Resize for android phones

[Mike]

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I recently created a new theme but noticed that my android shows the desktop mode being compressed and out of sorts.

Anyway to fix this problem?

The theme is called Pipe dream

[Kami]

Jul 23, 2021 6:09:25 GMT -8 Mike said:

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I recently created a new theme but noticed that my android shows the desktop mode being compressed and out of sorts.

Anyway to fix this problem?

The theme is called Pipe dream

Yes and no.

Desktop mode is just that: desktop mode. It will show the forum as how it's meant to be displayed for desktop.

The Yes: if you make this theme a very narrow, fixed width like your default theme, you should be able to specify a width that sort of fits on your phone. It won't be perfect but it'll be somewhat manageable.

The No: The only way to truly fix this problem 100% as of v5 (the current PB version) is to completely scrap all the HTML and CSS and rewrite it from scratch in a manner that makes the forum responsive to multiple browser widths.

It's not an easy, simple, or fast fix; it's probably something that will take weeks and weeks to accomplish. If you don't have the HTML and CSS skills to accomplish this yourself (I am assuming not since you asked this question, which isn't a bad thing by any means!) then it will be even harder as you'd need to find someone with both the skill and time to accomplish this.

v6 (the upcoming version) will be naturally responsive by default so in the future you won't have to worry about this when you create a new theme. However we don't have an ETA on this quite yet.

[Mike]

Thanks Kami