Arrange Sub-Forums in columns

There's also a vB 3.5 version here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=82845

What it does
This hack arranges sub-forums on the forum home into 2 (or more) columns, makeing large lists of sub-forums more presentable. You can see it in action on my forums here:

Demo
http://forum.lowcarber.org

Note:
1. You need to enable sub-forum display on the forum home from your vB admin panel
2. This hack is for the forum home page, not forum display.

To enable sub-forums on the forum home page
1. Go to your forum Admin panel
2. Click vBulletin Options
3. Select "Forum Listings Display Options" from the drop down list
4. In "Depth of Sub-Forums" replace 0 with 1

Installation
To install, edit the file functions_forumlist.php (in the includes directory)

1. Find

PHP Code:

      foreach($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"] AS $forumid) 


Place this code above it:

PHP Code:

$output .= "<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" ><tr valign=\"top\"> ";
      $cols = 0; 


2. Find

PHP Code:

            eval('$subforum = "' . fetch_template("forumhome_subforumbit_$canpost") . '";');
            if (!empty($output))
            {
                $subforum = $splitter["$canpost"] . $subforum;
            }
            if ($depth < $vbulletin->options['subforumdepth'])
            {
                $output .= construct_subforum_bit($forumid, $cancontainthreads, $subforum, $depthmark . '--', $depth + 1);
            }
        }
    }

    return $output;

} 


Replace with

PHP Code:

            eval('$subforum = "' . fetch_template("forumhome_subforumbit_$canpost") . '";');
                    if ($depth < $vbulletin->options['subforumdepth'])
                        {
                                $cols++;
                                if ($cols==3)
                                        {
                                        $cols = 1;
                                        $output .=  "</tr><tr>";
                                        }

                        $output .= '<td width="50%">' . construct_subforum_bit($forumid, $cancontainthreads, $subforum, $depthmark . '--', $depth + 1) . "</td>";
                        }
        }
    }

        if ($cols ==1) $output.="<td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table>";
    else $output.="</tr></table>";

        return $output;

} 


To put them in 3 columns, instead of t2, just edit this line "if ($cols==3)" to "if ($cols==4)" and change this line:

PHP Code:

                  $output .= "<td width=\"50%\">" . construct_subforum_bit($forumid, $cancontainthreads, $subforum, $depthmark . '--', $depth + 1) . ""; 


To this:

PHP Code:

                  $output .= "<td width=\"33%\">" . construct_subforum_bit($forumid, $cancontainthreads, $subforum, $depthmark . '--', $depth + 1) . ""; 


Template modification (optional)
As this hack will list the sub-forums in a table, the font used is not effected by the <div> tag for subforums, which will cause the default font to be used instead of smallfont.

To use smallfont for sub-forum names, edit the "forumhome_subforumbit_post"

Change (this is the whole template)

<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" /> <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>

To:

<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" /> <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><span class="smallfont">$forum[title]</span></a>

And for those who want to edit or remove the "Sub-forum" word, just remove (or edit, if you just want to change it) "<strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>:" from the "forumhome_forumbit_level2_post" template

Screen shots, before/after

[Fi_InCogNiTo]

I know they are 2 seperate hacks. Im asking if it will conflict with this hack because I have both installed and this is not working for me

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by Fi_InCogNiTo

Sorry, edited the post... look again =D

Here is what that hack changed.. (attached)

That might be it, I don't have those other hacks installed.

I haven't checked in details the code for the other hack, but they do seem incompatible, as one lists the forums as columns, and this one lists the sub-forums as columns. Having both working together may make it look quite confusing, as it would be hard to tell, which is a forum, and which is a sub-forum

[Fi_InCogNiTo]

OK, thanks for the reply =D

Nice hack btw

/me wishes he could install

[Buczilla]

Nice work

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by tamarian

http://forum.lowcarber.org/

ooooh good thing i saw that, i thought this was xenons hack but for forumdisplay rather than forumhome

[Itworx4me]

anyway to make this hack selectable in the forum setup? I don' t want all my sub forums showing on the forumhome. Would be nice to have a option to choose if you can select which forums this will work in.

[Red Blaze]

I honestly see no changes and I don't have that hack Fi_InCogNiTo has. Am I missing something?

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by Sonikku

I honestly see no changes and I don't have that hack Fi_InCogNiTo has. Am I missing something?

If you tried it on the forum in your profile, I think the problem is that you need to enable display of sub-forums from your admin panel

[Red Blaze]

Do you mean this only affects forum home (index page)? If that's the case then I don't really need this. lol

But a good one for those that do have subs in forum home.

[tamarian]

Originally Posted by Sonikku

Do you mean this only affects forum home (index page)? If that's the case then I don't really need this. lol

Yes