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Forums arranged in columns on forumhome · **Released**: 10-31-2005

As requested several times, this hack allows you to arrange forums on forumhome in xx columns instead of just one per row as it is in standart vb3. It is a plain port of my 3.0 version you can find here.

Look at the screenshot to know what i mean

The design is changeable in the templates of course

I've tested it, and it should work, but as i don't use it myself, i cannot do a longtime test, so if you find any bugs, report them

Right now, it's just working on forumhome.
I'll add changes for forumdisplay later

Cheertobi · #92 12-18-2005, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teedizz

he wants to know the exact steps in centering the forum name & description next to the forum icon.

Ah, ok

The white line is a css issue, you have to check yoir css for something like border-left 1px and set that to 0px! Sorry, I do not use the standardstyle, so I cannot say right now, what style to change in your css!

For the second "problem" try this code in forumhome_forumbit_columncell:

Code:

<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]" width="$column_width">
	<table>
		<tr>
			<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" /></td>
			<td><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
					<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if></td>
		</tr>
	</table>
</td>

As said before, I use a different style, but this should work.

Tobi

MSheraz86 · #93 12-18-2005, 07:59 PM

Hi, I've tried every possible answer from this thread and the 3.0 thread but I cannot seem to get anywhere NEAR this mod at all

That's how my forum looks like with this mod installed and pretty much without. What am i doing wrong?????

teedizz · #94 12-18-2005, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheertobi

Ah, ok

The white line is a css issue, you have to check yoir css for something like border-left 1px and set that to 0px! Sorry, I do not use the standardstyle, so I cannot say right now, what style to change in your css!

For the second "problem" try this code in forumhome_forumbit_columncell:

Code:

<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]" width="$column_width">
	<table>
		<tr>
			<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" /></td>
			<td><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
					<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if></td>
		</tr>
	</table>
</td>

As said before, I use a different style, but this should work.

Tobi

Worked perfectly. Thank you

teedizz · #95 12-18-2005, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSheraz86

Hi, I've tried every possible answer from this thread and the 3.0 thread but I cannot seem to get anywhere NEAR this mod at all

That's how my forum looks like with this mod installed and pretty much without. What am i doing wrong?????

Are you changing how many columns you wanna display under forums manager?

MSheraz86 · #96 12-18-2005, 09:03 PM

I go to Forum Manager > Edit forum > Show Subforums in # of columns: 2

That's what i've done for the top side of the forums and it isn't having any effect

. I've also tried 3 and 4 but no use either.

#97 12-19-2005, 12:57 AM

If you want this to work with Chris M's Cust Forum Status Icons Modification just replace Xenon's function with the following:

PHP Code:


			
// ###################### Start construct_forum_columns #######################

function construct_forum_columns($parentid, $columncount)

{

    global $vbulletin, $stylevar, $vbphrase, $show;

    global $imodcache, $lastpostarray, $counters, $inforum;



    // this function takes the constant MAXFORUMDEPTH as its guide for how

    // deep to recurse down forum lists. if MAXFORUMDEPTH is not defined,

    // it will assume a depth of 2.



    if ($columncount == 0)

    {

        // 0 Columns means don't show subforums at all

        return '';

    }



    // call fetch_last_post_array() first to get last post info for forums

    if (!is_array($lastpostarray))

    {

        fetch_last_post_array();

    }



    if (empty($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"]))

    {

        return;

    }



    if (!defined(MAXFORUMDEPTH))

    {

        define('MAXFORUMDEPTH', 1);

    }



    $forumbits = '';



    $counter = 0;

    foreach ($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"] AS $forumid)

    {

        // grab the appropriate forum from the $vbulletin->forumcache

        $forum = $vbulletin->forumcache["$forumid"];

        $lastpostforum = $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"];

        if (!$forum['displayorder'] OR !($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['active']))

        {

            continue;

        }



        $forumperms = $vbulletin->userinfo['forumpermissions']["$forumid"];

        $lastpostforumperms = $vbulletin->userinfo['forumpermissions']["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"];

        if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) AND !$vbulletin->options['showprivateforums'])

        { // no permission to view current forum

            continue;

        }



        if ($subsonly)

        {

            $childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], 1, $subsonly);

        }

        else if ($depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH)

        {

            $childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], $depth, $subsonly);

        }

        else

        {

            $childforumbits = '';

        }



        // do stuff if we are not doing subscriptions only, or if we ARE doing subscriptions,

        // and the forum has a subscribedforumid

        if (!$subsonly OR ($subsonly AND !empty($forum['subscribeforumid'])))

        {



            $GLOBALS['forumshown'] = true; // say that we have shown at least one forum



            if (($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['cancontainthreads']))

            { // get appropriate suffix for template name

                $tempext = '_post';

            }

            else



            {

                $tempext = '_nopost';

            }



            if (!$vbulletin->options['showforumdescription'])

            { // blank forum description if set to not show

                $forum['description'] = '';

            }



            // dates & thread title

            $lastpostinfo = $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"];



            // compare last post time for this forum with the last post time specified by

            // the $lastpostarray, and if it's less, use the last post info from the forum

            // specified by $lastpostarray

            if ($vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"]['lastpost'] > 0)

            {

                if (!($lastpostforumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) OR (!($lastpostforumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canviewothers']) AND $lastpostinfo['lastposter'] != $vbulletin->userinfo['username']))

                {

                    $forum['lastpostinfo'] = $vbphrase['private'];

                }

                else

                {

                    $lastpostinfo['lastpostdate'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'], $lastpostinfo['lastpost'], 1);

                    $lastpostinfo['lastposttime'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['timeformat'], $lastpostinfo['lastpost']);

                    $lastpostinfo['trimthread'] = fetch_trimmed_title($lastpostinfo['lastthread']);



                    if ($icon = fetch_iconinfo($lastpostinfo['lasticonid']))

                    {

                        $show['icon'] = true;

                    }

                    else

                    {

                        $show['icon'] = false;

                    }



                    $show['lastpostinfo'] = (!$lastpostforum['password'] OR verify_forum_password($lastpostforum['forumid'], $lastpostforum['password'], false));



                    eval('$forum[\'lastpostinfo\'] = "' . fetch_template('forumhome_lastpostby') . '";');

                }

            }

            else if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']))

            {

                $forum['lastpostinfo'] = $vbphrase['private'];

            }

            else

            {

                $forum['lastpostinfo'] = $vbphrase['never'];

            }



            // do light bulb

            $forum['statusicon'] = fetch_forum_lightbulb($forumid, $lastpostinfo, $forum);

            

$show['customstatusicon'] = false;

if ($forum['hasstatusicons'])

{

    $show['customstatusicon'] = true;

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'new')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconon'];

    }

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'new_lock')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconlockon'];

    }

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'old')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconoff'];

    }

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'old_lock')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconlockoff'];

    }

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'link')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconlink'];

    }

}



            // add lock to lightbulb if necessary

            if ((!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canpostnew']) OR !($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['allowposting'])) AND $vbulletin->options['showlocks'] AND !$forum['link'])

            {

                $forum['statusicon'] .= '_lock';

            }



            // get counters from the counters cache ( prepared by fetch_last_post_array() )

            $forum['threadcount'] = $counters["$forum[forumid]"]['threadcount'];

            $forum['replycount'] = $counters["$forum[forumid]"]['replycount'];



            // get moderators ( this is why we needed cache_moderators() )

            if ($vbulletin->options['showmoderatorcolumn'])

            {

                $showmods = array();

                $listexploded = explode(',', $forum['parentlist']);

                foreach ($listexploded AS $parentforumid)

                {

                    if (!isset($imodcache["$parentforumid"]))

                    {

                        continue;

                    }

                    foreach($imodcache["$parentforumid"] AS $moderator)

                    {

                        if (isset($showmods["$moderator[userid]"]))

                        {

                            continue;

                        }



                        ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('forumbit_moderator')) ? eval($hook) : false;



                        $showmods["$moderator[userid]"] = true;

                        if (!isset($forum['moderators']))

                        {

                            eval('$forum[\'moderators\'] = "' . fetch_template('forumhome_moderator') . '";');

                        }

                        else

                        {

                            eval('$forum[\'moderators\'] .= ", ' . fetch_template('forumhome_moderator') . '";');

                        }

                    }

                }

                if (!isset($forum['moderators']))

                {

                    $forum['moderators'] = '';

                }

            }



            if ($forum['link'])

            {

                $forum['replycount'] = '-';

                $forum['threadcount'] = '-';

                $forum['lastpostinfo'] = '-';

            }

            else

            {

                $forum['replycount'] = vb_number_format($forum['replycount']);

                $forum['threadcount'] = vb_number_format($forum['threadcount']);

            }



            if (($subsonly OR $depth == MAXFORUMDEPTH) AND $vbulletin->options['subforumdepth'] > 0)

            {

                $forum['subforums'] = construct_subforum_bit($forumid, ($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['cancontainthreads'] ) );

            }

            else

            {

                $forum['subforums'] = '';

            }



            $children = explode(',', $forum['childlist']);

            foreach($children AS $childid)

            {

                $forum['browsers'] += ($inforum["$childid"] ? $inforum["$childid"] : 0);

            }



            if ($depth == 1 AND $tempext == '_nopost')

            {

                global $vbcollapse;

                $collapseobj_forumid =& $vbcollapse["collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid"];

                $collapseimg_forumid =& $vbcollapse["collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid"];

                $show['collapsebutton'] = true;

            }

            else

            {

                $show['collapsebutton'] = false;

            }



            $show['forumsubscription'] = ($subsonly ? true : false);

            $show['forumdescription'] = ($forum['description'] != '' ? true : false);

            $show['subforums'] = ($forum['subforums'] != '' ? true : false);

            $show['browsers'] = ($vbulletin->options['displayloggedin'] AND !$forum['link'] AND $forum['browsers'] ? true : false);



            // build the template for the current forum

            $column_width = intval(100 / $columncount) . '%';

            eval('$column = "' . fetch_template("forumhome_forumbit_columncell") . '";');

            

            // do the columnstuff

            if ($counter % $columncount == 0)

            {

                // Begin a new row

                $forumbits .= "\t<tr>\n";

            }

            $forumbits .= $column;

            if ($counter % $columncount == $columncount - 1)

            {

                // End row

                $forumbits .= "\t</tr>\n";

            }

            $counter++;

        }

    }



    // prevent unclosed <tr> tags

    if ($counter % $columncount != 0)

    {

        $forumbits .= "\t</tr>\n";

    }

    

    return $forumbits;

}

And follow this template change:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris M

Edit [high]forumhome_forumbit_columncell[/high]
Change:

Code:

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />

to

Code:

<img src="<if condition="$show['customstatusicon']">$forum[customicon]<else />$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif</if>" alt="" border="0" />

That should change it for you

Chris

And it should know work correctly....

MSheraz86 · #98 12-19-2005, 02:09 AM

This is the error I receive:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare construct_forum_columns() (previously declared in /home/username/public_html/forum/includes/functions_forumlist.php:312) in /home/username/public_html/forum/includes/functions_forumlist.php on line 312

my functions_forumlist.php looks like this (As it does not state in the instructions properly where to insert it so i inserted it right after the first instruction that is in the txt file)

PHP Code:


			
        if ($vbulletin->userinfo['field7'] == 'yes' AND THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' AND $forum['subforumcolumns'] != 1 AND ($subsonly OR $depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH))

        {

            $childforumbits = construct_forum_columns($forum['forumid'], $forum['subforumcolumns']);

        }

        else if ($subsonly)

        {

            $childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], 1, $subsonly);

        }

        else if ($depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH)

        {

            $childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], $depth, $subsonly);

        }

        else

        {

            $childforumbits = '';

        }



// ###################### Start construct_forum_columns #######################

function construct_forum_columns($parentid, $columncount)

{

    global $vbulletin, $stylevar, $vbphrase, $show;

    global $imodcache, $lastpostarray, $counters, $inforum;



    // this function takes the constant MAXFORUMDEPTH as its guide for how

    // deep to recurse down forum lists. if MAXFORUMDEPTH is not defined,

    // it will assume a depth of 2.



    if ($columncount == 0)

    {

        // 0 Columns means don't show subforums at all

        return '';

    }



    // call fetch_last_post_array() first to get last post info for forums

    if (!is_array($lastpostarray))

    {

        fetch_last_post_array();

    }



    if (empty($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"]))

    {

        return;

    }



    if (!defined(MAXFORUMDEPTH))

    {

        define('MAXFORUMDEPTH', 1);

    }



    $forumbits = '';



    $counter = 0;

    foreach ($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"] AS $forumid)

    {

        // grab the appropriate forum from the $vbulletin->forumcache

        $forum = $vbulletin->forumcache["$forumid"];

        $lastpostforum = $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"];

        if (!$forum['displayorder'] OR !($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['active']))

        {

            continue;

        }



        $forumperms = $vbulletin->userinfo['forumpermissions']["$forumid"];

        $lastpostforumperms = $vbulletin->userinfo['forumpermissions']["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"];

        if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) AND !$vbulletin->options['showprivateforums'])

        { // no permission to view current forum

            continue;

        }



        if ($subsonly)

        {

            $childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], 1, $subsonly);

        }

        else if ($depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH)

        {

            $childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], $depth, $subsonly);

        }

        else

        {

            $childforumbits = '';

        }



        // do stuff if we are not doing subscriptions only, or if we ARE doing subscriptions,

        // and the forum has a subscribedforumid

        if (!$subsonly OR ($subsonly AND !empty($forum['subscribeforumid'])))

        {



            $GLOBALS['forumshown'] = true; // say that we have shown at least one forum



            if (($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['cancontainthreads']))

            { // get appropriate suffix for template name

                $tempext = '_post';

            }

            else



            {

                $tempext = '_nopost';

            }



            if (!$vbulletin->options['showforumdescription'])

            { // blank forum description if set to not show

                $forum['description'] = '';

            }



            // dates & thread title

            $lastpostinfo = $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"];



            // compare last post time for this forum with the last post time specified by

            // the $lastpostarray, and if it's less, use the last post info from the forum

            // specified by $lastpostarray

            if ($vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"]['lastpost'] > 0)

            {

                if (!($lastpostforumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) OR (!($lastpostforumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canviewothers']) AND $lastpostinfo['lastposter'] != $vbulletin->userinfo['username']))

                {

                    $forum['lastpostinfo'] = $vbphrase['private'];

                }

                else

                {

                    $lastpostinfo['lastpostdate'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'], $lastpostinfo['lastpost'], 1);

                    $lastpostinfo['lastposttime'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['timeformat'], $lastpostinfo['lastpost']);

                    $lastpostinfo['trimthread'] = fetch_trimmed_title($lastpostinfo['lastthread']);



                    if ($icon = fetch_iconinfo($lastpostinfo['lasticonid']))

                    {

                        $show['icon'] = true;

                    }

                    else

                    {

                        $show['icon'] = false;

                    }



                    $show['lastpostinfo'] = (!$lastpostforum['password'] OR verify_forum_password($lastpostforum['forumid'], $lastpostforum['password'], false));



                    eval('$forum[\'lastpostinfo\'] = "' . fetch_template('forumhome_lastpostby') . '";');

                }

            }

            else if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']))

            {

                $forum['lastpostinfo'] = $vbphrase['private'];

            }

            else

            {

                $forum['lastpostinfo'] = $vbphrase['never'];

            }



            // do light bulb

            $forum['statusicon'] = fetch_forum_lightbulb($forumid, $lastpostinfo, $forum);

            

$show['customstatusicon'] = false;

if ($forum['hasstatusicons'])

{

    $show['customstatusicon'] = true;

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'new')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconon'];

    }

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'new_lock')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconlockon'];

    }

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'old')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconoff'];

    }

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'old_lock')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconlockoff'];

    }

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'link')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconlink'];

    }

}



            // add lock to lightbulb if necessary

            if ((!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canpostnew']) OR !($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['allowposting'])) AND $vbulletin->options['showlocks'] AND !$forum['link'])

            {

                $forum['statusicon'] .= '_lock';

            }



            // get counters from the counters cache ( prepared by fetch_last_post_array() )

            $forum['threadcount'] = $counters["$forum[forumid]"]['threadcount'];

            $forum['replycount'] = $counters["$forum[forumid]"]['replycount'];



            // get moderators ( this is why we needed cache_moderators() )

            if ($vbulletin->options['showmoderatorcolumn'])

            {

                $showmods = array();

                $listexploded = explode(',', $forum['parentlist']);

                foreach ($listexploded AS $parentforumid)

                {

                    if (!isset($imodcache["$parentforumid"]))

                    {

                        continue;

                    }

                    foreach($imodcache["$parentforumid"] AS $moderator)

                    {

                        if (isset($showmods["$moderator[userid]"]))

                        {

                            continue;

                        }



                        ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('forumbit_moderator')) ? eval($hook) : false;



                        $showmods["$moderator[userid]"] = true;

                        if (!isset($forum['moderators']))

                        {

                            eval('$forum[\'moderators\'] = "' . fetch_template('forumhome_moderator') . '";');

                        }

                        else

                        {

                            eval('$forum[\'moderators\'] .= ", ' . fetch_template('forumhome_moderator') . '";');

                        }

                    }

                }

                if (!isset($forum['moderators']))

                {

                    $forum['moderators'] = '';

                }

            }



            if ($forum['link'])

            {

                $forum['replycount'] = '-';

                $forum['threadcount'] = '-';

                $forum['lastpostinfo'] = '-';

            }

            else

            {

                $forum['replycount'] = vb_number_format($forum['replycount']);

                $forum['threadcount'] = vb_number_format($forum['threadcount']);

            }



            if (($subsonly OR $depth == MAXFORUMDEPTH) AND $vbulletin->options['subforumdepth'] > 0)

            {

                $forum['subforums'] = construct_subforum_bit($forumid, ($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['cancontainthreads'] ) );

            }

            else

            {

                $forum['subforums'] = '';

            }



            $children = explode(',', $forum['childlist']);

            foreach($children AS $childid)

            {

                $forum['browsers'] += ($inforum["$childid"] ? $inforum["$childid"] : 0);

            }



            if ($depth == 1 AND $tempext == '_nopost')

            {

                global $vbcollapse;

                $collapseobj_forumid =& $vbcollapse["collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid"];

                $collapseimg_forumid =& $vbcollapse["collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid"];

                $show['collapsebutton'] = true;

            }

            else

            {

                $show['collapsebutton'] = false;

            }



            $show['forumsubscription'] = ($subsonly ? true : false);

            $show['forumdescription'] = ($forum['description'] != '' ? true : false);

            $show['subforums'] = ($forum['subforums'] != '' ? true : false);

            $show['browsers'] = ($vbulletin->options['displayloggedin'] AND !$forum['link'] AND $forum['browsers'] ? true : false);



            // build the template for the current forum

            $column_width = intval(100 / $columncount) . '%';

            eval('$column = "' . fetch_template("forumhome_forumbit_columncell") . '";');

            

            // do the columnstuff

            if ($counter % $columncount == 0)

            {

                // Begin a new row

                $forumbits .= "\t<tr>\n";

            }

            $forumbits .= $column;

            if ($counter % $columncount == $columncount - 1)

            {

                // End row

                $forumbits .= "\t</tr>\n";

            }

            $counter++;

        }

    }



    // prevent unclosed <tr> tags

    if ($counter % $columncount != 0)

    {

        $forumbits .= "\t</tr>\n";

    }

    

    return $forumbits;

}

I'm ALWAYS encountering the above error just because of line 312 (function construct_forum_columns($parentid, $columncount))

How do I go about this and did i insert the new function in properly??

Cheertobi · #99 12-19-2005, 10:48 AM

@Danny.VBT

Does the hack the same like this tutorial explains?: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showp...22&postcount=3

Tobi

#**100** 12-19-2005, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheertobi

@Danny.VBT

Does the hack the same like this tutorial explains?: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showp...22&postcount=3

Tobi

Yes, combining this hack with Chris's will allow this functionality with an even better way in managing it. Instead of hardcoding it in the template it's all done inside the forum manager.

#**101** 12-19-2005, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSheraz86

This is the error I receive:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare construct_forum_columns() (previously declared in /home/username/public_html/forum/includes/functions_forumlist.php:312) in /home/username/public_html/forum/includes/functions_forumlist.php on line 312

my functions_forumlist.php looks like this (As it does not state in the instructions properly where to insert it so i inserted it right after the first instruction that is in the txt file)

PHP Code:


			
        if ($vbulletin->userinfo['field7'] == 'yes' AND THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' AND $forum['subforumcolumns'] != 1 AND ($subsonly OR $depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH))

        {

            $childforumbits = construct_forum_columns($forum['forumid'], $forum['subforumcolumns']);

        }

        else if ($subsonly)

        {

            $childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], 1, $subsonly);

        }

        else if ($depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH)

        {

            $childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], $depth, $subsonly);

        }

        else

        {

            $childforumbits = '';

        }



// ###################### Start construct_forum_columns #######################

function construct_forum_columns($parentid, $columncount)

{

    global $vbulletin, $stylevar, $vbphrase, $show;

    global $imodcache, $lastpostarray, $counters, $inforum;



    // this function takes the constant MAXFORUMDEPTH as its guide for how

    // deep to recurse down forum lists. if MAXFORUMDEPTH is not defined,

    // it will assume a depth of 2.



    if ($columncount == 0)

    {

        // 0 Columns means don't show subforums at all

        return '';

    }



    // call fetch_last_post_array() first to get last post info for forums

    if (!is_array($lastpostarray))

    {

        fetch_last_post_array();

    }



    if (empty($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"]))

    {

        return;

    }



    if (!defined(MAXFORUMDEPTH))

    {

        define('MAXFORUMDEPTH', 1);

    }



    $forumbits = '';



    $counter = 0;

    foreach ($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"] AS $forumid)

    {

        // grab the appropriate forum from the $vbulletin->forumcache

        $forum = $vbulletin->forumcache["$forumid"];

        $lastpostforum = $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"];

        if (!$forum['displayorder'] OR !($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['active']))

        {

            continue;

        }



        $forumperms = $vbulletin->userinfo['forumpermissions']["$forumid"];

        $lastpostforumperms = $vbulletin->userinfo['forumpermissions']["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"];

        if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) AND !$vbulletin->options['showprivateforums'])

        { // no permission to view current forum

            continue;

        }



        if ($subsonly)

        {

            $childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], 1, $subsonly);

        }

        else if ($depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH)

        {

            $childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], $depth, $subsonly);

        }

        else

        {

            $childforumbits = '';

        }



        // do stuff if we are not doing subscriptions only, or if we ARE doing subscriptions,

        // and the forum has a subscribedforumid

        if (!$subsonly OR ($subsonly AND !empty($forum['subscribeforumid'])))

        {



            $GLOBALS['forumshown'] = true; // say that we have shown at least one forum



            if (($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['cancontainthreads']))

            { // get appropriate suffix for template name

                $tempext = '_post';

            }

            else



            {

                $tempext = '_nopost';

            }



            if (!$vbulletin->options['showforumdescription'])

            { // blank forum description if set to not show

                $forum['description'] = '';

            }



            // dates & thread title

            $lastpostinfo = $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"];



            // compare last post time for this forum with the last post time specified by

            // the $lastpostarray, and if it's less, use the last post info from the forum

            // specified by $lastpostarray

            if ($vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"]['lastpost'] > 0)

            {

                if (!($lastpostforumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) OR (!($lastpostforumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canviewothers']) AND $lastpostinfo['lastposter'] != $vbulletin->userinfo['username']))

                {

                    $forum['lastpostinfo'] = $vbphrase['private'];

                }

                else

                {

                    $lastpostinfo['lastpostdate'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'], $lastpostinfo['lastpost'], 1);

                    $lastpostinfo['lastposttime'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['timeformat'], $lastpostinfo['lastpost']);

                    $lastpostinfo['trimthread'] = fetch_trimmed_title($lastpostinfo['lastthread']);



                    if ($icon = fetch_iconinfo($lastpostinfo['lasticonid']))

                    {

                        $show['icon'] = true;

                    }

                    else

                    {

                        $show['icon'] = false;

                    }



                    $show['lastpostinfo'] = (!$lastpostforum['password'] OR verify_forum_password($lastpostforum['forumid'], $lastpostforum['password'], false));



                    eval('$forum[\'lastpostinfo\'] = "' . fetch_template('forumhome_lastpostby') . '";');

                }

            }

            else if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']))

            {

                $forum['lastpostinfo'] = $vbphrase['private'];

            }

            else

            {

                $forum['lastpostinfo'] = $vbphrase['never'];

            }



            // do light bulb

            $forum['statusicon'] = fetch_forum_lightbulb($forumid, $lastpostinfo, $forum);

            

$show['customstatusicon'] = false;

if ($forum['hasstatusicons'])

{

    $show['customstatusicon'] = true;

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'new')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconon'];

    }

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'new_lock')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconlockon'];

    }

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'old')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconoff'];

    }

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'old_lock')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconlockoff'];

    }

    if ($forum['statusicon'] == 'link')

    {

        $forum['customicon'] = $forum['statusiconlink'];

    }

}



            // add lock to lightbulb if necessary

            if ((!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canpostnew']) OR !($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['allowposting'])) AND $vbulletin->options['showlocks'] AND !$forum['link'])

            {

                $forum['statusicon'] .= '_lock';

            }



            // get counters from the counters cache ( prepared by fetch_last_post_array() )

            $forum['threadcount'] = $counters["$forum[forumid]"]['threadcount'];

            $forum['replycount'] = $counters["$forum[forumid]"]['replycount'];



            // get moderators ( this is why we needed cache_moderators() )

            if ($vbulletin->options['showmoderatorcolumn'])

            {

                $showmods = array();

                $listexploded = explode(',', $forum['parentlist']);

                foreach ($listexploded AS $parentforumid)

                {

                    if (!isset($imodcache["$parentforumid"]))

                    {

                        continue;

                    }

                    foreach($imodcache["$parentforumid"] AS $moderator)

                    {

                        if (isset($showmods["$moderator[userid]"]))

                        {

                            continue;

                        }



                        ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('forumbit_moderator')) ? eval($hook) : false;



                        $showmods["$moderator[userid]"] = true;

                        if (!isset($forum['moderators']))

                        {

                            eval('$forum[\'moderators\'] = "' . fetch_template('forumhome_moderator') . '";');

                        }

                        else

                        {

                            eval('$forum[\'moderators\'] .= ", ' . fetch_template('forumhome_moderator') . '";');

                        }

                    }

                }

                if (!isset($forum['moderators']))

                {

                    $forum['moderators'] = '';

                }

            }



            if ($forum['link'])

            {

                $forum['replycount'] = '-';

                $forum['threadcount'] = '-';

                $forum['lastpostinfo'] = '-';

            }

            else

            {

                $forum['replycount'] = vb_number_format($forum['replycount']);

                $forum['threadcount'] = vb_number_format($forum['threadcount']);

            }



            if (($subsonly OR $depth == MAXFORUMDEPTH) AND $vbulletin->options['subforumdepth'] > 0)

            {

                $forum['subforums'] = construct_subforum_bit($forumid, ($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['cancontainthreads'] ) );

            }

            else

            {

                $forum['subforums'] = '';

            }



            $children = explode(',', $forum['childlist']);

            foreach($children AS $childid)

            {

                $forum['browsers'] += ($inforum["$childid"] ? $inforum["$childid"] : 0);

            }



            if ($depth == 1 AND $tempext == '_nopost')

            {

                global $vbcollapse;

                $collapseobj_forumid =& $vbcollapse["collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid"];

                $collapseimg_forumid =& $vbcollapse["collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid"];

                $show['collapsebutton'] = true;

            }

            else

            {

                $show['collapsebutton'] = false;

            }



            $show['forumsubscription'] = ($subsonly ? true : false);

            $show['forumdescription'] = ($forum['description'] != '' ? true : false);

            $show['subforums'] = ($forum['subforums'] != '' ? true : false);

            $show['browsers'] = ($vbulletin->options['displayloggedin'] AND !$forum['link'] AND $forum['browsers'] ? true : false);



            // build the template for the current forum

            $column_width = intval(100 / $columncount) . '%';

            eval('$column = "' . fetch_template("forumhome_forumbit_columncell") . '";');

            

            // do the columnstuff

            if ($counter % $columncount == 0)

            {

                // Begin a new row

                $forumbits .= "\t<tr>\n";

            }

            $forumbits .= $column;

            if ($counter % $columncount == $columncount - 1)

            {

                // End row

                $forumbits .= "\t</tr>\n";

            }

            $counter++;

        }

    }



    // prevent unclosed <tr> tags

    if ($counter % $columncount != 0)

    {

        $forumbits .= "\t</tr>\n";

    }

    

    return $forumbits;

}

I'm ALWAYS encountering the above error just because of line 312 (function construct_forum_columns($parentid, $columncount))

How do I go about this and did i insert the new function in properly??

Using a completely new function_forumlist.php file apply the edit and then add the function I mentioned above at the bottom of the file. Make sure you do it before the

PHP Code:

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