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

[gmtalk]

Works on 3.6.8

I am just not able to get latestposts to be linkable now.

[Reece^B]

Never mind

[Charuvils]

can u please upgrade it to 3.6.8 version ..

[ludachris]

Can this hack be made to work so that only specified forums are shown in columns but not all?

[Hoffi]

You can set it up for each Category.
@Charuvils: It Works on 3.6.8 Why you don't Test it?

[TPOCJames]

Hey,

Is there a fix for custom status icons not working with 3.6.8?

Custom Status Icons appear in normal forums, and under the parent forum when viewing the parent forum of a child that is in a column, but it won't display it on the actual column itself.

Does anyone know why or how to fix this?

[Hoffi]

I developed my own StatusIcon Hack that Works with this Hack. I released it on vbgermay.org and can release it here too. But it's in German now, I must translate it.

[silence25]

Originally Posted by Hoffi

@Charuvils: It Works on 3.6.8 Why you don't Test it?

I've tested it, and it does not work. The instructions for the edits in admincp/forum.php are different then whats actually in forum.php. Resulting in some errors when you try to add new forums to the site.

This Line here:

if ($forum['password'] != $oldforuminfo['password'] AND $applypwdtochild)
		{
			$DB_site->query("
				UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum
				SET password = '" . addslashes($forum['password']) . "'
				WHERE FIND_IN_SET('$forumid', parentlist)
			");
		}

Is not in admincp/forum.php
so, i can not find a proper place to put:

// update subforum in columns setting
		if ($forum['subforumcolumns'] != $oldforuminfo['subforumcolumns'])
		{
			$DB_site->query("
				UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum
				SET subforumcolumns = " . intval($forum['subforumcolumns']) . "
				WHERE forumid = $forumid
			");
		}

Resulting in errors in the acp when trying to add forums.

I've seen other sites pull this off using the latest versions of vbulletin, complete with forum icons and properly aligned text as well. I'm pretty good at figuring things out, even if instructions aren't really clear.. however for this particular mod, i can't seem to get it to work, and no one really wants to give up their secret if they did happen to get it to work.

[yeku]

Reservedddd

thank

[Discussions]

Originally Posted by silence25

I've tested it, and it does not work. The instructions for the edits in admincp/forum.php are different then whats actually in forum.php. Resulting in some errors when you try to add new forums to the site.

It works even on vBulletin 3.7.0 Beta 3. You are doing something wrong.