I figured as much. It seems more logical to do it that way, but I was "sucked in" to the display order 0 hype :D.

setting the forum display to '0' will hide the forum on the archives page - not something we want to do

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?threadid=159844" target="_blank">This mod</a> does a similar thing to how vbulletin.org is setup

I have a system on one of my beta boards that has javascript tabs at the top of the forum which dynamically updates for the new catagorys, so if you add a new catagory, a new tab will be automatically generated with the catagory name, and by clicking on that tab you only display the forums which are under that forum catagory, so you tab forums in and out of view depending on what the user has selected, and it is designed in such a way which does not affect SEO. If anyone is interested in this i may release it as a paid mod package, you can pm me for a demo and quote.

a similar issue exists with Subscriptions to the forums in the sub-categories....I do have forumjump and searching working great (thanks Dismounted!)

1st, i would like to thank everyone for adding their information - its helped me make this possible on my forums. A little searching through each post paid off in a pretty big way.

I used a 3rd party modification for the tabs, and i used dismounted's hook code so i can search and use forum jump (thanks a ton for that code, was very generous of you!).

I have one last question:

How do you allow the forum statistics to be shown on all the 'hidden' areas of your forum? It shows on the default home area (the forums you don't have set to '0'). Is it possible, or something i'll just have to live with?

There is one here
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...=166278&page=2

Is it possible to purchase or otherwise get access to this mod? If possible and you want to do it in private please PM me.

I don't believe it's hard to do. I just haven't had the time to explore yet :p.

that's great!! thanks! :D i 've never thought about it! :up: