warning: this hack will add an addicional query to every page of the bb!
This hack will prepare a variable called "$favforumselect", that can be inserted in any page of the vb, and will show the subscribed (favorites) forums of the user.
>>>> in "phpinclude" template, add this:
if ($bbuserinfo['userid']!=0) {
$favforums=$DB_site->query("SELECT forum.title,forum.forumid FROM forum,subscribeforum WHERE subscribeforum.forumid=forum.forumid AND userid=$bbuserinfo[userid] ORDER BY title");
$totalforums=$DB_site->num_rows($favforums);
if ($totalforums>0) {
$favforumselect = "<form name=\"subsforumform\"><select name=\"sforum\" onchange=\"JavaScript
:subsforum()\" class=\"smallselect\"><option value=\"0\">select";
while ($favforum=$DB_site->fetch_array($favforums)) {
$forumperms=getpermissions($favforum[forumid]);
if (!$hideprivateforums) {
$forumperms[canview]=1;
}
if ($forumperms[canview]) {
$favforumselect = $favforumselect . "<option value=\"$favforum[forumid]\"> $favforum[title]";
}
}
$favforumselect = $favforumselect . "</select></form>";
} else {
$favforumselect = "";
}
} else {
$favforumselect = "";
}
>>>>>>> in the "header", add this:
<script name="JavaScript">
function subsforum () {
if (document.subsforumform.sforum.value != '0') {
gourl="forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&&forumid=" + document.subsforumform.sforum.value;
document.location.href=gourl;}
}
</script>
>>>>>>> in "headinclude", add this:
.smallselect {
font-family : verdana;
font-size : xx-small;
}
Now you can add the variable "$favforumselect" anywhere in the templates where you want it to appear. It wont show forums that the user does not have permission to see, but will show non-active forums, the same way the subscribed forums list in the profile shows them. Hope you like it

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