Forum Home Enhancements - [AJAX] Tabbed Forum Home

Tabbed Forum Home version 1.01

[AJAX] Tabbed Forum Home version 1.5.0 (BETA)

NOTE: Works with both 3.7x and 3.6x

Description: This MOD is for creating a "Tabbed" Forum Home Page to have Categories displayed within Tab containers (similar to what the new Profile System looks like on vb3.7). Please do not confuse this with the Tab Menu System here at vbulletin.org. They are totally different systems. These Tabs actually switch the content without leaving the main forums page.

I wrote the initial Non AJAX version based on reading many requests from members asking about how namepros created their custom tabbed forum home page. The first implementation I did was a request by bbwforums.net (which you can visit to see a working example). I have shared this version with many members already and decided to release it since it seems to be something that a lot of members are interested in.

UPDATE: I have released a BETA [AJAX] version for those that what something a little more robust and easier to install/configure. This Beta version will never go into production tho as version 2.0 will utilize the YUI AJAX Tabview Toolset. It IS stable tho and is currently running on a few live sites.

NOTE: Keep in mind, I wrote this with the assumption that you are fairly well versed and comfortable with editing files/templates and following the flow of things. If there is something you don't understand, PLEASE let me know so that I can help you understand it. This IS NOT a product that a novice can just plug and play and it takes a little bit of time to setup, but its well worth it in the end (if you want a custom unique look to your forum home page)... the next version (Don't ask when, cause its just on the drawing board) will be a product with ACP controls for easy setup

The attached Zip File(s) contain the Files and Instructions necessary to install each version.

DEMO: www.bbwforums.net or www.namepros.com
[Moderator Edit: The first URL has been un-linked as there has been reported malware on that domain. The mod author may edit this notice once the situation has been cleaned.]

Screen Shots: None, visit one or both of the above links as seeing them in action is better than some static image(s)..

Bobster

Change Log

version 1.01 -
tabcontent.js ver 2.2 to support remote links
updated install instructions (both in txt and rtf format)

version 1.5.0 -
BETA [AJAX] version

July 8, 2008 - Added xml file for WOL
Sep 2, 2008 - Updated xml file for WOL

[Morsolo]

Originally Posted by King Kovifor

This is a post as a moderator and not as a developer. Please tone the post down - some of it wasn't really needed.

- Edited. Hopefully the edit is ok?

[xcingix]

Originally Posted by bobster65

Multiple categories can be under the same tab. You still need to construct a forum bit for each one tho.. so you would do something like

$forumbits2a = construct_forum_bit(13,1,0);
$forumbits2b = construct_forum_bit(14,1,0);

In the instructions document, Tab 3 Sample is set up to display multiple categories, so just take a look at that part of the setup

how do i "construct a forum bit for each one" where do i do this?

[proxx]

Hi,
I installed the 1.5 version.

Do I need to import tfh-wol-plugins.xml ? or is this only for the 1.01 ?

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by proxx

Hi,
I installed the 1.5 version.

Do I need to import tfh-wol-plugins.xml ? or is this only for the 1.01 ?

Yes, I believe that .xml is for 1.5.

Originally Posted by Morsolo

- Edited. Hopefully the edit is ok?

Yes, thank you. Just think before you post something like that next time.

[Vindictive]

Is there a way to do this?

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...e1212/Tabs.jpg

[King Kovifor]

With some serious hacking yes. TFH was never designed to place the tabs up there.

[Vindictive]

What version are the demo sites running? Ajax?

[Morsolo]

Originally Posted by King Kovifor

With some serious hacking yes. TFH was never designed to place the tabs up there.

Hey, here's a suggestion

I imagine this would be rather difficult but it seems nothing is to hard for you guys.
If the new 2.0 has an AdminCP backend, what if you made the mod so you could choose where to place the tabs?

For example:
- Above FORUMDISPLAY (default)
- At very top of site
- Above navbar (Like in vb.org)
- Footer
etc.

That would be awesome, but that's just a suggestion

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by Vindictive

What version are the demo sites running? Ajax?

They are both running the non-ajax version.

Originally Posted by Morsolo

Hey, here's a suggestion

I imagine this would be rather difficult but it seems nothing is to hard for you guys.
If the new 2.0 has an AdminCP backend, what if you made the mod so you could choose where to place the tabs?

For example:
- Above FORUMDISPLAY (default)
- At very top of site
- Above navbar (Like in vb.org)
- Footer
etc.

That would be awesome, but that's just a suggestion

That would be extremely difficult because we would need to use different variables, track them, and open up the possibility of quite a few more template edits then there currently are.

[Vindictive]

I finally finished adding my own tabs above the navbar.

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/r...1212/Tabs2.jpg