OK, thanks.

That would be this one, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=229148

Unfortunately it looks like that one does exactly the same as the other one. Sorts sub forums under a main forum not under a category.

I'm sure the forum in the link in my OP has a mod created for it. Maybe I'll see if I can get someone to do something similar for me, assuming it doesn't cost a fortune, I don't need it that badly. :)

So when you use the VSA mod, give us a screenshot of how your forumhome looks with that mod running.

Yeah because its all in the way you set it up. There are several different ways from what I remember that you can set it up.

EDIT: I just looked at a client's site that I've installed that same mod on and it does do that. So you may have missed a setting or perhaps they are using that mod and a little bit of template coding to remove the forum icon.

OK, I now have the mod turned on so you can go to the site now and see what it looks like.

There are very few settings available.

Main section

Enable yes no
Number of columns
Display subforums title yes no

Then there is some css stuff

Then permissions where you can disable the mod for certain forums.

That's it, I can't see anything else, certainly nothing about categories.

As HM666 says, maybe there is some template stuff to be done but I wouldn't have a clue how to do that.

You need make forums two level deep then use the vsa subforum manager or add the css below to additional.css template. Results can be seen on my site.

Example

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/01/31.png


CSS:

Yeah that is how my client's forum is set up. So my assessment was off earlier you would need to add a forum area to make it do what you want.

Forum Rules
***-Forum Rules
*****-General Forum Rules
*****-Rules for the Exchange Forums

I think I see what you're getting at here.

So, in your example, ***-Forum Rules would be just an empty forum, (as in no threads), and the other two would be sub forums under that. Did I get that right?

That being the case, I would then have to create an "empty" forum under each category.

You would have to create a new forum under each category by the name that you want and then make all the forums in that category come under that new forum.

Rules Forum (Category)
****-Rules Forum (top forum that show the main link at the top)
***********-Forum 1 (This forum will show in the organized list of forums)
***********-Forum 2 (This forum will show in the organized list of forums)
***********-Forum 3 (This forum will show in the organized list of forums)
***********-Forum 4 (This forum will show in the organized list of forums)
...and so on.

So you would have to edit the forums and change the category or top level forum as the forum that it is directly under to the new forum that you make under the category.