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obsrv.org goes mobile

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:31 pm
by the_fog
Thanks to our member Alinho we now have a nice phpBB theme running that is very useful for mobile users!

You can try it out by changing the board style to "Artodia Mobile and SEO" under
"User Control Panel" -> "Board preferences" -> "global settings" -> "My board style"

Together with the "Display settings" and "mChat" settings you can have a very lean way to use the forum on your mobile. It would be possible to check for mobile users and automatically use the new theme but I decided to leave this decision to the users because nowadays mobiles have a lot of CPU power and sometimes more display pixels than some older PCs.

You can still use Tapatalk but there are some advantages to use the mobile theme:
- shoutbox is available
- server status is easily accessible
- game preferences are availabe
- no tracking by third partys

Please keep in mind that the shoutbox reloads every 15 seconds!

Also, the native android app is still in development but slowed down because real life is pretty busy atm.

Re: obsrv.org goes mobile

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:30 pm
by Herbivore
Talk about fast service. I was going to ask for this yesterday on the chatbox yet I remained silent. You're mind readers.

Re: obsrv.org goes mobile

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:48 pm
by leotreves
Wow this is awesome ;) Thanks to everyone involved

Re: obsrv.org goes mobile

Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 2:21 am
by Mimi
For some reason I can't access the server status from the mobile page. where is it exactly, maybe I'm not looking in the right spot.

Re: obsrv.org goes mobile

Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 3:45 am
by Leon95
For some reason I can't access the server status from the mobile page. where is it exactly, maybe I'm not looking in the right spot.
Expansion bars. The top left, the little blue bars next to "? FAQs"

Re: obsrv.org goes mobile

Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 10:41 pm
by Mimi
For some reason I can't access the server status from the mobile page. where is it exactly, maybe I'm not looking in the right spot.
Expansion bars. The top left, the little blue bars next to "? FAQs"
That's where they are. thank you!!! Now I can see when my room fills up from my padio upstairs! Thank you so much!

Re: obsrv.org goes mobile

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 12:28 pm
by rantor60
to nice to have that :)

Re: obsrv.org goes mobile

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:08 am
by Silver Gray
Thanks to our member Alinho we now have a nice phpBB theme running that is very useful for mobile users!

You can try it out by changing the board style to "Artodia Mobile and SEO" under
"User Control Panel" -> "Board preferences" -> "global settings" -> "My board style"

Together with the "Display settings" and "mChat" settings you can have a very lean way to use the forum on your mobile. It would be possible to check for mobile users and automatically use the new theme but I decided to leave this decision to the users because nowadays mobiles have a lot of CPU power and sometimes more display pixels than some older PCs.

You can still use Tapatalk but there are some advantages to use the mobile theme:
- shoutbox is available
- server status is easily accessible
- game preferences are availabe
- no tracking by third partys

Please keep in mind that the shoutbox reloads every 15 seconds!

Also, the native android app is still in development but slowed down because real life is pretty busy atm.
Excuse me, the shoutbox is gone after changing my board style after going back to the main lobby.

Re: obsrv.org goes mobile

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:29 pm
by the_fog
Looks like I have to update this thread:

- the mobile theme has been deleted after we moved to a newer Version of phpBB3
- Tapatalk has been deleted, too. I wasn't sure about security and privacy and recent press Shows I was right
- the Android app was based on the tapatalk plugin and has been disbanded. If someone wants to have the source code for his sown researches or as a basis for another Forum with tapatalk, drop me a PM