IPhone app for forums

[dixie_boysles]

i seen this on a fishing forum im on....you can download this App to view forums better:

Tapatalk - Online Community at your fingertips!


It says:

Q: My favorite forums are not in the Tapatalk Network. What should I do?
A: Putting a forum to a network is free! We suggest you make the forum owner aware of this solution. Point them to this website as we have a dedicated section just for them

 

[mjonesjr]

We will see what Jim thinks.

 

[Jim Oaks]

I took a look at it.

It only works on vBulletin version 3.7 and higher. We have 3.6.8. I would have to purchase an upgrade. My main concern would be the modifications that I've done to the version we have now and how the forum would respond to the 3.8.4 upgrade. There's been more tweaks to this forum that I can remember.

If I decided to buy the latest version, I would probably be better off doing a clean install and importing the database from this forum in to the new one. Then there may be a little down time once it's working to reload the database back in to the forum so no posts are lost.

To be honest, I thought of creating a version of TRS for people surfing the web on small devices such as phones, but I reconsidered. Technology is improving so fast that it may become a waste of time. Like how fast net books are spreading.

 

[mjonesjr]

I took a look at it.

It only works on vBulletin version 3.7 and higher. We have 3.6.8. I would have to purchase an upgrade. My main concern would be the modifications that I've done to the version we have now and how the forum would respond to the 3.8.4 upgrade. There's been more tweaks to this forum that I can remember.

If I decided to buy the latest version, I would probably be better off doing a clean install and importing the database from this forum in to the new one. Then there may be a little down time once it's working to reload the database back in to the forum so no posts are lost.

To be honest, I thought of creating a version of TRS for people surfing the web on small devices such as phones, but I reconsidered. Technology is improving so fast that it may become a waste of time. Like how fast net books are spreading.

I wonder why the tweeks wouldn't carry over if it was a straight software upgrade.

I agree, with the internet on the iPhone and other portable internet devices, it is hard to justify spending the time/money to do a mobile version of the site.

 

[BlackBII]

I wonder why the tweeks wouldn't carry over if it was a straight software upgrade.

You've obviously never had a job in software testing/support.
Nothing works as it should when it comes to 'upgrades'.

Does vBulletin use SQL databases?