Forum Home Enhancements - Social Group Forum List

This is a more enriched version of this mod that I made.


If you have Version 1.0 of this mod installed, please uninstall it and run through these instructions again, as I have fixed a couple crucial bugs and added some more settings.

Description:
This mod lists all your Social Groups in a table on the forum home, which makes it look like more forums.

Instructions:
First Import the product.
Second Edit your FORUMHOME template.
If you want the table to show above the forums,
Find:

<!-- / guest welcome message -->
<br />
</if>

Add Below:

<if condition="$vboptions[sgfl_enable] == 1">
<form action="group.php?$session[sessionurl]do=grouplist" method="post">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
    <td class="tcat" width="100%" colspan="5">
        <div style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="normal">$vbphrase[search_groups] <input type="text" class="bginput" name="filtertext" value="$filters[text]" style="font-size: 11px;" />&nbsp;<input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[go]" /></div>
        $vboptions[sgfl_st]
    </td>
</tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="thead" width="100%">
            
<if condition="$vboptions[sgfl_createdate] == 1">
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]">$vbphrase[sgfl_group_created]</span>
</if>
            $vbphrase[sgfl_group_name]</td>
<if condition="$vboptions[sgfl_membercount] == 1">
        <td class="thead" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">
            $vbphrase[sgfl_group_members]
        </td>
</if>
<if condition="$vboptions[sgfl_messagecount] == 1">
        <td class="thead" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">
            $vbphrase[messages]
        </td>
</if>
<if condition="$vboptions[sgfl_piccount] == 1">
        <td class="thead" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">
            $vbphrase[sgfl_pictures]
        </td>
</if>
<if condition="$vboptions[sgfl_last_post] == 1">
        <td class="thead" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">
            $vbphrase[last_post]
        </td>
</if>
    </tr>
    $sgforumlist
<tr>
    <td colspan="5" align="center" class="tfoot smallfont">
        <if condition="$show['creategroup']">
            <strong><a href="group.php?$session[sessionurl]do=create">$vbphrase[sgfl_create_a_new_group]</a></strong> &nbsp;
        </if>
        &nbsp; <strong><a href="group.php?$session[sessionurl]do=search">$vbphrase[sgfl_search_groups]</a></strong>
    </td>
</tr>
</table>

<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
<input type="hidden" name="dofilter" value="1" />
</form>
</if>

If you want the table to show under the forums,
Find:

$forumhome_markread_script
<!-- /main -->

<br />

Add Below:

<if condition="$vboptions[sgfl_enable] == 1">
<form action="group.php?$session[sessionurl]do=grouplist" method="post">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
    <td class="tcat" width="100%" colspan="5">
        <div style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="normal">$vbphrase[search_groups] <input type="text" class="bginput" name="filtertext" value="$filters[text]" style="font-size: 11px;" />&nbsp;<input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[go]" /></div>
        $vboptions[sgfl_st]
    </td>
</tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="thead" width="100%">
            
<if condition="$vboptions[sgfl_createdate] == 1">
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]">$vbphrase[sgfl_group_created]</span>
</if>
            $vbphrase[sgfl_group_name]</td>
<if condition="$vboptions[sgfl_membercount] == 1">
        <td class="thead" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">
            $vbphrase[sgfl_group_members]
        </td>
</if>
<if condition="$vboptions[sgfl_messagecount] == 1">
        <td class="thead" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">
            $vbphrase[messages]
        </td>
</if>
<if condition="$vboptions[sgfl_piccount] == 1">
        <td class="thead" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">
            $vbphrase[sgfl_pictures]
        </td>
</if>
<if condition="$vboptions[sgfl_last_post] == 1">
        <td class="thead" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">
            $vbphrase[last_post]
        </td>
</if>
    </tr>
    $sgforumlist
<tr>
    <td colspan="5" align="center" class="tfoot smallfont">
        <if condition="$show['creategroup']">
            <strong><a href="group.php?$session[sessionurl]do=create">$vbphrase[sgfl_create_a_new_group]</a></strong> &nbsp;
        </if>
        &nbsp; <strong><a href="group.php?$session[sessionurl]do=search">$vbphrase[sgfl_search_groups]</a></strong>
    </td>
</tr>
</table>

<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
<input type="hidden" name="dofilter" value="1" />
</form>
</if>

Now, by default this mod is disabled. So go into your settings and enable it, and Pick the Title of the Section you would like.

LIVE DEMO
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Version FAQ

Version 1

1. Initial Release

Version 2

1. Fixed Member Count Bug
2. Fixed Latest Post Bug
3. Added Ability to Limit Groups Listed
4. Allow Random Groups to Display (Limit must be greater then 0 for this to work.)
5. Allow admin to show or not show any of the info.

Version 2.1

1. Added if statement to disable the table on the forumhome if the mod is disabled.
2. Fixed the class for the last post box.
3. Fixed special characters problem.
   

[anestetic]

44 bugs

[Leo Brazil]

I found a couple of bugs on this. As I use different colors on regular Vb Style, the columm "Last Post" does not match my Alt color accordingly.

Also, if characters like " was used when the Social Group was created it gives me """ instead of correct character that in this case is ".

This mod got its potential just need an extra touch.

Tks

[wolfstream]

Excellent mod.
/me clicks install

[Leo Brazil]

Yeap, upgrade fixed bugs I've reported.

Keep rock'n dude !!

[Leo Brazil]

If you let me suggest some improvments for next verision here it goes.

- Include on last post column data/time below last user's last post. This will look same design (pattern) of Vb forums.

- In my case if have Social Group Forum List above my forums and there's no space between it and forums. It'd look better if you include this separation on.

Cheers

[Ricsca]

It is lacking the link "looks at all of the groups"

[Pirate45]

Fixed up a little bit and this is something that many people will install. I would myself but it lacks a few fixes that other paople have noted.

[Moyses]

great! tested fine for vb 3.7.3

[Jaxel]

Could you possibly make a TABBED version of this mod? Instead of having the list of social groups on the bottom, could we have it so it simply adds the list to a tab at the top of the forum list? So we'll have two tabs, one for Forums, and one for Social Groups? Very much like the user profile tabbing in vb3.7.x

I figure you can just use the code directly from the user profile tabbing system and simply copy it over. Then just put the social group tables inside one of the DIVs.

[dengbej]

i installed.thanks