Forum Display Enhancements - Mobile Style Options 4.0

This is an add-on for the 4.0 version of my Mobile style. If you do not have this style installed, it is of no use to you!

It adds options to your vBulletin Options for customizing:

• Optionally adds links to default style (in footer or navbar)
• Optionally add 'Posted Via Mobile' message to new posts/threads (message can be customised)
• Optionally display "What's Going On" box in forum home
• Optionally display Style Chooser in footer
• Set 'Home' link URL (rather than editing templates)
• Can hide mobile style from Style Chooser

Install the latest Mobile style (should have same version number as this addon, but may have a different alpha char on end of version number)

Install this add-on and set your options

Version History
1.0.1 - Initial Release port from 3.x
1.0.2 - Fixed up 'Posted via Mobile' options

You can modify how the message displays by editing the "posted_by_mobile_device" template, you could even edit the hook location and have it display above the post

1.0.3 - Reality check for this with issues, no new functionality
1.0.4 - small install change which should stop timeouts on sites with large post tables

[Gene Steinberg]

Our forum is pretty clearly-labeled on my iPhone. I don't now what you're using, but clearly something is wrong with what you are seeing, since the labeling and the thread descriptions, such as The UFO Forum, are clearly expressed.

What don't you understand about the words "The Paracast"? How does that imply rugby?

Peace,
Gene

[Front Range 4x4]

Originally Posted by Gene Steinberg

This is a neat idea, but very flawed.

You're missing the point Gene. Dartho is being generous in not saying something along the line of "If you can do better, do it."

Nothing worse than someone be so critical of something someone is providing for free.

[Gene Steinberg]

So even though it's highly flawed I should say it's not flawed. I am not a programmer. I come to this place to get add-ons for our forums so I don't have to learn PHP and MySQL, or pay someone the big bucks to do it for me. And most work just fine, thank you.

This one doesn't work so fine, and the accompanying style is clunky and poorly executed. I explained why I didn't like them in the hope that maybe the author would consider the suggestions and find a way to improve the product — and maybe generate some PayPal donations as the result.

Instead, I get silly challenges that I should do it myself and claims that a forum that is clearly about paranormal subjects, since that's what all the descriptive text says, is somehow about rugby.

Maybe I'm just in an alternate universe when I visit this thread.

Peace,
Gene

[dartho]

Gene, my addons are not the least bit flawed - they do exactly what they were designed to do, help make my site work the way I want it to.

I didn't suggest that your forum was about rugby - I suggested that it was highly flawed because it was not. When I viewed your forum, I wanted it to be about rugby and instead it was about some radio show I've never even heard of. I did not mean to challenge you, I was merely suggesting a way to improve your site, and maybe generate paypal donations.

This however was not released for paypal donations, it was release for the pleasure of reading posts such as yours.

Peace

[Gene Steinberg]

OK, so this particular plugin does what you want, but it can't automatically recognize the user agent and deliver the style that is suitable for the user.

If you want to help us improve the site, help us get a mobile theme that looks good and a mod that will deliver the style best suited to a particular device's browser.

I don't think I'm asking for too much here.

Peace,
Gene

[Front Range 4x4]

It's not really my concern and I'm just responding because you are asking too much. Dartho was generous enough provide this for free, if you don't like it so don't use it.

I'm sure you can find many people will to make exactly what you want and would be happy for the paid work. Hire someone and you can complain, someone doing something for free should be thanked not criticized.

Can you understand that?

[Gene Steinberg]

What I understand is that all software is a work in progress. There are always things that can be done better or differently. But when someone makes honest criticism and receives nothing but sarcastic responses about rugby, or is told to buzz off, that doesn't make me feel warm and friendly to the coder.

Or maybe that coder feels that perfection has been achieved and that there's nothing left to do.

Peace,
Gene

[Front Range 4x4]

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[Kingdombuilder]

Thank you very much for sharing you mod... i love it, but I do however have one problem still:

I have the 4.0.1 VB 4 and i came back to get the update and I'm still having trouble getting it to display "post Via Mobile Device". Any suggestions to what i'm doing wrong?

i uninstalled the last release, and then i installed the latest one with the fix.

[dartho]

What is your site, and also could you point me to a post or two which were posted when using the mobile style...

Thanks