Forum Home Enhancements - Forum Category Icons (Advanced)

This is a hack that will add icons to your forum categories on the forum home page.

History: I was the originator of this hack back in the vBulletin 1.x days and continued this in vb 3.7.x. I have had numerous requests to port this to vb 4.x.x so here you are.

Please click install if you want support for this mod and to encourage me to continue adding features!

Enjoy!

You can find nice icons here, here and here.

Thanks to LatinoCheats for this link.

Changelogs:

1.2.0:

• * Option to change icon location i.e. After Status Icon, Under Forum Title or Replace Status Icon.
  * Now contains a dropdown listing your icons in the folder so you just select and save.
  * Displays icon in forum manager when editing a forum that contains an icon.
  * Change icon width and height so you need to only upload one size icon.
  * Set icon position so you can center the icon when using smaller icons.
  * Dropdown of transparency settings for icons used to replace status icons when indicating "Old Posts".
  * Allows you to mark forum/subforum as read.
  * Now shows locked icons (lock icon added to download and this overlays the status icons when indicating a locked forum).

1.2.1:

• * Now works for Mark Forum/SubForum as read!

1.2.2:

• * Fixed: template bug.
  * Added: Now shows locked icons (lock icon added to download and this overlays the status icons when indicating a locked forum.)

1.2.3:

• * Added: Automatic Template Edits!
  * Added: Only jpg, gif and png icons allowed. (extensions checked in forum edit).
  * Fixed: Mark Forum Read for specific forum/subforum.
  * Fixed: Now shows non-transparent status icon when "Show Locks" is enabled.

1.2.4:

• * Fixed: Users Viewing. (This is working on a default vb style, others styles may have issues)
  * Fixed: Mark Read should now be fixed, working fine on my end.
  * Fixed: Icon not appearing when "Forum Description" disabled.

2.0.0

• * Icon size can be set either globally or set per forum, setting is in vb options.
  * When selecting an icon in forum manager the selected icon now shows to the right of the dropdown so you can see what you are selecting.
  * If your upgrading from 1.2.4 and had to do manual template edits then you will need to revert the templates and redo the edits.

Upgrades: For those upgrading just make sure when you import the product you select "Allow Overwrite". You will also need to revert your templates (only for users of version 1.2.2 or earlier) and then follow the instructions as outlined in the install.html file.

Note: Before you ask, yes this works with all browsers. (Tested on FF, IE8, IE7, Chrome, Safari and Opera)

IMPORTANT! If you use the "Auto Template" feature of this mod and it doesn't work then you MUST do the manual template edits outlined in the install.html. This plugin was created using a default vbulletin style.

If you like this mod than please nominate for "MOTM".

Donations are gladly accepted!

[Ken Sanders]

Originally Posted by Dark_Wizard

In the file you d/l from here does it have the template edit for forumhome_forumbit_level1_post as indicated here?

Nope, only for formbit_level2 (at least that is what was in the instructions.txt
Will take a look at the link.

[Ken Sanders]

Still stuck on only replacing, but they do show up immediately now ...not sure where to go from here. I'll double check to make sure I inserted everything correctly.

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by Ken Sanders

Still stuck on only replacing, but they do show up immediately now ...not sure where to go from here. I'll double check to make sure I inserted everything correctly.

Checked your site a few times now and it looks like you sorted it all out....

[Ken Sanders]

Thanks Dark_Wizard,
Love the mod, but I guess I am doing something wrong in order to get the icons to display next to the regular icons...Still don't know what I am doing wrong. Double checked all the template mods and all seems well.
Will use as is, and hopefully figure out what brain fart I am having to get this to work the way I want it to.

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by Ken Sanders

Thanks Dark_Wizard,
Love the mod, but I guess I am doing something wrong in order to get the icons to display next to the regular icons...Still don't know what I am doing wrong. Double checked all the template mods and all seems well.
Will use as is, and hopefully figure out what brain fart I am having to get this to work the way I want it to.

Did you select "After Status Icon"?

[texasteamplayer]

updated.

loading in 100px icons....but it still isn't allowing me to set them other than 48 px.

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by texasteamplayer

updated.

loading in 100px icons....but it still isn't allowing me to set them other than 48 px.

Just checked your site, you need to redo the template edits from the install.txt.

[KURTZ]

Warning: asort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in [path]/admincp/forum.php(240) : eval()'d code on line 20

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/admincp/forum.php(240) : eval()'d code on line 21

just installed and got this into the ACP under the forum manager ...

edit: if i select 'after status icon' option i got this (check the pic attached)

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by KURTZ

Warning: asort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in [path]/admincp/forum.php(240) : eval()'d code on line 20

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/admincp/forum.php(240) : eval()'d code on line 21

just installed and got this into the ACP under the forum manager ...

edit: if i select 'after status icon' option i got this (check the pic attached)

That error would only show up if you had no icons in the folder. As for the other issue this is the first anyone has had that issue. Can you provide me a url so I can check it out?

[eddieor]

great app, no problems and very easy to install.