Changing index.php for custom category list?

I share my forums with some other motorsport sites including some rally sites. What I would like to do for them is allow them to link to my front page but only see the rallying and one other category i.e. I have the categories[*]General[*]Racing[*]Rallying[*]Computers[*]Private Messaging

Want I want to do is create a new index.php say rallyindex.php which will only display[*]General[*]Rallying[*]Private Messaging

I've had a look around index.php but can't make head nor tail of it. Anyone be kind enough to help?

thanks that worked wonderfully in dividing my forum into 2

1. anime http://animeboards.net/forums/anime.shtml

2. non-anme
http://animeboards.net/forums/noanime.shtml

just made 2 copies of the custom index.php file

anime.php?go=1 defined all anime categories then i used anime.shtml to SSI anime.php?go=1

noanime.php?go=1 defined all non-anime categories then used noanime.shtml to SSI noanime.php?go=1

in anime.php and noanime.php i redefined the forumhome template for a custome one for each of the 2 copes so they can have a custom home link back to anime.shtml and noanime.shtml

eval("echo dovars(\"".gettemplate("forumhome")."\");");

forumhome-anime template
forumhome-noanime template

JonnyQuest, another little question

is it possible to set a categoryA not to display on the real index.php page (display order=0 in the control panel) but to have the categoryA show itself on a custom category page i.e. categoryA.php (a copy of index.php) ?

cause right now i tried hiddening a category on index.php called test but in the custom category at http://animeboards.net/forums/noanime.php?go=1, category test shows up at the very top in '0' position ...

[Edited by eva2000 on 09-01-2000 at 08:46 PM]

eva,
I'm a bit confused by your question. I looked at that URL and didn't see the hidden category you are talking about.
The custom category hack I wrote will display hidden forums if you set them to appear in the category list. If you don't want them to appear, add the

displayorder<>

into the select statement, or even easier, don't put them into the category list.
I hope this makes sense.

what i was trying to ask is, i want to hide a category CategoryAfrom the normal index.php file (i.e. set display=0 in the control panel) but in the custom file noanime.php i want to show the category, CategoryA in a particular order not necessary at 0 (top position)

noanime.php i want would list would be like

CategoryB (display=1)
ForumB1
ForumB2

CategoryA (display=2) and not at display=0
ForumA1
ForumA2

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the problem is to hide CategoryA in index.php you set it to display=0 so it moves the category to the very top of the page although hidden.

Goldenboy,

I have been out of town for a week due to personal matters. JonnyQuest posted the hack in my stead.

Originally posted by Goldenboy
Huss, why do you even post if you're not going to offer any help at all? I've seen a bunch of threads where you tease people with hacks and then never post about it again.

Its really annoying.

Goldenboy

eva,
I believe what you're saying is that you want to be able to control the order of categories which are hidden (display=0). This one is a bit tougher. You can set the displayorder to look at a different field in the select statement, or to list them alphabetically. You may try setting the display to a negative number, allowing you to control what order the hidden forums appear in(?). However, I believe that the hidden forums will always appear before the non-hidden forums.
This will require a totally different hack to pull off.

thanks was worth a shot ... can negative display orders work... i'll give it try first... for now i just created in advance 6 categories test1 through to test6 and set them all to display=0 and that work on that order...

nevertheless this is a great hack and thanks... it has allowed me to further expand my forums

One main thing.

Say that i don't want index.php to display all the categories ever and thus the user must come in with ?go=x how could i make it in the elseif statement to say take the person to a different page where they are given an option of the various go=? that they can then enter in.

Does that make sense? My forum has quite a few distinct major categories and i only want visitors to be able to be in 1 of these at once.

Thanks for any help on this, the mod is a lifesend.

One more little thing on this subject on the thread display i have got:

ASciFi.com > General Discussion

Ok, what i want to do is have

AsciFi.com> $catname(with a link like index.php?go=3) > General Discussion.

What templates will i need to edit? I assume i will need a template for each ?go=x but which template do i need to edit in.

Thanks again.

eva2000,

i think there is another way of doing what you want. How about only having 1 index file, indexcustom.php but call it index.php. Those categories that you want hidden in the normal index.php just don't include in the

} else {
$catname="";
$yourcat="1_2_3_4";
}
} else {
$catname="";
$yourcat="1_2_3_4";

bit and then they won't show up. You can still set their order normall then.

See what i mean?