Forum Home Enhancements - [AJAX] Tabbed Forum Home

Tabbed Forum Home version 1.01

[AJAX] Tabbed Forum Home version 1.5.0 (BETA)

NOTE: Works with both 3.7x and 3.6x

Description: This MOD is for creating a "Tabbed" Forum Home Page to have Categories displayed within Tab containers (similar to what the new Profile System looks like on vb3.7). Please do not confuse this with the Tab Menu System here at vbulletin.org. They are totally different systems. These Tabs actually switch the content without leaving the main forums page.

I wrote the initial Non AJAX version based on reading many requests from members asking about how namepros created their custom tabbed forum home page. The first implementation I did was a request by bbwforums.net (which you can visit to see a working example). I have shared this version with many members already and decided to release it since it seems to be something that a lot of members are interested in.

UPDATE: I have released a BETA [AJAX] version for those that what something a little more robust and easier to install/configure. This Beta version will never go into production tho as version 2.0 will utilize the YUI AJAX Tabview Toolset. It IS stable tho and is currently running on a few live sites.

NOTE: Keep in mind, I wrote this with the assumption that you are fairly well versed and comfortable with editing files/templates and following the flow of things. If there is something you don't understand, PLEASE let me know so that I can help you understand it. This IS NOT a product that a novice can just plug and play and it takes a little bit of time to setup, but its well worth it in the end (if you want a custom unique look to your forum home page)... the next version (Don't ask when, cause its just on the drawing board) will be a product with ACP controls for easy setup

The attached Zip File(s) contain the Files and Instructions necessary to install each version.

DEMO: www.bbwforums.net or www.namepros.com
[Moderator Edit: The first URL has been un-linked as there has been reported malware on that domain. The mod author may edit this notice once the situation has been cleaned.]

Screen Shots: None, visit one or both of the above links as seeing them in action is better than some static image(s)..

Bobster

Change Log

version 1.01 -
tabcontent.js ver 2.2 to support remote links
updated install instructions (both in txt and rtf format)

version 1.5.0 -
BETA [AJAX] version

July 8, 2008 - Added xml file for WOL
Sep 2, 2008 - Updated xml file for WOL

[princeedward]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

That also requires tweaking the CSS. It will be different depending on what you intend to do. The selected tab will stretch the height area of all the other tabs, so you'd either have to change the size of the selected tab, or adjust the positioning/padding/margins on the main tabs.

hi Degital Jedi..thanks for your time and reply to my problem...but still can't figure and imagine how am i gonna do that...will you be so kind once more to explain it more or code it.....kinda ignorant and really not good enough about coding...and to resolve this problem HERE

thanks once again and best regards

:up:

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by princeedward

hi Degital Jedi..thanks for your time and reply to my problem...but still can't figure and imagine how am i gonna do that...will you be so kind once more to explain it more or code it.....kinda ignorant and really not good enough about coding...and to resolve this problem HERE

thanks once again and best regards

:up:

I wouldn't be able to do it for you, reason being is that this is a custom style thing. I wouldn't know what you liked and how you liked it. That, and it's a trial and error type thing, which means it's time consuming. You have to tweak the CSS, then look to see if that's what you want. Tweak it again, then check again to see if that's what you want. And so and so forth.

If you don't know anything about CSS, then I recommend you visit http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp and play with the editors they make available. It's worth the time to learn it, as you'll likely run into similar issues with CSS again.

[cbiweb]

Not sure if this has been addressed somewhere in the 109 pages of posts but I noticed that when I switch tabs, and the "requesting content" message appears, there is no "loading" image (I get a red x in IE). To make the "requesting content" image appear go to your ajaxtabs.js file and find the following section of code, and remove the forward slash ( / ), shown here in bold red:

var ddajaxtabssettings={}
ddajaxtabssettings.bustcachevar=1  //bust potential caching of external pages after initial request? (1=yes, 0=no)
ddajaxtabssettings.loadstatustext="<img src='/clientscript/tabs/loading.gif' /> Requesting content..."

Do that, and the loading image will appear when switching tabs.

[Torpedo Vegas]

I get the tabs to show up fine, and when clicking on them they do the whole "Receiving data" bit, but all I get is "Illegal variable _files or _env or _get or _post or _cookie or _server or _session or globals passed to script." instead of the forum showing up. My suspicion is JFusion Joomla/vBulletin bridge is once again shitting my head, so I'm tossing this out there in case someone knows for sure what that message could be.

P.S. I seriously hate JFusion.

Edit: Tried the 2.0B3.5 and definitely got a jfusion error, so I imagine that's the problem with 1.5 too. The non ajax one would probably work but the install looks like a pain to say the least.

[Rebecca217]

Beautiful! Thank you so much for this hack! *Installed*

[taffy056]

Well I am having a problem with this, I really would like it installed, if someone can give me a hand I would appreciate it, can make a donation to the charity of your choice if someone can PM me - thanks!

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by taffy056

Well I am having a problem with this, I really would like it installed, if someone can give me a hand I would appreciate it, can make a donation to the charity of your choice if someone can PM me - thanks!

I would just wait for Bobster, patience is a virtue besides I would rather Bobster get a donation if he sees fit than any of us who did not make it .

S-MAN

[taffy056]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

I would just wait for Bobster, patience is a virtue besides I would rather Bobster get a donation if he sees fit than any of us who did not make it .

S-MAN

LOL okay will wait

[Torpedo Vegas]

Just for the information of anyone else out there that uses JFusion, neither 1.5 or 2.0 of the Ajax versions work, however the original non-ajax one works, after much fussing about with it.

[JVCode]

Are there any plans to update this mod when vBulletin 4.0 is released?