Forums arranged in columns on forumhome

As requested several times, this hack allows you to arrange forums on forumhome in xx columns instead of just one per row as it is in standart vb3.

Look at the screenshot to know what i mean

The design is changeable in the templates of course

I've tested it, and it should work, but as i don't use it myself, i cannot do a longtime test, so if you find any bugs, report them

You can apply the changes to forumdisplay as well if wanted

[Mr. Brian]

Step 2 or 3, "then add this new function to the file"

Which function are you refering to?

[Xenon]

there is just one functione in the install file, so it's that function of course

[Mr. Brian]

Alright, I got it!

Thumbs up!!

[Indy]

It just dawned on me that if you click on one of the columnized forums on your index page, you are taken to the appropriate forum but you would never see the forum description. Not really a big deal, but some descriptions can provide information to the poster that would be helpful prior to them posting in that particular forum etc.

What I would like to do is to display the forum description in the navbar area immediately after the drill down info. How can I pickup the $forum[description] variable so that I can place it in the navbar???

Thanks!
Dan

[Xenon]

you may want to start a new thread, as this has nothing to do with my hack at all.

I think it's just a small template mod, so try look at vbulletintemplates.com

[NTLDR]

Small bug Stefan

In the forumhome_forumbit_columncell template find:

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

Replace with:

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

As the $show['forumdescription'] doesn't exisit.

[Chris Gwynne]

Originally Posted by NTLDR

Small bug Stefan

Yep, pointed it out to Lee today

Has anybody been able to get the collapsable forums function working with this hack? No matter what I do I cannot seem to get it to work in conjunction...

Any help, is greatly appreciated!

Regards,
Chris

[Xenon]

line 426 in functions_forumlist.php:

PHP Code:

                $show['forumdescription'] = iif ($forum['description'] != '', true, false); 


so i assume no bug

[Xenon]

@chris: it works perfectly for me.

[Chris Gwynne]

Originally Posted by Xenon

@chris: it works perfectly for me.

Is that inclusive of having the table header as per someone's suggestion in here?

Or do you have the category header and then the columns straight after?

HELP!