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Arrange Sub-Forums in columns
Version: 1.00, by tamarian tamarian is offline
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Version: 3.0.7 Rating:
Released: 04-04-2004 Last Update: Never Installs: 138
 
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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)
Code:
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" /> <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>
To:
Code:
<img class="inlineimg" src="$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

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  #122  
Old 04-11-2005, 03:03 AM
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I agree with the other members who state how great this hack is! It's much better than the standard version.
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Old 04-11-2005, 07:53 AM
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does it works with vBulletin 3.0.7 ?
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Yes it does.
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Just wanted to post this ...

In Mozilla it will put a weird space under the word between the underline for links to sub-forums.

Changing the template code from:
Code:
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" /> <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><span class="smallfont">$forum[title]</span></a>
to:
Code:
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" /> <span class="smallfont"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</span></a>
Will fix that. Just a matter of moving the <span> tag.
*clicks install*
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Very nice ** clicks install ** Thanks!
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Thanks for this hack. This is what I was looikg for. Can anybody tell how to add space between sub-forums. Please look at the attachment.
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i installed it and not working. i changed the 0 to 1 in vb options and did the template and file changes.

my forums are still looking same / standard.

what could be wrong?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by b65ran
Thanks for this hack. This is what I was looikg for. Can anybody tell how to add space between sub-forums. Please look at the attachment.
In this line:
Quote:
$output .= "<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" ><tr valign=\"top\"> ";
You can change the zero in cellspacing and/or cellpadding until it's spcaed enough for your style.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by axi
i installed it and not working. i changed the 0 to 1 in vb options and did the template and file changes.

my forums are still looking same / standard.

what could be wrong?
Not sure. Double check your steps.
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Beautiful ! Thanks for this great hack. **Clicks Install**
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