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

[nando415]

Can anyone help me on how to get the border showing seperating the subforums, i dont like how its all 1 color and doesnt match the other sections

Also id like to know how to get it to show the # of members viewing, like next to the title where it says (3 Viewing)

[dniMTheory]

Got it...install is pretty simple and straight forward. I even got the on/off images to work.

The install instructions in the first post work perfect. Anything extra is where the probems come in. All my problem have already been answered in the thread so it was just a matter of sorting through all the posts.

this is one of the better hacks, for its size. It does what it is supposed to do.

[Polo]

mm... i cannot make this hack work...

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home2/user/public_html/forum/includes/functions_forumlist.php on line 139

[RetroDreams]

Anyone have any good subforum off/on images? The default ones just don't do it for me.

[DWard]

I am still unaware of how to add the header above the forums. Mine looks like this so far:

[Kohhal]

Is this hack compatible with multiple styles?

Reason I ask is that I had this installed before on a test forum with only the template changes done in one style. That style displayed fine but when I viewed the forum using another style, instead of seeing the normal forumdisplay it was completely messed up.

I don't have a screenie and can't say for definite that I didn't make a mistake but it's unlikely.

So can anyone confirm that this works correctly if you want it on some styles and not others?

Thanks

[Xenon]

hmm, it should be. but you have to create the additional templates in the not columned style as well, or need to add further conditions to the hack.

so actually you can get to work it on one style if you don't want it to be columned on the other style, but you will have to put a little extra work in then

[Oblivion Knight]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned already or not, but the template forumhome_forumbit_columncell currently isn't being cached in index.php..


To fix, open index.php and find:
[code removed - Xenon updated his file]

[Xenon]

i think it is mentioned somewhere in the thread already ^^

but actually that showed me, that i never updatet the file ^^
thx for reminding me

[Oblivion Knight]

No problem, I only noticed you hadn't fixed it yet because i'm upgrading my forum and re-installing the hacks..

[Xenon]

well, it's fixed now

[Oblivion Knight]

Could this be done for the forumdisplay page too (when clicking on the category link).?
Obviously not with just the current code, but if I wanted to attempt to expand on the hack (or if you wanted to take on the challenge) - could it be done?

[Xenon]

iirc i have posted how to do so in the thread already.

it's just a change of one condition in the file, and then again, quite the same template changes on forumdisplay

[funfone]

Originally Posted by deaconxgp

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

Any luck anyone on this please ?

[Hazzo]

Originally Posted by TheMasterG

Style: Dark Blue Is this hack compatible with multiple styles?

Reason I ask is that I had this installed before on a test forum with only the template changes done in one style. That style displayed fine but when I viewed the forum using another style, instead of seeing the normal forumdisplay it was completely messed up.

I don't have a screenie and can't say for definite that I didn't make a mistake but it's unlikely.

So can anyone confirm that this works correctly if you want it on some styles and not others?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Xenon

hmm, it should be. but you have to create the additional templates in the not columned style as well, or need to add further conditions to the hack.

so actually you can get to work it on one style if you don't want it to be columned on the other style, but you will have to put a little extra work in then

This would be a nice add-on for this great hack!! Since I am sure there are a few of us out there, that would install it and use the hack, if it didnt mess with the other skins we use..

Wish I knew coding better, then I would write this myself.. But I dont

Anyone can help with this?