Subforum Drop-down Menu

Description. This is a Mod to make sub-forums appear in a drop-down menu fashion.

1. +/- sign for forums with/without unread posts
2. Hierachy show for at most 2 level of sub-forums

Screenshot. Stealed image from the great Stunner-Entertainment forum, hope you don't mind!! :nervous:



Step 1. Open:
forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost
forumhome_forumbit_level1_post
forumhome_forumbit_level2_nopost
forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

Find:

<strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]

Replace with:

<!-- Subforum pull-down menu --------------------------------------->
	<form action="forumdisplay.php" method="get">
		<input name="s" value="" type="hidden">
		<input name="daysprune" value="-1" type="hidden">
		<select name="f" onchange="this.form.submit();">
<if condition="$forum[statusicon] == 'new'">
<option value="$forum[forumid]" style="font-weight:bold;">$forum[title]</option>
<else />
<option value="$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</option>
</if>
			$forum[subforums]
		</select>
                <input class="button" value="$vbphrase[go]" type="submit">
	</form>
<!-- Subforum pull-down menu --------------------------------------->

Step 2. Open:
forumhome_subforumbit_nopost
forumhome_subforumbit_post

Replace the templates with:

<!-- Subforum pull-down menu --------------------------------------->
<option value="$forum[forumid]">

<if condition="$forum[depth] == '2'">
&nbsp; &nbsp;
</if>
<if condition="$forum[depth] == '3'">
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
</if>

<if condition="$forum[statusicon] == 'new'">
+&nbsp;
<else />
-&nbsp;
</if>

$forum[title]

</option>
<!-- Subforum pull-down menu --------------------------------------->

Caution. Not every forum need this, our forum has a lot of forums, and forum names are in different languages, so we have to do this. Otherwise, showing all the forums seems to be better for user-friendliness. :devious:

[rza733]

Hello

in the (forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost) i dont have the

<strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]

this is my current code

<table style="border-collapse: collapse">
        <tr>
                <td align="left" style="padding: 0"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cat_top_l.gif" alt="" /></td>
                <td style="background-image: url($stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cat_top_bg.gif); width: 100%; padding-top: 5px" class="cat"><div style="float: right"><a href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat{$collapseimg_forumid}.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
</div><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a><if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><span class="smallfont"> - $forum[description]</span></if></td>
                <td align="right" style="padding: 0"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cat_top_r.gif" alt="" /></td>
        </tr>
</table>

<if condition="$childforumbits">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">
        <tr align="center">
          <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="thead" width="60%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
          <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
          <td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
          </if>
        </tr>
$childforumbits
</tbody>
</table>
</if>
<table style="border-collapse: collapse">
      <tr>
        <td align="left" style="padding: 0"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cat_bottom_l.gif" alt="" /></td>
        <td style="background-image: url($stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cat_bottom_bg.gif);width: 100%"></td>
        <td align="right" style="padding: 0"><img  src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/cat_bottom_r.gif" alt="" /></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
<br />

any ideas on where to apply the new code at?

thanks

[bashy]

Can some one please help

What was in these 2 templates please

forumhome_subforumbit_nopost
forumhome_subforumbit_post

I am trying to uninstall and i cant remember

[MThornback]

Revert the template

In 3.5.4 its just showing me the name (and link) of the main forum and not the subs in the drop down....good idea, but its not working for me

[ShadowOne]

beautiful hack... nicely done...

[Trana]

Doesn't work for me. I have the mouseover effects, but I removed the code as instructed. The forums still don't show up as a drop down.

[Trana]

Can someone explain how this works? I only want the drop down box to show up for forums that have subforums (not for all forums).

I can't seem to figure out how this is checking for this before displaying.

Thanks!

[ShadowOne]

hey is there anyway to change the colors of it? and anyway to change it to say instead of the main forum name like a name of our choice or just "sub forums"?

[almukmin]

Originally Posted by pirotess

Yes there is if your board only has one style like mine. Make a child style of your normal board style and make the changes listed above. Then go into the Forum Manager and edit the Style Options section on the forums you want this to be used on. Set the Custom Style dropdown to the child style you just created and have it override your users style choice.

Tried that but it doesn't work for specific forum. It only worked if I change the default style for ALL forums. Any clue?

[EnIgMa1234]

thanks, works great

[ltaylor]

Looking for a safe way to change colors of the background inside, text and go button. Any ideas?