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 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..

[Xenon]

please follow the installinstructions correctly.
The ammount of } is correct in the installfile i posted

i have rechecked it and it's correct, you must have made a mistake

[jeffj]

you are right oh great vb master....

I was about about to delete the post... knee deep in modifying "colforumbit " to have it display number of Posts, Threads plus name & date of last post/poster.

- jeff

[Xenon]

ok have uploaded a new version
changes: you can now set up more than one categorie as a parent of columns

screenshot below (with extra mod-table starts...)

hope you'll like it

[Brad]

Xenon, i would like to make it so categories have a differnt level death template then normal forums, i hope you understand.

basicly i made a new template named forumhome_colbit_level1_nopost

and changed

PHP Code:

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


to

PHP Code:

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


but that set the colbit template to all forums, can you help me?

[Xenon]

yeah i see the point (i think )

change the line

PHP Code:

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


to this:

PHP Code:

if(strstr(" ".$columnparent." ", " ".$forum['forumid']." ")) {
  eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_colbit_level$depth$tempext")."\";");
} else {
  eval("\$forumbits .= \"".gettemplate("forumhome_forumbit_level$depth$tempext")."\";");
} 


hope i have understood right what you wanted to do

can you post a screenshot when it works?
i'm intrested what exactly you want to do

[Brad]

Thanks, that did it, ill post a screeny soon. but im in a rush right now so if its not up tonight expect it friday

[PiZi]

Nice idea for you, try showing users-favourite forums in columns
a user can pick until 6 favourite forums, and those will be shown coulmned.

or try thinking of showing only forums a user subscribed to

hope those are good ideas.

[CRego3D]

I was lookign for a hack like this, so I installed it, it did not do exacly what I needed so with a little hlp from Firefly and modifying the templates myself this is what I got

http://www.yaxay.com/yack/index.php

(check it out, it is worthed) .. look at the "Gallery"

It's hacked so the on/off images reflect the forum topic (when read the image shows grey)


LOVE IT

[Smoothie]

should/could those queries be run separately, or together?

[Xenon]

CRego: looks very good

Smoothie: What do you mean? There are no extra queries in my hack..

@PiZi: Would be possible, but i don't think it's a good idea, design of the board should be a tghing just for admins

the other thing would be a seperat hack, because it has nothing to do with columns in general. Showing just subscribed can be used on a normal board to