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

[deaconxgp]

i can't seem to change the width of the threads, last post etc information under the columns forums without it affecting the categories for the forums without columns

[dndog]

I want this to appear not on the forum home, but when a user clicks on the category title. What template do I need to edit, and what changes should be made?

[deaconxgp]

any help on getting the Post, Threads, Last Post to line up correctly??

[xQuEeNzNaZcHox]

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.1:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE vbulletin_forum SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
	title = 'New York Mets',
	description = '',
	link = '',
	displayorder = '1',
	daysprune = '1',
	parentid = '-1',
	subforumcolumns = '2',
	newpostemail = '',
	newthreademail = '',
	styleid = '0',
	password = '',
	options = '86017',
	parentlist = '1,-1'
WHERE forumid=1
mysql error: Unknown column 'subforumcolumns' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

Date: Sunday 02nd of May 2004 06:07:16 PM
Script: http://www.innerchambers.com/~nymfan...incp/forum.php
Referer: http://www.innerchambers.com/~nymfan...t&forumid=1&s=
Username: Noah
IP Address: **.***.***.***

I get that error. Why?

[Xenon]

mysql error: Unknown column 'subforumcolumns' in 'field list'

that shows exactly, that you have no installed the hack correctly.

you have to run the queries in the instructions.

[xQuEeNzNaZcHox]

http://www.innerchambers.com/~nymfans/forums/

Look what happened after I applied the category spacing mod. Now it won't even collapse. I read the thread, followed instructions, and boom, its screwed.

here is the template forumhome_lvel1_nopost

<!-- top -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" align="center">
	<tr>
		<td style="text-align: $stylevar[left]" class="tcat"><img src="" alt="" /></td>
		<td width="100%" class="tcat" style="background-image: url(); text-align: center;"><a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat{$collapseimg_forumid}.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a></td>
		<td style="text-align: $stylevar[right]" class="tcat"><img src="" alt="" /></td>
	</tr>
</table>
<!-- /top -->
<if condition="$childforumbits">
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">

<if condition="$forum['subforumcolumns'] > 1">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
<table style="border: none; width: 100%;">
       
			$childforumbits
</table>
		</td>
	</tr>
<else />
	<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead" width="30">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="240">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="55">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="55">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
	  <if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">
	  <td class="thead" width="100">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
	  </if>
	</tr>
$childforumbits

</if>
</tbody>
</if>
<!-- bottom -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" align="center">
	<tr>
<td style="text-align: $stylevar[left]" class="tcat"><img src="" alt="" /></td>
<td width="100%" class="tcat" style="background-image: url(); text-align: center;"></td>
<td style="text-align: $stylevar[right]" class="tcat"><img src="" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- /bottom --><div style="padding: 5px 5px 5px p5x;"></div>

[Xenon]

you should better ask the template guru who did the spacing mod, as my hack has nothing to do with it, and works flawless.

[Assault]

i installed fine.. got no errors or anythin... i just don't see my forums at all..lol.. the colums are set to "2"...
i see the category name..no forums under it

if i put it to just 1 colum, they come out fine...

heres a pic of how it looks:

http://www.digistash.com/data/37bc2f...c/267_p965.gif

[Xenon]

looks like you haven't added the new templates correctly..

[Assault]

Originally Posted by Xenon

looks like you haven't added the new templates correctly..

o my god..lol. i can't believe i did sumthig so stupid..lol. thanx..

[Xenon]

no prob, everyone can make a mistake

[Buddha]

would it be possible to get some help on the issue i brought up on the last page? regarding the forumhome table i'd like to have disappear?
any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

[hubba]

I use only two columns, how do I set this 2 on a fixed width of 50 percent?

[Xenon]

erm, if you use 2 as ammount of columns, it's automatically set to 50% as fixed width.

[Psybadek]

i wanna be able to show the moderator, last topic title, and posts. Anyone know what to add and how to make it look good