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Lightweight Style for Small Screen Devices (cell phone, iphone, mobile, android)
Mod Version: 1.0.3, by dartho (Coder/Designer) dartho is offline
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vB Version: 4.1.8 Rating: (152 votes - 4.55 average) Installs: 850
Released: 25 Aug 2010 Last Update: 16 Dec 2011 Downloads: 5375
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A lightweight *forum only style aimed at small screen devices such as Windows Smartphones, Nokias and even iPhones. It has VERY low bandwidth requirements - 15 times less on my site - 20K as opposed to 300K for forumhome.

*forum only - I have done a very small amount of rough work on CMS templates, a simple single column CMS *could* be created to work with this style without too much effort. However I am not sure if you can have a different CMS layout dependent on which style you are using?

This is an update to the mobile style I have previously released.

The changes are predominantly aesthetic to take advantage of larger screens.

It is also much easier to change colour schemes by editing the commented CSS file.


Demo: http://vbdev.org/forum.php?styleid=7

This is a a lightweight style and as such has much reduced functionality/information over the default vBulletin style.

Install instructions:
  • Firstly, if upgrading, I recommend installing this as a new style rather than overwriting your previous install. This way you get to test it first without trashing your existing style.
  • BACKUP YOUR EXISTING lightweight.css.php FILE IF YOU HAVE CSS CUSTOMISATIONS
  • Download ZIP file
  • Unzip to a local/temp directory
  • Edit lightweight.css.php file to customise colours if required
  • Upload contents of the upload directory in the zip file folder to your forum root.
  • Install style XML via Style Manager in your ADMINCP
  • **Install and configure "LightWeight Style Options"
  • See post 2 for a FAQ
  • Click "Mark as Installed"
  • Test it out
  • Leave a rating
  • Leave feedback
  • Enjoy checking your site from your mobile phone without the need to pinch/zoom/wait etc...
Version Control:
1.0.0 - 25 AUG 2010 - Initial Release on vBulletin.org
1.0.1 - 26 AUG 2010 - Fixed "Mark All Forums Read" link in Search results. Released Lightweight Style Options to customise this
1.0.2 - 21 MAR 2011 - Updated to 4.1.2, removed short tags from CSS, fixed some issues discovered since last release, added some stuff.
1.0.3 - 16 DEC 2011 - Updated to 1.0.3, tried to fix all known issues. Nothing new. If you have updated your site as bugs have been found, probably no need to upgrade. But if you're upgrading your site from to 4.1.9, might be worthwhile.
1.0.3a - 16 DEC 2011 - remove test ad hook code accidently left in postbit_legacy template
Branding Free:
The style is free to use. However I ask that you keep links in the footer. If you want to remove them - send me a donation of an amount you can afford, or that you think is fair/reasonable, it's up to you how much.

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  #931  
Old 18 Jun 2012, 11:44
charlesr charlesr is offline
 
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Not a major issue, but when you click on "new posts" or "search", the navigation disappears, so you have to then click through to a post to see it again.
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Old 19 Jun 2012, 02:27
dartho dartho is offline
 
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Short story is, it doesn't work correctly with 4.2 as it wasn't written for 4.2, but you would have seen that it wasn't compatible when you upgraded your test site before upgrading your live site.

I really don't have the time to look at this at the moment, but will happily post fixes if someone has them to put forward.
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Old 20 Jun 2012, 08:26
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The Rocketeer The Rocketeer is offline
 
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Such a Shame, This was a really nice style I wish someone could come and update it and fix it up for vB 4.2 since Dartho cant do it now, once updated I am sure then it will give many more years of great service. even posting the fixes will be a great step towards helping everyone

All the best Dartho, I hope you can update it one day soon.
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  #934  
Old 20 Jun 2012, 10:38
letipro letipro is offline
 
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update for 4.2.0 PLS
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  #935  
Old 21 Jun 2012, 07:32
charlesr charlesr is offline
 
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What else is broken apart from what I mentioned above? All the rest seems to be working for me? I'm continuing to leave it for users on 4.2 and I know people are using it.
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Old 23 Jun 2012, 05:30
thenamesgould thenamesgould is offline
 
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Originally Posted by charlesr View Post
What else is broken apart from what I mentioned above? All the rest seems to be working for me? I'm continuing to leave it for users on 4.2 and I know people are using it.
I use this daily on my own forum, and hadn't even noticed that ... and I haven't had any complaints. Definitely not getting rid of it just because of that!

I'm just hoping that when vb5 rolls around, there will be a version of this for that!!!
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  #937  
Old 24 Jun 2012, 06:30
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Originally Posted by djbaxter View Post
But I don't want to disallow users from using the vBulletin mobile version. I just want to add the option for mobile users to select this one.

I have the Suite. Now the CMS doesn't get a lot of use and blogs are currently disabled so the forum is the main focus, but this style, unlike the vBulletin mobile style, doesn't provide for anything but the forum.

Suggestions?
in the same boat, need some help with the second question..
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  #938  
Old 25 Jun 2012, 02:23
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The Rocketeer The Rocketeer is offline
 
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This issue is said to be once again present in 4.2 after the patch

http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-13851

Originally Posted by dartho View Post
If you wish to make this change manually, edit init.php and
search for:

Block Disabled:      (Update License Status)  
Suspended or Unlicensed Members Cannot View Code.

and replace with

Block Disabled:      (Update License Status)  
Suspended or Unlicensed Members Cannot View Code.

and search for

Block Disabled:      (Update License Status)  
Suspended or Unlicensed Members Cannot View Code.

and replace with


Block Disabled:      (Update License Status)  
Suspended or Unlicensed Members Cannot View Code.

above fix is not working, code not found inside init.php

Last edited by The Rocketeer : 25 Jun 2012 at 02:32.
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  #939  
Old 25 Jun 2012, 10:51
charlesr charlesr is offline
 
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Originally Posted by The Rocketeer View Post
in the same boat, need some help with the second question..
I lock the CMS to the site style (pencil on homepage) - it's useable on modern phones.
The vbulletin mobile one seems tremendously slow on my nokia 5800 (older symbian touchscreen), so I don't force it on users. I have this one set as the default for older mobiles and leave the option for modern phones as "none".

Last edited by charlesr : 25 Jun 2012 at 11:31.
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  #940  
Old 25 Jun 2012, 10:57
deverill2010 deverill2010 is offline
 
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I have this style on my CMS its not perfect but it gets the basics done for simple browsing on phones.

http://www.midwiferyonline.co.uk/forum.php?styleid=8. I don't have a 'home' link as I haven't got around to editing that in. So once clicked on the above link, add index.php after .co.uk/
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  #941  
Old 30 Jun 2012, 16:09
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The Rocketeer The Rocketeer is offline
 
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also I am unable to select the any other style, it only lets me select the default mobile style or none? look at this pic

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File Type: jpg unable to select.jpg (52.8 KB, 138 views)
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  #942  
Old 06 Jul 2012, 18:25
Gripi Gripi is offline
 
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hi..

i saw that every member that reply post from this mobile style, the signature option automaticly OFF, how to make the "Show Signature" always ON when reply a thread.

thanks
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  #943  
Old 10 Jul 2012, 01:58
semprot semprot is offline
 
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Originally Posted by The Rocketeer View Post
also I am unable to select the any other style, it only lets me select the default mobile style or none? look at this pic

True... Do not use default mobile style on vb's default setting. your style wont appear there if it is imported as non-mobile.
use dartho's mobile device detection plugin instead and leave that setting untouched.
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  #944  
Old 10 Jul 2012, 16:55
Danny M Danny M is offline
 
Join Date: May 2010
Hey,

I've installed this style, but how do I make it display for users who visit my forum on their mobile.

I looked in the "Style and Language" settings, but the only style that gets listed in the dropdown box is "Default Mobile Style" and not "Lightweight"

Anyone know how I can fix this?

Thanks
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  #945  
Old 10 Jul 2012, 17:02
deverill2010 deverill2010 is offline
 
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in the instructions in the first post it says this -


**Install and configure "LightWeight Style Options"

I think the above does allow it to be selected as a mobile style.

Last edited by deverill2010 : 10 Jul 2012 at 17:09.
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