This hack adds expansion and contraction support to the forum home page (index.php). The current version of this hack has been tested on vBulletin 2.3.2

Only supported browsers gain the ability to expand and collapse forum groups, non supported browsers do not gain anything, but no errors will be displayed.
Each users preference is saved to the database, additionally admins can select which forums are to be collapsed by default.

• Browsers supported
• Netscape6+/Mozilla0.6+
• MS IE5+
• Konqueror
• Opera 7 support is included

• Browsers unsupported
• MS IE4 or earlier
• Netscape 4 or earlier
• Opera (version 6 and earlier)

Note: PHP 4.1.x or 4.2.x is required, PHP 4.0.x is now unsupported.

Instructions inside attachment.
Updated 4:18 PM 1/12/2002
- Packaged Post, Thread template Addon

Updated 7:53 PM 1/11/2002
- corrected installer

Updated 4:23 PM 1/11/2002
- Added DB support
- Added Per forum Collapsed Pref to admin cp

Updated 01/10/02 01:39am.
- Fixed missing line.

Updated 04/06/02 01:30am.
- Version 1.2
- PHP 4.1.x, 4.2.x support with or without register globals off.
- Performance tweeked javascript

Updated 06/06/02 11:20pm.
- Corrected templatecache bug

Updated 06/25/02
- Corrected formatting errors in readme

Updated 09/01/02
- vB 2.2.7 compatiblity statement, updated readme.

Updated 30/08/03
- vB 2.2.x and 2.3.x compatiblity statement, added new automatic testing script.

FAQ
Q: what exactly is Template_Option.txt?
A: Basically that exention was provided as a request to cover sites with the template modification that adds a "header" to each grouping.

Q: How do I show a forum depth greater than 2?
A: Open vB Admin cp set forum depth to your required level. Then create the additional templates. For template examples see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...465#post250465

Q: Can sub-forums be collapsed?
A: Yes. See the above answer for example templates.

Q: XYZ doesn't work help.
A: Check that all the template changes required have been made, 99% of problems are due to incorrect template alteration. Also use the cx_test.php to automatically check your installation!

Do you have a demo?:)

Sounds cool, but demo would be cool..

i take this pic on the zip files..

DEMO

No demo online, but a screenshot is included and the attached offline demo illustrates the hack.

#1

This is great but doesn´t work!!
I have windows XP and the newest IE 6.0.2600
I have done all the steps in your installguide and I checked it THREE times!
But it still doesn´t work!
I have implemented the collabsable posts hack and this one works fine!
Maybe you forgott something??

#2
Question
Can u implemet a DB support for this hack so that it remebers the usersettings of each user and save it in the DB?

This would be verry usefull!

Greetings

StarBuG

Orginal release was missing 3 lines redownload and skip down to "Amendment from version 1.0" in the readme you just need to make that change to fix it. Also the method used to collapse the groups used is 99% different to the collapse post hack.


q2: Yes db support could be done, but adding it would make the hack more complex than I want to code/release.

Hmm changed my mind I might add this, it appears to be simpler than I first relised.

:) I was just working on this one myself. :)

Hehe!!

Now it works!!

Thank you so much!!

But without DB support it isn?t very usefull cause after entering one forum and then come back to the index all forums are expand again!

Is there someone who can do the rest to make it REAL PERFEKT???


PLEASE!!! :D

Greetings

StarBuG

I've also followed this to the last detail documented. 1 small fix, the name of the getbrowser.php file is getBrowser.php in the zip archive. On unix systems it can't find the file. Rename getBrowser.php to getbrowser.php and it gets further.

Tested on WinXP I.E 6.0.2600
and Win ME I.E 5.5


Very nice hack indeed, I hope the problems can be ironed out. :) Good work.

Edit just noticed update... :)