Collapsable forums on forum home

This hack adds expansion and contraction support to the forum home page (index.php). The current version of this hack has been tested on vBulletin 2.3.2

Only supported browsers gain the ability to expand and collapse forum groups, non supported browsers do not gain anything, but no errors will be displayed.
Each users preference is saved to the database, additionally admins can select which forums are to be collapsed by default.

• Browsers supported
• Netscape6+/Mozilla0.6+
• MS IE5+
• Konqueror
• Opera 7 support is included

• Browsers unsupported
• MS IE4 or earlier
• Netscape 4 or earlier
• Opera (version 6 and earlier)

Note: PHP 4.1.x or 4.2.x is required, PHP 4.0.x is now unsupported.

Instructions inside attachment.
Updated 4:18 PM 1/12/2002
- Packaged Post, Thread template Addon

Updated 7:53 PM 1/11/2002
- corrected installer

Updated 4:23 PM 1/11/2002
- Added DB support
- Added Per forum Collapsed Pref to admin cp

Updated 01/10/02 01:39am.
- Fixed missing line.

Updated 04/06/02 01:30am.
- Version 1.2
- PHP 4.1.x, 4.2.x support with or without register globals off.
- Performance tweeked javascript

Updated 06/06/02 11:20pm.
- Corrected templatecache bug

Updated 06/25/02
- Corrected formatting errors in readme

Updated 09/01/02
- vB 2.2.7 compatiblity statement, updated readme.

Updated 30/08/03
- vB 2.2.x and 2.3.x compatiblity statement, added new automatic testing script.

FAQ
Q: what exactly is Template_Option.txt?
A: Basically that exention was provided as a request to cover sites with the template modification that adds a "header" to each grouping.

Q: How do I show a forum depth greater than 2?
A: Open vB Admin cp set forum depth to your required level. Then create the additional templates. For template examples see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...465#post250465

Q: Can sub-forums be collapsed?
A: Yes. See the above answer for example templates.

Q: XYZ doesn't work help.
A: Check that all the template changes required have been made, 99% of problems are due to incorrect template alteration. Also use the cx_test.php to automatically check your installation!

[Martz]

Ahh thank you - this is a completly different file to the one in the first post!

I'll try this.

/me skips off to bodge the forums...

[dabean]

arrg I'm stupid the readme dated before this post has a misplaced line, (i can only bliam lazyness, copy paste and doing html in notepad )

}
dostatesaveXP(itemID,1);

should read

dostatesaveXP(itemID,1);
}

This should fix the save problem.

Please do not use starbug's attachment as it contains this error, I have changed the name and fixed the above error in the attachment on the first post.

[StarBuG]

You are great!!

This corrected the error!!

(By the way: The code to correct is in the forumhome_expandjscript template at the end! )

Thank you so much!

Now everything works fine!!

hehe

So it was good I have "beta" tested the hack

Greetings

StarBuG

[dabean]

hehe,starbug. I really need to work on packaging releases

Steve, I've looked over the hack you have installed change the forumexp function in forumhome_expandjscript to read.

[change included in release]

[jminiman]

Originally posted by dabean


You need to have a forum depth set to at least 2.
This hack can only collapse forums that would normally appear on the forum home page.

Done, but the collapse/expand icons don't show up as they should. What now?

[jminiman]

Need to set the parent forums as categories--got it!

[Martz]

Should the code look like this then?

PHP Code:

for (i = 0; i < fitems.length; i++) {
  fitems[i].style.visibility="hidden";
  fitems[i].style.display="none";
  }
 dostatesaveXP(itemID,1);
 }
}
 //-->
</script> 


As thats whats in the read me and in the text file. I see IE do the update, but it doesn't seem to take effect.

Thanks.

[dabean]

Originally posted by jminiman


Done, but the collapse/expand icons don't show up as they should. What now?

Show up fine for me when I visited your site.. what browser you using?

[jminiman]

I got them to show up, but I much prefer the look of parent forums acting as forums, rather than categories. Is there any way to somehow expand/collapse forums? Why were categories chosen to be collapsed, and not forums? Look at my site now . . . THIS is what I want to expand and collapse. It's much prettier, I think.

I love this look, but people complain that they want to see posted-to forums.

[dabean]

jminiman: put the modifications in * forumhome_forumbit_level1_post
insted of * forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost
then (the exact alteration is to add $expandcontract ).

martz: yes that looks correct.