Forums arranged in columns on forumhome + Extra Future

[AKapadia]

In this hack i just add some extra Future. It was made by Xenon (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=202)

When we install Forums arranged in columns on forumhome it just show the main Thread name and few people ask me how i customise on my site and show last post and then other forum info. with it..

well it's simple 1st install this hack..

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=99829

And then login in ur admincp

SKins > Forum Home Templates > forumhome_forumbit_columncell

Look For <div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>

Add This After that



<if condition="$show['lastpostinfo']"><BR>
<div class="smallfont" align="$stylevar[left]">
<div style="clear:both">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Last Post: <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]goto=newpost&amp;t=$lastpostinfo[lastthreadid]" title="<phrase 1="$lastpostinfo[lastthread]">$vbphrase[go_first_unread_in_thread_x]</phrase>"><strong>$lastpostinfo[trimthread]</strong></a>
</div>
<div<if condition="is_browser('ie', 6)"> style="float:$stylevar[left]"</if>>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted <phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]find=lastposter&amp;f=$lastpostinfo[forumid]" 2="$lastpostinfo[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase>

-$lastpostinfo[lastpostdate] <if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">-<span class="time">$lastpostinfo[lastposttime]</span></if></div><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Forum Info: Topic: $forum[threadcount]
Post: $forum[replycount]
</if>


and save it... it will work for sure

If u want to add Image next to Topic then add that in discription of forum...

This is my 1 hack and i really don't know how to post he hack so i m just doing w.e i can to help other members...

[Valter]

Use <br /> instead od <br>.

Use $vbphrase[phrasename] instead of typing text inside templates.

There are all standard phrases for what you typed.

[Zachariah]

*.txt file please.

[Jay...]

nice hack!

[El-Gazaly]

very nice hack
installed

[Jay...]

Doesnt seem to work for me!

[AKapadia]

Doesnt seem to work for me!


What it say when u try it ?

[Mr Chad]

OMG THATS ******* HOT!

Ill see wat i can do with this, this will be very useful for site.com (one of my sites)

[Mr Chad]

Here we go:

http://www.imgshed.com/files/1/wooo_thumb.png
(http://www.imgshed.com/files/1/wooo.PNG)

i needed a better layout :) this did it for me

[AKapadia]

nice work with it :) awesome graphics

[Bernd]

is it possible to disable\enable this per forum category?

I would like to use this layout for specific forums only.

[Mr Chad]

actually you can do more than that, you can turn it on in one forum for 2 columns and another forum for 3 columns, and another one could just be normal :).

I love it, im going to be working on it a lil more to see what i can come up with.

What i really want is to display the sub-fourms

[Mr Chad]

A better way to display images is to use an if condition:

<if condition="$forum[forumid] == 1"></if>

[Mr Chad]

heres an update of what i got so far, http://site.net/forums/

[Bernd]

I have added an url of an image in the forum description, but the image does not show up. How exactly do you add an image to a forum?

[AKapadia]

<center><img src="imageurl.gif" border=0></center>

[AKapadia]

Chad let me know if u can make Sub forum like this.. love to add that hack on site :) coz my forum is getting too long :-s

[Bernd]

Well, tried as suggested. The image is still not showing up. See attachment for details. Don't even get a red x

[Snake]

Thanks for the hack! :)

[Farjad]

actually you can do more than that, you can turn it on in one forum for 2 columns and another forum for 3 columns, and another one could just be normal :).

I love it, im going to be working on it a lil more to see what i can come up with.

What i really want is to display the sub-fourms
How did you get the subforums to be displayed... lol
@AKapadia... lol good hack [copied of my forum + worked it on your forum then releasing this hack here lol] anyways its k.. lolz

and btw... if u guyz want me to release this in plug-in format it shouldnt be hard... in mean while let me also try to get subforumz displayed!

[WritersBeat]

Yeah, anyone find a way to display it as a subforum to?

[lukeeales]

This is great, I will install it shortly. Plug in format would be awesome.

[Farjad]

actually nevermind.. i got a better looking code thou try this guyz:

replace whole forumhome_columncell with :

<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]" width="$column_width">
<div><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />
<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong><U>$forum[title]</U></strong></a>
</div><blockquote style="margin-left: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if><br>
<if condition="$show['forumsubscription']"><div class="smallfont"><strong><a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;f=$forum[forumid]">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_forum]</a></strong></div></if>
<if condition="$forum[link] != ''">
<else />
<div class="smallfont" align="$stylevar[left]">$forum[lastpostinfo]</div>Forum Info: Topics: <strong style="font-weight: 400">$forum[threadcount]
Posts: $forum[replycount]</strong>
<br /></if></blockquote></td>

[Mr Chad]

this is what i came up with:
http://www.imgshed.com/files/1/example.PNG

as you can see i got the subforums to work, [Live Example (http://www.site.com/forums)]

[AKapadia]

looks hot... nice.. work :)

[Mr Chad]

What i want to do is make the whole box glow, (by changing the images) if there has been any new threads/posts.


<if condition="$forum[statusicon] == old OR lock">
<!-- normal look -->
</if>
<if condition="$forum[statusicon] == new">
<!-- glowing boarder :) -->
</if>

[ericgtr]

Moved this to template modifications since there are no actual file changes for this specific mod.

[davewolf]

Chad how did you get the subforum text list show ? :)

What youve done is just what i need as i have lots of sub-forums.

[Farjad]

What i want to do is make the whole box glow, (by changing the images) if there has been any new threads/posts.
a

<if condition="$forum[statusicon] == old OR lock">
<!-- normal look -->
</if>
<if condition="$forum[statusicon] == new">
<!-- glowing boarder :) -->
</if>


easy, just put the regular code in first if and then dont have the second if just change it to <else /> and put the glow of the code closing it with an </if>

or like this

<if condition="$forum[statusicon] == new">
glow td here
<else />
old td here
</if>

[Blackbeard]

What changes do i need to make to put an image in the columns for each forum??

Thanks in advance

[Farjad]

in my forum i did was <img src="images/forum/$forum[forumid].jpg"> in the template bit...

[Blackbeard]

Do you mean this template - forumhome_forumbit_columncell

<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]" width="$column_width">
<div>
<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />
<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
</div>
<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
<if condition="$show['lastpostinfo']"><BR>
<div class="smallfont" align="$stylevar[left]">
<div style="clear:both">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Last Post: <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]goto=newpost&amp;t=$lastpostinfo[lastthreadid]" title="<phrase 1="$lastpostinfo[lastthread]">$vbphrase[go_first_unread_in_thread_x]</phrase>"><strong>$lastpostinfo[trimthread]</strong></a>
</div>
<div<if condition="is_browser('ie', 6)"> style="float:$stylevar[left]"</if>>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted <phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]find=lastposter&amp;f=$lastpostinfo[forumid]" 2="$lastpostinfo[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase>

-$lastpostinfo[lastpostdate] <if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">-<span class="time">$lastpostinfo[lastposttime]</span></if></div><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Forum Info: Topic: $forum[threadcount]
Post: $forum[replycount]
</if>
</td>

[^SuiCyde^]

then add this new function to the file:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// ###################### Start construct_forum_columns #######################
function construct_forum_columns($parentid, $columncount)
{
i assumed this meant right after you make the other changes, but when i do that, i get an error.......


Fatal error: Call to undefined function: construct_forum_columns() in /home/knockout/public_html/board/includes/functions_forumlist.php on line 296

what am i doing wrong?

[Kenyon]

what am i doing wrong?

I assume you're referring to Xenon's instructions. The instructions are bit sloppy - they don't specify where the user should put the function, and for non-coders that can be incredibly confusing.

The best thing to do is put that new function at the very end of the file, right before the closing PHP tag ( ?> ).

[Harley D]

I don't have a "forumhome_forumbit_columncell" template.
I'm running VB ver 3.5.4 and Cyb - Sub-forums Arranger, found here
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=113942

I used this code in my "forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost" with excellent results. You can check it out here www.srtcaliber.com (http://www.srtcaliber.com/forum/index.php?).
just another way to use this code for those who don't have the "forumhome_forumbit_columncell" template.

Thanks for the code!

[b65ran]

Nice add on. Is there anyway I can show five latest threads under each forum instead of showing only the last replied thread ?

[FReeSTER]

can someone update this Mod for vb4.03 please