Forums arranged in columns on forumhome

As requested several times, this hack allows you to arrange forums on forumhome in xx columns instead of just one per row as it now.

You have to set up a new category(s). All direct subforums to this category(s) will be arranged in columns.
It can be very usefull if you have very much Subforums, so you haven't to scroll as much as you have before

Newest Version: 1.21
Known Bugs: none

Screenshots below.

Design can be changed in templates..

[Lionel]

it removed the category image in forumhome and did not display the columns...

[Xenon]

hmm, intresting, does your code look like that?

PHP Code:

        if($forum['parentid']!=$columnparent) {
          if($colsdone==1) {
            $colsdone=0;
            eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("colforumtablefooter")."\";");
          }
        if ($forum['sponsorimg'] && $forum['cancontainthreads']==0 && $depth==1) {
          eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost_sponsor")."\";");
        } else {
           if ($forum['link']) {
        eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumdisplay_linkbit_level$depth")."\";");
        } else {
        eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumdisplay_forumbit_level$depth$tempext")."\";");
        }
        }
        } else {
          if($colsdone!=1) {
            $colsdone=1;
            $colcounter=1;
            eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("colforumtableheader")."\";");
          } else {
            $colcounter++;
            if($colcounter%($forumcols+1)==0) $forumbits .= "</tr><tr>";
          }  
          eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("colforumbit")."\";");
        }
}
        if ($depth<$forumhomedepth) {
          $forumbits.=makeforumbit($forum['forumid'],$depth+1,$forumperms);
        } 


if it does, then it should work

[Lionel]

Probably from a bracket somewhere?

my code:

$tempext = '_nopost';
}

if ($forum['sponsorimg'] && $forum['cancontainthreads']==0 && $depth==1) {
eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost_ sponsor")."\";");
} else {
if ($forum['link']) {
eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumdisplay_linkbit_level$depth" )."\";");
} else {
eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumdisplay_forumbit_level$depth $tempext")."\";");
}
}

if ($depth<$forumhomedepth) {
$forumbits.=makeforumbit($forum['forumid'],$depth+1,$forumperms);
}
} // END if can view
} // END while ( list($key2,$forum)=each($val1) ) {
} // END while ( list($key1,$val1)=each($iforumcache["$forumid"]) ) {
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yours:

$tempext = '_nopost';
}
if($forum['parentid']!=$columnparent) {
if($colsdone==1) {
$colsdone=0;
eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("colforumtablefooter")."\";");
}
if ($forum['sponsorimg'] && $forum['cancontainthreads']==0 && $depth==1) {
eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost_ sponsor")."\";");
} else {
if ($forum['link']) {
eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumdisplay_linkbit_level$depth" )."\";");
}
}else {
eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumdisplay_forumbit_level$depth $tempext")."\";");
} else {
if($colsdone!=1) {
$colsdone=1;
$colcounter=1;
eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("colforumtableheader")."\";");
} else {
$colcounter++;
if($colcounter%($forumcols+1)==0) $forumbits .= "</tr><tr>";
}
eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("colforumbit")."\";");
}

if ($depth<$forumhomedepth) {
$forumbits.=makeforumbit($forum['forumid'],$depth+1,$forumperms);
}
} // END if can view
} // END while ( list($key2,$forum)=each($val1) ) {
} // END while ( list($key1,$val1)=each($iforumcache["$forumid"]) ) {

[Xenon]

yes seems i forgot a } in my post, try to apply it again...

if it doesn't work print the exact error msg and the refering line

[Lionel]

I got it at line 727. But your line is different than mine. Mine calls for template forumdisplay, yours calls for forumhome

eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_forumbit_level$depth$te mpext")."\";");

[Xenon]

hmm, you're on forumhome so i think forumhome templates would be better

i don't see any errors, you should maybe ask in the supportthread for sponsoring hack....

[Lionel]

I'll give it another try later

[ModshackUK]

when i try to run the the sql alterations I get this message ?

MySQL said: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'INSERT INTO setting (settingid,settinggroupid,title,varname,value,desc ription,op' at line 2

Does anyone else get it or am I alone in the dark here

[ModshackUK]

Its OK I put the 2 queries in seperatly and it worked ok although now I have 2 sets of each forum on the forums home and the templates are a little screwy

HM

[jeffj]

like someone else here I get an error as soon as I installed the hack according to the instructions...parse error...

I had to comment out a '}" to get it to even read index.php without generating a parse error.... the one right before

PHP Code:

} // END if can view 


after that I tried to get it to display in columnar format and was only partially successful.

This is what I observed:

If I specified 1 column it would display two columns.
If I specified 2 columns it would display 3 columns and so on.

that is actually the least of my concerns since I am experiencing this wierdness show in the attached jpg.

any ideas???

thanks in advance...

- jeff