Miscellaneous Hacks - Cyb - Sub-Forum Manager

vB 3.7 VERSION HERE:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=177954

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Info:
This plugin is useful when you have big number of sub-forums. It arranges them into columns. You can easily choose number of columns (1 to 7) to arange sub-forums into. There are options to enable/disable hack, exclude forums, enlarge font for sub-forums titles, hide commas, hide "Sub-Forums" phrase, show thread/reply counts, and more...


Installation:
-Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]


Notes:
-To get this hack working you must set "Depth of Sub-Forums" to "1" in vBulletin Options > Forum Listings Display Options
-To set hack options go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Cyb - Sub-Forum Manager


Versions:
v1.0 - Apr 24. 2006.
-First release
v1.1 - Apr 24. 2006.
-Typo fixed
v1.2 - Apr 25. 2006.
-TC bug fixed
v1.3 - May 30. 2006.
-Added ability to use original font size for subforums titles (requested)
v1.4 - May 30. 2006.
-Added ability to hide commas (shown after every subforum title except the last one) - requested
v1.5 - May 30. 2006.
-Fixed little bugs (phrase, variable)
v1.6 - Aug 04. 2006.
-Release of this hack for vB v3.6
v1.7 - Aug 12. 2006.
-Added option to hide "Sub-Forums" phrase
-Added options to customize sub-forums table attributes
-Little improvements in the code
v1.8 - Sep 06. 2006.
-Added: Option to exclude forums
-Added: Options to show thread-count or reply-count or both after sub-forum title
-Hack name changed from "Cyb - Sub-Forums Arranger" to "Cyb - Forumhome Sub-Forums Manager"
-Added "Product Version Checking"
v1.9 - Sep 06. 2006.
-Fixed bug (if you choose to arrange sub-forums into two columns it arranges it into one)
-Added: When you mouseover count(s) it shows you what count(s) are for, depending on settings
v2.0 - Sep 09. 2006.
-Thread/post counts are hidden automatically if sub-forum is link or contains "child forums"
-Added option to turn on/off extra style and counts for excluded forums
v2.1 - Sep 14. 2006.
-Added: Option to change text size for thread/reply counts
-Fixed bug (unneded space before commas)
v2.2 - May 31. 2007.
-Option to hide thread/reply counts for selected sub-forums
-Counts automatically hidden for sub-forums with '0' threadcount
-Option to add blank lines after selected sub-forums
-Options to change CSS attributes for sub-forums inner table (change background color, text size,...)
-Several other improvements and general code cleanup
v2.3 - Jun 01. 2007.
-Fixed bug with some XHTML validation errors
-Fixed bug where some sub-forums are not arranged properly
v2.4 - Jun 01. 2007.
-Fixed bug where excluded forums shows "Cybernetec" between sub-forums
v2.5.1 - Jun 20. 2009.
-Minor bugs fixed (CSS, variables, phrases, product info)


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LIVE DEMO

[tobybird]

Originally Posted by Cybernetec

I'll update this hack soon anyway... please be patient.

Thank you so much for this hack! I'm looking forward to the upgrade.

I wonder... will this be addressed or do I have some thing wrong with my current setup?

I have many forums with this type of structure

Category
--Forum
----SubForum
--------Sub of Sub

The hack works beautifully for the first level subs but the second level are off. The column structure is there but they spacing is off. For example:



Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Thanks!

Oh and for reference....
Depth of Forums - Forum Home: 2
Depth of Forums - Forum Display: 1
Depth of Sub-Forums: 1

[mhackl]

This may be the same thing as the quotes below, but just in case it's not.

This is what I need:
I desperately need to make the forums appear the same in the "Category" view as they do on the Forumhome, and for sub-forums to also appear the same in the "Forum" view as they do on the Forumhome. Can this be done? This would be an immense help.

Thank you for sharing your hard work, it's greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by Derekclarke

IText removed, Changed layout.

Howeverit looks like this hack only works on the home page, any way to get it to work on other Pages?

e.g a sub forum, that has Multiple sub forums?

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

I know this says for forum home, but on forumdisplay it arranges them in subcolumns as well. However, on forumdisplay it bunches them more closely together even though there is room for the subforums to be listed more organized (like on forumhome)

How can I get the spacing on forumdisplay to be like the spacing on forumhome?

*edit*
I found out that on forumdisplay its contingent upon the length of the forum description.

Originally Posted by cobradude

cybernetec, I would be interested in this too. Thoughts?

Originally Posted by lange

Me too, I would be interested in a forumdisplay sub-forums manager.

I am willing to pay for it.

Originally Posted by cobradude

I have pm'd cybernetec several times about this but no response. I too am willing to pay.

[bashy]

Hi it says columns but it dont seem to be working as i had hoped

I wanted it like this
Colum1-----Colum2-----Colum3-----Colum4
subforum1--subforum2--subforum3--subforum4
subforum5--subforum6--subforum7--subforum8
subforum9--subforum10

But instead it just shows 1 colum no matter how many i add?

I think this is because i have a heavily modified style,
How can i sort this manually please?

[tobybird]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

I know this says for forum home, but on forumdisplay it arranges them in subcolumns as well. However, on forumdisplay it bunches them more closely together even though there is room for the subforums to be listed more organized (like on forumhome)

How can I get the spacing on forumdisplay to be like the spacing on forumhome?

*edit*
I found out that on forumdisplay its contingent upon the length of the forum description.

Ahhh I missed this. Thanks so much! That took care of my problem. :up:

[ChinniePaws]

*installs*

Thanks a bunch - I had a similar hack on my older version - Love it!!

[vgevolution]

I think I have a similar problem as some other people with a large number of sublevels. Here's my basic forum breakdown, as I'd like to set it:

Cat01
Cat01-Subcat01
Cat01-Subcat01-Forum01
Cat01-Subcat01-Forum02
Cat01-Subcat01-Forum03
Cat01-Subcat02
Cat01-Subcat02-Forum04
Cat01-Subcat02-Forum05
Cat02
Cat02-Subcat03
Cat02-Subcat03-Forum06
Cat02-Subcat03-Forum07
Cat02-Subcat03-Subsubcat01
Cat02-Subcat03-Subsubcat01-Forum08
Cat02-Subcat03-Subsubcat01-Forum09
Cat02-Subcat03-Subsubcat02
Cat02-Subcat03-Subsubcat02-Forum10
Cat02-Subcat03-Subsubcat02-Forum11
Cat03
Cat03-Subcat04
Cat03-Subcat04-Subsubcat03
Cat03-Subcat04-Subsubcat03-Subsubsubcat01
Cat03-Subcat04-Subsubcat03-Subsubsubcat01-Forum12
Cat03-Subcat04-Subsubcat03-Subsubsubcat01-Forum13
Cat03-Subcat04-Subsubcat03-Subsubsubcat01-Forum14
... and on and on.

I have over 140 forums tightly organized to keep each category index from scrolling for miles. I could shrink it back to Cat-Forum-Subforum, but the index would be ungodly long.

Subcategories currently look hideous no matter what I do. I've been forced to change some subcategory levels (alternating) into closed forums with open subforums so that at least some of the indexes look as intended. I end up with the following:

Cat01
Cat01-Forum01
Cat01-Forum01-Subforum01
Cat01-Forum01-Subforum02
Cat01-Forum01-Subforum03
Cat01-Forum02
Cat01-Forum02-Subforum04
Cat01-Forum02-Subforum05
Cat02
Cat02-Forum03
Cat02-Forum03-Subforum06
Cat02-Forum03-Subforum07
Cat02-Forum03-Subforum08
Cat02-Forum03-Subforum08-Subsubforum01
Cat02-Forum03-Subforum08-Subsubforum02
Cat02-Forum03-Subforum09
Cat02-Forum03-Subforum09-Subsubforum03
Cat02-Forum03-Subforum09-Subsubforum04
Cat03
Cat03-Forum04
Cat03-Forum04-Subforum10
Cat03-Forum04-Subforum10-Subcat01
Cat03-Forum04-Subforum10-Subcat01-Subforum11
Cat03-Forum04-Subforum10-Subcat01-Subforum12
Cat03-Forum04-Subforum10-Subcat01-Subforum13
... and on and on.

I know it looks strange, and I don't like it either, but the result is that only every other level looks messed up (the "bad" levels do not display in columns as expected). It's the best I can do to make it partially presentable. It's almost like there needs to be a way to set the display such that subcategories receive subforum style treatment when they are beneath the current view level instead of category styles, and to be able to force the beautiful column format at every level, no matter how deep.

I've tried tinkering with various combinations of the following settings:
Depth of Forums - Forum Home: 2
Depth of Forums - Forum Display: 2
Depth of Sub-Forums: 1

Anything but this breaks everything and looks even worse.

I guess my question is, has anyone else found a fix for this. I tried the hacks above, and they didn't help. The problem got worse. Will the upcoming update fix these issues? If so, please tell me it's coming soon. I'd be happy to beta test it...

Regardless, thanks for a great mod! Even in its current state, VB's waaaaaay better than without it. It should be in the source code! :up:

[maamon]

thank you

[MotMann]

Originally Posted by tobybird

The hack works beautifully for the first level subs but the second level are off. The column structure is there but they spacing is off.

Yes, i have the same Problem... any ideas to fix that?

Have a look here.

[DieselMinded]

THIS IS AWESOME I LOVE IT ! THANKS
Clicked the clicker too !!

[Ohiosweetheart]

Originally Posted by MotMann

Yes, i have the same Problem... any ideas to fix that?

Have a look here.

It looks fine to me, what's off about it?