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. It is a plain port of my 3.0 version you can find here.

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

Right now, it's just working on forumhome.
I'll add changes for forumdisplay later

[satfox360]

I figured out how to install the product with the "manage products" in the admincp.

I have followed all of the other instuctions and am still having some small problems. When I change the number of columns to 3 I get the err below. If I change it back to 1 there are no problems with the home page but still no columns.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: construct_forum_columns() in /home/httpd/vhosts/ftalife.com/httpdocs/includes/functions_forumlist.php on line 296

Any suggestions anyone?

Thank you in advance for any assistance.

[satfox360]

290     { // no permission to view current forum
291     continue;
292     }
293
294     if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' AND $forum['subforumcolumns'] != 1 AND ($subsonly OR $depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH))
295     {
296     $childforumbits = construct_forum_columns($forum['forumid'], $forum['subforumcolumns']);
297     }
298     else if ($subsonly)
299     {
300
301     // ###################### Start construct_forum_columns #######################

[satfox360]

After running through it over and over I ran into another problem when deleting the product.

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE forum ADD subforumcolumns TINYINT(3) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '1' NOT NULL;

MySQL Error : Duplicate column name 'subforumcolumns'


I seen that Xenon told someone else to go to phpmyadmin and manually delete that table.

This brought a whole new task on to a noobie like me. So I had to learn how to install the phpmyadmin and it was tough to start.

Here is a good spot to learn about that.
http://www.aota.net/PHP_and_MySQL/phpmyadmin.php4
I was still having problems downloading it correctly so instead of using their config.inc.php layout I used the (libraries/config.default.php) and just resaved it as config.inc.php in the main folder not in the libraries folder.
Also if you try to save it as config.inc in the save as it saves as config.php for some reason. So I had to "save as" name it config.inc.php then change the save as type to php.

Be sure to follow the instructions exactly. Also if you are new you should start with How To Install a vbulletin Hack: Guide to Newbies. Learned quite a bit there.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=39142


Thanks to Xenon and all of the other contributors!

[mIRCnet]

After installing this hack in my company forum , my manager says "Thanks to the programmer of this hack, now we have a special look" , and he never think to go back to the old normal style

Thanks a bunch Xenon

[Cheertobi]

Does anyone use this with vB3.6?

Tobi

[Allan]

Originally Posted by Cheertobi

Does anyone use this with vB3.6?

Tobi

yes, it work with vB3.6 ?

[thenetbox]

Originally Posted by Allan

yes, it work with vB3.6 ?

I'm using 3.6 and it works

[Allan]

Originally Posted by thenetbox

I'm using 3.6 and it works

Thanks

[thenetbox]

^ no problem

Does any one know how to have a space in between the blocks like on this persons forum http://www.tripforums.com/

Blocks that look seperate from each other?

[Allan]

Don't work on vB3.6 RC1:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fetch_forum_lightbulb() (previously declared in c:\program files\easyphp1-8\www\forum\includes\functions_forumlist.php:315) in c:\program files\easyphp1-8\www\forum\includes\functions_forumlist.php on line 315

A idea to problem ?

[thenetbox]

Very strange. It is working on mine ( http://www.darkforum.com/ ) on the bottom under "The Pen".

It might be a different plugin causing the error?

What is on line 315 in functions_forumlist.php?

[Allan]

Line 315:

// ###################### Start getforumlightbulb #######################
// returns 'on' or 'off' depending on last post info for a forum
function fetch_forum_lightbulb(&$forumid, &$lastpostinfo, &$foruminfo) <== line 315
{

[Allan]

It work !

It's necessary to put the function at the beginning of the php file

[snowlion]

It work !

It's necessary to put the function at the beginning of the php file

can you post it here ?

i want to use this mod for specific style and forum(not use for all forums), can anyone modified to do this?

[soletrader]

can anyone post the working hack please?