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. It is a plain port of my 3.0 version you can find here.

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

Right now, it's just working on forumhome.
I'll add changes for forumdisplay later

[Blackheart_72]

Originally Posted by Reece^B

Veccy what are you using in your columncell template?
It's very neat and what not. Mind sharing lol?

Here you go fella.

columncell template ( using standard vb style):

<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]" width="$column_width">
	<div>
<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="5">
<tr>
<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" class="ForumImages" /></td>
<td>
		<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
	</div>
<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if><br />
<if condition="$show['lastpostinfo']">
<div class="smallfont" align="$stylevar[left]">
<div style="clear:both">
Last Post: <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]goto=newpost&amp;t=$lastpostinfo[lastthreadid]" title="<phrase 1="$lastpostinfo[lastthread]">$vbphrase[go_first_unread_in_thread_x]</phrase>"><strong>$lastpostinfo[trimthread]</strong></a>
</div>
<div<if condition="is_browser('ie', 6)"> style="float:$stylevar[left]"</if>>
Posted By <b><phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]find=lastposter&amp;f=$lastpostinfo[forumid]" 2="$lastpostinfo[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase></b>

-$lastpostinfo[lastpostdate] <if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">-<span class="time">$lastpostinfo[lastposttime]</span></if></div><br />
<b>Forum Info:</b> Threads: $forum[threadcount]
Posts: $forum[replycount]
</if>
</td>
</table>
</td>

[Blackheart_72]

Originally Posted by Reece^B

On another note, when you have the columnised forums how did you remove the last post, threads, posts bit @ the top?

Could people share their template? I've spent got knows how long trying to make this look good, but it's not happening lol.

Also, anyone got that image prefix in the forum manager to work?

I have removed it from the columns but kept it in the normal forums, this is what i have where the code from the hack goes in level one no post:

<if condition="$childforumbits">
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">
<if condition="$forum['subforumcolumns'] > 1">
	<tr>
	
<style="border: none; width: 100%;">
			$childforumbits

		</td>
	</tr>
<else />
<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead" width="30">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="125">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="55">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="55">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
	  <if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">
	  <td class="thead" width="100">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
	  </if>
	</tr>
	$childforumbits
</if>
</tbody>
</if>

I am going to look at the prefixes asap for glamrock and will post in here if i get it sorted.

[GlamRockTalk]

Veccy, thank you so much! I'd love to be able to use the normal prefix option within the forum manager for the custom icons!

[Reece^B]

Ledge you ledge, yeah same as above.

[ArnyVee]

Veccy, hopefully you can get it working for the normal prefix option. I'd rather do the "normal" way rather than the 'template way'

[Reece^B]

Yup, does it work in IE properly?

Because I get this in IE:

As you can see all the tables are spaced, not how they're supposed to be!

[Blackheart_72]

I will take a look later today, mine looks fine in IE with the default template.

Have had no luck with the prefixes yet though.

[carubmun]

Veccy, you have been helping people a great deal with this plugin it seems. Great thanks for that.
Im one of the many hapless folks who just cant make it work, at least not the way its supposed to work (in my head at least).
Ive been trying for a year now to get this to work... and no dice.
I like how you have it in your forum... very much like what i want to do.

1. Three Columns
2. The "last post" info visible.
3. And the Status Icon "old/new/locked,etc..." working correctly.

Would it be possible for you to put what you have done here as one step by step guide for those of us still having trouble?

[GlamRockTalk]

carubmun, you might want to look through some of the past posts. Veccy has detailed and even pasted the same codes he uses within the last few pages of this mod. Check 'em out, they may already help you with what you're looking for.

[Blackheart_72]

How to use image prefixes:

open the forumhome_forumbit_columncell template and find:

<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" class="ForumImages" /></td>

change to:

<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/$forum[imageprefix]forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" class="ForumImages" /></td>

create 5 images and give them a prefix (i used 17_ for the example):

17_forum_link.gif
17_forum_new.gif
17_forum_new_lock.gif
17_forum_old.gif
17_forum_old_lock.gif

and upload them to your style statusicon folder, then i added 17_ in the prefix field.