Forum Home Enhancements - Sub-Forum Dropdown Menu

This is template mod I released for 3.6 Seeing that the original vB code remained the same the template edits should still work in 3.7.x.

Description. This is a Mod to make sub-forums appear in a drop-down menu fashion.

1. +/- sign for forums with/without unread posts

Step 1. Open:
forumhome_forumbit_level2_nopost
forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

Find:
Code:

<strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]

Replace with:
Code:

<!-- Subforum pull-down menu --------------------------------------->
	<form action="forumdisplay.php" method="get">
		<input name="s" value="" type="hidden">
		<input name="daysprune" value="-1" type="hidden">
		<select name="f" onchange="this.form.submit();">
                 <option value="$forum[forumid]" selected><strong>Sub Forums</strong></option>
			$forum[subforums]
		</select>
                
	</form>
<!-- Subforum pull-down menu --------------------------------------->

Step 2. Open:
forumhome_subforumbit_nopost
forumhome_subforumbit_post

Replace the templates with:
Code:

<!-- Subforum pull-down menu --------------------------------------->
<option value="$forum[forumid]">

<if condition="$forum[statusicon] == 'new'">
+&nbsp;
<else />
-&nbsp;
</if>

$forum[title]

</option>
<!-- Subforum pull-down menu --------------------------------------->

Screen Shots Are Located Here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=155012

[choccyclaire]

Love it thanks.

Does anyone know how to change the background colour just depends on if there is a new post in that sub forum or not? Like you have the + and - to determine this.

[Brandon Sheley]

well I tried it and it totally trashed my forum

thanks anyways, now off to fix it

[Preech]

Is it possible, that we can make the drop-down resemble those drop downs from the navbar. Where if they click on the Sub-Forum word it will show the forums to be seen.

[indie2industry]

hmmm, it didn't effect my forum whatsoever. Well, maybe it's because I have tabs

[ellyssian]

well guys i used to have these mod in 3.6 and i loved it..... but now in 3.7 not working for me ... and i don't know what to do ...... i'm desperate..... please help

[iettafune]

this is my forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

<tr align="center">
	<td class="alt2"><img src="<if condition="$show['customstatusicon']">$forum[customicon]<else />$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif</if>" alt="" border="0" /></td>
	<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]" style="cursor:hand;" onmouseover="this.className='alt2Active';" onmouseout="this.className='alt1Active';" onclick="window.location.href='forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]';">
		<div>
	<a href="external.php?type=rss2&forumids=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/styles/orangeblue/misc/rss.gif" border="0" nosave align="right" alt="RSS feed for this forum" /></a>
	<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
			<if condition="$show['browsers']"><span class="smallfont">(<phrase 1="$forum[browsers]">$vbphrase[x_viewing]</phrase>)</span></if>
		</div>
		<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
		<if condition="$show['forumsubscription']"><div class="smallfont"><strong><a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;f=$forum[forumid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_forum]</a></strong></div></if>
		<if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">$forum[subforums]</div></if>
	</td>
	<td class="alt2">$forum[threadcount]</td>
	<td class="alt1">$forum[replycount]</td>
	<td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap">$forum[lastpostinfo]</td>
        <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
	<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$forum[moderators]&nbsp;</div></td>
	</if>
</tr>
$childforumbits

i not found <strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]

thanks

[ellyssian]

still doesn't work on 3.7.1...if someone...could help...?

[digicom]

installed this and it messed up the forum big time

[snowlion]

work fine on 3.7.1

[AzzX]

Originally Posted by Pirat3

Ah figured it out, if it does not work for you, enable forum depth::


Increase the subforum depth:

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Forum Listings Display Options -> Depth of Sub-Forums

That worked for me (from the 3.6 thread.)

Thanks JAuthement.