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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: (96 votes - 4.81 average) Installs: 896
Released: 25 Aug 2010 Last Update: 16 Dec 2011 Downloads: 6299
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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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  #826  
Old 02 Mar 2012, 20:20
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Originally Posted by dartho View Post
There shouldn't be any ads and the what's going on should be working in the latest version. Ads were left in by mistake and an updated version with them removed was uploaded within an hour or so (as soon as I found out). The whats going on box should also work in the latest version?
thanks mate, any thoughts on post 826
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showp...&postcount=826
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Old 02 Mar 2012, 23:56
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Where did you want the PM button - next to the edit, reply buttons on postbit?
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Old 03 Mar 2012, 00:47
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I would like to add a post thank..
what code would you need to see from that mod ?
thanks
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Old 03 Mar 2012, 02:41
dartho dartho is offline
 
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See this post for Abe1's Post Thanks Hack integration: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showt...43#post2305643


This probably needs a bit of tweaking, but here goes:

edit post_thanks_box template in the lightweight style and replace contents with:

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

edit post_thanks_button template in lightweight style and replace contents with:

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

edit post_thanks_postbit template in the lightweight style and replace contents with:

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

edit postbit and postbit_legacy templates in lightweight style , 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.

I think that should just about do it - assuming it is this hack: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=165673 that you have installed

caveat: this may introduce other hacks into the lightweight style which use the postbit_end and postbit_control hooks

Last edited by dartho; 03 Mar 2012 at 11:48.
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Old 03 Mar 2012, 02:53
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yep will test it out in the am .. thanks for your time dartho
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Old 03 Mar 2012, 02:54
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^^^^
Thanks dartho for the above info; can the vBSEO Like system be added in the same manner?
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Old 03 Mar 2012, 03:01
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Originally Posted by dartho View Post
Nowadays I generaly tell people to use vBulletin's built in one - then I don't have to support it
Your version for detection of devices was superb, used to detect iPad either. The vBulletin's buit-in one does not.
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Old 03 Mar 2012, 04:03
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Originally Posted by Filgga View Post
^^^^
Thanks dartho for the above info; can the vBSEO Like system be added in the same manner?
Link me to a copy and I can look when I get a chance
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Old 03 Mar 2012, 04:10
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Originally Posted by dartho View Post
This probably needs a bit of tweaking, but here goes:

edit post_thanks_box template in the lightweight style and replace contents with:

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

edit post_thanks_button template in lightweight style and replace contents with:

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

edit post_thanks_postbit template in the lightweight style and replace contents with:

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

edit postbit and postbit_legacy templates in lightweight style , 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.

I think that should just about do it - assuming it is this hack: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=165673 that you have installed

caveat: this may introduce other hacks into the lightweight style which use the postbit_end and postbit_control hooks
the code posted is old
anyway updated to vb4
would be I guess (below)
but still don't work

post_thanks_box

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

post_thanks_button


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


post_thanks_postbit

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

postbit and postbit_legacy templates in lightweight style I don't have

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

and the hooks would be

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

but the hooks are not working from what I can tell.. or something else..

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Old 03 Mar 2012, 04:40
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ah - sorry, I did that under 3.8.7 as that's what I use

I will have look a tthe vb4 vesion
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  #836  
Old 03 Mar 2012, 07:22
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Should be able to get something up tonight for this...
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Old 03 Mar 2012, 09:36
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Dartho, if you have the time and inclination, it would be amazing if you could have a look at adding this thanks hack for vb4 ... http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=243510
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Old 03 Mar 2012, 11:12
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Integrating Abe1's post thanks add-on into the lightweight style.

replace the following templates with the code provided (in the lightweight style only!!)
post_thanks_box

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

post_thanks_button

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

post_thanks_postbit

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


Edit both the postbit & postbit_legacy templates as follows

Search for:

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

Add the following immediately above:

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

Then go to end of template and paste in:

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

and your done!

Last edited by dartho; 03 Mar 2012 at 12:07. Reason: Changed contents of post_thanks_box to not display when no thanks are there
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Old 03 Mar 2012, 11:24
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Just noticed something else with the style in general - my last update only included updates to the postbit_legacy template which should have been made to both postbit and postbit_legacy (they are meant to be identical). I suggest overwriting the postbit template copying with the contents of the postbit_legacy template.

Last edited by dartho; 03 Mar 2012 at 12:06.
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Old 03 Mar 2012, 11:59
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Originally Posted by dartho View Post
Integrating Abe1's post thanks add-on into the mobile style.

replace the following templates with the code provided (in the lightweight style only!!)
post_thanks_box

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

post_thanks_button

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

post_thanks_postbit

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


Edit both the postbit & postbit_legacy templates as follows

Search for:

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

Add the following immediately above:

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

Then go to end of template and paste in:

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

and your done!
your the best .. worked like a charm

I have dbtech_bookmark and thread system and like you said this will bring on other mods
now showing a image but not working from what I can tell
this is the code ..in template dbtech_bookmark_post
whats do I change ..and will there be other changes to other templates
thanks again


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