Forum now on smartphones

Post by **Oliver** » Sunday Oct 30, 2011 7:04 pm

Homebrewandbeer.com forum is now easy to use on your iPhone, Blackberry or Android phone!

We have enabled a program called Tapatalk on the forum. To use it you need to install the Tapatalk app on your phone, which will display the forum in an easy-to-use format.

To read more and for links to download the Tapatalk app check out the Tapatalk website. Unfortunately Tapatalk is a paid app - although only a few dollars - but if you read reviews you will see that it is widely known as the best solution for using forums on smartphones. It is also available for iPad.

If you have any queries about the setup or use of Tapatalk please see their website and forum.

For Andriod users there is a free, but unofficial, app, which you can download from the Android Market.

Cheers,

Oliver

PS Thanks to the good Dr Smurto for letting me know about Tapatalk.

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Sunday Oct 30, 2011 8:03 pm

Convo - the free tapatalk app for android phones is what i use.

Yet to pay for an app.

Guru · Post by **Guru** » Monday Oct 31, 2011 3:37 pm

Excellent news. I had been using the free Tapatalk client (read only) to read another forum I am on, hadn't heard about Convo, will give it a try. Thanks for this.

warra48 · Post by **warra48** » Monday Oct 31, 2011 4:29 pm

Great news for those who have smartphones.

I'm still using the same pre-paid I acquired 3Â½ years ago, and it suits me just fine, but good luck to all those who feel the need to chase new technology. I don't have that need, as I'm retired, so I can visit the forum on my PC whenever I want.

Gill · Post by **Gill** » Monday Oct 31, 2011 5:53 pm

I'm using the official app on an iPad and liking it, for anyone skeptical but considering.

Though to be honest, the iPad is big enough that the normal safari version is fine, though it was cheap enough at a few dollars that I don't feel ripped off.
I can see how it would be convenient on a small screen.

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bullfrog · Post by **bullfrog** » Monday Oct 31, 2011 6:43 pm

I downloaded it on Friday evening when my iPhone popped up a message about it, and I honestly think that just viewing the normal site through safari is better. I could see it being useful on the other site, which I find to be very cluttered, but the layout of this forum is simple and easy to use. Maybe I'm just a creature of habit.

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Tuesday Nov 01, 2011 9:03 pm

I find the app makes skimming forums easy. Good for those of us who like to keep in the loop whilst at work.

@Warra - you sound like my dad! He couldn't get his head around the spirit level app.

warra48 · Post by **warra48** » Wednesday Nov 02, 2011 10:00 am

drsmurto wrote:I find the app makes skimming forums easy. Good for those of us who like to keep in the loop whilst at work.

@Warra - you sound like my dad! He couldn't get his head around the spirit level app.

It's not that I'm a technology gumbo, it's just that I choose to use only what I need and which suits me!

Post by **Oliver** » Tuesday Dec 20, 2011 2:57 pm

For those of you using Tapatalk, I have updated the version used on the forum, which fixes issues and adds new features.

You need to be using the latest app on your phone/iPad for some of these to work.

The changes are:
1. add multi quote support (need app support)
2. add get participated forum support (need app support)
3. add anonymous login support (need app support)
4. add emoji (need app support)
5. add spoiler and BBvideo tag support
6. fix mssql issue
7. fix reply to global announcement topic always failed issue
8. fix edit post with poll cause poll data missing issue
9. fix some mod conflict problems
10. fix image display issue at some special path setting
11. fix image url with https can not display issue
12. fix image thumbnail issue

Cheers,

Oliver

Post by **Oliver** » Saturday Jul 14, 2012 9:03 pm

I've updated Tapatalk again, to the latest version. I've also re-enabled it because I realised that a recent update to the forum software probably broke it

Some of the 30+ fixes and updates in the latest Tapatalk version are below.

Cheers,

Oliver

fix compatibility issue
fix some image display issue
add advanced search support
add pm pagination support
add bbcode color support
add foe post as spoiler
add user signature in user profile
fix topic order issue in latest view
fix subscribe permission issue in latest view
fix pm send permission issue
fix url bbcode parser issue
optimise short content in topic list
optimise thread display
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Post by **Oliver** » Wednesday Jul 25, 2012 3:58 pm

Did another upgrade to Tapatalk last night that fixes a few issues some of you might have been experiencing:
1. fix regression issue with thanks post
2. fix forum can not publish issue when guest user was banned
3. fix some compatibility issues

Oliver

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