||Toggle Catagorys|| Does this Exist?

[aceofspades]

On my IPB forum, i had a mod that allowed users to toggle catagorys in and out of view using javascript (they said it doesnt have to use that, but thats what they used).

An example, the user has permission to view all forums but on the home page he only sees:

Front Page
-Welcome to the forum
-Latest News
-Etc

Then he clicks (toggles) the gaming option, and now hes sees the following:

Front Page
-Welcome to the forum
-Latest News
-Etc

Gaming
-New Games
-Media
-Etc

I hope im explaining myself well enough. Anyway, i was thinking VB cant be below IPB in any way, so there must be something (a mod / plugin) like this out for VB. So this is my question, is there a plugin that will do this out there at the moment, or is this something i will have to get someone to custom code for me?

James

[peterska2]

All categories are collaspable via the icon at the far right of the page. Clicking that once will collapse it, and again will open it. The collapsed/open status is also saved so that on return to the forumhome it appears the same as when you left it. You can also collapse each section of the 'What's going on?' box at the bottom of the forumhome.

[aceofspades]

Yes, this isnt exactly what i am looking for though. What i am looking for is something that totally removes any sign that there is other catagorys there. For example your way still leaves the catagory bar, but hides the forums. It needs to be that the catagorys arnt visible at all untill toggled on via a menu or link, in which case they appear like they would normally but otherwise it would be like they arnt there at all.

There was a version for an older version of VB, but i tried and it didnt work on the lastest VB version.

[peterska2]

Can you let me have the link to what you have tried then I can have a look at what it is trying to do?

Thanks.

[aceofspades]

Well, here is what i would like in an ideal situation:

http://www.bigsoccer.com/

(notice the menus on the top for the different forum catagorys)

Except i would like my index.php to only have one catagory in, not all of them. So have my index.php as:

General
-News
-Mapping
-Etc

Then be able to go to a catagory which is actually just one catagory out of many, but cant be seen on the index.php, it can only be visited by going to the catagory directly

[peterska2]

ok, now I get you. I do exactly this with my staff forums.

In your navbar add the following code as many time as required

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="[high]Link To Category[/high]">[high]Title For Link[/high]</a></td>

You can add this anywhere on your navbar. I would look for

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>

and add it either before or after that.

In the forum manager set each category that you don't want to show on the forumhome (index.php) to Forum is Active - NO

If you want to do it as dropdowns let me know, or if you would like help writing the full code to add either as individual links or a dropdown please provide a link to your site and I will be happy to help.

[aceofspades]

So if its inactive it doesnt show up on the index.php but it can still be viewed by going to the catagory url?

Thanks for your help btw, your a legend

[peterska2]

Yes, you need to know the url to access it, so by adding a link to the page via the navbar or elsewhere you can access it without it being visable from anywhere else.

[aceofspades]

Ok, thanks buddy ill set that up now. Thanks again for taking the time to help me with this.