oooh.. thats awesome.. did you add the pics using templates only?

I am having some problems, I have done all correct but my forum layout goes out of shape when I do the forums. Any ideas how to fix?

can you describe it more exactly or post a screenie?

no problems are known, perhaps you have made a mistake creating/modifying the templates

okay my forum has 12 Section, right now I can only do one section, how can I do all my forums like this to minimize space

These:

ahh i see ;)
run em seperatly...

@hyperdave: in the newest version you can seperate more categories by space, all subforums in these cats will be arranged in columns.

no what we did was to have a hack that woudl give each forum it's own on/off images .. wich where incorporated into the template :)

hmmm....i guess i am the problem child on this one....either that, or one of the other hacks i am using is causing a conflict.

When i try to execute the sql query ( this is what i am using, straight out of the install file:

INSERT INTO setting (settingid,settinggroupid,title,varname,value,desc ription,optioncode,displayorde r) VALUES (NULL,5,'Parent forums column arranged subforums','columnparent','0','Choose a Parent Forumid. All Subforums will be displayed in column arrangement (seperat with spaces)','','8')
INSERT INTO setting (settingid,settinggroupid,title,varname,value,desc ription,optioncode,displayorde r) VALUES (NULL,5,'Display Forum Columns','forumcols','4','','','9')

)

I get this error:

Failed to execute SQL : SQL INSERT INTO setting (settingid,settinggroupid,title,varname,value,desc ription,optioncode,displayorde r) VALUES (NULL,5,'Parent forums column arranged subforums','columnparent','0','Choose a Parent Forumid. All Subforums will be displayed in column arrangement (seperat with spaces)','','8') INSERT INTO setting (settingid,settinggroupid,title,varname,value,desc ription,optioncode,displayorde r) VALUES (NULL,5,'Display Forum Columns','forumcols','4','','','9') failed : You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'INSERT INTO setting (settingid,settinggroupid,title,varname,value,desc ription,op' at line 1

try to run em seperatly, there are two querys, not just one ;)

Have you managed the multiple forum thing yet?

Satan

Ok, when I installed tis, I get a minor cosmetic problem (see below attachment), I am sure it is a template, but don't know how to fix it. Nice hack, BTW :banana:

Is this something that might be shared/released? ;)


edited to add Very nice. I've it installed and am working on the tweakings. :D

@Rose it is already released as i know, but it's very old (i think 2.01 or so)

@Satan: Don't read my posts ;)
Yes you can now make more categories as top categories of columned forums..

@Link: Can you describe it a bit more? I don't see something wrong on your screenshot...

mhhhh ich habe das jetzt mal so in die Datenbank reingemacht. Ich gehe davon aus das es 2 einzelne sind.
Aber bei mir im Board ist keine Ver?nderug zu sehen. Wo und wie gebe ich das ein?

Allerdings finde ich das was ich eingegeben habe in der Datenbank nicht wieder.
Sorry aber ich bin ein neuling.


In Englisch:
mhhhh I clean-made now times in such a way into the data base. I go of it out of it 2 particulars am. But with me in the board no Veraenderug is to be seen. Where and how do I enter?

However I find which I entered in the data base not again. Sorry however I is a beginner
:cry:

you should use a better translating program ;)

you'll find these settings in your Admin-CP > vbulletin options > Forumhome section...

[german]Ich will nicht unh?flich scheinen, aber supportfragen kannst du bei vbulletin-germany.com in deutsch fragen. Mir pers?nlich isses ja wurscht, ob man mich hier was in deutsch fragt, aber da es ein englisches board ist kommt das einfach hier nicht so gut an ;)

Wie auch immer, als antwort: Du findest die Sachen dann in deinem Admin-CP bei den forenoptionen[/german]

ok im back :p, heres what i did with it on my live board.

http://www.kousetsu.net/kan/index.php?

hey, looks good this extra categorie :)

its not working for me....i can do the sql quesries and everything else...but i dont get the fields in my admin cp...

Yea, Xenon, it is minor and of little importance. The border of the between the catagory image and the forums aranged in colums is twice as thick as the normal ones. Like I said little importance, but :banana:

ahh i see...
hmm, will see what i can do, perhaps it's just a small template mod...

but as said not the importantst thing on my to do list ;)

@mikey: you must have done something wrong, these queries are produced directly from the vb admin cp (settings.php)

I installed hack and created a category with 4 forums, now when I enter the Category Id in the control panel and save all the 4 forums disssapear and you can only see the actual category alone, any ideas whats wrong?

Great,
This is a must in all large forums.

Q: Absolute values would be cool on the columns.(word-wrap in the cell)

EX: Our site is set at 760px with 3 columns = about 254px a column. This is great, but with the current coding if a forum name is longer than that set value the cell will stretch vs. word-wrap. This intern destroys alignment of another parent forum.

As seen below in Parent Forum 2 the 2nd forum name because it is longer kills the alignment. Is there a math variable we could add to keep this from happening?

Parent 1

|small name|small name|small name|

Parent 2

|small name|larger names|larger name|

Installed without a problem. What a clever solution for admins with a lot of related subforums! Thanks!

Anyone know why this error?

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/alex/public_html/muscle/index.php on line 746

Just installed 2.2.6 and the hack worked. It does not work with 2.2.7 at this point.

Thank you,

Seperate. There are a few posts on this because most copy and paste without looking real close. I did the same before I noticed the two queries. You must run the queries seperate or you will get errors.

Thanks, and i did run them separately. Didn't have much luck though. Out of the 4 styles on my board, only one looked right. The other 3 were messed.

Yeah. I pretty much gave up on it. Mine was way out of wack as well. Great idea and a nice hack, just seems to be less work to code the templates as needed by hand at this point. Plus, I believe the hack will need some modification to work correctly with 2.2.7. The new vBulletin version has much needed fixes. With a couple of my imported style sets and 2.2.6 it looked fine, but with the others it was going to take quite a bit of fixing.

Can anyone help me here, my image is coming up with this funny line around and I need to remove the little text at the top right, posts, threads,last post. See the Red circles:

Are you referring to a border inside the img tag?



Thanks for this hack - it's great! I have it running smooth at www.thesistersthree.com/forums > see the "casting couch" section.

That black border yes, can you see it?

I like this hack !

Can you post how to do this : Insert images in a table ans "last post by " please Xenon ...

Such like in Yaxay forum...

Good job..

well i cant get this to work =(
does these lines have anything to do with it and if so where do i put them ?INSERT INTO setting (settingid,settinggroupid,title,varname,value,desc ription,optioncode,displayorde r) VALUES (NULL,5,'Parent forums column arranged subforums','columnparent','0','Choose a Parent Forumid. All Subforums will be displayed in column arrangement (seperat with spaces)','','8')
INSERT INTO setting (settingid,settinggroupid,title,varname,value,desc ription,optioncode,displayorde r) VALUES (NULL,5,'Display Forum Columns','forumcols','4','','','9')

Hi Croft.

The above are queries not php code. One Insert at a time, you install or query your database with the data so that the tables will have the above data inserted in to them. The above alters the database information.

You can use phpmyadmin, or if you know how, you can do this from a prompt. If you have never worked on a database before I would recommend phpmyadmin.

Stick this in the queries box. And then the second. Before you do anything, back up your database with a mysqldump.

INSERT INTO setting (settingid,settinggroupid,title,varname,value,desc ription,optioncode,displayorde r) VALUES (NULL,5,'Parent forums column arranged subforums','columnparent','0','Choose a Parent Forumid. All Subforums will be displayed in column arrangement (seperat with spaces)','','8')

My problem is i have no idea what so ever how to insert these in to my DB =(
Is there a step by step solution for idiots like me ?
I love the hack by the way and i realy want this =)
If this works this will be my second hack i install wooohooo. as you might have moticed im new to the hack part of vb.. Have no idea what kind of hack is usefull and wich hacks are not...
This one is usefull tho and i want it..
Any help would be wery much apriciated =)
http://www.dabforum.com

You are not an idiot. You have never added tables or inserted information into a database. This does not qualify for the term idiot.

I gave instructions for the easiest solution that I know of.
phpmyadmin. You will have to do some experimenting. If you are going to experiment with this hack, I would advise you to use 2.2.6 as the hack suggests it works with. 2.2.7 has issues with this hack.

Well i exported the setting from my db.. can i yust past the things in the downloaded file or do i HAVE to set this up on the db itself ?
sorry for all these questions.

You have to do as the installation instructions request.

You have to add the queries to the database so that the alterations are made. Once this has been completed, carry on with the rest of the hack. Do your database alterations (run quereies) before you move forward. This is really not very hard to accomplish. Being it's your first time altering vBulletin and the database, you will want to experiment as mentioned so that you can see how the changes work.

Do you have phpmyadmin?

Yes i do.. im at it right now .... =)

Super.

Ok. You simply and carefully copy one query at a time and paste the query into the box that says run a query. Once there and you are ready, hit the submit button. It will give you one of two things when you do this. You will get an error and explaination, or it will say something like inserted whatever into the database. This is important to be careful not to run the query on the wrong database if you have multiple databases. Be sure to chose the correct one.

Make sure you have selected the appropriate database and click on the database name at the top of the left hand column in phpmyadmin. You will find the querie box there.

Just a note, although phpmyadmin is alright for some things, do dumps and restores from the prompt.