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[high]Installation Instructions[/high]

Step 1: Upload the .xml file to the Product Manager
Step 2: Modify the [high]FORUMHOME[/high] template
Find:

<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</if>

Add below:

<!-- latest threads -->
<if condition="$show['latestthreads']">
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_latestthreads')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			$vbphrase[latest_threads]
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[latest_threads]" /></td>
		<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$threadbits</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</if>
<!-- /latest threads -->

Step 3: Click [high]INSTALL[/high]

[high]Credits[/high]
NTLDR - For allowing me to port his vB3 hack of this

[high]Updates[/high]
Version 1.1.0: Simple update to make this work with vBulletin 3.5.0 Beta 2 - If you are installing for the first time, follow the installation instructions - If you are upgrading, please delete the previous plugin, and upload the new one - This new plugin also has the uncached template fix

Version 1.1.1: Simple update to fix a permissions bug - Wasn't showing on my board because I had already fixed it and forgot about it lol - To upgrade, simply replace the plugin with the one attached

Version 1.1.2: Simple update to fix a permissions bug again - To upgrade, simply replace the plugin with the one attached

Chris

[dodjer42]

Awesome mod, and thanks Tom for the info on how to change the title length.

[MRGTB]

I've just noticed somthing regarding W3C and CCS validation. While it validates OK in W3C. It doesn't in CSS.

The problem seems to be the use of this in the latestthreadbit template.

style="vertical-align: text-middle"

It's failing the validation, anybody got any idea what to use instead that will pass CSS

[MRGTB]

Here is the fix, change this:

Change this code to in the "forumhome_latestthreadbit" template.

<img src="$vboptions[bburl]/$thread[threadiconpath]" border="0" alt="$thread[threadicontitle]" title="$thread[threadicontitle]" style="vertical-align: text-middle" />

To this:

<img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="$vboptions[bburl]/$thread[threadiconpath]" border="0" alt="$thread[threadicontitle]" title="$thread[threadicontitle]" />

It will then be both W3C and CSS valid

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You can also add this code in the same template   to create a gap between the Thread Title and the Last Post details.

Look For:

<a href="showthread.php?t=$thread[threadid]" title="$thread[preview]"><strong>$thread[title]</strong></a>

Change to this:

<a href="showthread.php?t=$thread[threadid]" title="$thread[preview]"><strong>$thread[title]</strong></a>&nbsp;

[Ninth Dimension]

Hi there, I'm looking for a hack just like this, for vB3.6.0 - but rather than have the thread appear at the bottom of the forumhome page, I'd like them listed in a coloum down the right-hand side of the page... Would this hack be easy to change for that purpose?

Thank you

[MRGTB]

Originally Posted by Ninth Dimension

Hi there, I'm looking for a hack just like this, for vB3.6.0 - but rather than have the thread appear at the bottom of the forumhome page, I'd like them listed in a coloum down the right-hand side of the page... Would this hack be easy to change for that purpose?

Thank you

This does work with vBulletin 6, I'm using it on my site. The problem with using it as a side column is the column width will not be wide enough to display all the details. So your better off sticking to a center block.

[Ninth Dimension]

Originally Posted by Gary Bolton

This does work with vBulletin 6, I'm using it on my site.

That is good to hear

The problem with using it as a side column is the column width will not be wide enough to display all the details. So your better off sticking to a center block.

But surely that's just a simple case of editing the html? Maybe start with the thread title, new line, date posted, new line, who posted, etc..

Maybe I'll have a play around with it tomorrow, see if I can get it working the way I want.

[MRGTB]

Yes, I guess you could just intruduce some <br /> into the lines.

[Ninth Dimension]

I've successfully been able to edit the templates to achieve what I want, you can see the result here: http://theice.co.uk/

[MRGTB]

I see, well done. I'm thinking you have removed some of the fields. But I'm wondering why you just didn't add some "<br />" in the right places to make the information drop below each other on its own line, so you could have kept a lot more fields displayed in the narrow column. Or did you only want displayed what you have: IE- thread title, time, name.

[Ninth Dimension]

I decided that info such as number of views and posts were not that important. What was more important were details such as the thread title, when it was last updated, and who was the last to post to it, this would allow me to list more threads in the same ammount of space. I guess I could go back and add a 'title' tag to the title of the thread showing the number of posts and views.. *goes off to do that now*