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#284136 - 03/17/05 11:39 PM Re: PDA friendly templates [Re: ]
dman_dup1 Journeyman Registered: 01/14/03 Posts: 144 Add to del.icio.us Digg it	http://www.piefriendly.com
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#284137 - 03/18/05 02:00 PM Re: PDA friendly templates [Re: ]
Dalantech Junior Member Registered: 02/11/01 Posts: 2392 Loc: Naples, Italy	The first is just an info site from Microsoft, and the second is just a directory of PDA friendly sites. <br /><br />The stock Threads templates, and even the Facelift templates that I script, will display on Pocket IE. The only problem is all of the horizontal scrolling that you have to do to read everything. My goal is to develop a set of templates that display without a horizontal scroll bar... _________________________ Da LAN Tech Threads Dev Moderator
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#284138 - 04/21/05 12:44 AM Re: PDA friendly templates [Re: jacksonm99]
Dalantech Junior Member Registered: 02/11/01 Posts: 2392 Loc: Naples, Italy	Just a post to let everyone know that I haven't given up on this project, I've just been extremely busy. We had a hardware / software upgrade at the site where I work and all of the scripts that were left for monitoring the new system were hosed. I've been doing so much scripting at work that I haven't even been turning on my PC when I get home... <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <br /> <br />Edit: After doing a little research I think that the best way to approach mobile templates is to re-write Threads to make it a little more linear and compact, and then add some script to detect mobile browsers and force the use of a mobile style sheet to control how the data is presented in a browser -sounds complicated but it's actually easier than designing two seperate sets of templates (one for mobile users and one for everone else). So I'm gonna look in to scripting a single set of templates and creating a mobile CSS file... Edited by Dalantech (04/21/05 04:39 AM) _________________________ Da LAN Tech Threads Dev Moderator
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#284139 - 04/22/05 12:11 AM Re: PDA friendly templates [Re: jacksonm99]
AllenAyres I type Like navaho Registered: 03/10/00 Posts: 25432 Loc: Texas	in-teresting <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> _________________________ - Allen - What Drives You?
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#284140 - 06/23/05 07:37 PM Re: PDA friendly templates [Re: jacksonm99]
jenesepas Lurker Registered: 06/23/05 Posts: 1	[]Dalantech said:<br />I've added some script to the ubbt.inc.php file that detects mobile browsers and then sets the template style to "mobile" (I'll probably use the same detection script to force the use of a mobile css file as well).[/]<br />Does this work for PDAs too? Do you use UserAgent to detect?
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#284141 - 06/24/05 06:20 PM Re: PDA friendly templates [Re: pichirichi]
scroungr Old Hand Registered: 10/17/03 Posts: 2409 Loc: Richmond, VA	actually by examinig the $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"] value you can basically detect most types of browsers with a simple call.. _________________________ Couchtomatoe - www.couch-tomatoe.cc My abilities are for hire for installs, upgrades, custom themes and custom modifications.
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#284142 - 06/25/05 10:14 AM

Re: PDA friendly templates [Re: pichirichi]

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This is what I use on my dev site (added to my ubbt.inc.php file. Replace $tempstyle = "default"; with the code listed below) -I haven't worked on it much lately and I just got back from vacation.

Code:

 // --------------------------------------------- <br />// Mobile template hack start <br /> <br />$ua = @find_environmental("HTTP_USER_AGENT"); <br /> <br />if (stristr($ua, "Windows CE") or stristr($ua, "AvantGo") or stristr($ua, <br />"Mazingo") or stristr($ua, "Mobile") or stristr($ua, "T68")  or stristr($ua, <br />"Syncalot") or stristr($ua, "Blazer") or stristr($ua, "NetFront") or stristr($ua, "Palm OS") or stristr($ua, "Elaine") ) { <br />     $DEVICE_TYPE="MOBILE"; <br />} <br /> <br />if (isset($DEVICE_TYPE) and $DEVICE_TYPE=="MOBILE") { <br />     $tempstyle = "mobile"; <br /> <br />} else { <br />       $tempstyle = "default"; <br />      } <br /> <br /> <br />// --------------------------------------------- <br />// Mobile template hack finish <br />

You also need mobile templates <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

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#284143 - 06/25/05 10:33 AM

Re: PDA friendly templates [Re: jacksonm99]

Dalantech Offline

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You also have to look for

Code:

 	if ( (!$fstyle) || ($fstyle == "usedefault") ) {<br />			$fstyle = $theme['stylesheet'];<br />		}

and after that add:

Code:

 // ----------------------------------------<br />// Mobile CSS file hack start<br /><br />$ua = @find_environmental("HTTP_USER_AGENT");<br /><br />if (stristr($ua, "Windows CE") or stristr($ua, "AvantGo") or stristr($ua,<br />"Mazingo") or stristr($ua, "Mobile") or stristr($ua, "T68")  or stristr($ua,<br />"Syncalot") or stristr($ua, "Blazer") or stristr($ua, "NetFront") or stristr($ua, "Palm OS") or stristr($ua, "Elaine") ) {<br />     $DEVICE_TYPE="MOBILE";<br />}<br /><br />if (isset($DEVICE_TYPE) and $DEVICE_TYPE=="MOBILE") {<br />     $fstyle = "mobile";<br /><br />} <br /><br />// ----------------------------------------<br />// Mobile CSS file hack finish

And youy also have to have a mobile CSS file <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I've moved all of the modifications that I made to my dev site to my main web site, www.dalantech.com , and I'll be finishing this mod soon.

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