Sorky - SubForum List Control
 

Purpose
This plugin allows extensive control of how SubForums are displayed.

• Use any mix of between 0 and 10 columns
• Different layouts can be used on specified forums
• Change formatting
• Display Thread/Post counts
• Limit the number of SubForums shown (Show More/Less)
• Collapse entire display
• Sort SubForum display order
• plus lots more!

Installation
Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

Options
To set the options go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Sorky - SubForum List Control

Tips
To get it on the Forum Home page, set...

"vBulletin Options" > "Forum Listings Display Options" > "Depth of Forums - Forum Home" to "1"

For all other forums, set...

"vBulletin Options" > "Forum Listings Display Options" > "Depth of Forums - Forum Display" to "1"

You should also set...

"vBulletin Options" > "Forum Listings Display Options" > "Depth of Sub-Forums" to "1" Note: Setting it higher will also work!

Version Log
For previous versions see 3.8.x
v2.0.0 - 15th of January, 2010 = official release for 4.0.x (click here for more information)

Hall Of Fame For ALL Versions (Donations - Greatly Appreciated - Thank You)
Fungsten US$25
Budweiser US$20
CreditForum US$25
lazyseller US$30
Alisa Lindsay US$10
Alfa1 ?50

Acknowledgement
Thanks (and apologies) to Cybernetec for the ideas & inspiration to generate this Mod.

Keywords
SubForum, SubForums, Sub-Forum, Sub-Forums, Table, List, Grid, Child, Children, Parent

Settings, Demonstration Screenshots, Notes, etc
See post 1

If you like this Mod please click INSTALL.

(Update) Release Notes

• Official version for 4.0.x
• For previous versions see 3.8.x

Notes

If the following templates have been modified from their original, either "revert" them or test this Mod carefully before use:

• forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost
• forumhome_forumbit_level1_post
• forumhome_forumbit_level2_nopost
• forumhome_forumbit_level2_post
• forumhome_subforumbit_post
• forumhome_subforumbit_nopost
• header

WishList - Other Ideas

• Number of people viewing count (med)
• SubForum moderators (med)
• Enable/Disable for certain styles (med)
• Different formatting for each SubForum depth [child/grandchild/etc] (low)

Settings & Demonstration Screenshots (OLD - But I'm sure you'll get the idea!)

I installed this, but I deleted it because it gave a greyish like background, and the sub forum words was smooshed in with the description text of the parent forum.

Oh man you are a life saver ive needed the ten columns since ive upgraded to 4.0 Will be installing shortly. So glad to see this back in 4.0

tagged and in testing onto my playing board ... seems to be a great job Sorky ... :)

You just need to set the plethora of option in ACP/Options

Installed Confirmed working, and rated 5 stars

and just nominated ... really great hack ...

Rated, Installed and Nominated of course :)

Thanks Sorky.

Question: Will this version upgrade my existing installation of 3.8 version? I think not because you have changed the productid.

Sweet, thank you for updating this, tagged it for install tonight

Works good for me. Is there anyway to get rid of the "sub forum" text?

There is a bug in firefox where the subforums overlap the forum description. For the rest super that this mod returned!

Same here, all of my users reported the same issue on firefox and safari.

very good hack but very confusing

no dude, it's really clear instead ... :)

very nice hack, but a lot of unnecessary features.

It should be simple ...

simple it is NOT, uninstalled sorry

hey there.. i just found a temp fix for this:
( mod dev can remove it, anytime he wants)

Admincp>Sorky01 - SubForum List Control - V2.0.0
Look for "Other Formatting Options (Global)"
Second last option
Replace the text with this

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Installed >>> Marked as Installed >> Nominated >> Added 5 Star

works great. just what we needed.

I disagree, i love and need the control this mod offers. Thats why i had uninstalled the other sub forum hack available here. the lack of features did not suit my needs. Ive been waiting for this to become available and am happy as punch its here. and as far as being over complicated. that may be true for some but really easy to figure out i had installed it on my forum and configured it in about three minutes. i love that it allows you to manage different forums sub cats in different ways depending on how many columns you need. it really makes for a nice clean overall professional look.

Where do we set the background colour?

VonDoom, May I ask what mod you use to get the subforum pictures to show as you have them in your attachment??

I changed the images myself but displaying them is a built in feature of this hack.

Cheers for that, I just need t get the background changed and im all good with this :)

i just changed the html color code from "#000000" to "transparent" That makes life alot easier if your using 2 or more styles.

Thanks, seems like a good idea, can't see where do change settings though, i can only see font settings..??

Awesome, thanks!:D

look for
SubForum list Formatting (combines with all previous settings)
I set all three to transparent..
Sorry it took so long to get back with you. i was looking for this hack on the wrong forum (one this wasn't installed on) ive been scrataching my head for the last tem minutes. i really have to get around to changing the colors of the ACP for all my different forums.

have you wrote only 'transparent' or what? :)

"transparent" with the quotes. replacing the Html color code example replace the "#000000" with "transparent"

Thanks for that VonDoom, using "transparent" made mine go a blue colour, but i've now replaced transparent with #090909 (dark grey / light black) and all looks normal again, now just need to add images to forums and sort out form layout..
:)

Is it possible to remove the last post column for the subforums you like to display?
I always liked that feature on the steam support forums: click for example

Installed and it's spot on as usual :D

They are using my PlugIn ;-) If you are referring to "Steam Game Discussions", then I believe that is simply setup as a Category (do not act as a forum). Below you will see "Media" which is a standard Forum with SubForums.

"I guess not" Correct - Two comments...

This version will not operate on 3.8 and likewise the 3.8 version will not operate on 4.0
Both can be installed together (but only one should be enabled at a time) which makes it easy to migrate your options (install new, set options, disable old, enable new, remove old).

I see this has been covered, but will mention it anyway...

Options a-plenty to allow you to do just about anything you want! Without creating a full guide (which no-one would probably read anyway) I set some options by default. This gives the installer an idea of some of the things that can be done.

Simply clear/wipe/erase/empty all the option fields and start from scratch if that helps ;-)

Not designed to be simple - Designed to be Powerful/Functional/Useful ;-)

No skin off my nose if you use it or not :p

Yep - There is an option - just clear it to remove the text completely.

Put <br> at the start of the SubForum heading! NICE ;-)

I believe the intent behind the new template/styles of vBulletin 4 is to adjust all the appearances through the CSS. In this case, setting the the 'h4' style for the 'SubForums' class.

My own tests gave me varying results, but they were over several versions of vB4 from Beta onwards and the results did change between versions. I'll see how vb4 stabilizes before I jump in and make changes.

Thanks VonDoom - Another way is to simply clear the options ;-)

Thank you all for your support / appreciation / etc!

[I swear - some people forget that we do this without being paid, although the occasional gift/donation does come in]