Forums arranged in columns on forumhome

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

[Blackheart_72]

Originally Posted by rapidphim

how are you going to remove the "Last Post/Thread/Post" without effecting others forum, that not in column format?

This is what i have to keep that in the non column forums but remove it from columned ones.

<if condition="$childforumbits">
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">
<if condition="$forum['subforumcolumns'] > 1">
	<tr>
	
<style="border: none; width: 100%;">
			$childforumbits

		</td>
	</tr>
<else />
<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead" width="30">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="125">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="55">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="55">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
	  <if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">
	  <td class="thead" width="100">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
	  </if>
	</tr>
	$childforumbits
</if>
</tbody>
</if>
</table>

[rapidphim]

Thanks Veccy. I am testing it on 3.8.0 beta1. Would you please let me know which template to go to in order to remove those?

I am still kinda confuse how to remove those three areas for the subforum column and without affecting other standard one?

Really appreciate your help!

[compact123]

this hack works on vbdesigns.de CYBORG style? Thanks.

[Blackheart_72]

Originally Posted by rapidphim

Thanks Veccy. I am testing it on 3.8.0 beta1. Would you please let me know which template to go to in order to remove those?

I am still kinda confuse how to remove those three areas for the subforum column and without affecting other standard one?

Really appreciate your help!

Where it tells you to edit forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost.

Or PM me the template contents and i will take a look.

[rapidphim]

Veccy,

Here is the template code for forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost

<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
			<if condition="$childforumbits">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat{$collapseimg_forumid}.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			</if>
			<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>
			<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
			<if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<if condition="$childforumbits">
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">
<if condition="$forum['subforumcolumns'] > 1">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
<table style="border: none; width: 100%;">
			$childforumbits
</table>
		</td>
	</tr>
<else />
	$childforumbits
</if>
</tbody>
</if>

Modify this will remove those three section on column format but will not change for other standard forums, right?

[Blackheart_72]

Yes, change the bit you added for the hack to what i posted up and you should be good to go.

Click the link in my sig and you will see what it does but if by any chance it does not work then we will take another look at it.

[rapidphim]

no no no.... after replaced the code you provided, it messed up the whole layout ....

[Blackheart_72]

Originally Posted by rapidphim

no no no.... after replaced the code you provided, it messed up the whole layout ....

What way did it mess it up?

You can take your code from the post you made here and out it back for now.

[rapidphim]

Veccy, it's OK... I can live with that. However, do you know how am I going to get:

1/ the latest post info lie right beneath the forum title as in this website?
http://www.nbadimensions.net/forums/

2/ and how/where I can remove the "Thread/Post" so that only left "The latest post" and move number of post a side
http://www.nbadimensions.net/forums/

3/ also, it does not show the number of member/guest view on the forum anymore .... can we put it back?

Thanks so much.

[saxahan]

thank for plugin.