Collapsable forums on forum home

This hack adds expansion and contraction support to the forum home page (index.php). The current version of this hack has been tested on vBulletin 2.3.2

Only supported browsers gain the ability to expand and collapse forum groups, non supported browsers do not gain anything, but no errors will be displayed.
Each users preference is saved to the database, additionally admins can select which forums are to be collapsed by default.

• Browsers supported
• Netscape6+/Mozilla0.6+
• MS IE5+
• Konqueror
• Opera 7 support is included

• Browsers unsupported
• MS IE4 or earlier
• Netscape 4 or earlier
• Opera (version 6 and earlier)

Note: PHP 4.1.x or 4.2.x is required, PHP 4.0.x is now unsupported.

Instructions inside attachment.
Updated 4:18 PM 1/12/2002
- Packaged Post, Thread template Addon

Updated 7:53 PM 1/11/2002
- corrected installer

Updated 4:23 PM 1/11/2002
- Added DB support
- Added Per forum Collapsed Pref to admin cp

Updated 01/10/02 01:39am.
- Fixed missing line.

Updated 04/06/02 01:30am.
- Version 1.2
- PHP 4.1.x, 4.2.x support with or without register globals off.
- Performance tweeked javascript

Updated 06/06/02 11:20pm.
- Corrected templatecache bug

Updated 06/25/02
- Corrected formatting errors in readme

Updated 09/01/02
- vB 2.2.7 compatiblity statement, updated readme.

Updated 30/08/03
- vB 2.2.x and 2.3.x compatiblity statement, added new automatic testing script.

FAQ
Q: what exactly is Template_Option.txt?
A: Basically that exention was provided as a request to cover sites with the template modification that adds a "header" to each grouping.

Q: How do I show a forum depth greater than 2?
A: Open vB Admin cp set forum depth to your required level. Then create the additional templates. For template examples see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...465#post250465

Q: Can sub-forums be collapsed?
A: Yes. See the above answer for example templates.

Q: XYZ doesn't work help.
A: Check that all the template changes required have been made, 99% of problems are due to incorrect template alteration. Also use the cx_test.php to automatically check your installation!

[carpman]

Originally posted by dabean


That fact fact that the hack is storing the data has me puzzled.

My gut feeling is that another hack is somehow conflicting with this one.

To test this theory I've attached modified version a one file which would cure such a problem. This file is direct replacement for the existing one in the zip file.

works a treat

many thanks

[PeterNRG]

Instead of contracting all the forums to just the category titles, it would be cool if you could also contract to just the category + forum titles (so without the forum descriptions, and maybe the moderators)

I think the forum descriptions are only needed for new visitors. Once you are a regular visitor to a board, you don't really read the forum descriptions anymore, thus they take up a lot of space, which forces the (lazy) user to scroll more .

What do you think? It would be a cool addition to this hack IMHO.

[dabean]

Originally posted by PeterNRG
Instead of contracting all the forums to just the category titles, it would be cool if you could also contract to just the category + forum titles (so without the forum descriptions, and maybe the moderators)

I think the forum descriptions are only needed for new visitors. Once you are a regular visitor to a board, you don't really read the forum descriptions anymore, thus they take up a lot of space, which forces the (lazy) user to scroll more .

What do you think? It would be a cool addition to this hack IMHO.

The extremely simple and lazy way. :rambo:

template: forumhome_expandcontract

PHP Code:

<div id="c$forum[forumid]" style="$divcollapse"><img alt="Collapse" title="Contract Category" src="{imagesfolder}/collapse.gif" onclick="forumexp('$forum[forumid]')" /><a href="forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&amp;forumid=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>
    <br>$forum[description]</div>
<div id="e$forum[forumid]" style="$divexpand"><img alt="Expand" title="Expand Category" src="{imagesfolder}/expand.gif" onclick="forumexp('$forum[forumid]')" /><a href="forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&amp;forumid=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>
    </div> 


template: forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost

PHP Code:

<tr class="cat">
    <td colspan="6">$expandcontract</td>
</tr> 


:banana:

[carpman]

I have been playing about with adding sub catagories to some of my forum catagories, however this does not work with this hack.

Sub catagory does not collapse with main catagory and the forums in the sub catagory do not have collapse contact options.

If you understand what i am talking about, is it possible to acheive this?

cheers

[dabean]

Originally posted by carpman
I have been playing about with adding sub catagories to some of my forum catagories, however this does not work with this hack.

Sub catagory does not collapse with main catagory and the forums in the sub catagory do not have collapse contact options.


If you understand what i am talking about, is it possible to acheive this?


cheers

Seeing as this question pops up regularly I've added a FAQ
Qouting from it..

Q: How do I show a forum depth greater than 2?
A: Open vB Admin cp set forum depth to your required level. Then create the additional templates. For template examples see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/show...0465#post250465

Q: Can sub-forums be collapsed?
A: Yes. See the above answer for example templates.

[carpman]

cheers, i will give it a go

[DarkDraco07]

PHP Code:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `']'' in /home/darkneme/public_html/forums/index.php(435) : eval()'d code on line 4 


what does this mean?????

[DarkDraco07]

can someone help???

[dabean]

Originally posted by DarkDraco07

PHP Code:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `']'' in /home/darkneme/public_html/forums/index.php(435) : eval()'d code on line 4 


what does this mean?????

Parse errors mean that your code is just plain wrong and cannot/will not run.

To fix the error you need to look at what is wrong with line(s) mentioned, which in these cases are lines 435 and 4?
The PHP interpreter is trying to help you fix this by telling you what it expected to find ( '] ).

The problem and the solution is unique to your index.php, I would assume due to mispasting from the readme.

If you don't know what you did wrong or can't find the problem then you need to revert index.php (just index.php not the db) to the backup version you should have taken before attempting to make the modifications required by this hack. Then re-add the changes this hack requires.


When the readme is followed to the letter this hack will and does work "out of the box" so to speak.

[DarkDraco07]

i uninstalled and reinstalled it 3 times, i couldnt have messed up 3 times