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Forums arranged in columns on forumhome · **Released**: 07-25-2002

As requested several times, this hack allows you to arrange forums on forumhome in xx columns instead of just one per row as it now.

You have to set up a new category(s). All direct subforums to this category(s) will be arranged in columns.
It can be very usefull if you have very much Subforums, so you haven't to scroll as much as you have before

Newest Version: 1.21
Known Bugs: none

Screenshots below.

Design can be changed in templates..

croft · #82 09-11-2002, 07:15 PM

Its done... now i have to go back and read about how to set it up in the control panel =) Thanks for the help.....

Hooper · #83 09-11-2002, 07:19 PM

Your welcome. Keep on keeping on..... L8R.

Xenon · #84 09-12-2002, 09:25 AM

Sorry for the problems with 227 and my hack, but the version 227 has been released while i was in my holidays, and now back i have to do a lot of work.

i'll upgrade it for 2.2.7 asap.
but i haven't the time to take a look at the original 227 code till now...

@corbu: as i see it's another hack used combined with mine here.
it was called different on/off icons for forums or something like that

Hooper · #85 09-12-2002, 09:40 AM

Not your fault,

2.2.7 changed quite a bit.

IS there any chance you can have this do forumdisplay as well? Forumhome is alright, but how much more difficult would it be to have the hack actually show all of the forums horizontally? forumdisplay in other words at different levels?

Thanks

Xenon · #86 09-12-2002, 09:49 AM

as i remember the codes were quite similar, so i think it shouldn't be such a problem.

i'll think of an addition with the next upgrade

Hooper · #87 09-12-2002, 09:50 AM

Xenon · #88 09-12-2002, 03:19 PM

I have updated my testboard and saw my hack works without any problems at vb227.

You must have made a mistake when upgrading.
take a new file and apply the hack again, then it should work.

Hooper · #89 09-12-2002, 06:43 PM

I tried installing the hack on top of 2.2.7 more than once. No luck.
Maybe upgrading the vB after installing the hack on 2.2.6 works differently. That could be I suppose. I couldn't get it to function properly installing the code on a fresh 2.2.7 install. That's alright though.

Appreciate your hard work.
Thank you.

Xenon · #90 09-13-2002, 10:32 AM

can you please post a screenshot so i can see what looks wrong?

when i comparwe the vb226 file with the 227 file i don't see so hard differences and none of the differences should affect my hacked lines

Hooper · #91 09-13-2002, 10:45 AM

That's alright...

I deleted the test install... :lick:

chitown · #92 09-13-2002, 08:47 PM

OK, this is interferring with the collapsable fum hack?
can these 2 be done together?

index.php
find:
global $DB_site,$bbuserinfo,$iforumcache,$ipermcache,$imo dcache,$session,$accesscache,$usergroupdef,$noperm s;
global $showlocks,$hideprivateforums,$showforumdescriptio n,$forumhomedepth,$dateformat,$timeformat,$enablea ccess;
global $bbforumview;

below add:
global $colsdone,$columnparent,$forumcols,$colcounter;

this is what directlty follows $enable access

PHP Code:


			
// expand collapse hack

global $BrowserDOM, $collapsedstate;

// end expand collapse hack

 

  if ( !isset($iforumcache["$forumid"]) ) {

    return;

  }



  $forumbits = '';



  while ( list($key1,$val1)=each($iforumcache["$forumid"]) ) {

    while ( list($key2,$forum)=each($val1) ) {



      // Permissions

      if ( $enableaccess and is_array($accesscache["$forum[forumid]"]) ) {

        if ($accesscache["$forum[forumid]"]['accessmask']==1) {

          $forumperms = $usergroupdef;

        } else {

          $forumperms = $noperms;

        }

      } else if ( is_array($ipermcache["$forum[forumid]"]) ) {

        $forumperms = $ipermcache["$forum[forumid]"];

      } else {

        $forumperms = $permissions;

      }



      if (!$hideprivateforums) {

        $forumperms['canview']=1;

      }



      if (!$forumperms['canview']) {

        continue;

      } else {

        $forumshown=1;



        // do light bulb

        if ($bbuserinfo['lastvisitdate']=='Never') {

          $forum['onoff']='on';

        } else {

                    if (($fview = get_bbarraycookie('forumview', $forum['forumid'])) > $bbuserinfo['lastvisit']) {

                        $userlastvisit=$fview;

                    } else {

                        $userlastvisit=$bbuserinfo['lastvisit'];

                    }

          if ($userlastvisit<$forum['lastpost']) {

            $forum['onoff']='on';

          } else {

            $forum['onoff']='off';

          }

        }



        if ((!$forumperms['canpostnew'] and $showlocks) or $forum['allowposting']==0) {

          $forum['onoff'].='lock';

        }



        // prepare template vars

        if (!$showforumdescription) {

          $forum['description']='';

        }



        // dates

        if ($forum['lastpost']>0) {

          $forum['lastpostdate']=vbdate($dateformat,$forum['lastpost']);

          $forum['lastposttime']=vbdate($timeformat,$forum['lastpost']);

          eval("\$forum['lastpostinfo'] = \"".gettemplate('forumhome_lastpostby')."\";");

        } else {

          $forum['lastpostinfo']='Never';

        }



        $listexploded=explode(",", $forum['parentlist']);

        while ( list($mkey1,$mval1)=each($listexploded) ) {

          if ( !isset($imodcache["$mval1"]) ) {

            continue;

          }

          reset($imodcache["$mval1"]);

          while ( list($mkey2,$moderator)=each($imodcache["$mval1"]) ) {

            if ( !isset($forum['moderators']) ) {

              eval("\$forum['moderators'] = \"".gettemplate('forumhome_moderator')."\";");

            } else {

              eval("\$forum['moderators'] .= \", ".gettemplate('forumhome_moderator')."\";");

            }

          }

        }



        if ( !isset($forum['moderators']) ) {

          $forum['moderators'] = '&nbsp;';

        }



        if ($forum['cancontainthreads']==1) {

          $tempext = '_post';

        } else {

          $tempext = '_nopost';

        }

// expand collapse hack

if ($BrowserDOM==True) {

  if ((!isset($z)) or ($depth==1)) {

    $z=0;

  } else {

    $z++;

  }

  // get state of collapse

  if ($forum[parentid]==-1) {

   $collapsedstate=$forum['collapsed'];

  }

  // auto collapse forums based on forum setting

  if ($collapsedstate==1) {

   $fhomeexpandstyle="style=\"visibility:hidden; display:none;\"";

  } else {

   $fhomeexpandstyle="";

  }



  // auto collapse forums for user

  if (getViewSetting($forum['parentid'])==1) {

   $fhomeexpandstyle="style=\"visibility:hidden; display:none;\"";

  } elseif (getViewSetting($forum['parentid'])==2) {

   $fhomeexpandstyle="";

  }



  // display correct item (this can not be simplified into the block above

  // due to CSS2 defining special display values for tables, eg display:table-row;)

if ($collapsedstate==1) {

   $divexpand = "display: inline;visibility: visible;";

   $divcollapse = "display: none;visibility: hidden;";

} else {

   $divexpand = "display: none;visibility: hidden;";

   $divcollapse = "display: inline;visibility: visible;";

}



if (getViewSetting($forum['forumid'])==1) {

   $divexpand = "display: inline;visibility: visible;";

   $divcollapse = "display: none;visibility: hidden;";

  } elseif (getViewSetting($forum['forumid'])==2) {

   $divexpand = "display: none;visibility: hidden;";

   $divcollapse = "display: inline;visibility: visible;";

  }

  eval("\$expandcontract = \"".gettemplate("forumhome_expandcontract")."\";");

}

// end expand collapse hack





        if(strstr(" ".$columnparent." ", " ".$forum['parentid']." ")) {

          if($colsdone!=1) {

            $colsdone=1;

            $colcounter=1;

            eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("colforumtableheader")."\";");

          } else {

            $colcounter++;

            if($colcounter%($forumcols+1)==0) {

                $forumbits .= "</tr><tr>";

                $colcounter=1;

            }    

          }  

          $width="width=".(100/$forumcols)."%"; //take out if you want variable column widths 

          eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("colforumbit")."\";");

        } else {

          if($colsdone==1) {

            $colsdone=0;

            $colcounter=0;

            eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("colforumtablefooter")."\";");

          }

          eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_forumbit_level$depth$tempext")."\";");

        }



        if ($depth<$forumhomedepth) {

          $forumbits.=makeforumbit($forum['forumid'],$depth+1,$forumperms);

        }

      } // END if can view

    } // END while ( list($key2,$forum)=each($val1) ) {

  } // END while ( list($key1,$val1)=each($iforumcache["$forumid"]) ) {



  unset($iforumcache["$forumid"]);

  return $forumbits;

}



if (!isset($forumid) or $forumid==0 or $forumid=='') {

  $forumid=-1;

} else {

  // need to get permissions for this specific forum

  $permissions=getpermissions(intval($forumid));

}// expand collapse hack

$fviewcache=BuildViewSettingCache(); // create cache

// end expand collapse hack



$forumbits=makeforumbit(intval($forumid), 1, $permissions);



$unregwelcomemessage='';

if ($bbuserinfo['userid']==0) {

  eval("\$unregwelcomemessage = \"".gettemplate('forumhome_unregmessage')."\";");

}

// expand collapse hack

if ($BrowserDOM==True) {

  eval("\$expandcontractscript = \"".gettemplate('forumhome_expandjscript')."\";");

}

// end expand collapse hack

$shout             = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT u.username, s.userid, s.shout_text, s.timestamp FROM user u, shoutbox s WHERE u.userid = s.userid ORDER BY s.timestamp DESC LIMIT 1");

$shout[timestamp]  = vbdate('n-j-y, g:i:s a', $shout[timestamp]);

$shout[shout_text] = bbcodeparse($shout[shout_text]);



eval("\$the_shoutbox .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_shoutbox")."\";");

eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate('forumhome')."\");");



?>

Can anyone tell me where i should add

global $colsdone,$columnparent,$forumcols,$colcounter;

Thank you in advance

Hooper · #93 09-14-2002, 03:47 AM

You should be able to find the last set of global calls and simply add global $colsdone,$columnparent,$forumcols,$colcounter;
right below it. Shouldn't be an issue as far as adding a global calls.

Global $enable access;
Global $colsdone,$columnparent,$forumcols,$colcounter;
// expand collapse hack
global $BrowserDOM, $collapsedstate;
// end expand collapse hack

Xenon · #94 10-24-2002, 07:41 PM

*test*

Dean C · #95 10-24-2002, 07:47 PM

testing too...

Dean C · #96 10-24-2002, 07:49 PM

geez ive been trying to reply to this thread for weeks now!

Now ... how would i go about getting the layout for my forum columns like Lesane has at his site:

http://www.wildvibes.net/forum

I have the forum category icon installed btw so i can do the images i just can't sort the layout for some reason

If some html genius can help me out i'd be most grateful

Regards

- miSt

Dean C · #97 10-27-2002, 03:30 PM

^ to the top

- miSt

Kinox · #98 10-27-2002, 10:21 PM

how can I list all forums that are parentid -1, aka top category

without entering them to the database, would list them automatic...

if(strstr(" ".$columnparent." ", " ".$forum['parentid']." ")) {

where $columnparent is...

I'm working on the code, but im kind of lazy, hehe

Mr_P · #99 10-28-2002, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mist
geez ive been trying to reply to this thread for weeks now!

Now ... how would i go about getting the layout for my forum columns like Lesane has at his site:

http://www.wildvibes.net/forum

I have the forum category icon installed btw so i can do the images i just can't sort the layout for some reason

If some html genius can help me out i'd be most grateful

Regards

- miSt

same here mist i also would like to know how to get it looking same.Remove the top 2 bars as they aint needed in such a hack if the sections are gonna be used for pictures.

Anyone ?

Xenon · #**100** 10-28-2002, 02:26 PM

remove this part of you templates:

Code:

<tr align="center">
  <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}"><smallfont>&nbsp;</smallfont></td>
  <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" width="80%" align="left"><smallfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><b>Forum</b></smallfont></td>
  <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}"><smallfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><b>Posts</b></smallfont></td>
  <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}"><smallfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><b>Threads</b></smallfont></td>
  <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" nowrap><smallfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><b>Last Post</b></smallfont></td>
  <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" width="20%"><smallfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><b>Moderator</b></smallfont></td>
</tr>

that should work, i already posted that's not needed i just added it

@Kinox: Just Topforums in columns and subforums not?
how should that look?
i think now it looks terrible, i've tried this

, maybe in a later version, but this time i have to less time to work on my hacks

Mr_P · #**101** 10-28-2002, 05:00 PM

ok i tried that to begin with and have even removed the code yet the lines are still there looking at me.So if it aint calling it from the 3 templates created with this hack then how is it gettign though

I have attached a pic and also the 3 templates i have created.And as you can see it deffo aint calling them in.

colForum Footer

PHP Code:


			


</table>

<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="{tableinnerborderwidth}" border="0" {tableinnerextra} width="100%">

<tr align="center">

colForum Header

PHP Code:


			
</table>

</td></tr></table><br>

<table cellpadding="{tableouterborderwidth}" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="{tablebordercolor}" {tableouterextra} width="{contenttablewidth}" align="center"><tr><td>

<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="{tableinnerborderwidth}" border="0" {tableinnerextra} width="100%">

colforumbit

PHP Code:


			
<TD vAlign=top width="33.33%" bgColor=#e3e3e3>

                  <TABLE  align=center>

                    <TBODY>

                    <TR>

                      <TD vAlign=center align=middle width=60 

                      rowSpan=2>

                      <a href="forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&forumid=$forum[forumid]"> <normalfont><b>$ficonimg </b></normalfont></a></TD>

                      <TD width="675">  <FONT 

                        face="verdana, arial, helvetica" 

                        size=2></B></FONT> </A></TD>

                      <TD width="47"><img src="{imagesfolder}/$forum[onoff].gif" border="0" alt=""></TD></TR>

                    <TR>

                      <TD colspan="2" width="688">&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=verdana,arial,helvetica 

                        size=1><a href="showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&goto=lastpost&forumid=$forum[forumid]">

<b>$showlastpostingtitle</b>



<a href="showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&goto=lastpost&forumid=$forum[forumid]">$forum[lastthread]</a><br>

$forum[lastpostdate] <font color="{timecolor}">$forum[lastposttime]</font><br>

        by <a href="member.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&find=lastposter&forumid=$forum[forumid]"><b>$forum[lastposter]</b></a></smallfont></td>

        <td nowrap>&nbsp;<a href="showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&goto=lastpost&forumid=$forum[forumid]"></a>

</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD>

Xenon · #**102** 10-28-2002, 05:03 PM

ahh, you mean the one on top of all?

you have to edit the forumhome template for that....

Mr_P · #**103** 10-28-2002, 05:14 PM

I think i need to go back a hack to when i installed the icon images hack as i have just edited me templates and put in exactly what u said and the same thing still happens so its deffo calling it from elsewhere.

Mr_P · #**104** 10-28-2002, 05:22 PM

how i do that m8 without messing it up for the rest of the board ?

i was just about to unistall both hacks then and restart from beginning

Xenon · #**105** 10-28-2002, 05:51 PM

well just remove the block i poste before from forumhome that should help...

i'm not a template expert, php-codes are my world

Dean C · #**106** 10-28-2002, 05:57 PM

I still haven't managed to align this all up and get it lookin like Wildvibes.net

- miSt

Mr_P · #**107** 10-28-2002, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Xenon
well just remove the block i poste before from forumhome that should help...

i'm not a template expert, php-codes are my world

im afraid the code u posted above is not in forum home so cant remove it .I only want to remove it for that section that i apply the columns to not the whole board.

Dean C · #**108** 10-28-2002, 06:54 PM

Its in your colforumbit template i believe

- miSt

Buddha · #**109** 10-29-2002, 02:24 PM

actually, i think that a lot of these problems could be resolved if we could access the <tr> that is right under the category header. the one that contains "Forum, Posts, Threads, Last Post, Moderators". not the footer template you created with this info... that one is easy to change. if you can change it so that this <tr> can be contained within a template, then it would be easy to change to our liking. also, we need to manually alter it if we are using the collapsible forums.

attached is an image to show which table row i am referring to. if it can be set as a template, then we could change it as need be.

and by set it as a template, i don't mean for all the forums, but rather just for the column forums.

Xenon · #**110** 10-29-2002, 02:46 PM

Buddha, this should be in one of the original forumhome templates....

well i'm planning to code a new version of this hack, when i got a little more free time, i hope this would be ASAP

Buddha · #**111** 10-29-2002, 02:54 PM

thanks for the quick reply Xenon... but i didn't quite make myself clear...

is it possible for this hack of yours to be directed to a different template for the table row in question, instead of the original forumhome template?
know what i mean?

i notice that in your initial screenshots, this tablerow doesn't exist... how did you remove it? by the look of the screenshots, it looks like you removed it completely in the forumhome_level templates, but this affects the regular forums as well (which are not in columns).

Xenon · #**112** 10-29-2002, 07:32 PM

i didn't remove it, my forums which are aranged in columns aren't just at the very top of the forumhomepage

Buddha · #**113** 10-29-2002, 11:37 PM

i don't understand why it would matter where the columns are on the forumhome page, xenon. could you explain that a little more.
mine for example, are in the center. still, you can see from the screenshot i posted, what i mean by that table row, and how i'd like to get rid of it. i know others are wondering as well. it can obviously be done, as other sites have accomplished it, however no one is sharing that knowledge.

Smoothie · #**114** 10-30-2002, 01:03 AM

I tried to install this. Never could get it to look right on a more than one of my skins.

Mr_P · #**115** 10-30-2002, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Buddha
i don't understand why it would matter where the columns are on the forumhome page, xenon. could you explain that a little more.
mine for example, are in the center. still, you can see from the screenshot i posted, what i mean by that table row, and how i'd like to get rid of it. i know others are wondering as well. it can obviously be done, as other sites have accomplished it, however no one is sharing that knowledge.

I spent best half of a night trying to remove this and anything i did seemed to affect the whole board so in end i just gave up.
I now have 3 sections with GFX in them but i also have the 2 header bars which quite ruin it so a hack on how to remove this alone for this certain section that u use for columns would be excellant if anyone wants to share their knowledge.

As for me im lost on this.

Buddha · #**116** 10-30-2002, 11:31 AM

i'm not a php coder, but i think all we'd need is to have the script say (in laymen's english) "if you're not using columns for this forum, use the default templates. otherwise, use custom templates for those rows." and then get to define in those templates how you want those rows to appear.

Xenon · #**117** 10-30-2002, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Buddha
i don't understand why it would matter where the columns are on the forumhome page, xenon. could you explain that a little more.
mine for example, are in the center. still, you can see from the screenshot i posted, what i mean by that table row, and how i'd like to get rid of it. i know others are wondering as well. it can obviously be done, as other sites have accomplished it, however no one is sharing that knowledge.

it matters where the columns are, because if they are on the top of forumhome, that tablerow is created by the forumhome templates, not by any templates of my hack....

if you have it in the center than you just have to cut out

Code:

<tr align="center">
  <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}"><smallfont>&nbsp;</smallfont></td>
  <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" width="80%" align="left"><smallfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><b>Forum</b></smallfont></td>
  <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}"><smallfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><b>Posts</b></smallfont></td>
  <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}"><smallfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><b>Threads</b></smallfont></td>
  <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" nowrap><smallfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><b>Last Post</b></smallfont></td>
  <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" width="20%"><smallfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}"><b>Moderator</b></smallfont></td>
</tr>

from your colforumtablefooter template as i said already

Buddha · #**118** 10-30-2002, 12:31 PM

i've read all of the posts in this thread... you don't need to worry about that. and i know you've mentioned that you can just take those tables out, but that does not solve the problem. and it's a problem that others here are also experiencing.

i have the forum which contains the colomns in the middle of the page, and it still draws from that forumhome template and puts that tablerow in.

is it possible to code it in your php that you've posted for this script, that if the forum uses columns, then it would draw that information for that tablerow from a seperate template, instead of the default forumhome template?
that would resolve all of our issues here.

thanks for the help.

Xenon · #**119** 10-30-2002, 12:48 PM

i don't have the time to code in special wishes this time, so you can try to code it in yourself.

as soon as i've more time, i'll recode this hack with some new ideas i currently have in mind...

Mr_P · #**120** 10-30-2002, 12:49 PM

i also removed from columbit the said code but somehow the bars still appear

Buddha · #**121** 10-30-2002, 12:57 PM

i don't think it's just "special wishes" xenon. if you read through this thread you'll see that there are a lot of people who would like this hack to work and display properly.

sorry to put you out though. forget i asked.

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Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (2)bbcode_code (4)bbcode_php (4)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)modsystem_post (1)navbar (6)navbar_link (120)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (4)pagenav_pagelink (41)post_thanks_box (41)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (41)post_thanks_postbit_info (40)postbit (41)postbit_onlinestatus (41)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
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