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ForumHome Category Spacing [3.8] · **Released**: 02-02-2009

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 useful.

Demo: http://forums.allurehost.com/

Quote:

[HOW-TO] Fix Random "Last Post By" Widths:

Login to your vBulletin AdminCP
GOTO: vBulletin Options > "Forum Listing Display Options"
Fine "Last Thread Title Maximum Displayed Characters", change value to 15 or less

OR

In the instructions on Step 3 & 4 - Change the following:

HTML Code:

width="175"

Change this value to something higher to make sure it fits the varying size of your titles.

Don't forget to click INSTALL

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

Changelog:

v3.0 (January 24 2009)
========================
- Updated to Support vBulletin 3.8.x

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jankoalek · #52 01-10-2010, 04:04 PM

Best spacing for now, and html validation passed...
Good work!

mradlin · #53 01-11-2010, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raug

I was wondering if there was a way to fix this issue when dealing with subforums.

Attachment 100205

Where there's an extra forums, last post, etc. row above the subforum.

You can try something like this in forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost and adjust the %'s as you like.

PHP Code:


			
<td class="thead" width="5%">&nbsp;</td> 

      <td class="thead" width="56%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td> 

      <td class="thead" width="25%">$vbphrase[last_post]</td> 

      <td class="thead" width="7%">$vbphrase[threads]</td> 

      <td class="thead" width="7%">$vbphrase[posts]</td> 

      <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']"> 

       <td class="thead" width="0%">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>

This worked for me.

Thanks

tommyxv · #54 03-12-2010, 07:04 PM

Just thought I would post this for anyone who updates to 3.8.5....you will get an error when you click on the Mark Forums Read link..... here is the fix:

STEP 2A should now be:

Quote:

<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>
<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread&markreadhash=$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>
<if condition="$vboptions['forumleaders']">   
<a href="showgroups.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[view_forum_leaders]</a></if>
</strong></div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br />

yamahapaul · #55 03-13-2010, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommyxv

Just thought I would post this for anyone who updates to 3.8.5....you will get an error when you click on the Mark Forums Read link..... here is the fix:

Thanks for the fix to this Tommy, I've just modified mine now :up: even tho I originally did mine off VB.com but it was all over the place, ie if you get this you then need to change so and so etc but I followed it throughto the end.

To make it easy for anyone who wants to do this here's an easy way and how mine is (sorry for not explaining the whys and wherefors etc but this is a simple fix for people who aren't bothered about how it was achieved etc)

In forum home template, replace everything with this-

PHP Code:


			
$stylevar[htmldoctype]

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">

<head>

    <!-- no cache headers -->

    <meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />

    <meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1" />

    <meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />

    <!-- end no cache headers -->

    $headinclude

    <title><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_powered_by_vbulletin]</phrase></title>

</head>

<body>

$header

$navbar



<if condition="$show['guest']">

<!-- guest welcome message -->

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

<tr>

    <td class="tcat"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>

</tr>

<tr>

    <td class="alt1">

        <phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>

    </td>

</tr>

</table>

<!-- / guest welcome message -->

<br />

</if>



<!-- main -->

$forumbits

$forumhome_markread_script

<!-- /main -->



$ad_location[ad_forumhome_afterforums]

<br />

<!-- what's going on box -->

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

<thead>

    <tr>

        <td class="tcat" colspan="2">$vbphrase[whats_going_on]</td>

    </tr>

</thead>

$template_hook[forumhome_wgo_pos1]

<if condition="$show['loggedinusers']">

<!-- logged-in users -->

<tbody>

    <tr>

        <td class="thead" colspan="2">

            <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_activeusers')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

            <a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[currently_active_users]</a>: $totalonline (<phrase 1="$numberregistered" 2="$numberguest">$vbphrase[x_members_and_y_guests]</phrase>)

        </td>

    </tr>

</tbody>

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers]">

    <tr>

        <td class="alt2"><a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_whos_online]" border="0" /></a></td>

        <td class="alt1" width="100%">

            <div class="smallfont">

                <div style="white-space: nowrap"><phrase 1="$recordusers" 2="$recorddate" 3="$recordtime">$vbphrase[most_users_ever_online_was_x_y_at_z]</phrase></div>

                <div>$activeusers</div>

            </div>

        </td>

    </tr>

</tbody>

<!-- end logged-in users -->

</if>

$template_hook[forumhome_wgo_pos2]

<tbody>

    <tr>

        <td class="thead" colspan="2">

            <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_stats')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_stats" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_stats].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

            <phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>

        </td>

    </tr>

</tbody>

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_stats" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_stats]">

    <tr>

        <td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/stats.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>" border="0" /></td>

        <td class="alt1" width="100%">

        <div class="smallfont">

            <div>

                $vbphrase[threads]: $totalthreads,

                $vbphrase[posts]: $totalposts,

                $vbphrase[members]: $numbermembers<if condition="$show['activemembers']">,

                    <span title="<phrase 1="$vboptions[activememberdays]">$vbphrase[within_the_last_x_days]</phrase>">$vbphrase[active_members]: $activemembers</span>

                </if>

            </div>

            <div><phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$newuserid" 2="$newusername">$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]</phrase></div>

            $template_hook[forumhome_wgo_stats]

        </div>

        </td>

    </tr>

</tbody>

$template_hook[forumhome_wgo_pos3]

<if condition="$show['birthdays']">

<!-- today's birthdays -->

<tbody>

    <tr>

        <td class="thead" colspan="2">

            <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_birthdays')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

            $vbphrase[todays_birthdays]

        </td>

    </tr>

</tbody>

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays]">

    <tr>

        <td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getday&amp;day=$today&amp;sb=1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/birthday.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_birthdays]" border="0" /></a></td>

        <td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$birthdays</div></td>

    </tr>

</tbody>

<!-- end today's birthdays -->

</if>

$template_hook[forumhome_wgo_pos4]

<if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">

<tbody>

    <tr>

        <td class="thead" colspan="2">

            <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_events')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_events" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_events].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

            <if condition="$show['todaysevents']">$vbphrase[todays_events]<else /><phrase 1="$vboptions[showevents]">$vbphrase[upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days]</phrase></if>

        </td>

    </tr>

</tbody>

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_events" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_events]">

    <tr>

        <td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/calendar.gif" alt="$vbphrase[calendar]" border="0" /></a></td>

        <td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>

    </tr>

</tbody>

</if>

$template_hook[forumhome_wgo_pos5]

<tbody>

<tr>

<td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>

<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread&amp;markreadhash=$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>

<if condition="$vboptions['forumleaders']">&nbsp; &nbsp;

<a href="showgroups.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[view_forum_leaders]</a></if>

</strong></div></td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

<br />

<!-- end what's going on box -->



<!-- icons and login code -->

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="100%">

<tr valign="bottom">

    <td>

        <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0">

        <tr>

            <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>

            <td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_new_posts]</td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_no_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>

            <td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_no_new_posts]</td>

        </tr>

        <if condition="$vboptions['showlocks']">

        <tr>

            <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old_lock.gif" alt="$vbphrase[a_closed_forum]" border="0" /></td>

            <td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_is_closed_for_posting]</td>

        </tr>

        </if>

        </table>

    </td>

    <if condition="!$show['guest']">

        <!-- member logout -->

        <td align="$stylevar[right]"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]"  onclick="return log_out('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]')"><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[log_out_x]</phrase></a></td>

        <!-- end member logout -->

    </if>

</tr>

</table>

<!-- / icons and login code -->



$footer

</body>

</html>

and in Forumhome forumbit level 1 no post, replace everything with this-

PHP Code:


			
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">

<tbody>

</if>

    <tr>

        <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">

            <if condition="$childforumbits">

            <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat{$collapseimg_forumid}.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

            </if>

            <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>

            <if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>

            <if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>

        </td>

    </tr>

<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">

</tbody>

</if>

<if condition="$childforumbits">

<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">

</if>

    <tr align="center">

      <td class="thead" width="5%">&nbsp;</td>

      <td class="thead" width="50%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>

      <td class="thead" width="25%">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>

      <td class="thead" width="10%">$vbphrase[threads]</td>

      <td class="thead" width="10%">$vbphrase[posts]</td>

      <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">

      <td class="thead" width="0%">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>

      </if>

    </tr>

$childforumbits

<tr><td class="thead" style="line-height: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0;" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>"><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" alt=" " width="1" height="8" /></td></tr>

<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">

</tbody>

</if>

</if>

</table>

<div style="padding: 0 0 16px 0;"></div>

all being well this should give you this-

http://www.midlandsheritage.co.uk/index.php

for info, this doesnt take into account the moderator column showing and I set my last thread maximum displayed characters to 50

Cricistan · #56 03-28-2010, 06:49 PM

<a href="http://www.cricistan.com/forums/index.php?styleid=5" target="_blank">http://www.cricistan.com/forums/index.php?styleid=5</a>

I have done this, all works well except for that blue strip that is shown at the end of each category. Any idea how to get rid of that?

yamahapaul · #57 03-29-2010, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cricistan

http://www.cricistan.com/forums/index.php?styleid=5

I have done this, all works well except for that blue strip that is shown at the end of each category. Any idea how to get rid of that?

That looks more like a style issue to me, but to be quite honest, I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't put the arrows on lol

Make yourself a test style using the standard VB one, apply the mod to that and if its ok then its something to do with the customised style that you are using

mikey1991 · #58 05-23-2010, 08:51 PM

no-one has noticed how this goof's up any orphan forums you may have? Go on, go ahead, with this edit in place, make a forum which is not a category, and has no parent category, aka, an orphan forum, it will show the forum, but with no table around it.

Hell Bomb · #59 06-26-2010, 09:40 AM

----------------------------UPDATE----------------------------

For anyone who wants to remove the extra space on the bottom of each category go to FORUMHOME_FORUMBIT_LEVEL1_NOPOST are remove the following code.

PHP Code:


			
<tr><td class="thead" style="line-height: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0;" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>"><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" alt=" " width="1" height="8" /></td></tr>
<if condition="!$show['collapsable_forums']">

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikey1991

no-one has noticed how this goof's up any orphan forums you may have? Go on, go ahead, with this edit in place, make a forum which is not a category, and has no parent category, aka, an orphan forum, it will show the forum, but with no table around it.

Yea thank you for posting that, I'll see if i can find some kind of work around of some sort.

greenlinenshirt · #60 02-18-2014, 02:58 AM

This is almost exactly what I am looking for, but I was wondering if it would be possible to remove the spacing?

Image 1 is what I have, and image 2 is what I want.

Any ideas?

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