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

[GlamRockTalk]

Well, it works on 3.7.3 right out of the box

Thanks! :up:

Also, needed the help for adding the latest thread info added and found it on post #373!

add $forum[lastpostinfo] to your forumhome_forumbit_columncel template.

Very cool hack and something that I desperately needed!

[ArnyVee]

Originally Posted by Veccy 150

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

Does this mean that I can get it to display on my forumdisplay in the same 'side by side' manner in which the forum home is displaying?

[ArnyVee]

Originally Posted by zkilzz

Does ANYONE know how to get this to work with forumdisplay and not just forumhome?

I will donate 50$ US to someone that are willing to do it and give me a bit support on it

Originally Posted by Cheertobi

That just requieres another fileedit!

In includes/functions_forumlist.php search for: (Backup before you do any edits!)

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' AND $forum['subforumcolumns'] != 1 AND ($subsonly OR $depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH))

if ((THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay') AND $forum['subforumcolumns'] != 1 AND ($subsonly OR $depth < MAXFORUMDEPTH))

Tobi

Wait....or is it this way to do it?

[katie hunter]

Hi,

Can someone help upgrade this modification to 3.7
I am not really good with editing it :'(

[diouxsie]

Does this mod runs on 3.7.4?

[ArnyVee]

Runs on 3.7.3 for me and someone I know is using it on 3.7.4

[katie hunter]

it could cause load spike since it is out dated, i don't know =/ i don't like editing the main vb php files for a modification.

[Blackheart_72]

Originally Posted by ArnyVee

Does this mean that I can get it to display on my forumdisplay in the same 'side by side' manner in which the forum home is displaying?

Click the link in my sig fella, go to the forums and choose regional groups.

That is how it displays for me after adding the above edit.

[ArnyVee]

Originally Posted by Veccy 150

Click the link in my sig fella, go to the forums and choose regional groups.

That is how it displays for me after adding the above edit.

Cool, thanks!

It's just that one step, right Veccy? Or, did you do both steps that I quoted a couple of posts up?

[GlamRockTalk]

I need some suggestions on how to make this a little more manageable for my forum home. I've got 56 subforums and now I have 19 rows of forums on my forum home.

Please take a look .... http://www.glamrocktalk.com/

First suggestion I need is how to 'separate' them with a small line or something? Right now they are all sitting in one big table. How would I do that?

Secondly, what can I do to save space and not make it that long? (Aside from deleting a bunch of subforums )

Any thoughts? Suggestions?

[Qwest]

This works fine in my 3.8 GOLD install

See it here: www.diyautoforum.com

[katie hunter]

It is nice but it doesn't look quite as nice as the attachment i posted here.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=199727

[GlamRockTalk]

katie hunter, I think someone mentioned that you have to combine the mod with the custom icons....

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=102025

....to get the look you want.

[Blackheart_72]

Originally Posted by ArnyVee

Cool, thanks!

It's just that one step, right Veccy? Or, did you do both steps that I quoted a couple of posts up?

The only step i put in was the one i posted.

Mod works great on my 3.8 install.

[GlamRockTalk]

Any idea why I can't use the "Style Options" within the "Forum Manager" to add certain icons instead of the 'site-wide' ones?

I added a new prefix as instructed within the Style Options and uploaded the images, but it won't show for the forums where I have activated this mod on. But, the Style Options worked with the 'regular' forums where this hack is not enabled.

Any idea what I can do to fix that? Is there something that needs to be renamed within the xml now with versions 3.7 versus when it was originally coded?

EDITED: This is the only line within the xml that lists "statusicon"....

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />

...does it need to be adjusted since we are now in the 3.7 or 3.8 versions?

EDITED #2: These are the statusicon references in the template edits.....

then add this new function to the file:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// ###################### Start construct_forum_columns #######################

// do light bulb
$forum['statusicon'] = fetch_forum_lightbulb($forumid, $lastpostinfo, $forum);

OR

Within the same file....

// add lock to lightbulb if necessary
if ((!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canpostnew']) OR !($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['allowposting'])) AND $vbulletin->options['showlocks'] AND !$forum['link'])
{
$forum['statusicon'] .= '_lock';

Do these need to be adjusted so that my statusicons work properly in those categories/forums in which this mod is enabled?