How to change forumhome so that it'll show a "chain" of depth?

[DataHero]

Hm, that didn't seem to work; it remained precisely as it was before. Added it to the top of the template (three times just as a test), to both level3_nopost and level3_post.

[BirdOPrey5]

In the template find where the link to the forum is being displayed and put it right before that... I can't find the template on my install or I could give you an exact location- if you can't find it maybe copy the template text to a post here?

[DataHero]

Okay, so far the title is indented, but the icons remain at the same location. I've tried adding the ' ' in front of the images, but that didn't seem to work. Instead, the height of the forum column increased.

<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">
<tbody>
</if>
	<tr align="center">
		<td class="alt1Active" colspan="2" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]">
		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
		<tr>
			<td>
                &nbsp;
                &nbsp;
                &nbsp;
&nbsp;<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/$forum[imageprefix]forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" /></td>
			<td><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" alt="" width="9" height="1" border="0" /></td>
			<td>
			<div>
				<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
				<if condition="$show['browsers']"><span class="smallfont">(<phrase 1="$forum[browsers]">$vbphrase[x_viewing]</phrase>)</span></if>
			</div>
			<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
			<if condition="$show['forumsubscription']"><div class="smallfont"><strong><a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;f=$forum[forumid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_forum]</a></strong></div></if>
			<if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>
			</td>
		</tr>
		</table>

		</td>
		<td class="alt2">$forum[threadcount]</td>
		<td class="alt1">$forum[replycount]</td>
		<td class="alt2">$forum[lastpostinfo]</td>
	</tr>

<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">
</tbody>
</if>

<if condition="$childforumbits">
<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">
<tbody>
</if>
	$childforumbits
<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">
</tbody>
</if>
</if>

[BirdOPrey5]

Yeah unfortunately indenting the icons would be a major PITA because they are in tables/rows/columns that can't be arbitrarily placed. I'm not saying it's impossible but changing the table structure isn't a simple task and is more than I could walk someone through here. I would suggest possibly using an alternate icon for subforums to give them a different look.

--------------- Added [DATE]1278785850[/DATE] at [TIME]1278785850[/TIME] ---------------

Actually... try this... Keep a copy of your original code if this doesn't work...

<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">
<tbody>
</if>
	<tr align="center">
		<td class="alt1Active" colspan="2" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]">
		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
		<tr>
<td width="20">&nbsp;</td>
			<td>
&nbsp;<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/$forum[imageprefix]forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" /></td>
			<td><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" alt="" width="9" height="1" border="0" /></td>
			<td>
			<div>
				<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
				<if condition="$show['browsers']"><span class="smallfont">(<phrase 1="$forum[browsers]">$vbphrase[x_viewing]</phrase>)</span></if>
			</div>
			<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
			<if condition="$show['forumsubscription']"><div class="smallfont"><strong><a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;f=$forum[forumid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_forum]</a></strong></div></if>
			<if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>
			</td>
		</tr>
		</table>

		</td>
		<td class="alt2">$forum[threadcount]</td>
		<td class="alt1">$forum[replycount]</td>
		<td class="alt2">$forum[lastpostinfo]</td>
	</tr>

<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">
</tbody>
</if>

<if condition="$childforumbits">
<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">
<tbody>
</if>
	$childforumbits
<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">
</tbody>
</if>
</if>

[DataHero]

That worked like a charm! Thanks!

[BirdOPrey5]

perfect... you can change the width="20" to whatever size in pixels you want. I didn't expect each 'row' to be its own table, made editing it much easier then I thought.