Forum Home Enhancements - Seperate Forum Categories

Separate Forum Categories

• Version: 1.0.1
• Author: RS_Jelle
• Description: This mod separates each forum category on the forum home without any template edits. The category header is added to the top of each separated category. This will be done for ALL the styles on your forum. Have a look at the attached screenshot and everything will become clear if you don't get the point
• Why? I created this mod because someone requested it.
• Limitations:
  1. It's possible that this mod won't work properly on highly customized styles.
  2. The 'Last Post' column can be smaller than normal if the thread titles of the category forums are all small (you can only fix this with a template edit). Have a look at the attached screenshot to see this limitation.

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Installation
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1. Import the product
2. Enjoy!

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History
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• 1.0.0: Initial release
• 1.0.1: Moved the version check to the vBulletin.org version check system

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[RS_Jelle]

Originally Posted by Skydiver10

Hi there,

Is there a way that this mod can make more space between the categories bigger?

I just want to increase the gap a little bit more between the categories. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Can anyone point me in the right direction or if this is even possible?...thanks!

Open the product XML, find <br /> and replace it with <br /><br /> or even more

[Skydiver10]

I searched the XML file (product-seperate-forumcats.xml) and I can't find "<br />" anywhere.

Do you know what line it is on out of the 63 lines?

[Skydiver10]

Never mind....I found it in the "forumhome_seperate_forumcats" template...thanks!

[Sworm]

I have tryed "The Categories Separator" , but this is the best one ^^ . Work perfect on 3.8.7 too .... there's any suggest that the author of this great mod wont to do for all 3.8.7 users?

[Sworm]

Originally Posted by RS_Jelle

That's also a limitation, then you have to do a template edit:

1. First install the product
2. Open forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost and remove the following code:
   

   <tbody>
       <tr>
           <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
               <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat{$collapseimg_forumid}.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
               <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>
               <if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
               <if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>
           </td>
       </tr>
   </tbody>

3. Open forumhome_seperate_forumcats and add the following code at the end of the template:
   

   <tbody>
       <tr>
           <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
               <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat{$collapseimg_forumid}.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
               <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>
               <if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
               <if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>
           </td>
       </tr>
   </tbody>

Hi , that code is changed in 3.8.7, can you please help me to do this ? The actual code is (there's a opened <if> in the final part....):

<tbody> </if>     <tr>         <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">             
<if condition="$childforumbits">             <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat{$collapseimg_forumid}.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>             </if>             
<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>             <if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>             
<if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>         </td>     </tr> 
<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']"> </tbody>

[Abominus]

Is it possible to use it with 4.2?