Forum Home Enhancements - Forum Category Icons (Advanced)

This is a hack that will add icons to your forum categories on the forum home page.

History: I was the originator of this hack back in the vBulletin 1.x days and continued this in vb 3.7.x. I have had numerous requests to port this to vb 4.x.x so here you are.

Please click install if you want support for this mod and to encourage me to continue adding features!

Enjoy!

You can find nice icons here, here and here.

Thanks to LatinoCheats for this link.

Changelogs:

1.2.0:

• * Option to change icon location i.e. After Status Icon, Under Forum Title or Replace Status Icon.
  * Now contains a dropdown listing your icons in the folder so you just select and save.
  * Displays icon in forum manager when editing a forum that contains an icon.
  * Change icon width and height so you need to only upload one size icon.
  * Set icon position so you can center the icon when using smaller icons.
  * Dropdown of transparency settings for icons used to replace status icons when indicating "Old Posts".
  * Allows you to mark forum/subforum as read.
  * Now shows locked icons (lock icon added to download and this overlays the status icons when indicating a locked forum).

1.2.1:

• * Now works for Mark Forum/SubForum as read!

1.2.2:

• * Fixed: template bug.
  * Added: Now shows locked icons (lock icon added to download and this overlays the status icons when indicating a locked forum.)

1.2.3:

• * Added: Automatic Template Edits!
  * Added: Only jpg, gif and png icons allowed. (extensions checked in forum edit).
  * Fixed: Mark Forum Read for specific forum/subforum.
  * Fixed: Now shows non-transparent status icon when "Show Locks" is enabled.

1.2.4:

• * Fixed: Users Viewing. (This is working on a default vb style, others styles may have issues)
  * Fixed: Mark Read should now be fixed, working fine on my end.
  * Fixed: Icon not appearing when "Forum Description" disabled.

2.0.0

• * Icon size can be set either globally or set per forum, setting is in vb options.
  * When selecting an icon in forum manager the selected icon now shows to the right of the dropdown so you can see what you are selecting.
  * If your upgrading from 1.2.4 and had to do manual template edits then you will need to revert the templates and redo the edits.

Upgrades: For those upgrading just make sure when you import the product you select "Allow Overwrite". You will also need to revert your templates (only for users of version 1.2.2 or earlier) and then follow the instructions as outlined in the install.html file.

Note: Before you ask, yes this works with all browsers. (Tested on FF, IE8, IE7, Chrome, Safari and Opera)

IMPORTANT! If you use the "Auto Template" feature of this mod and it doesn't work then you MUST do the manual template edits outlined in the install.html. This plugin was created using a default vbulletin style.

If you like this mod than please nominate for "MOTM".

Donations are gladly accepted!

[EnderNolan]

Originally Posted by Dark_Wizard

New release, just redo the template edits and let me know.

Bob

Thank you for the super fast response and solution to the problem. This has rectified my sub-forum display problem. Nominated for MOTM because this is an awesome Mod and the Coder responds to support requests promptly. Thanks for this!

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by EnderNolan

Thank you for the super fast response and solution to the problem. This has rectified my sub-forum display problem. Nominated for MOTM because this is an awesome Mod and the Coder responds to support requests promptly. Thanks for this!

Your welcome! And Thank You!

[Boofo]

The lock ions work as advertised, Bob. Nice add-on. I do have a question, though. Shouldn't the icons show without transparency to unregistered users? They are showing the default 50% for unregistered users.

[EnderNolan]

I went live with them today. Some members have asked if they can turn them off. Maybe a feature that allows members to activate or deactivate them at their discretion. Nothing that has to be added immediately, but just a thought.

Also, maybe if you could make it so you could set the icon location for each skin, one skin have them replace the status icon and another under the forum title, for example.

Also, what does this feature adjust in the options settings?

Forum/SubForum Category Icon Positioning
Set this option to specify which Category Icon is to be positioned.

I've set it to all of the options and I don't see any change.

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by Boofo

The lock ions work as advertised, Bob. Nice add-on. I do have a question, though. Shouldn't the icons show without transparency to unregistered users? They are showing the default 50% for unregistered users.

I'll double check my code...

Originally Posted by EnderNolan

I went live with them today. Some members have asked if they can turn them off. Maybe a feature that allows members to activate or deactivate them at their discretion. Nothing that has to be added immediately, but just a thought.

Also, maybe if you could make it so you could set the icon location for each skin, one skin have them replace the status icon and another under the forum title, for example.

Also, what does this feature adjust in the options settings?


I've set it to all of the options and I don't see any change.

Hmmm, style dependant, I would have to think that one out. As for member activate/deavtivate which piece are you talking about?

The "Forum/SubForum Category Icon Positioning" is just that, it allows you to specify which one you are needing to re-position in case of a hack you are using that is causing them to skew off a bit. 99.9% of the time this option won't be needed but is there just in case.

[Boofo]

It sounds like he is asking for an option for individual users to turn the forum icons on and off. I don't think that would be a very good idea myself, but to each his own.

[EnderNolan]

Yes, Boofo is correct. While I like this mod, some of the members felt it was too 'busy' for their liking. As such, they wanted to know if they could turn off the feature. Right now, I think to work around it, I will create duplicate skins and leave the code out of one version so they can select a skin that doesn't have this feature in the code.

[Boofo]

The only bad thing about that is if they visit other forums that have this mod, they will expect the same treatment in return. I, for one, won't use something like that as when they get used to certain icons for certain areas, it will actually be easier for them to get around the forums.

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by EnderNolan

Yes, Boofo is correct. While I like this mod, some of the members felt it was too 'busy' for their liking. As such, they wanted to know if they could turn off the feature. Right now, I think to work around it, I will create duplicate skins and leave the code out of one version so they can select a skin that doesn't have this feature in the code.

I think this is the best option, just use the same skin but rename it and let the members choose. To code something like this would take considerable time which I am not really willing to put into this mod as I have already added many, many features that surpass the others. Sorry.

[Trek]

Just installed, works great!

Only suggestion I have at this point is a way to make it so that the icons are theme specific. Right now they dump into the /images folder. I'd like it to be /images/{theme} so I can have different icons per theme. Not a huge issue really though. =)

Installed and all that good stuff.