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

[Alien]

BEST. REPLY. EVER.

Thanks Xenon! We can't wait!

[thenetbox]

thank you

[Nutz]

Can't wait

Thanks,
Mat

[midnightz]

Thank you as well

[Cheertobi]

Hi,

yap, thanks as well my users love you for that hack!

Before this becomes a thank you thread, is there a date we can dealing with Xenon?!

Regards,

Tobi

[Xenon]

i think about a beta version next weekend, but can't promise anything

[Evil X]

please update to 3.5

[Nutz]

Does any one know if this works on 3.5 as it is? I mean this not the up and coming 3.5 version.

Thanks,
Mat

[Xenon]

from what i saw right now, not that much code did change, so you can try it out.

it may work, with a very little tweak, but cannot promise of course

[Nutz]

I've had no luck

Thanks,
Mat

[99SIVTEC]

I tried it a couple weeks ago and it didn't work. The first few file edits look to be about the same, but it wasn't working on my test site.

[Xenon]

well, seems like i have to work on it then

[Nutz]

I had a go at this and your nice SQL syntax highlighting and failed at both.

I tried to use the new function construct_forum_bit and change it to suite with no luck:

PHP Code:


// ###################### Start construct_forum_columns #######################
function construct_forum_columns($parentid, $columncount)
{
    global $vbulletin, $stylevar, $vbphrase, $show;
    global $imodcache, $lastpostarray, $counters, $inforum;

    if ($columncount == 0)
    {
        // 0 Columns means don't show subforums at all
        return '';
    }


    // this function takes the constant MAXFORUMDEPTH as its guide for how
    // deep to recurse down forum lists. if MAXFORUMDEPTH is not defined,
    // it will assume a depth of 2.

    // call fetch_last_post_array() first to get last post info for forums
    if (!is_array($lastpostarray))
    {
        fetch_last_post_array();
    }

    if (empty($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"]))
    {
        return;
    }

    if (!defined(MAXFORUMDEPTH))
    {
        define('MAXFORUMDEPTH', 1);
    }

    $forumbits = '';
    $depth++;

    foreach ($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"] AS $forumid)
    {
        // grab the appropriate forum from the $vbulletin->forumcache
        $forum = $vbulletin->forumcache["$forumid"];
        $lastpostforum = $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"];
        if (!$forum['displayorder'] OR !($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['active']))
        {
            continue;
        }

        $forumperms = $vbulletin->userinfo['forumpermissions']["$forumid"];
        $lastpostforumperms = $vbulletin->userinfo['forumpermissions']["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"];
        if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) AND !$vbulletin->options['showprivateforums'])
        { // no permission to view current forum
            continue;
        }

            $GLOBALS['forumshown'] = true; // say that we have shown at least one forum

            if (($forum['options'] & $vbulletin->bf_misc_forumoptions['cancontainthreads']))
            { // get appropriate suffix for template name
                $tempext = '_post';
            }
            else

            {
                $tempext = '_nopost';
            }

            if (!$vbulletin->options['showforumdescription'])
            { // blank forum description if set to not show
                $forum['description'] = '';
            }

            // dates & thread title
            $lastpostinfo = $vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"];

            // compare last post time for this forum with the last post time specified by
            // the $lastpostarray, and if it's less, use the last post info from the forum
            // specified by $lastpostarray
            if ($vbulletin->forumcache["$lastpostarray[$forumid]"]['lastpost'] > 0)
            {
                if (!($lastpostforumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) OR (!($lastpostforumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canviewothers']) AND $lastpostinfo['lastposter'] != $vbulletin->userinfo['username']))
                {
                    $forum['lastpostinfo'] = $vbphrase['private'];
                }
                else
                {
                    $lastpostinfo['lastpostdate'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'], $lastpostinfo['lastpost'], 1);
                    $lastpostinfo['lastposttime'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['timeformat'], $lastpostinfo['lastpost']);
                    $lastpostinfo['trimthread'] = fetch_trimmed_title($lastpostinfo['lastthread']);

                    if ($icon = fetch_iconinfo($lastpostinfo['lasticonid']))
                    {
                        $show['icon'] = true;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        $show['icon'] = false;
                    }

                    $show['lastpostinfo'] = (!$lastpostforum['password'] OR verify_forum_password($lastpostforum['forumid'], $lastpostforum['password'], false));

                    eval('$forum[\'lastpostinfo\'] = "' . fetch_template('forumhome_lastpostby') . '";');
                }
            }
            else if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']))
            {
                $forum['lastpostinfo'] = $vbphrase['private'];
            }
            else
            {
                $forum['lastpostinfo'] = $vbphrase['never'];
            }

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

            // 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';
            }

            // get counters from the counters cache ( prepared by fetch_last_post_array() )
            $forum['threadcount'] = $counters["$forum[forumid]"]['threadcount'];
            $forum['replycount'] = $counters["$forum[forumid]"]['replycount'];

            // get moderators ( this is why we needed cache_moderators() )
            if ($vbulletin->options['showmoderatorcolumn'])
            {
                $showmods = array();
                $listexploded = explode(',', $forum['parentlist']);
                foreach ($listexploded AS $parentforumid)
                {
                    if (!isset($imodcache["$parentforumid"]))
                    {
                        continue;
                    }
                    foreach($imodcache["$parentforumid"] AS $moderator)
                    {
                        if (isset($showmods["$moderator[userid]"]))
                        {
                            continue;
                        }

                        $showmods["$moderator[userid]"] = true;
                        if (!isset($forum['moderators']))
                        {
                            eval('$forum[\'moderators\'] = "' . fetch_template('forumhome_moderator') . '";');
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            eval('$forum[\'moderators\'] .= ", ' . fetch_template('forumhome_moderator') . '";');
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (!isset($forum['moderators']))
                {
                    $forum['moderators'] = '';
                }
            }

            if ($forum['link'])
            {
                $forum['replycount'] = '-';
                $forum['threadcount'] = '-';
                $forum['lastpostinfo'] = '-';
            }
            else
            {
                $forum['replycount'] = vb_number_format($forum['replycount']);
                $forum['threadcount'] = vb_number_format($forum['threadcount']);
            }

            $show['forumdescription'] = iif ($forum['description'] != '', true, false);

            // build the template for the current forum
            $column_width = intval(100 / $columncount) . '%';
            eval('$column = "' . fetch_template("forumhome_forumbit_columncell") . '";');
            
            // do the columnstuff
            if ($counter % $columncount == 0)
            {
                // Begin a new row
                $forumbits .= "\t<tr>\n";
            }
            $forumbits .= $column;
            if ($counter % $columncount == $columncount - 1)
            {
                // End row
                $forumbits .= "\t</tr>\n";
            }

            $counter++;
    }

    // prevent unclosed <tr> tags
    if ($counter % $columncount != 0)
    {
        $forumbits .= "\t</tr>\n";
    }
    return $forumbits;
} 


Maybe you can use this in some way, I understand you?re busy

Thanks,
Mat

[Xenon]

don't break your head with the SQL sysntax, i have already ported it, just not yet released

[99SIVTEC]

you should release it, even if it is only in beta format. I have a couple test sites I could check it out on.