[SOLVED] Please make forum more mobile friendly

[agent_kith]

Sorry, do not use Tapatalk; also it has been phased out in other forums like SNA.

It's OK, I don't use Tapatalk either.

For most users, the phone is the primary tool and used all the time. The new UI is working well on the phone, and can even update firmware. However, accessing the forum on the phone is a pain. If the aim is to grow the SO community, then the forum must cater for mobile use.

Given the real estate of mobiles in portrait mode, there's probably very little flexibility. The side box should not be visible at all when in mobile portrait mode actually. Unsure why that is so. Will see if I can disable that. Have tried some mobile themes and they're all similar. Might be time to switch to a different theme. Will experiment with themes this weekend then.

If it is too difficult to maintain the forum and current themes, then perhaps it may be time to look for alternatives that look stock standard and easier to manage? Unfortunately, I know nothing of what is available nor the effort to put up a forum.

Maintaining the forum is easy, updating/changing themes isn't.

Good forum software (e.g. Xenforo) costs money. Free forum software are becoming abandonware now because nobody uses forums anymore.. For me I rather use the money from donations to offset the monthly server costs (currently stands at $80 a month).

We could also move to discord or discuss, but those aren't good options IMO.