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How to make SMF forum mobile friendly using SMF WAP2.
Due to the increase number of internet users surfing the internet with their mobile phone, it is very important to make your forum mobile friendly, however smf has not yet lunch their official mobile friendly defualt template that would have made this lot easy but they have built the smf forum software to come with a WAP2, which is a wireless template for mobile phones. This help your forum to be viewed easily on mobile phone. I will capitalize on this SMF WAP2 template to show you how to build a more mobile user friendly forum.
Step 1: You will need to download the SMF WAP2 1.5 Mod.This mod automatically redirect mobile users to your customized smf wap2 version and allow only PC/Computer users to browsing in full version of the site but also has option for mobile users to go to full version if desired.
Step 2: After downloading it, install the mod into you smf forum using the package manager in your admin panel.
The installation should go smoothly, remember to select the themes you want this to install into also. Once the installation is complete, Click on modifications settings on your admin panel, then click on Wap settings.
Step 3: Now when the wap setting opens, tick on the Force Opera Mini to WAP and Force iPhone to WAP, you can also customize the WAP Site width and themes as you wish.
Below are example of how your mobile friendly forum will look like.

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