No problem... you are welcome.

I'm working on my first 'real' mod with admin cp options and all now... If I can make this as a product I will, but in the mean time if someone else can they are free to do so and release it on their own. However my preliminary investigation so far seems that the edits needed can't be done automatically...

This looks like what I need to summarize public and private forums. What happens when a reply is posted? I assume if the user selects reply to post in the master forum it will go to the master forum. But what about a reply to a specific post? Will that go to the original forum the post came from?

If someone posts a new thread it will be created in the master forum assuming the user is viewing the master forum when they click "new thread."

If they are replying to an existing thread the post will be posted to that same thread no matter which forum that thread is from.

This is a great idea for a mod.

I have a feature suggestion if you decide to expand on this mod:

Have a UserCP section where users can choose (via checkbox maybe? or multiple select box?) which forums they want to show in the "master" forum. Maybe have it stored in $bbuserinfo (??) and add it to the WHERE forumid IN line.

Cheers, cool mod.

I've thought about using custom profile fields to choose which forums are included but as is I can't figure out how to do this code via the plugin system the resulting manual edits would probably be too complicated to follow- but there's no reason using $bbuserinfo[fieldX] in a conditional to choose which forums are part of the WHERE clause wouldn't work.

Major Upgrade On This Mod!

Totally new version is now a product file you can install, no file edits needed!

If you used the old version revert your forumdisplay.php file back to it's original condition before installing.

AWESOME! Exactly what I was looking for!!!

Nice mod! One quick note,

the Master forum must contain at least one personal thread for the external threads to show up in the list as well,
otherwise it will just display There are no posts in this forum message.

Good to know, thanks. :up:

Hey Bird,

This is probably wishful thinking, but if it's possible, it would be very helpful to me. Is there any way a thread icon can be set for a given forum? Essentially, so when it shows in the master forum, the icon an quickly identify the forum it's from. I'm trying to incorporate logos into my boards, and it would be a nice way to members to quickly find what they are looking for.