Custom field in Forum Manager

[rohitchopra]

Hey guys,

I am trying to add a custom input field to the Forum manager (page where you enter the forum title, description, etc.). I have looked everywhere and I cant seem to find anything that might point me in the right direction.

I am so used to wordpress (and its codex) that I can't even find my way around VB's documentation.

So far, this is what I have come up with:

1) Edited the forums.php file to a new: print_input_row(); with a predefined phrase.
2) Created a plugin to initialize the new input field in $validfields (called at data_start hook)

If anyone can answer the following questions, it would be of great help.

a) Do I need to create a new cell in the forum database for the $validfields to store the data? Will this new field be populated automatically with the previously stored value?
b) Will the fetch_foruminfo() fetch this new field value in the returned array?
c) Is there an easier way of doing this? (preferably one that involves not touching the forums table at all?)