Selective Forum Filter

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|| Selective Forum Filter for vBulletin 3.0.3 - 3.0.7
|| Author : Psionic Vision
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What's That For:
It enables your forum users to selectively hide various forums from the forum list and from search by using the new "Edit Forum Visibility Mode" on the index page of your forums.
When hidden, users can access those forums using direct url, or using the edit mode.
The user will still be able to access his hidden forums by using direct url, and he will be able to search from within them.

1.07
[+] Bugfix release..

1.06
[+] Now you can also enter visibility edit mode in subforums. That is useful when there are many forum levels and thus not all of them are accessible from forumhome.
[+] Edit mode is now saved into cookie, so until you either exit from that mode or close your browser, your state will be saved between pages

1.05
Two more template changes that were forgotten about in 1.04.

1.04
Major Update! The confusing type-in-digits text field in the user profile is no more. Now, to edit forum visibility, user must simply click on a new link, and that link will take him to the edit interface. See screenshots.

Note: Of course, guests will not be able to access that mode.

1.03
Once again the manual has been corrected...

1.02
[BugFix] The subforums now get hidden as well (subforums are the list of forums that are outside your forum depth view).

1.01
My apologies - The manual has been incomplete. A query and a step were missing.
This time everything is fixed

1.00
First Public Release

P.S. I do not think there is a screenshot needed here, because the only visual thing the hack does is a new field in user options panel.

I WILL ONLY PROVIDE SUPPORT IF YOU CLICK INSTALL

[akanevsky]

I have a better idea. How about.. hmm...
Cyrixc - good idea. How about making a link which would hide the forum, and then... Make a link which would show aLL the forums, but the hidden ones would have UNHIDE link on them Hehe. How about that?

[weaver]

Originally Posted by Aurous

Any chance of having a multiple check-box with all forums listed? So users can conveniently select the forums they want to hide? That will really complete this hack.

Anyways, good work.

Originally Posted by Dark Visor

I have a better idea. How about.. hmm...
Cyrixc - good idea. How about making a link which would hide the forum, and then... Make a link which would show aLL the forums, but the hidden ones would have UNHIDE link on them Hehe. How about that?

Excellent ideas. I'd definitely install if either of these ideas is included. But for now I'm going to wait. I know my members too well and the current method would be too confusing for them. Great hack though.

[akanevsky]

UPDATED, YAY!
NOW THERE ARE SCREENSHOTS, YAY! ^^

To upgrade:
- Void any template changes you made in previous version
- Void any phrases you created in previous version
- Void changes made in profile.php
- Void changes made in functions_forumslist.php

- Make new template changes
- Add new phrases
- Make changes in index.php
- Make new changes in functions_forumslist.php

[Lionel]

Look at screenshot to see what is happening to my subforums. All the names disappeared on forumhome.

[akanevsky]

Make sure you did the forumhome_subforumbit_post template right.
If you think you did, post its contents here.

[akanevsky]

It seems like you have some hack installed there. Probably the "forum names in columns"... Anyways, post the template here. Because it might be in conflict w/ that other hack.

[Lionel]

here are the contents

<if condition="$_REQUEST['e'] == 1 AND $bbuserinfo[userid]">
<input type="checkbox" name="showhideforums[]" value="$forum[forumid]" ${showhideforums_checked[$forum[forumid]]} />
<else />
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum<if condition="$forum['postanon']!='0'">anon</if>_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" /> <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><span class="smallfont">$forum[title]</span></a></if>

[Lionel]

Looks like I closed the conditional too far.

That was it....

Beautiful Hack!!!!!

[akanevsky]

Yes. Fix it like this :

<if condition="$_REQUEST['e'] == 1 AND $bbuserinfo[userid]">
<input type="checkbox" name="showhideforums[]" value="$forum[forumid]" ${showhideforums_checked[$forum[forumid]]} />
<else />
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum<if condition="$forum['postanon']!='0'">anon</if>_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" /></if> <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><span class="smallfont">$forum[title]</span></a>

And thanks

[Lionel]

I also had to add it to 'forumhome_forumbit_level1_post'