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[HOW TO - vB4] Two column forum/sub-forum setup via CSS only
This is just a quick writeup of the very basics to achieve a two column setup for your forums through only the use of CSS - no template modifications or plugins required. (Original thread requesting this infomation is here.) I am NOT going to be teaching CSS is this article! You WILL need to have some basic understanding of what Cascading Style Sheets are all about in order to further change this since this is only the basics to put stuff in position with no padding or margins or any other styling applied - that is up to you to do. This was written during the beta3/beta4 testing and may need to be modified for use with other versions since classes may be changed as the style has not been finalized yet. This was written to work with the default style and default stylevars (default at this time, that is). If you have customized your style in any way, you may have to change this a bit to work with your style. These classes also only apply to the forum home page but can easily be modified (by you!) to work on the forumdisplay pages and to work only for certain categories. Making the browser width small may change things, or if you have long descriptions or sub-forums listed or moderators listed, you may have to change the CSS to accommodate that. As I said, this in ONLY AN OUTLINE of what you need to do. You will have to add styling information yourself. This is basically what you will end up with: The very basics of what to do Add this to the additional.css template - it must be added *after* any other definitions regarding these sub-forums have been declared - if you don't understand why that is, then please read up on exactly what Cascading Style Sheets are all about): Code:
.forumhead + .childforum .L2:first-child .forumrow, .forumhead + .L2 .forumrow { border-top: 0; } .forumrow .table { height: 100px; } ol.childforum { float: left; width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; } .childforum li.forumbit_post { float: left; width: 50%; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear:none; } #forums .L1 .L2 { clear:none; } .forumbit_post .forumrow .forumlastpost { clear:both; width:95%; } .forumbit_post .forumlastpost .lastpostby { display: block; float: left; } .forumbit_post .forumlastpost .lastpostdate { display: block; float: right; } .forumbit_post .forumlastpost .lastposttitle { display: block; float: left; } .forumbit_post .foruminfo { clear:right; float:left; min-width:50%; width:70%; } .forumbit_post .forumstats, .forumbit_post .forumstats_2 { width:20%; } Code:
.subforums ol.subforumlist { float: left; width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; } .subforumlist li.subforum { float: left; width: 50%; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear:none; } /* to remove the commas */ .commalist li.subforum:after { content:""; } Again, this article is NOT about teaching you CSS. You will have to style this yourself and also make any other changes necessarily because of customized styles or changes after beta 4. |
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Hi Lynne:
This is in additional.css PHP Code:
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You would need to add the id tag to all the CSS you want to only apply to that id.
And, you didn't post a link so that we can see the problem. |
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It's only the info base I want into columns.
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You didn't change it to put the id in front of all that code.
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#cat51 .forumhead + .childforum .L2:first-child .forumrow, #cat51 .forumhead + .L2 .forumrow { border-top: 0 none; } #cat51 .forumrow .table { height: 100px; } #cat51 ol.childforum { float: left; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 100%; } #cat51 .childforum li.forumbit_post { clear: none; float: left; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 50%; } #cat51 #forums .L1 .L2 { clear: none; } #cat51 .forumbit_post .forumrow .forumlastpost { clear: both; width: 95%; } #cat51 .forumbit_post .forumlastpost .lastpostby { display: block; float: left; } #cat51 .forumbit_post .forumlastpost .lastpostdate { display: block; float: right; } #cat51 .forumbit_post .forumlastpost .lastposttitle { display: block; float: left; } #cat51 .forumbit_post .foruminfo { clear: right; float: left; min-width: 50%; width: 70%; } #cat51 .forumbit_post .forumstats, #cat51 .forumbit_post .forumstats_2 { width: 20%; } #cat51 .forumbit_post .forumlastpost .lastposttitle { display: block; float: left; } #cat51 .forumbit_post .foruminfo { clear: right; float: left; min-width: 50%; width: 70%; } #cat51 .forumbit_post .forumstats, #cat51 .forumbit_post .forumstats_2 { width: 20%; } |
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Thanks Lynne, it works!
Would you happen to know if I can remove the 'Threads / Posts Last Post' from the top bar of the category name? Also what CSS would I need to use to make that look like the main site. Thanks again |
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As for formating the blocks, you'll just have to trial and error the CSS for that. firebug is a great tool for that because you can add it right there and see if it works. |
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Thanks Lynne, how can I move the titles/subtitles to the right so the image isn't overlapping?
Also is there a way to remove the RSS little logo and the green tick? |
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Just something like:
HTML Code:
.forumbit_post .foruminfo .forumdata .datacontainer { padding-left: 140px; width: 80%; } Click on the W3Schools link in my sig for a great site for CSS help. |
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pls help x columns like this mod: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=99829
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Thanks man..Using on my forum...
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