Forum Home Enhancements - Forum Icons

Forum Icons is a product that adds an option in the edit/add new forum page to set a forum icon.

To make it work, you will need to make a template modification, I did try to do it with a plugin, but got frustrated trying but failing to make it work.

I promise I will be looking into this so we don't have to edit any template, but in the meantime...

How to Install:


1- Upload the product xml file.
2- Edit forumhome_forumbit_level2_post
Find:

<vb:if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><p class="forumdescription">{vb:raw forum.description}</p></vb:if>

Replace it with:

<vb:if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><p class="forumdescription"><vb:if condition="$forum['iconlocation']"><img src="{vb:raw forum.iconlocation}" alt="{vb:raw forum.title}" style="float: left; margin-right: 4px;" /></vb:if>{vb:raw forum.description}</p>
					<vb:elseif condition="$forum['iconlocation']" /><p class="forumdescription"><img src="{vb:raw forum.iconlocation}" alt="{vb:raw forum.title}" /></p></vb:if>

If you use it, please mark it as installed

[Tize.]

Thank you very much Elmer! Installed!!
Muchas gracias Elmer como siempre trayendonos novedades y cosas guapas.
Saludos.

[Greight]

Originally Posted by Elmer

Remove from alt="{vb:raw forum.title}" the bold part, that's the code you need to place in your template .

Thanks
Fixed

[Bacon Butty]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

This is included in vbulletin by default. There is no need to use a hack to show forum icons.

This.

I was starting to think I was going crazy, theres no need for this mod. Unique forum icons, as in... a different icon per forum is a default feature.

Admin CP->Forum Manager ->Prefix for Forum Status Images

[compact123]

Originally Posted by Bacon Butty

This.

I was starting to think I was going crazy, theres no need for this mod. Unique forum icons, as in... a different icon per forum is a default feature.

Admin CP->Forum Manager ->Prefix for Forum Status Images

Forum Status diffirent...

[halkum]

I for one love this mod. Thank you.

[VonDoom]

Does this work in subforums? I had installed it in for use in my subforums but it didnt work. so im just wondering. I know there are alot of different beta versions of 4.0 right now so its all good. but still curious.

[g00gl3r]

Originally Posted by Bacon Butty

This.

I was starting to think I was going crazy, theres no need for this mod. Unique forum icons, as in... a different icon per forum is a default feature.

Admin CP->Forum Manager ->Prefix for Forum Status Images

How does this prefix thing work then? Do you simply enter the path to an image?

[whitetigergrowl]

subforum_link-48.png

Sub forum link images are not showing properly. I get the red x.

I also couldn't find that image in the VB directory. How do I resolve this?

[KURTZ]

Originally Posted by g00gl3r

How does this prefix thing work then? Do you simply enter the path to an image?

i'm interested too in this issue ...

[Greight]

Originally Posted by KURTZ

i'm interested too in this issue ...

Forum Status images are usually shown alongside the forum in a forum listings to indicate the read status.

This prefix must only contain alphanumerical characters, though the following are also allowed - _ / ., a folder name is also acceptable to be placed within the status icon directory.

The following images are currently in use for status icons, you will need to create images with the specified prefix to match.
forum_link.gif
forum_new.gif
forum_new_lock.gif
forum_old.gif
forum_old_lock.gif

This prefix can be set for each forum in forum manager/edit forum.