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!

[Disco_Stu]

Originally Posted by New Joe

The top half of your site is set up in the normal way, the other half set up in a way really wrong,

"wrong"?? I didn't know there were rules on how to set up a site. Do you decide what is right and what is "wrong"?

[Disco_Stu]

One last thing and I will stop boring everyone with this:

If you check the 3rd and 4th screen shot that Dark_Wizard provides for the mod you will see that he set up the category forum exactly like I did where it appears as a section ("This section contains....). So if my layout is "wrong" then his must be "wrong" as well.

Try to keep an open mind. There are more ways to set up a site then your way. Don't ridicule others just because you don't agree with them.

[New Joe]

DS, I know its up to everyone to set up a vb forum how they want, and I am not ridiculing you or your site.
As for the screen shots from DW, they show the same as how most vB forums are set up, your bottom half of your Forum isn't set up like his screen shots.

As for the Player you have in the sidebar, really nice work mate.

[Disco_Stu]

Thank you. I'm glad you like the player. I'm in the process of loading it and am at about 200 entries so far from the 60's, 70's and 80's.

My daughter is going to make the selections from the 90's to today because she's the expert for that time frame.

It cost me a lot of $$$ for the license from BMI and ASCAP to use all of that material.

It's going to be another few weeks before I'm done.

[kamran_dotnet]

anyone test "Forum Category Icons" on vbulletin 4.2 ?

[New Joe]

Works fine part from the Sub Forums, tested it on 4.2.0 already.

[kamran_dotnet]

Originally Posted by New Joe

Works fine part from the Sub Forums, tested it on 4.2.0 already.

thats greate
so i'm going to upgrade Vbulletin 4.2

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by New Joe

Works fine part from the Sub Forums, tested it on 4.2.0 already.

You mean "except" the sub-forums?

[tup14]

Strange that a coder can't get it to work for sub-forums. Not a bash but it has been awhile for this up-date. I started this thread from the last few pages and New Joe your right on. Enough said but it would be nice to have my sub-forum icons back. Thanks

[Boofo]

I'm sure a coder could if he wanted to. But is is better the wait for Bob to handle things as it is his mod. Being it is a free mod, I'm sure he has other commitments that must come before this.