Major Additions - BlackBerry / Android / iPhone app for vBulletin - Tapatalk

** Over 23000 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 and BlackBerry . 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 and BlackBerry
• Well-tested. This MOD has been installed in over 23000 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


** Beta Released!! Free BlackBerry app! Download here.
** Andriod version is available at Android Market! - ** 4 stars review - Top 3 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/manageforum.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.

Step 6

Download the free Tapatalk iPhone app from the app store
(http://itunes.com/app/tapatalkro) to confirm it is indeed working.


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 place banners within the app:


Ability to upload images directly from Android and iPhone!:


Ability to view how Tapatalk is used via our Analytics console

[sflmkv]

yes it does work... I noticed it's not on the App store anymore. My users are whining abut it lol

[yellowpeter]

Can't believe we are still waiting for Apple.

The upside is that we fixed even more bugs and the private message feature is close to finish (minus the Push Notification part). Yesterday we sent out the latest stable built to some 30 forum owners to trial.

If any of the forum owners here still interestred to join and get a copy of this app with your own forum, you can now go to add your forum to the list to be visible on iPhone.

the purpose of the list is to allow zero configuration at iPhone to connect to your forum - in fact once the app established connection to your forum, it is a direct data connection between your device and your forum. In case you are security/privacy minded.

also we are adding an option that your forum is only be "searchable" and is hidden from the public directory, if you need this option, drop us an email and we can do it manually for you.

[yellowpeter]

Hi all,

While still no update from Apple (probably because of the OS 3.0 launch that casues the delay). Here are some update from development perpective:

Subscription Management is added and completed. You will be able to delete your subscription (only "Topic" type of subscription is supported in the mean time)



And now you will be able to subscribe to any topic you want to follow:



Also notice the little "red badge"? Yes we are also getting close to finish off the Private Messaging.

[yellowpeter]

Finally Apple has approved it and it is appearing in the app store starting from now.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...307880732&mt=8

Currently this release is limited to U.S. app store only and we will release it to the rest of the world in next release (estimate around 10-20 days from now judging from Apple recent turn-around time)

I hope you all give it a try and we are constantly improving this app - your feedback is greatly appreciated.

What happening next is we are working on a iPhone Analytic for your forum so you can see how many users has been accessing your forum thru iPhone and also their average time on your forum etc. This will help to complement what you already have such as Google Analytic.

[ericgtr]

This seems like a nice application and I can appreciate all the work that went into it, my only question is why we are forced to join into the network of forums. Is there a specific reason that it can't be released as stand alone for individual forums?

[Darkwaltz4]

well the whole point is that the app communicates with the plugin installed on your site to load only the data it needs (like the list of forums, thread text etc). in order for the app to know which sites have the required plugins installed, a network is maintained. as part of that, you can fill in some info like title and an icon.

it cant be a standalone for individual forums because it would be a terrible waste. if each site had its own app it would mean way too much for the iphone user to pick the right one, you would have an unendless list of apps to maintain, and it just makes more sense that the one app can visit any sites on the network. not to mention that only a couple existing users would get the single-site version and you would have to pay repeatedly to get a different site's clone.

i do hear though that the next app version will allow you to choose which mode to start when you open up the app - which could be your favorites page, and thus list the site(s) you go to more deliberately without having to search around for them every time. in effect "branded" to just a single forum, without having to do the mess outlined above.

besides, iphone users curious about the app might not even know about your site, but find it on the network. do you want new visitors in addition to existing ones, or just the existing ones?

[yellowpeter]

Originally Posted by ericgtr

This seems like a nice application and I can appreciate all the work that went into it, my only question is why we are forced to join into the network of forums. Is there a specific reason that it can't be released as stand alone for individual forums?

In addition to DarkWaltz mentioned I can add few more points:

- You can "join" the network but you can set it as "Search Only" where no one can see your forum on the network unless they explicitly type your forum name
- You can hide from the network anytime you want

The whole point of network is to provide better UI experience, while generating more new visitors to your forum. At the same time we provide option for you to "hide" it from the network where only you fans can find it.

Just check out the http://www.tapatalk.com/directory then you can get an idea how it works

[yellowpeter]

The version submitted to app store is 1.2 which contains bug fixes and major speed improvement.

The development team is working on the 1.3 version that *hopefully* can finish Private Messaging on time.

Our goal is to evetually get to the Push Notification where Private Message / Subscribed Topics push to your iPhone as soon as it is updated. But this will need more testing as it involves much more complicated setup and additional stress to our server.

[yellowpeter]

We have released the vb MOD 0.9.12 as a on-going minor update. Here are some of the highlights:

- Compatible to more plugins - if you have previously disabled some plugins to make it work with Tapatalk, you can try re-enable it and see if this release help.
- Minor character encoding fixes

Again the latest discussion can be found at http://www.tapatalk.com/forum

[yellowpeter]

No love for iPhone mod?

Anyway I have updated the screenshot to include the latest and greatest:

1) Full Private Message support
2) Quote reply
3) Faster load-time and improved session management
4) Full screen image viewing
5) Board Statistic
6) Who's online

And.. Push Notification is in full stream development!!