Forum Home Enhancements - ForumHome Category Spacing

This is a small port from what Floris and Zachery have written on Forum Category Spacing. I hope that some of you will find this bit of information usefull. Don't forget to click INSTALL . Thanks.

Credits:
Floris - http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110590
Zachery - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=88983

Changelog:

*Note: I skipped 1.4 because 1.5 just looks better
v1.5 (May 12 2007)
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- Updated to Support vBulletin 3.6.6

v1.3 (Nov 03 2006)
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- Fixed forumhome Guest Message break.
- Fixed lastpost break.

v1.2 (Oct 31 2006)
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- Fixed some random HTML problems.
- Reworked the Last Post Optional Edit
- Should be 3.6.2 compatible

v1.1 (Aug 10 2006)
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- Updated to be XHTML Transitional Valid

v1.0 (Aug 9 2006)
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- Initial port & release

[Doc Great]

Originally Posted by DaPro

My apologies, I forgot to check the code for validation like I should :-|. I have updated the port to reflect the changes and just grab the new TXT file. For those who don't wanna go through it all here are the XHTML Validation changes. (If you find more let me know )

Find the following code in FORUMHOME
======================================

<!-- main -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
    <if condition="$show['guest']">
    <!-- guest welcome message -->
    <tr>
        <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">
            <phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <!-- / guest welcome message -->
    </if>
</thead>
$forumbits
$forumhome_markread_script
<!-- /main -->

Replace that code with the following:
======================================

<!-- main -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
    <if condition="$show['guest']">
    <!-- guest welcome message -->
    <tr>
        <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">
            <phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <!-- / guest welcome message -->
    </if>
</table>
$forumbits
$forumhome_markread_script
<!-- /main -->

All done.

Hi folks,

DaPro, you should update your txt with this chances, now it's not xhtml transitional valid

Cheerio

[obmob]

Nice, i was able to use it, even i had a lot of mods in forumhome

[Smoothie]

Originally Posted by Doc Great

Here comes the TMS Product for the category spacing hack.

Before installing, make sure you have installed the Template Modification System http://www.vbhacks-germany.org/showthread.php?t=5572

What's the template modification system? And why do you need to register to view that thread?

[Doc Great]

The template modification system is a great mod from Andreas (KirbyDE), but unfortunately only released at vbhacks-germany.org, the official german vbhack site. I hope the modification will be released at vb.org :-)

The tms allows you making code changes to templates without editing the original templates.


Smart, here it was

[Clayton]

firstly thank you for your work

then I would like to ask how I could line the various forums up, please?

the lines are not 'in-line'

see attachment

ps.. I created categories but did not make some forums as part of those categories .. as I want to be able to display those forums on my Forum Home as I use show only 1 forum on Forum Home. This was the best solution i could find unless u can suggest somehting else

[Detomah]

I've always loved the hacks that do this as they make the forum look much nicer, why it can't be a vBulletin default is beyond me though.

The one thing that always annoys me is the lining up bit, it's such a pain to get right.

Anyhoo...

/me happily installs this version, as the other "automatic" version available leaves the tables out of line anyway, so manual editing is a must for me, either way.

[prowarfare]

I have done it and it looks great. but when browsing my forums i have come across a problem.



Seems like it only effects it if there are borders on. If it didnt have borders it would look normal. Is there a way to fix this problem and keep the borders on.

[NFLfbJunkie]

How can I fix the large gap between my last forum and the 'what's going on' box to match the spacing between the separate forums?

[ksfrogman]

Originally Posted by Oblivion Knight

Delete this part of code in the FORUMHOME_FORUMBIT_LEVEL1_NOPOST template:

<tr><td class="thead" style="line-height: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0;" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>"><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" alt="" width="1" height="12" /></td></tr>

Awesome, I just deleted that code and it works like a charm!

[itorrents]

I like it, thanks m8