Arrange Sub-Forums in columns

There's also a vB 3.5 version here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=82845

What it does
This hack arranges sub-forums on the forum home into 2 (or more) columns, makeing large lists of sub-forums more presentable. You can see it in action on my forums here:

Demo
http://forum.lowcarber.org

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 functions_forumlist.php (in the includes directory)

1. Find

PHP Code:

      foreach($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"] AS $forumid) 


Place this code above it:

PHP Code:

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


2. Find

PHP Code:

            eval('$subforum = "' . fetch_template("forumhome_subforumbit_$canpost") . '";');
            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:

            eval('$subforum = "' . fetch_template("forumhome_subforumbit_$canpost") . '";');
                    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;

} 


To put them in 3 columns, instead of t2, just edit this line "if ($cols==3)" to "if ($cols==4)" and change this line:

PHP Code:

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


To this:

PHP Code:

                  $output .= "<td width=\"33%\">" . construct_subforum_bit($forumid, $cancontainthreads, $subforum, $depthmark . '--', $depth + 1) . ""; 


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

Screen shots, before/after

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by ph03nIX

Hi!
What could be the reason for this? It had never had a problem before finding code that was there. Has the code changed or something?

What version of vB are you using?

[Smike]

Great hack ! thx

[Erwin]

No need any template changes for smallfont.

In functions_forumlist.php, in the code you added, replace:

PHP Code:

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


with

PHP Code:

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


You basically put the <span class=smallfont> </span> in the php file rather than the template. Why not? You've put the <td> tags there already. This way, you don't have to modify the template.

[GamerJunk.net]

How would I stop this from doing it to certain forums?

what would the coding be? I want it for all my forums except ID46 because that forum is going to have over 100 sub forums lol

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by RasMasta

How would I stop this from doing it to certain forums?

what would the coding be? I want it for all my forums except ID46 because that forum is going to have over 100 sub forums lol

Should be easy to do with a hard coded if statement just berfore the subforum stuff.

Post in the request forum, and I (or anyone else is welcome) can take a crack at it. I just don't to confuse others at to which code to use

[Michael2]

Installed, thanks! I do have one question...

Rather than having the sub-forums in two columns, how can I have them all in the same column? Something like this...

http://www.veggieboards.com/exchange/cats.gif

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by Michael2

Installed, thanks! I do have one question...

Rather than having the sub-forums in two columns, how can I have them all in the same column? Something like this...

http://www.veggieboards.com/exchange/cats.gif

That should be easy, and you don't even need this hack to do it Just use <br \> as a seperator instead of a comma.

That would be in the "forumhome_subforumseparator_" templates.

[jcr]

Thank you for a great hack btw!!

Now i just have one simple questions, how can I remove the header like you have done on the demo site?

See screenshot

( for some reason I cannot upload gif files to this forum btw )

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by jcr

Thank you for a great hack btw!!


Now i just have one simple questions, how can I remove the header like you have done on the demo site?

See screenshot

( for some reason I cannot upload gif files to this forum btw )

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....3&postcount=38

[jcr]

Originally Posted by tamarian

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....3&postcount=38

Thank you! , this was exactly what i was looking for! *installed*