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ahh, i see.

hmm, the forumdisplay part is a thing i have added in a rush more or less.
seems i have to take a closer look at that part, when i get more time :)

Thanks :)
I can't wait to see it.

Want to see a professional install of this hack by none other than Xenon himself?

Take a look at his awesome work:

http://www.warmislands.com/islands/index.php

Quote:

Originally Posted by glenvw

Want to see a professional install of this hack by none other than Xenon himself?

Take a look at his awesome work:

http://www.warmislands.com/islands/index.php

yeah but Xenon knows his stuff - now give it to me to do and i can show u a top example of how to mess it up :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by lasto

yeah but Xenon knows his stuff - now give it to me to do and i can show u a top example of how to mess it up :)

You and me both. That's why I have him do it :-)

@lasto: loool, good one ;)

@glen: *blushes* :)

Having a slight problem.

I have installed this but when i make the colloms it just pushes everything to the left ?

See attached screenshot.

BTW. It also happens on the skins that i have not got the mod for the pics in the thread.

Will this work on vB 3.0.7 version?
I tried and all went wrong.

Have read through thread and don't understand why:
>> On my forumdisplay pages, the sub-forums do, indeed, appear in the number of columns specified in the admincp. But not on forumhome. Is there a place I have to enter the number of columns for the sub-forums in the forumhome?

Ok i will post the two templates that i have played with.

forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost

Code:

<!-- eXtremepixels.com top category table setup -->

<table width="100%" style="background-image:url($stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cat_back.gif)" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

  <tr>

    <td width="60" height="27" align="left" valign="top"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cat_top_ls.gif" width="60" height="27" alt=" " border="0" /></td>

     <td width="19" height="27" align="left" valign="top"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/text_ls.gif" width="19" height="27" alt=" " border="0" /></td>

    <td width="50%" class="tcat" style="background-image:url($stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cat_top_text_bk.gif)" align="left">

        

                        

                        <div align="left" class="smallfont">

                        <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><b>$forum[title]</b></a>

                        <if condition="$show['forumdescription']"> :$forum[description]</if>

                        <if condition="$show['subforums']"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</if></div>

                

        

        </td>

    <td width="36" height="27" align="left" valign="top"><a href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cat_top_text_end.gif" width="36" height="27" alt=" " border="0" /></a></td>

    <td width="50%" height="27" align="left" valign="top"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cat_back.gif" width="50%" height="27" alt=" " border="0" /></td>

     <td width="17" height="27" align="right" valign="top"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cat_top_rs.gif" width="17" height="27" alt=" " border="0" /></td>

  </tr>

</table>

        

        

        



<table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

<if condition="$childforumbits">

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">

<tr align="center">

          <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>

          <td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>

          <td class="thead" width="200">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>

          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>

          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>

          <if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">

          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>

          </if>

        </tr>

<if condition="$forum['subforumcolumns'] > 1">

        <tr>

                <td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">

<table style="border: none; width: 100%;">

                        $childforumbits

</table>

                </td>

        </tr>

<else />

        $childforumbits

</if>

</tbody>

</if>

</table>

  <!-- bottom table setup -->

    <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

      <tr>

        <td width="40" height="15" align="left" valign="top"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/bottom_ls.gif" width="40" height="15" alt=" " border="0" /></td>

        <td  width="100%"  style="background-image:url($stylevar[imgdir_misc]/bottom_x.gif)"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/clear.gif" width="100%" height="15" alt=" " border="0" /></td>

        <td width="40" height="15" align="right" valign="top"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/bottom_rs.gif" width="40" height="15" alt=" " border="0" /></td>

      </tr>

    </table>

   <!-- End bottom table setup -->



     <div style="padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px;"></div>

forumhome_forumbit_columncell

Code:

<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="$vboptions['showforumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>





<if condition="$show['lastpostinfo']"> 

<div class="smallfont" align="$stylevar[left]"> 

    <div class="smallfont"> 

        <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>$lastpostuser[trimthread]</strong></a> 



        <phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]find=lastposter&amp;f=$lastpostinfo[forumid]" 2="$lastpostinfo[lastposter]">last post <strong>$vbphrase[by_x]</strong></phrase> 

    </div> 

     

<div align="$stylevar[right]"> 

        $lastpostinfo[lastpostdate] <if condition="!$show['detailedtime']"><span class="time">$lastpostinfo[lastposttime]</span></if> 



        <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]goto=lastpost&amp;t=$lastpostinfo[lastthreadid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/lastpost.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_to_last_post]" border="0"></a> 

    </div> 

</div> 



<else /> 



    $lastpostinfo[lastpostdate] <if condition="!$show['detailedtime']"><span class="time">$lastpostuser[lastpostuser]</span></if> 

</if> 

<td class="alt2" colspan="15" border="0"><center>$forum[replycount]</center></td>

Right what i want to do is

1. place the image and title in the center
2. Add description of last post under the last post by.....
3. Add a border around each forum in column

Please someone play with this and tell me what to do.

If you need to see the forum - it learnall-forum.com/forums

Could I make this a user-selectable style, so that people who want the old style could choose that, and people who want less scrolling could use the column style?

well, everything can be coded of course :)

all you need would be a custom profile field (yes no) and then change the if conditions, if the forums should be shown in columns or not

Can you give me instructions in detail when you get a chance? If you are really busy I am willing to pay - i would have pm'd that last part to you but you say no pm's in your sig :)

as said create a new custom profile field just allowing yes/no as option, and afterwards open functions_forumlist.php

find:

PHP Code:


		
			
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' AND $forum['subforumcolumns'] != 1 AND ($subsonly OR $depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH))

and change into

PHP Code:


		
			
if ($bbuserinfo['fieldxx'] == 'yes' AND THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' AND $forum['subforumcolumns'] != 1 AND ($subsonly OR $depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH))

replace the xx with the fieldid of your new custom field :)

that's all

Okay, I tried it out, made it a Single-Selection Radio Button with a yes/no selection, put it under 'Edit Options' section in the User CP, and noted the field number, and did the mod in functions_forumlist.php, however now it shows the old way again, and setting the radio button to yes or no doesn't change it.

it's a casesensitive yes or no, maybe there's the problem?

That was it! I made sure the case matched and it worked! Thanks Xenon, you are a true genius!!!

when I use the 'old' layout, the columns and such seem to be a bit off - see screenshot - i notice for example on the mod list, it looks like the mod names are centered now - I dont think they were before. Any idea on how to make the old layout line up a bit more evenly?

glad you could solve it :)

oh yes, i know the second problem :)
i forgot to tell you, that you ahve to manipulate the template forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost as well.

find there

HTML Code:

<if condition="$forum['subforumcolumns'] > 1">

and change it to

HTML Code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['fieldxx'] == 'yes' AND $forum['subforumcolumns'] > 1">

that fixed the column width problem! Thanks Xenon!

Quote:

then add this new function to the file:

i not understand. are you one example to show?

editing file includes/functions_forumlist.php change ok

PHP Code:


		
			
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' AND $forum['subforumcolumns'] != 1 AND ($subsonly OR $depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH))

            {

                $childforumbits = construct_forum_columns($forum['forumid'], $forum['subforumcolumns']);

            }

            else if ($subsonly)

            {

                $childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], 1, $subsonly);

            }

            else if ($depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH)

            {

                $childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], $depth, $subsonly);

            }

            else

            {

                $childforumbits = '';

            }

but where add this new function to the file? functions_forumlist.php help please?
where to set admin cp ?

PHP Code:


		
			
// ###################### Start construct_forum_columns #######################

function construct_forum_columns($parentid, $columncount)

add that block just before the closing ?> at the end of the file :)

I am trying to get this to work. I have installed everything I think the way that I am supposed to. But I still don't get any changes. I have the Show Subforums in # of columns in my admin cp, but when I change it, the subforums don't show up. My site is www.rpg-gamers.net/vpratice

I am still getting the same as the above post any help would be appericated

did you do the template changes, as well as uploaded everything correctly?

did you change the corrects' forums setting.
you have to change the category, not the forum which should be in a column.

This hack never worked for me also.
In the end I had to get someone to edit my style to make it work.
I dont think all styles work with this hack.

well, custom styles have custom templates, and custom templates can not be included into hacking instructions, we can just tell what you have to do on a plain vb ;)

Working now thanks to a great person at vbadvanced.com

Just a question. If you set the columns to go 3 cats per row, but you only have 5 cats, will it go 3 and 2 or 2,2,1. I have set mine to go 3 cats in a row, but it is going 2,2,1, which just looks tacky.

3 cols per row means 3, 2

you can see that in the screenshot i posted, 3 cols, and 4 forums reslut in a 3, 1

I figured as much. SO how do I get mine to do that for the forms that it is going 2,2,1. Those forums are set to 3 per column so it shouldn't do that .

Hey I have a question again. I finally got this hack to work and now I am trying to change the way that it is displaying my forums.

www.rpg-gamers.net/vpratice.

As you can see, the forums are stacked up. However, each forum has that line at the end, so that it blocks it off from the next colum and the forum beneath it. How do I get rid of those lines? I would like it to look something similar to

http://www.warmislands.com/islands/index.php

that first group of columns.

My second Question is that I am getting ready to install the Forum Image hack. How can I use your hack to remove the background image behind if Category name? Thanks for the help.

1: sorry, i don't get it.
i don't see lines where there shouldn't be any

2: erm, no idea, you might want to ask that in the Forum image thread, as i did never use that hack, but it should be a template mod i think.

Ok, you see the lines that block off each forum from each other. How they are seperated into 2 columns with the line running down the middle. How do I get rid of that line running down the middle is my question.

ahh, well, that's just a little template mod.
add a border: none; into the style tag and voila

what shile should I make this edit in?

the td tag of the forumcell template

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