Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Hawkmoon on September 12, 2019, 03:17:55 PM
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I sometimes hang out on a Jeep forum. One of the guys there wants to set up a small forum for off-roaders in his part of the universe, and he's trying to decide what software to use to run his forum. Simple Machines was mentioned as a possibility, but he seems to think it's not up to his needs. It seems to do well enough for this site, so I would think it could also work for him.
One of his considerations is that he'd like his forum to offer a mobile device view/style/skin in addition to the default view for desktop computers. So -- to the admins here: Does Simple Machines offer a mobile view? Those of you who use their phones to participate here, what do you see? Are you getting a mobile-optimized view, or are you getting a very small version of the default, desktop computer view?
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I sometimes hang out on a Jeep forum. One of the guys there wants to set up a small forum for off-roaders in his part of the universe, and he's trying to decide what software to use to run his forum. Simple Machines was mentioned as a possibility, but he seems to think it's not up to his needs. It seems to do well enough for this site, so I would think it could also work for him.
One of his considerations is that he'd like his forum to offer a mobile device view/style/skin in addition to the default view for desktop computers. So -- to the admins here: Does Simple Machines offer a mobile view? Those of you who use their phones to participate here, what do you see? Are you getting a mobile-optimized view, or are you getting a very small version of the default, desktop computer view?
Small version of the desktop. I usually just hold my phone in landscape to read.
I had Tapatalk for a while, which was an app that allowed the forums to be viewed in a more mobile-friendly environment. I'm not even sure it still works, but it didn't really work all that well, when I used it.
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Keep in mind that we are NOT running the current version of the software though I am trying hard to get there, it is out of mu control without permission and access from Oleg and other admin.
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The term he is looking for is "responsive design" or "responsive theme". A site using responsive design will adjust/hide/reveal elements based on the actual size of the window being used to view it.
There are responsive themes available for modern Simple Machines versions.
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Tapatalk is *expletive deleted*it. Another forum I am on uses Xenforo and it is pretty mobile friendly