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cicciput
Starting Member
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 Posted - 22 June 2004 : 16:34:51
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I serched for a mobile version of this great forum so I can check it with my handheld but found only a topic with no code to share so I started coding myself...
So:
here's my standard forum
And here's the mobile version
37500 bytes (images excluded) against 8100 bytes.
And here's the code
You have to duplicate your forum folder and replace in the new folder original files with the ones in the zip.
I changed only basic pages (default.asp, inc_header, forum.asp, topic.asp etc) but at the moment I have no time to continue in the work.
Does anyone want to help me in this work? I could be an interesting mod... 
I modified and added some function to cutoff all images (replacing with text) and all text formatting exept for basic (<b> <u> <i> <h1> <h2> <ul> <li> ecc...) take a look in inc_func_common.asp at the mobileFormatStr function to see what tags I cut in the mobile forum (if you want to restore some tag simply comment the corresponding line) and changed also the [code] and [quote] functions. |
Never say D'oh!
http://www.blanksheetmusic.net |
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cicciput
Starting Member
19 Posts |
Posted - 22 June 2004 : 16:39:08
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| Ah, of course I replaced all javascript code with asp and html (adding for example a jump_to.asp) |
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http://www.blanksheetmusic.net |
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Etymon
Advanced Member
United States
2385 Posts |
Posted - 22 June 2004 : 17:13:25
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D'oh!
hehe ... I just had to say that! 
I don't know anything about what you are doing with your MOD from my own experiences other than having a vague idea. I don't use a mobile in this capacity, but I find it a novel idea. Got this topic bookmarked and looking forward to learning something new! 
Thank you for the code!
Cheers,
Etymon
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 23 June 2004 : 13:55:11
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* Applauds the effort! * Can't wait to see a finished product; I'd offer to help but I've never looked into coding WAP sites. If I can give you a hand in any other way, just holler.
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cicciput
Starting Member
19 Posts |
Posted - 24 June 2004 : 12:24:42
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Don't worry, no wap knokledge required (I haven't! )
Handhelds (and all new mobile web browsers) can read simple HTML pages but they suffer of slow banwidth (and costs of connection.. I pay each kB I recive about 0.70 cents so checking my forum was a slow expensive experience).
I simply reduced the weight of the forum pages (no more tables, identation, status bar code, javascripts, spans etc etc) most possible and substituted images with text links, take a look at the mobile forum HTML: it's all, simple HTML.
I'm about to "slim" up post.asp...
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Never say D'oh!
http://www.blanksheetmusic.net |
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kwhipp
Junior Member
USA
407 Posts |
Posted - 24 June 2004 : 13:20:04
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| Very nice job! |
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cicciput
Starting Member
19 Posts |
Posted - 25 June 2004 : 14:54:15
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quote:
Originally posted by kwhipp
Very nice job!
Tnx kwhipp, I was just searching for a "email members" mod and yours is the one that I wanted!
And your HTML posts for admin is really interesting too! |
Never say D'oh!
http://www.blanksheetmusic.net |
Edited by - cicciput on 25 June 2004 14:56:53 |
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lsakizada
New Member
USA
90 Posts |
Posted - 05 July 2004 : 12:27:22
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Great Idea but need alot more work to make it done well, especially work on the layout...
I think its will be usefull to have both versions on same server so user will be able to personalize the display. |
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cicciput
Starting Member
19 Posts |
Posted - 06 July 2004 : 13:46:06
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quote:
Originally posted by lsakizada
Great Idea but need alot more work to make it done well, especially work on the layout...
I think its will be usefull to have both versions on same server so user will be able to personalize the display.
I know it's incomplete... but it's a long work and I noticed that a new snitz version is avaliable so my work could be unusable for most new users. So I continue the work by myself for myself only.
The idea of having both version is at the base of my mod: like I wrote on my first post in this topic there are, on my site, 2 forums folders working on the same db (if you try you'll see the sam e topics on both...).
I added in inc_footer a link to switch between text-only and standard vesions (only in local at this time)
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zeth
Junior Member
United Kingdom
117 Posts |
Posted - 11 August 2004 : 13:01:28
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| Hi cicciput, I am interested in making a mobile version but started from a different angle (using the Content Display Mod to display using WAP), I will try your code and see how it works out! |
THEOLOGY.ME.UK CROSSRING.COM |
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zeth
Junior Member
United Kingdom
117 Posts |
Posted - 11 August 2004 : 13:11:05
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I just tried to go to http://www.blanksheetmusic.net/mobile_forum/ on my mobile and the page was "too large to send back".
Your idea is good for the latest phones but I want to make my site work on older and cheaper phones - to do this requires WAP/WML and all the scripting to be on the server side or in WMLScript.
I think the way I'm going to go forward is to use the Content Display mod to make viewable posts in WAP and then create a very simple custom post form in WAP. |
THEOLOGY.ME.UK CROSSRING.COM |
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cicciput
Starting Member
19 Posts |
Posted - 24 August 2004 : 09:49:45
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quote:
Originally posted by zeth
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I think the way I'm going to go forward is to use the Content Display mod to make viewable posts in WAP and then create a very simple custom post form in WAP.
Good, let me know about your work. |
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zeth
Junior Member
United Kingdom
117 Posts |
Posted - 31 August 2004 : 17:07:56
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I have been playing about and have managed to display some forum posts using WAP.
The good news is that you can do almost anything in Wap using ASP, the bad news is that only really posh phones can handle any WAP outputted by ASP.
The question is whether making a version for WAP is worth the time when 70% of people won't be able to use it and will WAP even be around in 2 years time?
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THEOLOGY.ME.UK CROSSRING.COM |
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GarethMoore1979
Junior Member
United Kingdom
220 Posts |
Posted - 31 August 2004 : 18:06:41
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hey this looks fantastic!!!
as soon as I have spent some time installing it, I will let you know how I get on! |
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cicciput
Starting Member
19 Posts |
Posted - 02 September 2004 : 15:40:43
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Listen to me zeth: WAP won't last any longer...
WML is being replaced by HTML in phones... |
Never say D'oh!
http://www.blanksheetmusic.net |
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