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

[Qwest]

This works fine in my 3.8 GOLD install

See it here: www.diyautoforum.com

[katie hunter]

It is nice but it doesn't look quite as nice as the attachment i posted here.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=199727

[GlamRockTalk]

katie hunter, I think someone mentioned that you have to combine the mod with the custom icons....

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=102025

....to get the look you want.

[Blackheart_72]

Originally Posted by ArnyVee

Cool, thanks!

It's just that one step, right Veccy? Or, did you do both steps that I quoted a couple of posts up?

The only step i put in was the one i posted.

Mod works great on my 3.8 install.

[GlamRockTalk]

Any idea why I can't use the "Style Options" within the "Forum Manager" to add certain icons instead of the 'site-wide' ones?

I added a new prefix as instructed within the Style Options and uploaded the images, but it won't show for the forums where I have activated this mod on. But, the Style Options worked with the 'regular' forums where this hack is not enabled.

Any idea what I can do to fix that? Is there something that needs to be renamed within the xml now with versions 3.7 versus when it was originally coded?

EDITED: This is the only line within the xml that lists "statusicon"....

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

...does it need to be adjusted since we are now in the 3.7 or 3.8 versions?

EDITED #2: These are the statusicon references in the template edits.....

then add this new function to the file:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// ###################### Start construct_forum_columns #######################

// do light bulb
$forum['statusicon'] = fetch_forum_lightbulb($forumid, $lastpostinfo, $forum);

OR

Within the same file....

// 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';

Do these need to be adjusted so that my statusicons work properly in those categories/forums in which this mod is enabled?

[KevinL]

Originally Posted by skulldred

Hi all

I use this hack and it seems that i works but not proberly. It Stretch my columes how you can see it on the screenshot. Any idea why this happen?

Thanks for your help.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...1&d=1221396404

OK I have read through this thread and I have done everything Veccy 150 has said and I am still getting the problem like the person above. I actually switched my custom 'nopost' template to the default to make it work with no luck...

Any help anyone please?

[Blackheart_72]

Originally Posted by KevinL

OK I have read through this thread and I have done everything Veccy 150 has said and I am still getting the problem like the person above. I actually switched my custom 'nopost' template to the default to make it work with no luck...

Any help anyone please?

Have you got as bigger screen shot as the one posted by skulldred is a tad small.

[KevinL]

Originally Posted by Veccy 150

Have you got as bigger screen shot as the one posted by skulldred is a tad small.

Right on. Here we go

[Blackheart_72]

delete please

[KevinL]

Thanks for the reply. That is what I did already and I'm still coming up with that picture above. Thats why I'm getting so frustrated haha I don't get it.

Any other ideas?