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[AJAX] Tabbed Forum Home · **Released**: 04-09-2008

Tabbed Forum Home version 1.01

[AJAX] Tabbed Forum Home version 1.5.0 (BETA)

NOTE: Works with both 3.7x and 3.6x

Description: This MOD is for creating a "Tabbed" Forum Home Page to have Categories displayed within Tab containers (similar to what the new Profile System looks like on vb3.7). Please do not confuse this with the Tab Menu System here at vbulletin.org. They are totally different systems. These Tabs actually switch the content without leaving the main forums page.

I wrote the initial Non AJAX version based on reading many requests from members asking about how namepros created their custom tabbed forum home page. The first implementation I did was a request by bbwforums.net (which you can visit to see a working example). I have shared this version with many members already and decided to release it since it seems to be something that a lot of members are interested in.

UPDATE: I have released a BETA [AJAX] version for those that what something a little more robust and easier to install/configure. This Beta version will never go into production tho as version 2.0 will utilize the YUI AJAX Tabview Toolset. It IS stable tho and is currently running on a few live sites.

NOTE: Keep in mind, I wrote this with the assumption that you are fairly well versed and comfortable with editing files/templates and following the flow of things. If there is something you don't understand, PLEASE let me know so that I can help you understand it. This IS NOT a product that a novice can just plug and play and it takes a little bit of time to setup, but its well worth it in the end (if you want a custom unique look to your forum home page)... the next version (Don't ask when, cause its just on the drawing board) will be a product with ACP controls for easy setup

The attached Zip File(s) contain the Files and Instructions necessary to install each version.

DEMO: www.bbwforums.net or www.namepros.com
[Moderator Edit: The first URL has been un-linked as there has been reported malware on that domain. The mod author may edit this notice once the situation has been cleaned.]

Screen Shots: None, visit one or both of the above links as seeing them in action is better than some static image(s)..

Bobster

Change Log

version 1.01 -
tabcontent.js ver 2.2 to support remote links
updated install instructions (both in txt and rtf format)

version 1.5.0 -
BETA [AJAX] version

July 8, 2008 - Added xml file for WOL
Sep 2, 2008 - Updated xml file for WOL

bobster65 · #**552** 07-11-2008, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin Murad

WoW, It's pretty hard...
Is there an easier version??

almost ... beta 2.0 is getting closer.

siriuxs · #**553** 07-11-2008, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobster65

Copy the contents of the FORUMHOME Template and the FORUMHOMETAB Template into text files, zip them up and attach them to a post so I can see them.

FORUMHOME:

Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
	<!-- no cache headers -->
	<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
	<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1" />
	<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />
	<!-- end no cache headers -->
	$headinclude
	<title><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_powered_by_vbulletin]</phrase></title>
<!-- Tabbed Forum Home Header Code -->	
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.pchs.it/forums/clientscript/tabs/ajaxtabs.css" /> 
	<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.pchs.it/forums/clientscript/tabs/ajaxtabs.js"> </script>
<!-- /Tabbed Forum Home Header Code -->
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar
$photoplog[minithumbnails]
<!-- main -->
<!-- Tabbed Forum Home -->

<div id="ajaxTFH" class="TFHmenu2">
	<ul>
		<li class="selected"><a href="tabforumhome.php?tabcat[]=3" rel="ajaxTFHcontentarea">Comunit?</a></li>
<li><a href="tabforumhome.php?tabcat[]=99" rel="ajaxTFHcontentarea">xTreme PcHS</a></li>
<li><a href="tabforumhome.php?tabcat[]=4&tabcat[]=86" rel="ajaxTFHcontentarea">Hardware</a></li>
<li><a href="tabforumhome.php?tabcat[]=111&tabcat[]=106" rel="ajaxTFHcontentarea">Reti & Mobile</a></li>
<li><a href="tabforumhome.php?tabcat[]=22&tabcat[]=61" rel="ajaxTFHcontentarea">Software & Games</a></li>
<li><a href="tabforumhome.php?tabcat[]=34" rel="ajaxTFHcontentarea">Mercatino</a></li>
<li><a href="tabforumhome.php?tabcat[]=49&tabcat[]=122" rel="ajaxTFHcontentarea">Spazio Ricreativo</a></li>
<li><a href="tabforumhome.php?tabcat[]=135" rel="ajaxTFHcontentarea">Filo Diretto</a></li>
<li><a href="tabforumhome.php?tabcat[]=51" rel="ajaxTFHcontentarea">Zona Privata</a></li>
	</ul>
</div>

<br style="clear: left" />

<div class="TFHmenu2line"></div>

<div id="ajaxTFHcontentarea" style="border:0px solid gray; width:100%; height: 100%; background-color: white; padding: 0px"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
	var mytabs=new ddajaxtabs("ajaxTFH", "ajaxTFHcontentarea")
		mytabs.setpersist(true)
		mytabs.setselectedClassTarget("link") 
		mytabs.init()
</script>

<!-- /Tabbed Forum Home  -->
<!-- /main -->	
<br />


<!-- what's going on box -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat" colspan="2">$vbphrase[whats_going_on]</td>
	</tr>
</thead>

<if condition="$show['loggedinusers']">
<!-- logged-in users -->
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_activeusers')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			<a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[currently_active_users]</a>: $totalonline (<phrase 1="$numberregistered" 2="$numberguest">$vbphrase[x_members_and_y_guests]</phrase>)
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_whos_online]" border="0" /></a></td>
		<td class="alt1" width="100%">
			<div class="smallfont">
				<div style="white-space: nowrap"><phrase 1="$recordusers" 2="$recorddate" 3="$recordtime">$vbphrase[most_users_ever_online_was_x_y_at_z]</phrase></div>
				<div>$activeusers</div>
			</div>
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end logged-in users -->
</if>
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_stats')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_stats" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_stats].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_stats" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_stats]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/stats.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>" border="0" /></td>
		<td class="alt1" width="100%">
		<div class="smallfont">
			<div>
				$vbphrase[threads]: $totalthreads,
				$vbphrase[posts]: $totalposts,
				$vbphrase[members]: $numbermembers<if condition="$show['activemembers']">,
					<span title="<phrase 1="$vboptions[activememberdays]">$vbphrase[within_the_last_x_days]</phrase>">$vbphrase[active_members]: $activemembers</span>
				</if>
			</div>
			<div><phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$newuserid" 2="$newusername">$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]</phrase></div>
		</div>
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<if condition="$show['birthdays']">
<!-- today's birthdays -->
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_birthdays')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			$vbphrase[todays_birthdays]
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getday&amp;day=$today&amp;sb=1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/birthday.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_birthdays]" border="0" /></a></td>
		<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$birthdays</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end today's birthdays -->
</if>
<if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_events')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_events" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_events].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			<if condition="$show['todaysevents']">$vbphrase[todays_events]<else /><phrase 1="$vboptions[showevents]">$vbphrase[upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days]</phrase></if>
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_events" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_events]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/calendar.gif" alt="$vbphrase[calendar]" border="0" /></a></td>
		<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</if>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="tcat" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>
<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>
<if condition="$vboptions['forumleaders']">&nbsp; &nbsp;
<a href="showgroups.php?$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[view_forum_leaders]</a></if>
</strong></div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>

</table>
$forumhome_markread_script
$ad_location[ad_forumhome_afterforums]
<!-- end what's going on box -->

<!-- icons -->
<div class="spacer"></div>
<table class="icon_legend" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="100%">


<tbody>
<tr align="center">
	<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new_small.gif" alt="" border="0" /></td>
	<td align="left" class="alt1">
		<div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[forum_contains_new_posts]</div>
		
		
	</td>
	<td class="alt2" ><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old_small.gif" alt="" border="0" /></td>
	<td align="left" class="alt1" ><div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[forum_contains_no_new_posts]</div></td>
	<if condition="$vboptions['showlocks']"><td class="alt2" ><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new_lock_small.gif" alt="" border="0" /><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old_lock_small.gif" alt="" border="0" /></td>
	<td align="left" class="alt1" ><div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[forum_is_closed_for_posting]</div></td></if>
</tr>


</tbody>

</table>
<!-- /icons-->


<!-- time and login code -->
<div class="spacer"></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="bottom">
<!-- Time -->
        <td align="$stylevar[left]" valign="top"><div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[all_times_are_gmt_x_time_now_is_y]</div></td>
<!-- /Time -->        

<!-- member logout -->
<if condition="!$show['guest']">
<td align="$stylevar[right]"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]"  onclick="return log_out('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]')"><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[log_out_x]</phrase></a></td>
</if>
<!-- /member logout -->
</tr>
</table>
<!-- /time and login code -->
$footer
</body>
</html>

FORUMHOMETAB:

Code:

$forumbits
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="spacer"></div>

Very thanks for your patiency and assistence...

bobster65 · #**554** 07-11-2008, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by siriuxs

FORUMHOME:

Code:

REMOVED

Very thanks for your patiency and assistence...

Well, both of them are printing out before TFH and there is nothing in TFH that would cause it to print out twice above it.. This one is odd. What happens when you remove the $photoplog[minithumbnails] variable from the FORUMHOME Template.. same results?

Justin Murad · #**555** 07-11-2008, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobster65

almost ... beta 2.0 is getting closer.

Thanks, can't wait to see it

King Kovifor · #**556** 07-11-2008, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin Murad

Thanks, can't wait to see it

I am thinking that we have about 3 major bugs to fix before we can think about any public betas.

blanky · #**557** 07-12-2008, 05:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobster65

I've seen this issue with a few custom styles. PM me a link to your site so I can view the source ... its an easy fix.

http://www.nyoxis.com/community/index.php

siriuxs · #**558** 07-12-2008, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobster65

Well, both of them are printing out before TFH and there is nothing in TFH that would cause it to print out twice above it.. This one is odd. What happens when you remove the $photoplog[minithumbnails] variable from the FORUMHOME Template.. same results?

If I remove $photoplog[minithumbnails] the forum not visualized a minu thumbnails but compare always 2 topxstats... if i set the normal skin is not visualized 2 toxstats... Please help me.. thanks...

Justin Murad · #**559** 07-12-2008, 09:02 PM

I finally installed the AJAX 1.5 version succesfully. But I wanted to stylize it, so I tried to edit "ajaxtabs.css" with Dreamweaver, I put some background images in the code but when I'm opening the forum, I see tabs became transparent. Is there another way to stylize our tabs, like Version 1.01?

bobster65 · #**560** 07-14-2008, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blanky

Hi, I got it working great, but I have a problem, white lines between categories are showing up and I don't know why.. little help?

Pic:

in the FORUMHOME Template, find this block of code (its right under the block that you put the tabcats[] in ...

Code:

<div id="ajaxTFHcontentarea" style="border:0px solid gray; width:100%; height: 100%; background-color: white; padding: 0px"></div>

anyway, you will see that the above div has a background-color: white .. change the word white to the dark background color of your style and that will take those "white lines" out of there ...

Bob

bobster65 · #**561** 07-14-2008, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin Murad

I finally installed the AJAX 1.5 version succesfully. But I wanted to stylize it, so I tried to edit "ajaxtabs.css" with Dreamweaver, I put some background images in the code but when I'm opening the forum, I see tabs became transparent. Is there another way to stylize our tabs, like Version 1.01?

both versions use CSS to control the style. You can use other CSS from Dynamic Drive's CSS Library (with a little bit of formatting).

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