would vBulletin.org allow us to link to a sourceforge page ratherthan host the style here?

[Crimm]

I would like to take over the project if the offer still stands as well.

I'm semi-new to the vBulletin.org world, but I have enjoyed working on this style for my own site and wouldn't mind giving it a go here.

[RCK]

If Crimm already worked on this style, I would say let give it control.
This style deserve to be finalized for vB 3.7

[Jase2]

That's a shame Dartho, but I understand how "real life" things can get in the way. I wish you the very best for the future.

When I get sometime, I'm going to be updating this for my tech site. I will then release an updated version.

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by dartho

Sorry - no update coming anytime soon

Message from 'Update Email':

Thanks for your time nonetheless

[RCK]

Originally Posted by swissbob

I have set up a subdomain of my forum, m.myforum.com, using the Different Domain plugin, and given it this style.

I have turned off the 'include domain in URLs' option in vbSEO.

The front page works fine, and all the URLs now stay on the mobile domain. However, once I click on a forum page, all the links are now pointing back to the original domain. I tracked this down to the HTML head section, which includes:
<base href="http://www.myforum.com" />

I looked in the header and headinclude template and this isn't there.... so where does this come from and how do I remove it please?

Hello,
I don't know what is vbSEO and didn't change the 'include domain in URLs' option. But with standard vB I manage to fix the error you had.

Go into admincp > Search in Templates > Find and Replace > Choose "mobile" template.
Search for text: $vboptions[bburl]
Replace with Text: empty
Test Replacement: no
hit button "Find" and this will fix your problem, because all reference to original board url will have been removed

[4695697.mobi]

hi

I also would like to raise the question if anyone has found any success yet including Google's new "Mobile Adsense" yet with this wonderful mobile style (I get an error when I try to add the php codelet to the header or footer in Common Templates)

hope we can find out how soon, here, this is all Great

Thank you for this opportunity

[Jase2]

That's because it is PHP code. You will need to add some hook locations for mobile ads to work.