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 now.

You have to set up a new category(s). All direct subforums to this category(s) will be arranged in columns.
It can be very usefull if you have very much Subforums, so you haven't to scroll as much as you have before

Newest Version: 1.21
Known Bugs: none

Screenshots below.

Design can be changed in templates..

[Mr_P]

ok i must be missing some thing here

Lesanes site is one cracker of a coded site and fair dues to him.
But what are u after ?

do u want the four sections with the GFX in ?

or is it you want the bar to show as well as the GFX sections.

I fyou want the GFX then load the addon to this hack which allows you to specify a logo for each section.
You dont specify one for any other section except for the one u gonna be using for the Columns.

Then u take the code when its done and mess with it in Dreamweaver and tweak it to its to your liking.

[Mr_P]

Infact tell me what u want and ill do a step by step guide to doing it if possible ?

[Dean C]

Well i have the category icons hack installed so the images for the forums will work fine..

I need to get my forum columsn working like they are at Lesane's site..

With the category images (i have that working so the variable to use to insert the image is: $ficonimg)

So basically i need the forum columns looking like they do at Lesane's site

Regards

- miSt

[Mr_P]

Originally posted by Mist
Well i have the category icons hack installed so the images for the forums will work fine..

I need to get my forum columsn working like they are at Lesane's site..

With the category images (i have that working so the variable to use to insert the image is: $ficonimg)

So basically i need the forum columns looking like they do at Lesane's site

Regards

- miSt

They do appear like that but you got to remember Lesane Has done extra coding on his to get that effect.Must admit i like his myself.


Minifreunde,would`nt you be better off posting the change instead of asking for pms.This way new people to this post get to see all the changes made.

[slideboxer]

Originally posted by Mr_P


it calls in the templates that are needed and they are the same ones as the orginal hack.

I posted code here only because a few wanted the bars removing and i gather you dont.The code is the zip is to completely remove the bars and the category name as these i did`nt want.

How could I make it list the category name if I want it to?

[Kars10]

... here is a Screenshot of my testboard installed with the modification!

[Sadie Frost]

screenshot

[Sadie Frost]

Okay, I have got this working pretty much I think. I will try and post what I did, but since it involved playing around with it some, I might need to revise if some of you try it. I'm not a coder, so it might need cleaned up. I don't think anything here is new - I just started trying what other people were saying. Oh, this is for removing the Forums, Posts etc. stuff but still having the category title.

1) First I installed the original hack.

2) Then I downloaded Mr P's zip file on page 9 of this thread. I substituted his code for the second change to the index.php file.

3) I played around with my templates. Zip is attached, but I think I mostly cleared them out lol. There are very probably some extra nested tables in there. I also added two templates which I think someone mentioned doing but I couldn't find the post again to say exactly who so I'm sorry. I basically took the forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost and level2_nopost and renamed them, then took out all the code for the Forum, Posts, Threads etc. I renamed them forumhome_nohead_level1_nopost and level2_nopost

4) Then I went back into Mr. P's code in index.php and in:

if(strstr(" ".$columnparent." ", " ".$forum['forumid']." ")) {
  eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_colbit_level$depth$tempext")."\";");

I substituted 'nohead' for 'colbit'

Two things: I have the template mods for seperating the categories on the forumhome installed, and I seem to have an extra line below my category header. Probably because I have that template mod that puts a decorative line there. So if anyone can figure out how to remove that that would be good.

[Jacko]

i get this image when editing my column header template..

Sadie Frost is it possible for you to show me your column head template????

i would be most gratefull..


i am trying to get the category title to show but it shows me the first forum name?? why??

here is my screenie..

[Xenon]

Jacko please change your sig, your image is over the limits of 300 pixels wide and 20k bytes large.

also you are just allowed to have an image OR text in it, not both