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.

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

You can apply the changes to forumdisplay as well if wanted

[Xenon]

well, the query it does isn't harmful, so you can just leave your db structure and just redo the file changes, but to remove a added field i suggest using phpmyadmin for it or this query:

[sql]ALTER TABLE forum DROP subforumcolumns[/sql]

[hockyfan]

Great, just trying something new, so I wanted to cover all my bases; thanks xenon.


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[Xenon]

you're welcome

[elastomaniac]

This only appears to work with the default skin. I purchased a skin called Satellite for my vb3 install, so when your instruction file says:

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  edit template forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost +++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

if your columnized forums should be below open for post categories, you also have to change level1_post that way..
find:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<if condition="$childforumbits">
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">
$childforumbits
</tbody>
</if>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


replace with:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<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>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I dont have that code. I only have this:

<if condition="$childforumbits">
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">
	<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
	  <td class="thead" align=
center">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
	  <td width="45" class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
	  <td width="45" class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
	  <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
	  </if>
	</tr>
$childforumbits
<tr><td class="tfoot" style="line-height: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0;" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>"><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" alt="" width="1" height="8" /></td></tr>
</tbody>

So, what would I need to modify to make this work?

[Lord Brar]

*Installed!!!

[Lord Brar]

There seem to be some Porblem with How i did it ..... The template gets screwed up for Top Level Forum and it does not work in secong level forum [in a category]

See the screenshots............

Any idea where I am at fault?

[Xenon]

well, the subforum list is a different hack.

the second problem is because you allow posting in your category, therefor you have to apply the changes from level1_nopost to level1_post as well.

[Lord Brar]

Originally Posted by Xenon

well, the subforum list is a different hack.

the second problem is because you allow posting in your category, therefor you have to apply the changes from level1_nopost to level1_post as well.

Thanks!!!

[Xenon]

np

you're welcome

[PennylessZ28]

My "forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost" was already pretty heavily modified that I could not figure out how to fit your hack into it.

My colums show up on http://www.hr3rdgen.org/forum.php?

But the Last Post colum also shows up.

Here is a copy of my "forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost"

PHP Code:

</table><div style="padding:5px 0px 5px 0px;"></div><table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

<tbody>
    <tr>
        <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
            <a style="float:$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>
            <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}">
    <tr align="center">
      <td class="thead" width="30">&nbsp;</td>
      <td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]"><if condition="$forum[forumid] == '35'">Link<else />$vbphrase[forum]</if></td>
      <td class="thead" width="240"><if condition="$forum[forumid] == '35'">Banner<else />$vbphrase[last_post]</if></td>
      <if condition="$forum[forumid] == '35'"><else />
       </if>
    </tr>
$childforumbits
<tr><td class="thead" style="line-height: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0;" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>"><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" alt="" width="1" height="12" /></td></tr>
</tbody>
</if>