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Slave 11-12-2005 10:00 PM
Better Sub-Forum Placement
 
Hack:
Better Sub-Forum Placement

Inspired by the "Better Similar Threads Placement" hack which can be found at the following URL:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=81453

Author:
Slave

vBulletin Version:
Tested on 3.5.1 - but should work on all 3.5 versions.

Problem:
If you have a large amount of Sub-Forums within a forum users have to scroll past them to view threads.

Solution:
This hack places the list of Sub-Forums within a drop-down menu meaning no more scolling for your users. If the forum in question has no threads and only Sub-Forums, the Sub-Forums are shown as normal.

Install time:
About 2 mins, if that! :)

Number of Templates to edit:
1

Instalation Instructions:

Open your default FORUMDISPLAY template ..

----------------------------

FIND:
Code:
<if condition="$show['forumslist']">
<!-- sub-forum list  -->
ABOVE that add:
Code:
<if condition="$show['threadslist']">
<else />
----------------------------

FIND:
Code:
<br />
<!-- / sub-forum list  -->
BELOW that add:
Code:
</if>
----------------------------

FIND:
Code:
        <td class="vbmenu_control" id="forumsearch"><a href="#goto_forumsearch">$vbphrase[search_this_forum]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("forumsearch"); </script></td>
        </if>
BELOW that add:
Code:
        <if condition="$show['forumslist']"><td class="vbmenu_control" id="relatedtools"><a href="#goto_relatedtools">Sub Forums</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("relatedtools"); </script></td></if>
----------------------------

FIND:
Code:
<!-- popup menu contents -->
BELOW that add:
Code:
<!-- related tools menu -->
<if condition="$show['forumslist']">
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="relatedtools_menu" style="display:none">
        <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr></td>
<!-- sub-forum list  -->

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" align="center">
<thead>
        <tr align="center">
          <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
          <td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
          <if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
          </if>
        </tr>
</thead>
$forumbits
</table>
<!-- / sub-forum list  -->
</td></tr>
        </table>
</div>
</if>
<!-- / related tools menu -->
----------------------------

That it!
Save FORUMDISPLAY and you've done.

Slave 11-13-2005 10:38 AM
Here's a screen shot of how it looks once the hack is added ..

If you'd like to see it in action pop along to ..

http://www.savageforums.com

.. and pick any forum with a subforum within it ..

G-Force 199 11-13-2005 10:48 AM
Nice hack. Thank you
First clicked Install

Slave 11-13-2005 10:58 AM
Hey, thanks G-Force .. :)

This is my first "hack" .. so I'm glad you liked it.

Brent H 11-13-2005 04:42 PM
Any way to put this on the main forum index?

fyjpm 12-06-2005 06:23 PM
*NOTE* if you are using GARS, then the template you will need to change is GARS_forumdisplay not FORUMDISPLAY

First bug (well actually this is an instructions bug): for vB3.5.1 search phrase is wrong:

Code:
        <td class="vbmenu_control" id="forumsearch"><a href="#goto_forumsearch">$vbphrase[search_this_forum]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("forumsearch"); </script></td>
        </if>
Search for this instead:

Code:
        <td class="vbmenu_control" id="forumsearch" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_forumsearch" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search_this_forum]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("forumsearch"); </script></td>
        </if>
Second bug: replace phrase is wrong:

Code:
        <if condition="$show['forumslist']"><td class="vbmenu_control" id="relatedtools"><a href="#goto_relatedtools">Sub Forums</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("relatedtools"); </script></td></if>
Replace with this instead:

Code:
        <if condition="$show['forumslist']"><td class="vbmenu_control" id="relatedtools"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_relatedtools">Sub Forums</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("relatedtools"); </script></td></if>
Third bug: typo on <td> tag: the following is wrong (even check it on your board, does work right in FF)

Code:
<!-- related tools menu -->
<if condition="$show['forumslist']">
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="relatedtools_menu" style="display:none">
        <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr></td>
<!-- sub-forum list  -->

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" align="center">
<thead>
        <tr align="center">
          <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
          <td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
          <if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
          </if>
        </tr>
</thead>
$forumbits
</table>
<!-- / sub-forum list  -->
</td></tr>
        </table>
</div>
</if>
<!-- / related tools menu -->
Add this instead:

Code:
<!-- related tools menu -->
<if condition="$show['forumslist']">
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="relatedtools_menu" style="display:none">
        <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr><td>
<!-- sub-forum list  -->

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" align="center">
<thead>
        <tr align="center">
          <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
          <td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
          <if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
          </if>
        </tr>
</thead>
$forumbits
</table>
<!-- / sub-forum list  -->
</td></tr>
        </table>
</div>
</if>
<!-- / related tools menu -->
Now it works right! BTW, aside from the easy debugging, this script KICKS IT! Nice job!

-John

Oblivion Knight 12-06-2005 06:49 PM
Nice idea, but I'd imagine that a lot of users who are unfamiliar with forums (ok, so there's probably not going to be that many) wouldn't know those Sub-Forums existed.

Smiry Kin's 05-18-2006 12:05 PM
ermm looks kinda funny in FF, any chance on fixing?

Smiry Kin's 06-02-2006 04:09 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Smiry Kin's
ermm looks kinda funny in FF, any chance on fixing?
any help?

Slave 06-04-2006 09:19 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Smiry Kin's
any help?
I'm afriad I don't use FF .. so unless someone else has any suggestions ........

zippokid 04-03-2007 01:22 PM
Is there an easy way to add this as a dropdown on the navbar rather than in the obscure placement it has as it stands?

EDIT: nevermind, figured it out. also decided against this because my users are lazy and just want every topic dumped in one forum and this makes them more able to ignore subforums


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