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. It is a plain port of my 3.0 version you can find here.

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

Right now, it's just working on forumhome.
I'll add changes for forumdisplay later

[AWS]

Originally Posted by datruth55

Is there a way to show columns in the forumdisplay view? In other words, if I click on a catagory it will take me to a sub-forum view with all the sub-forums listed underneath. Can I change that view to a column view like this hack does on the Index page?

The instructions to make it work on forumdisplay are in the zip.

[taydu]

please help i tried to uninstall the product but i get this error

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE forum DROP subforumcolumns;

MySQL Error : Can't DROP 'subforumcolumns'; check that column/key exists
Error Number : 1091

i check the database, and it doesn't have table "subforumcolumns"

what can i do to uninstall this product ?

[Blackheart_72]

Thanks, works fine on 3.7.

I did all the edits but could only get it to display on forumdisplay when i added this to forumdisplay.php

if ($foruminfo['subforumcolumns'] > 1)
{
	$forumbits = construct_forum_columns($foruminfo['forumid'], $foruminfo['subforumcolumns']);
}
else
{
$forumbits = construct_forum_bit($foruminfo['forumid']);
}

in place of

$forumbits = construct_forum_bit($foruminfo['forumid']

On line 425

[Jeffler]

Got this to work, but it won't stretch 100%...it stops at the threads and replies count. On 3.7.1. Help?

[AWS]

Remove the thread and reply column.

[Jeffler]

I figured it out now...but new question. I can't get the "catagory icons" mod in forums that have this on. How would I get about doing that? It works on normal forums but not the ones in columns.

[sparklywater]

I'm confused, what do I need to do with the file 'product-xenon_forumcols' that comes in the zipped folder? I didn't see anything in the instructions about this?

[Blackheart_72]

Originally Posted by sparklywater

I'm confused, what do I need to do with the file 'product-xenon_forumcols' that comes in the zipped folder? I didn't see anything in the instructions about this?

Import it through the product manager.

[Brother Malachi]

How would I go about combining this with the [AJAX] tabbed forums mod.

Thanks for any help.

[sparklywater]

Originally Posted by Veccy 150

Import it through the product manager.

Thanks, I guess that was supposed to be obvious but I think it should be mentioned somewhere in the instructions to avoid confusion!

[sparklywater]

I don't understand this sentence in the instructions, can someone please explain? :

if your columnized forums should be below open for post categories, you also have to change level1_post that way..

What does it mean by '...should be below open for post categories...' ?

[argofans]

K got this all working but one problem.
http://www.zambonitime.com
how do i get the latest thread or topic to show up in the boxes?

[sparklywater]

Originally Posted by argofans

K got this all working but one problem.
http://www.zambonitime.com
how do i get the latest thread or topic to show up in the boxes?

add $forum[lastpostinfo] to your forumhome_forumbit_columncel template.

[bobster65]

Originally Posted by hammerhead24

How would I go about combining this with the [AJAX] tabbed forums mod.

Thanks for any help.

Pretty easy actually ..

I am going to assume you already installed this and am only going to give you the changes you need to make for this to work with TFH ..

FIND THIS in (includes/functions_forumlist.php ) File

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' AND $forum['subforumcolumns'] != 1 AND ($subsonly OR $depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH))
		{
			$childforumbits = construct_forum_columns($forum['forumid'], $forum['subforumcolumns']);
		}
		else if ($subsonly)
		{
			$childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], 1, $subsonly);
		}
		else if ($depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH)
		{
			$childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], $depth, $subsonly);
		}
		else
		{
			$childforumbits = '';
		}

REPLACE with THIS (NOTE: New Code is highlighted in red ... )

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' AND $forum['subforumcolumns'] != 1 AND ($subsonly OR $depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH))
		{
			$childforumbits = construct_forum_columns($forum['forumid'], $forum['subforumcolumns']);
		}
		else if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'tabforumhome' or 'index' AND $forum['subforumcolumns'] != 1 AND ($subsonly OR $depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH))
		{
			$childforumbits = construct_forum_columns($forum['forumid'], $forum['subforumcolumns']);
		}
		else if ($subsonly)
		{
			$childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], 1, $subsonly);
		}
		else if ($depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH)
		{
			$childforumbits = construct_forum_bit($forum['forumid'], $depth, $subsonly);
		}
		else
		{
			$childforumbits = '';
		}

THEN CHECK/EDIT your forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost Template

NOTE: You should have this step already done if you installed both properly..

NOTE: Red Highlite = TFH Code Green Highlite= Forums arranged in columns on forumhome Code Black Code = Default vB (yours might be slightly different if you have a custom style, however, the colored stuff HAS to be exact) ..

<if condition="(THIS_SCRIPT == 'tabforumhome' AND in_array($forum['forumid'], $GLOBALS[tabcats])) OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay'">
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
			<if condition="$childforumbits">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat{$collapseimg_forumid}.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			</if>
			<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>
			<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
			<if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>

<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>
</if>

This works fine on both default vB and with Custom styles (I tested both this AM)

[argofans]

Originally Posted by sparklywater

add $forum[lastpostinfo] to your forumhome_forumbit_columncel template.

Thanks so much worked like a charm.
Also thanks for this great mod.