phpBBmobile

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I’ve added a mobile style (phpBBmobile), and by default mobile devices will be redirected to it. There are a few mobile styles in the works that are prettier, but this one is well tested and maintained, and fulfills the obvious goals of a mobile style: it’s simple, loads fast, and it’s optimized for small screens. As the prettier ones come of age, and depending on feedback, we can explore our options further.

If you’re really uncomfortable using it, you can currently override it by appending “style=1” to the URL. More info on that in the tab:
[tab]A couple examples:
if you want to go to
index.php
you would change it to
index.php?style=1
The question mark indicates a query. When you go to a forum or post, such as
viewforum.php?f=1
which is the Philosophy forum, the query character is already there. In this case, change it to
viewforum.php?f=1&style=1
In this case, you’re adding an ampersand (&), to extend the query.

Also, you can change the number after ‘style=’ if you want a different style:
1: prosilver (default)
8: prosilver_noad
9: leftsilver
10: leftsilver_noad

This isn’t the ideal way to opt out of the mobile style, and I’ll look into making it a user option to permanently opt out, but bookmarking index.php?style=1
is the best bet now; you won’t have to change the URL on every new page, only the first page you want to see in non-mobile style.[/tab]
Enjoy, and please give us feedback here or in Help and Suggestions.

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It passes the airport test!

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I solved my permanent problem by using my Atomic Web browser on my iPhone instead of Safari. All I had to do was go to settings in AW and get it to be recognized as IE7 so it wouldn’t look like a mobile device is viewing it.

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Good catch, Litenin. Anything that lets you switch your user agent will let you trick the redirect script. I know regular Firefox has an agent switcher extension, I bet it can be done in FF mobile as well.

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Well, what a surprise I got when I logged on via I-phone last night :smiley: No criticisms yet, but love the ease of accessibility of the site that it gives.

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I just use the full website view on the browser that comes installed w/ the android. I had to check a box that I didn’t want mobile versions of websites on the phone. So now I get the full version of all websites. I tried ebay mobile and it wasn’t bad, but nothing close to the full site.