Forum Home Enhancements - Forum Category Icons (Advanced)

This is a hack that will add icons to your forum categories on the forum home page.

History: I was the originator of this hack back in the vBulletin 1.x days and continued this in vb 3.7.x. I have had numerous requests to port this to vb 4.x.x so here you are.

Please click install if you want support for this mod and to encourage me to continue adding features!

Enjoy!

You can find nice icons here, here and here.

Thanks to LatinoCheats for this link.

Changelogs:

1.2.0:

• * Option to change icon location i.e. After Status Icon, Under Forum Title or Replace Status Icon.
  * Now contains a dropdown listing your icons in the folder so you just select and save.
  * Displays icon in forum manager when editing a forum that contains an icon.
  * Change icon width and height so you need to only upload one size icon.
  * Set icon position so you can center the icon when using smaller icons.
  * Dropdown of transparency settings for icons used to replace status icons when indicating "Old Posts".
  * Allows you to mark forum/subforum as read.
  * Now shows locked icons (lock icon added to download and this overlays the status icons when indicating a locked forum).

1.2.1:

• * Now works for Mark Forum/SubForum as read!

1.2.2:

• * Fixed: template bug.
  * Added: Now shows locked icons (lock icon added to download and this overlays the status icons when indicating a locked forum.)

1.2.3:

• * Added: Automatic Template Edits!
  * Added: Only jpg, gif and png icons allowed. (extensions checked in forum edit).
  * Fixed: Mark Forum Read for specific forum/subforum.
  * Fixed: Now shows non-transparent status icon when "Show Locks" is enabled.

1.2.4:

• * Fixed: Users Viewing. (This is working on a default vb style, others styles may have issues)
  * Fixed: Mark Read should now be fixed, working fine on my end.
  * Fixed: Icon not appearing when "Forum Description" disabled.

2.0.0

• * Icon size can be set either globally or set per forum, setting is in vb options.
  * When selecting an icon in forum manager the selected icon now shows to the right of the dropdown so you can see what you are selecting.
  * If your upgrading from 1.2.4 and had to do manual template edits then you will need to revert the templates and redo the edits.

Upgrades: For those upgrading just make sure when you import the product you select "Allow Overwrite". You will also need to revert your templates (only for users of version 1.2.2 or earlier) and then follow the instructions as outlined in the install.html file.

Note: Before you ask, yes this works with all browsers. (Tested on FF, IE8, IE7, Chrome, Safari and Opera)

IMPORTANT! If you use the "Auto Template" feature of this mod and it doesn't work then you MUST do the manual template edits outlined in the install.html. This plugin was created using a default vbulletin style.

If you like this mod than please nominate for "MOTM".

Donations are gladly accepted!

[Boofo]

Have you checked them in the default skin? If they are working fine there then it has to be something you have changed somewhere.

[btlewand]

OK, I've disabled another plugin called Everywhere Sidebar which appears to eliminate the positioning problem but the icon quality still looks poor in IE compared with the other browsers. How does the icon quality look for you in IE vs other browsers? Should I investigate further or acknowledge that icon quality in IE is not as good?

[Boofo]

I use PNGs instead of GIFs as I found that GIFs don't look as good in IE.

[btlewand]

I had PNGs but resaved as JPGs and now IE AND the other browsers show the icons at the same quality. Thank you Microsoft for those extra hours of unproductive time!

[Boofo]

That is strange. The PNGs show the same for me in all browsers and better than the GIFs I had before.

[Eduardo Leon]

well . dont work in vbulletin 4.0.8

>.< !

[gokhansancar]

is this working on 4.0.8?

[Mr Chris]

Will this work with Vbadvanced?

thanks!

[Swordman844555]

Originally Posted by gokhansancar

is this working on 4.0.8?

Yes!:up:

[silent angel]

Originally Posted by rammieone

goto admin cp then forum manager click on the forum you wish to add the icon too and the last option should be add iforum icon!

unable to find this option in forum manager.. ??


this is an awesome mod this will a mod of year

but i m unable to use it help me