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.

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

You can apply the changes to forumdisplay as well if wanted

[deaconxgp]

fixed except for the part where there is no Forum and Post strip to identify the subforums so users can't see how many posts or who last posted

[Xenon]

PHP Code:

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


you see both wariables are defined, so you just have to add them to the template
same with lastpostinfo

[dndog]

The forums display corrently on the homepage, but when I click on the category they are in they revert back to the original stacking. How can I apply this setting to categories viewed?

Thanks.

[Buddha]

i'm still struggling with getting rid of that table row in forumdisplay if anyone can help me.
(see my posts on the top of this page - #152-153)
thanks.

[deaconxgp]

PHP Code:

 <tbody>
    <tr>
        <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
            <a style="float:$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>
            <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="$forum['subforumcolumns'] > 1">
<tr align="center"> 
      <td colspan="2" class="thead" width="40%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td> 
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td> 
          <td class="thead" width="50%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td> 
      <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td> 
      </tr> 

    <tr>
        <td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
<table style="border: none; width: 100%;">
            $childforumbits
</table>
        </td>
    </tr>
<else />
<tr align="center">
<td class="thead" width="38">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
<td class="thead" width="240">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
<td class="thead" width="30">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
<td class="thead" width="100">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
<td class="thead" width="120">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
</if>
</tr>

    $childforumbits
</if>
</tbody>
</if> 


this is my level1 no post....the problem i'm having is that the threads and posts don't seem to line up correctly...the thread is like too long and the posts is too thin

I've attached a screen shot.

[deaconxgp]

i can't seem to change the width of the threads, last post etc information under the columns forums without it affecting the categories for the forums without columns

[dndog]

I want this to appear not on the forum home, but when a user clicks on the category title. What template do I need to edit, and what changes should be made?

[deaconxgp]

any help on getting the Post, Threads, Last Post to line up correctly??

[xQuEeNzNaZcHox]

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE vbulletin_forum SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
	title = 'New York Mets',
	description = '',
	link = '',
	displayorder = '1',
	daysprune = '1',
	parentid = '-1',
	subforumcolumns = '2',
	newpostemail = '',
	newthreademail = '',
	styleid = '0',
	password = '',
	options = '86017',
	parentlist = '1,-1'
WHERE forumid=1
mysql error: Unknown column 'subforumcolumns' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

Date: Sunday 02nd of May 2004 06:07:16 PM
Script: http://www.innerchambers.com/~nymfan...incp/forum.php
Referer: http://www.innerchambers.com/~nymfan...t&forumid=1&s=
Username: Noah
IP Address: **.***.***.***

I get that error. Why?

[Xenon]

mysql error: Unknown column 'subforumcolumns' in 'field list'

that shows exactly, that you have no installed the hack correctly.

you have to run the queries in the instructions.