Lightweight Style for VB3.8.7 iPhone/Mobile/Cell/PDA

A few have asked for this, hope you like it.

As the title suggests, this is a lightweight style for vBulletin 3.8.7 (and probably most versions before that - A quick test showed it also working under vBulletin 3.7.7!)

It's lightweight (low bandwidth) and works well on most handheld / mobile devices. Some have been know to use it on their desktops and I personally use it for Google as a way of significantly reducing the bandwidth they use.

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Install Instructions
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• Backup
• Download and extract ZIP file locally
• Upload contents of forum folder to your forum root
• Go into your AdminCP->Style Manager->Download / Upload Styles
• In the "Import Style XML File" section browse to "lightweight-vbulletin-3.8.7-style.xml" (extracted form the zip file)
• If you are running a version of vbulletin other than 3.8.7, select Yes in "Ignore Style Version"
• Click the "Import" button.
• Edit the header template and change the 2nd line to reflect the Style ID of your default style and location of your home page (forum.php or index.php) and text for the anchor (Default Style).
  

  <a class="toplinks" href="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?<if condition="$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']">$_SERVER[QUERY_STRING]&amp;</if>styleid=1">Default Style</a>

• Return to vBulletin.org and click "Mark as Installed"
• Reply to this thread leaving feedback and a rating

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Release History
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18th May 2011 - 1.0.0 Initial Release
20th May 2011 - 1.0.1 Bug Fixes and enhancements

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Screen Shots
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Branding Free
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If you wish to remove the branding/copyright notice from the footer - send me a donation of an amount you can afford, or that you think is fair/reasonable, it's up to you how much. (can't get much fairer than that) You can do this by clicking the "Support Developer" link above (a few lines below the "Mark as Installed" link).

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Bugs fixes for next release
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Issue:
extra "> in template forumhome_forumbit_level2_nopost
Resolution:
Search for

<div class="windowbg">">

Replace with

<div class="windowbg">

Issue:
Inconsistencies in disaplying locked forums
Resolution:
See this post

Thanks.

[MagicThemeParks]

Thanks for the 'closed' suggestion. I'll see what I can think about using instead of the line-through.

Arrange in columns is a mod. I'll turn on the template names in HTML comments now to help you :up:

EDIT: Saw that you added a post while I hadn't refreshed. LOL....I'll try that suggestion for the columncell template now.

[MagicThemeParks]

Originally Posted by dartho

If you want the forums to display like standard forums in the lightweight style, you can edit the forumhome_forumbit_columncell template in the lightweight style and replace it's contents with the contents of the forumhome_forumbit_level2_post template (I think...)

Made the changes you suggested and it was almost there. But, it was showing as if the icons were missing because I was using the prefix images. So, I used the suggestion from bradhaskins in post #62 and that worked :up:

Now, I just have to get the mobile style detect going and we'll be set!

Thanks for your help again Dartho :up:

[Clutch]

Thank you dartho! This is a fantastic style. I see the auto-detect script that you outlined here and that should work great.

My question: Is there any way I can make it so if you're NOT using a mobile device that you can NOT select this style? The reason is my site depends heavily on CPM advertising, and since this is a lightweight style (light ads to possibly no ads), I'd prefer it not be user-selectable unless you are on a mobile device.

Any thoughts?

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by Clutch

Thank you dartho! This is a fantastic style. I see the auto-detect script that you outlined here and that should work great.

My question: Is there any way I can make it so if you're NOT using a mobile device that you can NOT select this style? The reason is my site depends heavily on CPM advertising, and since this is a lightweight style (light ads to possibly no ads), I'd prefer it not be user-selectable unless you are on a mobile device.

Any thoughts?

AdminCP>Styles and Templates>Style Manager. Then uncheck the box for this style and click "Save display Order."

This will keep the style from being selectable by users but the automatic detection script will still be able to use it.

[plazzman]

Is there a reason it won't show custom logo? I've entered my logo into the CSS supplied, and the path is correct, but it wont show image, just the text of site name

[dartho]

I think you'll need to edit the header template and change:

<div class="header" align="left"><strong>$vboptions[bbtitle]</strong></div>

to something like

<div class="header" align="left"><img src="mylogo.png" /></div>

and play with it from there ...

[plazzman]

Awesome, worked like a charm. Thanks alot

[radiofranky]

can you create one for 4.14? I like simple and clean style..

It's nice!

[dartho]

I already have https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=249277

[benFF]

Just missing attachment uploads and my users will all be happy

Would also be nice if the CSS was made using the build in editor, rather than manually editing a file. Easier to hook into my CDN then as well.