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!

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by eSekar

Exactly as DW Said, post info about your problem so the Author or anybody else can help you out.

BTW, I'm running vB4.0.4 & It's working perfectly

Did anyone notice he has only 1 post....

[Dark_Wizard]

Updated images to reflect new features.

[peppefark]

sorry, but if I have a vb version 4.0.4 I can instalarre automatically or should I also modify the code files forumhome_forumbit_level1_post "and" forumhome_forumbit_level2_post "?

thanks

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by peppefark

sorry, but if I have a vb version 4.0.4 I can instalarre automatically or should I also modify the code files forumhome_forumbit_level1_post "and" forumhome_forumbit_level2_post "?

thanks

If your templates aren't modded try the "Auto Templates", if after you try that and have selected icons for the forums and don't see anything then you would need to do the edits manually as outlined in the install.html file.

[ged]

First, this is a wonderful modification and I've already nominated it for MOTM.

Second, when I double click on a forum's icon, it marks all the forums' posts read, not only one forum.

Note: I've chosen "replace status icons" and "category Icon As Status Icon" options.

Thank you very much.

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by ged

First, this is a wonderful modification and I've already nominated it for MOTM.

Second, when I double click on a forum's icon, it marks all the forums' posts read, not only one forum.

Note: I've chosen "replace status icons" and "category Icon As Status Icon" options.

Thank you very much.

Edit: Just checked this out and need to look into it further.

Edit: Found a typo on my part.

[ged]

Originally Posted by Dark_Wizard

Edit: Just checked this out and need to look into it further.

Edit: Found a typo on my part.

Have you got the same error too? That's -a kind of good news- for this modification to be better.

[KURTZ]

@ [name]Dark_Wizard[/name]: i think there is a small styling issue with the 'users viewing' ... can you fix it?

edit: in the second pic you can see how it should be ...

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by KURTZ

@ [name]Dark_Wizard[/name]: i think there is a small styling issue with the 'users viewing' ... can you fix it?

edit: in the second pic you can see how it should be ...

Your talking about where the viewing is located? If so I'll look into it.

[KURTZ]

Originally Posted by Dark_Wizard

Your talking about where the viewing is located? If so I'll look into it.

yes normally it goes after the forum title not under ....