Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Oliver Riesen-Mallmann — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 03:48:19 -0500

2015-09-11 v1.0.3 Oliver Riesen 
- README added.
- Fixed PHP Notice, Undefined index: HTTP_USER_AGENT.
- German language files added.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Thomas Seifert — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:37:51 -0500

No, that module doesn't allow switching back to another template. It sets the template fixed based on the user agent.

Currently the common way for making a mobile accessible version of a website is to create a responsive design which switches the layout based on the dimensions of the user screen. This doesn't allow loading different stuff though so that the traffic needed to be loaded is always the same.

See the first post or the row above for the 1.0.2 version from another user.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

cactux — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 03:47:12 -0500

Hello,

Thanks for this module, and also for the mobile template.
I have several questions about them.

Is there a way to allow visitors to switch back to the standard template? When I put the mobile template and the automatic mobile template in my forum, some users were very happy, some told me they prefer the classic template.
So it would be nice to let people choose :)

I am just starting with producing a mobile version of my web site, so this question might be stupid, but... is such a module the good way to provide a mobile compatible version of a web site? Shouldn't we just add a mobile CSS? I read this page (http://perishablepress.com/the-5-minute-css-mobile-makeover/) which says that adding a "handheld" css to the "screen" one just does the job. But this page is quite old (2009), so it may be outdated.
Also, it does not fix answer the first question above (allo users to choose).

I installed this mobile in version 1.0.2, but the Phorum admin tells me a newer version 1.0.1 exists:

Automatic Mobile Template (version 1.0.2) - Upgrade Available (1.0.1)

What did I do wrong?

When I tried this module, several people tried to post a message in the forum, but were refused because detected as robot.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Nicola — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:01:26 -0500

It works perfectly. Wonderful job. Finally I can utilize again this module. Thank you very much for having these changes available to everyone, and thanks for Maurice for creating the original module first place.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Bruno — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:03:04 -0500

Quote
Maurice Makaay
Can you maybe zip up your module code and post it in this thread? Others probably find it very useful to have these patched sources available.

With great pleasure...
I have only seen your message today, so I made additional changes meanwhile.
Also, I updated the version number to "1.0.2", tell me if I should have put something else (my upload is actually only a contribution as I am not the author of the mod).

So the changes are:
- use Phorum API method phorum_switch_template()
- translation strings are now used only with mobile template
- the list of pages supported by the template is defined by the template itself (by optional "supported_pages" parameter in settings.tpl). "file" and "redirect" are always supported implicitly. Example:
[code="php"]{DEFINE supported_pages "index,list,read,post,login,search,pm"}[/code]

The code in mod_mobile.php is now organized a bit differently.
Please don't hesitate to tell me if I did something the wrong way.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Nicola — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:29:01 -0500

Oh yes I would probably utilize it immediately. I had to remove it because there were conflicts with the language. Great job :-)

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Maurice Makaay — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:42:57 -0500

Those are all good changes IMO. The switch template is something that I wrote to indeed include all required parts when changing the active template.

Can you maybe zip up your module code and post it in this thread? Others probably find it very useful to have these patched sources available.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Bruno — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:38:11 -0500

I really like this module.

But it seems that the template switch is not performed completely: the DEFINEs in templates/mobile/settings.tpl are not taken into account (e.g. list_pages_shown).

I found out that there is a function phorum_switch_template() in common.php.

So in mods/mod_mobile/mod_mobile.php I tried to replace:
[code="php"]
$PHORUM['template'] = $PHORUM["mod_mobile"]["template"];
[/code]
by:
[code="php"]
phorum_switch_template($PHORUM["mod_mobile"]["template"]);
[/code]
And it seems to work now. I just wanted you to know, if maybe it is interesting to put in the next module version.

By the way, FYI I also made the two following changes (suggested in previous posts), that could be of interest.
1) In lang/english.php, I replaced all occurences of:
[code="php"]
$PHORUM["DATA"]["LANG"]
[/code]
by:
[code="php"]
$PHORUM["DATA"]["LANG"]["mod_mobile"]
[/code]

2) In mod_mobile.php, just below the template switch I added:
[code="php"]
// Switch to mobile template
phorum_switch_template($PHORUM["mod_mobile"]["template"]);

// Integrate mobile specific translations
foreach($PHORUM["DATA"]["LANG"]["mod_mobile"] as $k => $v){
$PHORUM["DATA"]["LANG"][$k] = $v;
}
[/code]
(maybe it is better to put $PHORUM["DATA"]["LANG"] = array_merge($PHORUM["DATA"]["LANG"], $PHORUM["DATA"]["LANG"]["mod_mobile"]), I'm not sure)

In this manner, my translations defined in mod_mobile only apply to the mobile template.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Robert Angle — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:17:44 -0500

Quote
nvrtis
Note that the module does disable all the header and footer hooks, and does not load javascript or css (all the css is inline in the template).

This is only if you are using the mobile template provide here.

I have just finished my own mobile template, which I did by copying my sites main default template and redesigning it so that it would look good on a mobile phone. This module automatically loads it up when a mobile user visits, complete with the css and all hooks.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

nvrtis — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:05:01 -0500

Small 'bug'... If you have another mod that runs from 'external', you will get a missing index error for HTTP_USER_AGENT because it isn't set when running from CLI...

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

nvrtis — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:03:06 -0500

Note that the module does disable all the header and footer hooks, and does not load javascript or css (all the css is inline in the template).

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

nvrtis — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:58:00 -0500

You also need to add 'redirect' as one of the 'allowed' pages.

For some reason, a 'droid uses the redirect page after a post. But Safari/iTouch don't.

Nick

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

nvrtis — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:15:09 -0500

The problem is that lang/english.php sets the global language defines

$PHORUM['DATA']['LANG']['NewTopic'] = 'New';

You need to change all of them to something like

$PHORUM['DATA']['LANG']['mod_mobile']['NewTopic'] = 'New';

Then around line 22 in mob_mobile put this code:
[code="php"]
//We are using the mobile template, we use the 'shorter' words..
if (isset($PHORUM['DATA']['LANG']['mod_mobile'])) {
foreach ($PHORUM['DATA']['LANG']['mod_mobile'] as $k=>$v) {
$PHORUM['DATA']['LANG'][$k]=$v;
}
}
[/code]

This is after mod_mobile has figured out it is going to be using the mobile templates.

Nick

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Maurice Makaay — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:54:31 -0500

No.. worse .... I was under the assumption that I was reading the mobile template thread, not the mobile mod thread, so I was simly referring you to the requested mod ;-)

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Robert Angle — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:50:00 -0500

Quote
Maurice Makaay
Something like the automatic mobile template module? That module does not have a complete check for mobile browsers (which is a hard thing anyway, just see all the initiatives for that), but it provides the basic functionality.

Okay, I see it looks like I asked a really stupid question :)

I was under the impression that the module disabled certain features and even other modules as well. Now I realize you must be inferring that it is the accompanying template provided here that did so, and that when I am finished with my own template and activate the module, it should do specifically what I want it to.

My bad :-)

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Maurice Makaay — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:10:35 -0500

Something like the automatic mobile template module? That module does not have a complete check for mobile browsers (which is a hard thing anyway, just see all the initiatives for that), but it provides the basic functionality.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Robert Angle — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:40:25 -0500

Is there a way to detect a mobile browser and just draw from a different template?

I am writing my own mobile version of my phorum, and while I want the mobile detection, I do not want any modules or features disabled by it.

Essentially, I am just writing something that will display much nicer.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Maurice Makaay — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:21:54 -0500

Correct. The mobile template is stripped down to a bare minimum and moderation via mobile is not supported.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Nicola — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:18:53 -0500

I am also stuck on the language issue as it overrides mine for a couple of menus.
However the module as far as I see does not allow moderation. Am I correct?

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Skye N. — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:45:00 -0500

I changed the lang/english.php strings to $PHORUM["DATA"]["LANG"]["mod_mobile"][...] and the "mobile" templates as needed.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Skye N. — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:14:11 -0500

One problem i'm finding is that the "short" nav text in mod_mobile/lang/english.php is overriding the normal /include/lang/english.php names for buttons even when the mobile skin is not being shown. What is the loading procedure for module language files?

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Skye N. — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:32:39 -0500

Brilliant. This works perfectly!!! Thank you so much.

The only thing I had to fix was remove "icon-exclamation" class from read.tpl to get rid of the background image

Also it would be nice if the module settings automatically selected mobile template :D

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Giam Teck Choon — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:57:35 -0500

Hi,

Nice module. Just installed this and got many mails in my inbox about the php ./script.php --scheduled:

PHP Notice:  Undefined index: HTTP_USER_AGENT in /path/to/phorum/mods/mod_mobile/mod_mobile.php on line 14

To solve this, I modified mod_mobile.php as below:

[code="php" number="3"]
function mod_mobile(){

global $PHORUM;

if(empty($PHORUM["mod_mobile"]["template"])) return;
if (!isset($_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"])) return; // this is what I added

$words = explode("\n", $PHORUM["mod_mobile"]["ua_keywords"]);

[/code]

Thanks.

Kindest regards,
Giam Teck Choon

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

10spj — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:53:05 -0500

I want to put the spam prevention feature on the mobile template used with the module, but cannot find the hook or code to do so.

I am also having the same problem with the 'terms of service' module checkbox not appearing in the mobile template. Both of these features worked fine on the older version of the module and mobile template (the automatic iphone module)

Other than that, the mod works fine and the template works pretty well. I just want to add the other features before it goes live to the site audience.

Images now partially working...

Durtdawber — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:14:47 -0500

The image links now show up so that you can tap on them to view but the thumbnail view that is produced by embed images mod still shows up weird. Basically you get two links in a post, 1. the embedded thumb and 2. the name of the image as a link. Either will display the picture when tapped on.

I would ideally like to get the thumb to show up but if not possible then I would like to not display the empty thumb box and just display the name as a link.

See the image for an example...

Re: Broken image thumbnail and links

Thomas Seifert — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:56:23 -0500

As a first change I uploaded a new version which allows showing files when directly linked.
Showing them in a post needs to be done in the template.

Re: Broken image thumbnail and links

Thomas Seifert — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:19:37 -0500

Well, then you should post it in the module's thread.

edit mmakaay: merged the question into the module thread

Broken image thumbnail and links

Durtdawber — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:14:54 -0500

When I use the Mobile Mod, I get a broken thunbnail image on all post with pictures (shows as a blue box with ? mark). When I click on the image name, it gives me a "page not supported in mobile" message.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

Scott Finegan — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:00:36 -0600

Don,

Yes you should save the settings when you enable a module, even if you haven't changed anything. The original defaults in the admin come from the module settings.php, but the module may/will use data from a table(s) when it is running (not the settings script). If you haven't saved, it never gets written to the table.

Re: Module: Automatic Mobile Template

dperkins — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:37:43 -0600

OK, I was able to spend a few minutes with a smartphone. When the module was off, the mobile template was turned off. When I turned the template on, it did go into the mobile template. But I'm still not sure it did originally - seems like I had to save the settings on the module first. Wasn't able to try that whole scenario today, though.

Don