Forum Display Enhancements - Sorky - SubForum List Control

Purpose
This plugin allows extensive control of how SubForums are displayed.

• Use any mix of between 0 and 10 columns
• Different layouts can be used on specified forums
• Change formatting
• Display Thread/Post counts
• Limit the number of SubForums shown (Show More/Less)
• Collapse entire display
• Sort SubForum display order
• plus lots more!

Installation
Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

Options
To set the options go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Sorky - SubForum List Control

Tips
To get it on the Forum Home page, set...

"vBulletin Options" > "Forum Listings Display Options" > "Depth of Forums - Forum Home" to "1"

For all other forums, set...

"vBulletin Options" > "Forum Listings Display Options" > "Depth of Forums - Forum Display" to "1"

You should also set...

"vBulletin Options" > "Forum Listings Display Options" > "Depth of Sub-Forums" to "1" Note: Setting it higher will also work!

Version Log
For previous versions see 3.7.x or 3.6.x Mods
v1.5.2 - 28th of January, 2009 = official release for 3.8.x (click here for more information)
v1.6.0 - 11th of April, 2009 = Removed (small bug found)
v1.6.1 - 13th of April, 2009 = Remember show/hide state + more (more information here)
v1.6.2 - 27th of April, 2009 = Debug opton + more (more information here)
v1.7.0 - 21st of May, 2009 = New & improved sorting (more information here)
v1.7.1 - 23rd of May, 2009 = alt text for show/hide image (more information here)
v1.7.2 - 17th of June, 2009 = Removed (small change simply combined with another in next version)
v1.7.3 - 17th of June, 2009 = Hide SubForums: prefix & count tool-tip as well as the SubForums (more information here)
v1.7.4 - 23rd of June, 2009 = Hide specific SubForums from the SubForum list (more information here)
v1.8.0 - 17th of August, 2009 = Display of SubForum descriptions (more information here)

Hall Of Fame (Donations - Greatly Appreciated - Thank You)
Fungsten US$25
Budweiser US$20
CreditForum US$25
lazyseller US$30
Alisa Lindsay US$10

Acknowledgement
Thanks (and apologies) to Cybernetec for the ideas & inspiration to generate this Mod.

Keywords
SubForum, SubForums, Sub-Forum, Sub-Forums, Table, List, Grid, Child, Children, Parent

Settings, Demonstration Screenshots, Notes, etc
See v1.5.2 post (click here)

If you like this Mod please click INSTALL.

[Sorky]

Originally Posted by stamos2003

I downgraded to 1.6.2 and it works fine

I'm still interested to know why it is a problem for you and if it will be a problem for others... Do you have a test system I can access? Or just PM me your site URL (without any access) so I can see if there is anything obvious.

[Budweiser]

Hey Sorky.
I have a problem since I upgraded to the latest version. After logging in I get forced off at random. I first thought it was the browser being buggy or a new style I installed but it seems to only fail when the mod is enabled.

I use Firefox mostly but also tried IE. I cleared cookies and cache, rebooted, and also tried two different computers. I searched vbulletin.com and set the cookie setting back to defaults with the tools.php file. I disabled version 1.7.1 and had no issues so I downloaded and installed it again (without an uninstall first) but the problem returned after enabling the mod.

I haven't tried to uninstall or to install an earlier version yet. Can you take a look?
www.usamusicians.com/forum

Thanks.

[Sorky]

Originally Posted by Budweiser

Can you take a look?

Sure - I did but nothing jumps out at me...I see you have made good use of the expand/collapse for different forums and the different widths - looks excellent ;-)

When you say you get forced off, I'm assuming you are talking about being logged off. I can't see how the heck that could happen. If you turn on the debug option, I can look at the settings. How was 1.7.0? I can look at the code diffs, but nothing jumps out at me.

[Budweiser]

Originally Posted by Sorky

How was 1.7.0?

I went from 1.6.0 to 1.7.1
After this weekend I should have a little time to experiment. I will load a few of the other versions to see what difference it makes.

Originally Posted by Sorky

When you say you get forced off, I'm assuming you are talking about being logged off.

Yes, I get logged off...

Originally Posted by Sorky

If you turn on the debug option, I can look at the settings.

I turned it on


If you want to log in, I have a test login.... username: "testuser" pass: "test"
It usually doesnt take long to get kicked off...

[Sorky]

Originally Posted by Budweiser

If you want to log in, I have a test login.... username: "testuser" pass: "test"
It usually doesnt take long to get kicked off...

It seems to behave in IE for me, but in FF I see what you mean!!! The settings and the page source all look correct and nothing strange that I can see... Very odd.

I've tested my own sites and have never seen anything like this no matter what browser or server and I have never had anything like this reported either. I'm guessing there must be an interaction issue somewhere.

From here it is the normal routine of debugging...

1) Disable all PlugIns and then enable mine (one hook at a time if necessary) then all the others to see where the problem comes from.

2) If it is only due to my Mod, then have to look at any template changes (try the default style)

3) If it still happens with the default style, then you'd have to check any manual changes to the installed PHP.

4) Try the previous versions of my Mod to see when the problem started and look at the changes

I you want to PM me an admin login I will be happy to run through that routine

[Budweiser]

Ok. I did some work yesterday and was able to get site to stop forcing a log off. The bottom line: I had to load version 1.5.2

I started by removing all styles except for the default vbulletin style. I then disabled all plugins (except for yours) and was still being logged off. I then uninstalled v1.7.1 and installed the most recent prior version. The problem continued through all of the versions except or 1.5.2 (which I originally had installed)

The site isnt open yet so there hasnt been much activity. I originally installed vb3.8.1 and have since upgraded to 3.8.2. I have made a couple edits to php but nothing major. I kept a short list of any of the changes. Here is the list I kept:

Email Que Cron add-on: Cron based e-mail sending
Edited admincp/email.php and includes/functions.php

Log in as user add-on: Admin Log In As User
Made template edit so the link is visabe on the members profile page
Added text to MEMBERINFO

Welcome Headers add-on: Welcome headers - Improve community registration rates
Removed the existing forumhome header info from the "FORUMHOME" template

Banned members log add-on: Banned Members Log
Added line to /includes/config.php

Other than these edits there was nothing changed from the base vbulletin 3.8.2. No styles, or plugins and the other versions still didn't work. I am ok with using version 1.5.2 but thought the feature with the cookies was nice. Do you think something above may be in conflict?

[Sorky]

Originally Posted by Budweiser

Other than these edits there was nothing changed from the base vbulletin 3.8.2. No styles, or plugins and the other versions still didn't work. I am ok with using version 1.5.2 but thought the feature with the cookies was nice. Do you think something above may be in conflict?

The fact that 1.5.2 works and it starts to cause issues after that pretty much has to be the cookies as that was the change from 1.5.2 to 1.6.0 and it was pretty small.

I ran 3.8.2 [clean] on my system and no probs, so I guess there is something in those changes you mentioned - Do any of them change the fetch_cookie or set_cookie functions? I guess the only way to be 100% sure is to run without them as well.

Another way to see if it is the cookies would be to remove lines 583, 576, 568 and 564 from the 1.7.1 version XML file (Note: the reverse order for deleting to not re-number the lines). Expand/Collapse will break, but at least we'll know it is the cookies - why becomes the next question

PS: Had a quick look at those other modifications and the "Admin Log In As User" plays with cookies, so it may be the place to start if cookies are the issue

[abrecher]

When I use the latest version (1.7.1) my forum doesn't load. When I revert to versioon Version: 1.5.1 everything works ok. Any ideas ?

[Sorky]

Originally Posted by abrecher

When I use the latest version (1.7.1) my forum doesn't load. When I revert to versioon Version: 1.5.1 everything works ok. Any ideas ?

PM me you URL and I'll look at it. If you can give me admin access and to a test site or do not mind if I add/remove the plugins I'll test it out.

[Sorky]

Originally Posted by abrecher

When I use the latest version (1.7.1) my forum doesn't load. When I revert to versioon Version: 1.5.1 everything works ok. Any ideas ?

Thanks for the link & login. Couldn't login but looking at your site was enough to show me you were using the 3.7.x version. To upgrade to the 3.8.x version you have to make sure you uninstall the old one after recording your settings as the 3.8 version uses a different product ID