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!

[compact123]

i installed Forum Category Icons (Advanced) on my forum and works very well but when i upload my forum on server its doesnt work, i cant see any icons to show =/ i dont know why!!

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by bandare

However, since installing I have found this error in my admincp since the install.

I only get the following showing at the top of the page in the admincp when I click on a specific forum to edit. Any thoughts? I am running 4.06

You need to either upload icons in the folder or set the options correctly to point to the folder, please re-read the instructions as it is clearly written. Thx.

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by compact123

i installed Forum Category Icons (Advanced) on my forum and works very well but when i upload my forum on server its doesnt work, i cant see any icons to show =/ i dont know why!!

Verify your icon folder is correct.

[bandare]

Originally Posted by Dark_Wizard

You need to either upload icons in the folder or set the options correctly to point to the folder, please re-read the instructions as it is clearly written. Thx.

Hi Dark Wizard...... you are right, the error in the admincp causing those error commands was due to not adding the lock.png to the folder.

I still wonder how I can get an image for a forum area on the homepage though as per:

I have a structure where I have a forum as a category and then a list of sub forum categories within there. It's letting me assign an image for that sub forum category that doesn't act as a forum but then has forums within that sub category. Those images are not showing but the actual forums underneath are. Any way to allow for images to show for sub forum categories? If I click to show the top level category only then I see the images but not if I want to see on the forum homepage

[sevsev]

Having same issue as above, everything seems to work great except no picture shows. Forum is setup as a forum as a category with sub forums within that, but I don't think that's the issue as the screenshots here show the same setup. I'm running 4.0.6

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by sevsev

Having same issue as above, everything seems to work great except no picture shows. Forum is setup as a forum as a category with sub forums within that, but I don't think that's the issue as the screenshots here show the same setup. I'm running 4.0.6

PM me a link to your site please. Thx.

Bob

[RobbieZ]

Im getting this error when I go into forum manager

Warning: asort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in [path]/admincp/forum.php(240) : eval()'d code on line 20

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/admincp/forum.php(240) : eval()'d code on line 21

Any ideas Bob?

Create a folder under images and call it what you want. (Make sure this is under the images folder otherwise you will get errors!)

You cant call it what you want as creating a folder thats not in alphabetical order will not appear under images folder..

[bandare]

Originally Posted by RobbieZ

Im getting this error when I go into forum manager

Warning: asort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in [path]/admincp/forum.php(240) : eval()'d code on line 20

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/admincp/forum.php(240) : eval()'d code on line 21

Any ideas Bob?



You cant call it what you want as creating a folder thats not in alphabetical order will not appear under images folder..

the problem is that you haven't uploaded the locked image that comes with the download. I had the same issue a few posts above and typed how to fix

When he says UNDER< he means inside the images folder

[TITAN-UZ]

How to change this background image

[sevsev]

PM'd

Thanks Bob