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Tapatalk-like interface for other forums

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Mr_N1ce

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Tapatalk already works great on several forum types. Unfortunately, for one of the most common types here in Germany, the Woltlab forum, there is no Tapatalk-like app available.

Somehow, the administrators of that forum platform dont seem to recognize how much better a forum looks like with a proper interface. Instead they recommend just using simple themes etc.

I think, a native app for these forums could greatly improve the user experience on Android devices :)
 
Mr_N1ce said:
Tapatalk already works great on several forum types. Unfortunately, for one of the most common types here in Germany, the Woltlab forum, there is no Tapatalk-like app available.

Somehow, the administrators of that forum platform dont seem to recognize how much better a forum looks like with a proper interface. Instead they recommend just using simple themes etc.

I think, a native app for these forums could greatly improve the user experience on Android devices :)
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All they have to do is upload a file to their web-server and you can access it with the tappatalk client app. I don't see what the big deal is. lol
 
Mr_N1ce said:
just that this file doesnt exist yet. There is no Tapatalk plugin yet for Woltlab BB forums :(
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Ohhh woltlab bb is a TYPE of forum... not a name of a forum... Sorry I misunderstood. Hmm.. Well, in that case, you will need someone who is good with J2EE to make a quality servelt to handle the POSTs and GETs from received from the app.
 
tapatalk is not available for all forums. I'm a mod on a parenting forum, and I asked the admin to install tapatalk, but it doesn't support our forum. I think we're on an older version or something.
 
K-Rizzle said:
tapatalk is not available for all forums. I'm a mod on a parenting forum, and I asked the admin to install tapatalk, but it doesn't support our forum. I think we're on an older version or something.
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TappaTalk only supports vBulletin and (I think) phpBB. It also is Dependant on the version of your forum software and the the php file specific to your version is needed. I am pretty sure that it only supports versions 3.8 and 4.0 of vBulletin and I am unsure of the required versions of phpBB.
 
It should work on Invisionboard too although I couldn't get it to work myself..

It sounds like the parenting forum should upgrade, it's usually straight forward and fixes lots of security holes. :D
 
It sounds like the parenting forum should upgrade, it's usually straight forward and fixes lots of security holes. :D
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lol, I agree! :)

We move slowly over there, we won't likely upgrade for a while, it's privately run and non-ad supported. The members donate to help fund it, so it's small, but cozy. ;)
 
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