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

[Xenon]

you added it to the construct_forum_columns() function?

It should work then, if not then i don't have an idea...
I cannot test it out, as there are currently noone browsing on my localhost board

[AWS]

Originally Posted by Xenon

you added it to the construct_forum_columns() function?

It should work then, if not then i don't have an idea...
I cannot test it out, as there are currently noone browsing on my localhost board

I added it just as you showed. Interesting that on my private forums it shows. Although it shows 0 viewing when no one is viewing. That is a probably a template mistake I made. I'll correct that after it's working on all forums. On public it doesn't.

[Xenon]

well, the 0 viewing is by design, that's why normally a contion is used

So it shows for private forums, that means the code should be correct...
very wierd then...

[AWS]

Originally Posted by Xenon

well, the 0 viewing is by design, that's why normally a contion is used

So it shows for private forums, that means the code should be correct...
very wierd then...

Yes it is.

[AWS]

Well it's working now. I added a new child style and it started to work.
Thanks for a great hack.

[Xenon]

even more wierd then

but good to hear

[base]

would love this to work on forumdisplay too, any takers?

tia

[SaN-DeeP]

Originally Posted by base

would love this to work on forumdisplay too, any takers?

tia

same here i need on forumdisplay too ,
mebbe xenon can

[Xenon]

grml, i'll add it to the next version, but i've so much to do.....

[hockyfan]

Probably an easy question, but just in case, how does one uninstall this hack, as I see it runs a query.

h

[Xenon]

well, the query it does isn't harmful, so you can just leave your db structure and just redo the file changes, but to remove a added field i suggest using phpmyadmin for it or this query:

[sql]ALTER TABLE forum DROP subforumcolumns[/sql]

[hockyfan]

Great, just trying something new, so I wanted to cover all my bases; thanks xenon.


h

[Xenon]

you're welcome

[elastomaniac]

This only appears to work with the default skin. I purchased a skin called Satellite for my vb3 install, so when your instruction file says:

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  edit template forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost +++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

if your columnized forums should be below open for post categories, you also have to change level1_post that way..
find:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<if condition="$childforumbits">
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">
$childforumbits
</tbody>
</if>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


replace with:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<if condition="$childforumbits">
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">
<if condition="$forum['subforumcolumns'] > 1">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
<table style="border: none; width: 100%;">
			$childforumbits
</table>
		</td>
	</tr>
<else />
	$childforumbits
</if>
</tbody>
</if>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I dont have that code. I only have this:

<if condition="$childforumbits">
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">
	<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
	  <td class="thead" align=
center">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
	  <td width="45" class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
	  <td width="45" class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
	  <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
	  </if>
	</tr>
$childforumbits
<tr><td class="tfoot" style="line-height: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0;" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>"><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" alt="" width="1" height="8" /></td></tr>
</tbody>

So, what would I need to modify to make this work?

[Lord Brar]

*Installed!!!