Arrange Sub-Forums in columns

Better alternatives to this hack:

3.6 plugin version by Cybernetec with more options:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=122996

3.5 plugin version by Atakan KOC: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=118935

CSS/templates version by hpwilhelm:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91299

Ported from 3.0.x.

What it does
This hack arranges sub-forums on the forum home into 2 columns, makeing large lists of sub-forums more presentable. You can see the before/after in the screenshots attached

Note:
1. You need to enable sub-forum display on the forum home from your vB admin panel
2. This hack is for the forum home page, not forum display.

To enable sub-forums on the forum home page
1. Go to your forum Admin panel
2. Click vBulletin Options
3. Select "Forum Listings Display Options" from the drop down list
4. In "Depth of Sub-Forums" replace 0 with 1

Installation
To install, edit the file includes/functions_forumlist.php

1. Find (there are two slightly different lines, differing by a space, the one in question is around line 552)

PHP Code:

    if (!isset($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"]))
    {
        return $output;
    } 


Place this code below it:

PHP Code:

 $output .= "<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" ><tr valign=\"top\"> ";
      $cols = 0; 


2. Find

PHP Code:

            if (!empty($output))
            {
                $subforum = $splitter["$canpost"] . $subforum;
            }
            if ($depth < $vbulletin->options['subforumdepth'])
            {
                $output .= construct_subforum_bit($forumid, $cancontainthreads, $subforum, $depthmark . '--', $depth + 1);
            }
        }
    }

    return $output;

} 


Replace with

PHP Code:

                        //sub-forum hack
            if ($depth < $vbulletin->options['subforumdepth'])
                        {
                                $cols++;
                                if ($cols==3)
                                        {
                                        $cols = 1;
                                        $output .=  "</tr><tr>";
                                        }

                        $output .= '<td width="50%">' . construct_subforum_bit($forumid, $cancontainthreads, $subforum, $depthmark . '--', $depth + 1) . "</td>";
                        }
        }
    }

        if ($cols ==1) $output.="<td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table>";
    else $output.="</tr></table>";

        return $output;

}
//end hack 


Template modification (optional)
As this hack will list the sub-forums in a table, the font used is not effected by the <div> tag for subforums, which will cause the default font to be used instead of smallfont.

To use smallfont for sub-forum names, edit the "forumhome_subforumbit_post"

Change (this is the whole template)

 <img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" /> <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>

To:

 <img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" /> <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><span class="smallfont">$forum[title]</span></a>

And for those who want to edit or remove the "Sub-forum" word, just remove (or edit, if you just want to change it) "<strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>:" from the "forumhome_forumbit_level2_post" template.

handling of sub-forums.

[dostborsa]

thanks for answer

line 522

[Bulent Tekcan]

This hack for 3.5.x series.

You didn't find foreach($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"] AS $forumid) this code of course.Becasue this code for 3.0.x series.

If your board 3.0.x series please see this https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=63498 thread.

If your board 3.5.x series please read this page and first message.

Cheers

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by dostborsa

thanks for answer

line 522

And line 552?

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by Bulent Tekcan

This hack for 3.5.x series.

I think he is using 3.5.1. The problem is most likely in the editor search.

[davidw]

* christianb subscribes to this thread

this is exactly what I need - I'll work on it later and install if it is a success

[dostborsa]

Originally Posted by tamarian

And line 552?

attachment line 522
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...chmentid=37536

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by dostborsa

attachment line 522
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...chmentid=37536

I'm not interested in 522, it's 552

[Bulent Tekcan]

I think in Line 547....

I prefer use UltraEdit 32....Because some editors report different line number.

And easy way....Don't search line number.Press ctrl + F and put the data code here,than press search.

[Bulent Tekcan]

Your forum look good now

[dostborsa]

Originally Posted by tamarian

I'm not interested in 522, it's 552

Thank you very much for your help and for this property. I saw it wrongly due to my illness. Again thank you very much. :nervous:


Bulent Tekcan your thought was correct, the problem was coming from my software. Thank you very much again, your web site seems better than mine.