[DEV] phpBBmobile Device Browser Style

[Richard]

phpBB3, and STG's styles all work perfectly on the iPhone.

[Sniper_E]

Richard, do you have to scroll right and left to see all of the page?
If so, then it's not a page made for a mobile device.
We're making these style to where the pages fit in your ipod's width.
I'll send you the url and login info if you would be willing to test the style out.

[Richard]

Yes, I have to scroll left and right. But that's the whole point. It's really easy. iPhone is a real browser, not recognized as mobile device I believe.

[Sniper_E]

But that's the whole point of creating a style for a mobile device.... so you don't have to scroll left and right.
This style that I'm making and the one Sithnar had made can be viewed in a mobile device without scrolling.
Well, we're working on making them this way. These styles are created specifically for that.

If you visited my test site and signed in with the test user info you would see this style.
Navigating through the index page, viewforum page and the viewtopic pages should look right for your iPhone.

I found a script that I still need to add to my site that will recognize a mobile device.
<<< http://www.andymoore.info/php-to-detect-mobile-phones/ - Andy Moore >>>This script may recognize your iPhone and set the mobile style as the default style when you connect.

If you would sign in as the test user and check the view out on your iPhone, that would be great help.
Check it out and let me know what it looks like in your iPhone. I'd like to test all the types of phones.

Thanks!

[Sithnar]

the code that i sent you goes off the user agent. I got most of the ones that are there by talking to people on msn then getting then to goto my site on their phone then adding there agent into my script. Some are easy others are not. Most nokia phones have 'symbian' in the agent. Its just going to be a case of building this up as we in along. Could be useful to have a post somewhere with a list of phones and their browser agent.

I will be glad when stg gets a mobile theme as i typed all this post out on my mobile phone

[Sniper_E]

Yes, that script that Andy Moore posted looks like it detects all kinds of phones.
It even has a section in it to detect Richard's iPhone.
The array he has setup in there has a lot of types listed and you can add more.
The problem I would have is trying to convert that into phpBB3's functions.

As far as the directions you gave me, I could not find the line: function setup($lang_set = false, $style = false)
I looked in the ./include/function.php over 5 times and couldn't find it anywhere.
Your array codes only listed 5 browsers and Andy Moore's codes listed 89 of them.

I'd like to use the detailed one, BUT.... I need a coder to show me how to set this up.
I'd also like to get this setup here at STG but I want to work it out on my test site first.

Sithnar, would you, or anyone else for that matter, know how to set that function up in phpBB3?

[Sithnar]

the code i gave you is a colaberation between my self, evil and highway of life, i put the original code down and they improved it ALOT!

my array only has the mobile devices that i have had on my site, as they come i add them to the array since i dont want to put something in that will set a standard users style to the mobile one.

Let me try and find a better find for the functions.php

[Sithnar]

Oh .. i see the error. sorry sniper i should have put sessions.php not functions.

[Sniper_E]

OK, I have that code of yours setup on my site now. But Richard's iPhone may not default to this style.

Now, where could we get a list to add to your code in order to handle as many phones as possible?
I'd be happy with that instead of using Andy Moore's codes.

[Obsidian]

*cough*

Want a little help with testing for an older WML browser enabled phone?


I use the Sanyo SCP-2400, I think it is (it's nothing special, pretty old, really), and I'd be glad to help.