Forum Home Enhancements - Forum Category Icons (Advanced)

This is a hack that will add icons to your forum categories on the forum home page.

History: I was the originator of this hack back in the vBulletin 1.x days and continued this in vb 3.7.x. I have had numerous requests to port this to vb 4.x.x so here you are.

Please click install if you want support for this mod and to encourage me to continue adding features!

Enjoy!

You can find nice icons here, here and here.

Thanks to LatinoCheats for this link.

Changelogs:

1.2.0:

• * Option to change icon location i.e. After Status Icon, Under Forum Title or Replace Status Icon.
  * Now contains a dropdown listing your icons in the folder so you just select and save.
  * Displays icon in forum manager when editing a forum that contains an icon.
  * Change icon width and height so you need to only upload one size icon.
  * Set icon position so you can center the icon when using smaller icons.
  * Dropdown of transparency settings for icons used to replace status icons when indicating "Old Posts".
  * Allows you to mark forum/subforum as read.
  * Now shows locked icons (lock icon added to download and this overlays the status icons when indicating a locked forum).

1.2.1:

• * Now works for Mark Forum/SubForum as read!

1.2.2:

• * Fixed: template bug.
  * Added: Now shows locked icons (lock icon added to download and this overlays the status icons when indicating a locked forum.)

1.2.3:

• * Added: Automatic Template Edits!
  * Added: Only jpg, gif and png icons allowed. (extensions checked in forum edit).
  * Fixed: Mark Forum Read for specific forum/subforum.
  * Fixed: Now shows non-transparent status icon when "Show Locks" is enabled.

1.2.4:

• * Fixed: Users Viewing. (This is working on a default vb style, others styles may have issues)
  * Fixed: Mark Read should now be fixed, working fine on my end.
  * Fixed: Icon not appearing when "Forum Description" disabled.

2.0.0

• * Icon size can be set either globally or set per forum, setting is in vb options.
  * When selecting an icon in forum manager the selected icon now shows to the right of the dropdown so you can see what you are selecting.
  * If your upgrading from 1.2.4 and had to do manual template edits then you will need to revert the templates and redo the edits.

Upgrades: For those upgrading just make sure when you import the product you select "Allow Overwrite". You will also need to revert your templates (only for users of version 1.2.2 or earlier) and then follow the instructions as outlined in the install.html file.

Note: Before you ask, yes this works with all browsers. (Tested on FF, IE8, IE7, Chrome, Safari and Opera)

IMPORTANT! If you use the "Auto Template" feature of this mod and it doesn't work then you MUST do the manual template edits outlined in the install.html. This plugin was created using a default vbulletin style.

If you like this mod than please nominate for "MOTM".

Donations are gladly accepted!

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by StephenM.

I got my icons loaded up, but the icons are blurry. What did I do wrong?

What are the sizes of your icons?

Originally Posted by EnderNolan

My sub-forums are mis-aligned now. Can anyone advise on if they are having this problem? I've only changed the default skin, wanted to play with this hack before putting it on my other skins, but now I'm happy I did.

Here is a link:
http://ncairsoft.org/forum/forumdisp...zaar&styleid=6

Looks as though the template edit isn't correct.

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by KURTZ

no worries about mate ... i can wait

Originally Posted by EnderNolan

My sub-forums are mis-aligned now. Can anyone advise on if they are having this problem? I've only changed the default skin, wanted to play with this hack before putting it on my other skins, but now I'm happy I did.

Here is a link:
http://ncairsoft.org/forum/forumdisp...zaar&styleid=6

New release, just redo the template edits and let me know.

Bob

[StephenM.]

What are the sizes of your icons?

The ones that are blurry, I don't know, but they are in .ico format. I downloaded some 256k .png icons and they worked good, no blurriness.

One question though, how do I update this mod? I'm really new to vbulletin, but I managed to install the mod myself. Do I just download the mod again and copy/paste the code again and then upload the xml file or just upload the new xml file? Thanks

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by StephenM.

The ones that are blurry, I don't know, but they are in .ico format. I downloaded some 256k .png icons and they worked good, no blurriness.

One question though, how do I update this mod? I'm really new to vbulletin, but I managed to install the mod myself. Do I just download the mod again and copy/paste the code again and then upload the xml file or just upload the new xml file? Thanks

ico formats are NOT supported. For all updates read above as it explains how to go through the process. Can you please click on "Mark as Installed" to continue support?

Thx,
Bob

[Dark_Wizard]

It would be nice if people would click on "Mark As Installed" to help support this mod and if you feel it is worthy clicking on "Nominate for MOTM" would be great!

Thx,
Bob

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by puppetmaster222

If I could make sweet love to this mod I would, religiously.

Until then I will have to settle for saying THANKS, it looks awesome, clicked, nominated, and Excellent rated. It's a great mod for the creative people who just want an easy way to give their forums a more customized look.

Thank you for the kind words!

Bob

[texasteamplayer]

with this often of updates, you really need to start doing template edits built into the plugin. Becoming a pain to have to keep reverting and redoing the changes.

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by texasteamplayer

with this often of updates, you really need to start doing template edits built into the plugin. Becoming a pain to have to keep reverting and redoing the changes.

I would love to do auto template edits but look how complicated this hack has become. This should be the last update unless I missed something that would cause a big problem for everyone.

Hmmmm...there is a way though to make this easier. I can have it replace the entire 2 templates with it's own templates.

[texasteamplayer]

you'll need at least one more update.

when you double click on any forum icon, it marks the ENTIRE forum as read, not just that specific forum/subforum. the orignial vB function just marks that one forum read.

[Dark_Wizard]

Originally Posted by texasteamplayer

you'll need at least one more update.

when you double click on any forum icon, it marks the ENTIRE forum as read, not just that specific forum/subforum. the orignial vB function just marks that one forum read.

Ugh...will look into this.