Forum Home Enhancements - ForumHome Category Spacing

This is a small port from what Floris and Zachery have written on Forum Category Spacing. I hope that some of you will find this bit of information usefull. Don't forget to click INSTALL . Thanks.

Credits:
Floris - http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110590
Zachery - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=88983

Changelog:

*Note: I skipped 1.4 because 1.5 just looks better
v1.5 (May 12 2007)
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- Updated to Support vBulletin 3.6.6

v1.3 (Nov 03 2006)
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- Fixed forumhome Guest Message break.
- Fixed lastpost break.

v1.2 (Oct 31 2006)
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- Fixed some random HTML problems.
- Reworked the Last Post Optional Edit
- Should be 3.6.2 compatible

v1.1 (Aug 10 2006)
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- Updated to be XHTML Transitional Valid

v1.0 (Aug 9 2006)
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- Initial port & release

[phovanxua]

Originally Posted by Stavs16

www.xcaliburforums.com/index.php - this is the link to my website, as you can see i have one big table, but if i want to add tables, for example, one for miscellaneous, discussion, download centre etc, how would i do that?

You have to devide them under difference catogory first .

For example :

Media Center : <=== When you add the forum ...make this one is Not a Forum active .
-Media = set it forum <=== Parent would be Media Catergor , display order is 2 ...make it a forum active ( act as a forum)
-Stream videos = set it forum <=== Parent would be Media Catergor , display order is 3 ...make it a forum active ( act as a forum)
- Movie video ...
- Music ....


For example of 4 above ...now you have 1 block catergory Media

And then You add another forum call General ... make that one atc as forum = NO
-Help and support <=== Act as forum (YES) Parent forum woul be General ...
-Discussion <=== Act as forum (YES) Parent forum woul be General ...


So on and on ....that would be divide your forum with many difference Catergory and look nice .

[phovanxua]

Stavs16

How come you not install Vbadvanced CMPS http://www.vbadvanced.com/ ....it's free .

[Stavs16]

doing it!

[phovanxua]

Originally Posted by Stavs16

doing it!

Stavs16 ,

It's messing up your default styles , you can go here download free skin : www.forumtemplates.com ,they had many skin for free ,you had to scroll down to mid page ...then it's should be free.

Installed them to your forum , then your forum will look OK with catergory spacing , but right now your forum default is mess up your forum .

After you installed new skin to your forum , then you have to go to the template that skin do the modified catergory spacing .

If you needs help ...let me know ...I can help you with that ,just PM me .

[Ketro]

After HOURS AND HOURS of searching for a mod I could use with 3.6.3, I finally found it. And that last little change to Last Post By was amazing.

Thankyou for making my day a good one.

Installed.

[Avalon111]

i have a slight problem.

on the main forums page, everything is displayed okay
Attachment 56738

but in the subforums with the following structure,
category
- - act as forum <<--- viewing this forum in screenshot
- - - - category
- - - - - - act as forum
- - - - - - act as forum
- - - - category
- - - - - - act as forum
- - - - - - act as forum

there is an additional line with:
|| Forum || Last Post || Threads || Posts
Attachment 56739


with this structure its also working:
but in the subforums with the following structure,
category
- - act as forum <<--- viewing this forum in screenshot
- - - - - act as forum
- - - - - act as forum
- - - - - act as forum
- - - - - act as forum
Attachment 56743


so it seems like this "categories" in "categories" are causing the additional
|| Forum || Last Post || Threads || Posts

anyone an idea how to remove this line in this case?

[Limerick]

Hello DaPro,

May your hack may become a convenient product someday ?

It would be much easier to test it, to approve it and then to click INSTALL

[taumau]

By the way, what Style is that on your forum?

[DrewzR/T]

Originally Posted by ssvp

I'm no expert.. But here's what I did..


LEVEL1_NOPOST - I changed this to 20.

<td class="thead" width="20">&nbsp;</td>

LEVEL2_POST - I change this to 20. basically I added width="20"

<tr align="center">
	<td class="alt2" width="20" align="$stylevar[left]">

Now my Status icons I use fir that width, your icons may be different.. Basically I just did some trial and error.. It solved my various width issues..

Thank you this worked for me. Only think is the code was different than the supplied code for this hack. Level 2 post should look like this....

<tr align="center">
	<td class="alt2" width="20"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" /></td>
	<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]">
		<div>
			<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
			<if condition="$show['browsers']"><span class="smallfont">(<phrase 1="$forum[browsers]">$vbphrase[x_viewing]</phrase>)</span></if>
		</div>
		<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
		<if condition="$show['forumsubscription']"><div class="smallfont"><strong><a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;f=$forum[forumid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_forum]</a></strong></div></if>
		<if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>
	</td>
	<td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap" width="175">$forum[lastpostinfo]</td>
	<td class="alt1" width="65">$forum[threadcount]</td>
	<td class="alt2" width="65">$forum[replycount]</td>
	<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
	<td class="alt1" width="120"><div class="smallfont">$forum[moderators]&nbsp;</div></td>
	</if>
</tr>
$childforumbits

[cipciop]

How i can add images border around ?