Forum Display Enhancements - Display Options Above Threads - as seen on vbulletin.org

This template mod will streamline and relocate the "Display Options" dropdown menus to the top of your threads list on forumdisplay, as seen here at vbulletn.org in the modification areas.

As part of this move, we'll also change the look of the "Active Users"/Moderators panel remaining at the bottom of the page. (Screenshots of both sections are below.)

This modification should work on vB versions 3.6.5 - 3.6.7 PL 1.

Important: There are two different versions of the instructions: one for a default setup, and one for people using the excellent Thread Prefixes mod by Mystics. Please make sure you choose the correct version for your setup!

(Of course, if you've installed or applied other mods that have altered the forumdisplay template, you may need to adjust the instructions accordingly.)

Update on May 10, 2008: I'm happy to say that the 3.7.0 version of this mod is now available! Note that there's now only one set of instructions in 3.7.0, since Mystics prefix mod no longer applies. If his mod is ever updated, however, I'll be happy to include a new batch of instructions. Especially 'cause I prefer his prefixes to vB's!

Update on July 27, 2007: New version fixes issue with AJAX inline editing thread titles. If you've already installed the older version, please use these instructions to correct the problem. Thanks to Skavenger for the heads-up.

Live Demo: Working Demo at My Site. (This will show you the Display Options section; I don't use the "Active Users" part of the mod.)

This is my first template modification release, and I hope it's helpful. Many thanks to vbulletin.org for the inspiration, not to mention years of providing an amazingly helpful community.

[stef1372]

At first, sorry for my english, i'm french...

So, i have a little problem with this great work.
Install >> Ok, very nice.

But, when i'm using it to display the slected thread, it's only given one result

You can see it in action >> click !

For example select "Urbain"
There is 11 response but only one is display...
Do i have made something bad ?

Thank's for help.

[arena]

Originally Posted by kira

Hi there! I haven't installed 3.7 yet, but I will soon, I promise. So far I don't see any reason it shouldn't, but there have been enough changes to the code that I'm sure the instructions might need some major tweaking.

Thank you for 3.7 hack but not working this template hack. Please for 3.7

[kira]

Hi all. I just wanted to update you guys and let you know that i"m working on a 3.7 version of this mod now, since I've finally installed a clean 3.7 on my test forum.

Anyway that's the status for now. I'll work on it this weekend and will hopefully have something up by Monday the 12th. Thanks very much for your patience!

[arena]

Thank you Kira

[Mike-D]

Here's the updated TMS Code for vB 3.7 regarding "displayoptions_to_top.txt". Just updated and it works now

[kira]

Thanks Mike! But I'm afraid those aren't quite correct. Couple of problems:

1. They seem to have been based on the instructions I included for people without Mystics prefix mod. But vb 3.7.0 has prefix code built in now. If you look at your examples -- and I just tested this on my test installation to verify -- the prefix dropdown is missing.

2. They break the "inline thread title editing" feature. This happened to me too, originally, but I uploaded a fix for this. The problem relates to the "announcebits" portion of the instructions and accidentally duplicating the table id "threadslist." In my fix, I first delete the ID in the table code right above announcebits.

So you might want to withdraw that file for now until that stuff is fixed. But thank you for working on this so quickly!

I'll be adding a version probably sooner than expected this weekend. I do appreciate everyone's patience so far!

[kira]

Sorry to double-post, but the new version is here! If you have 3.7.0 installed, you can now use this version of the mod to streamline your Display Options. I'll still support this version too, to the best of my abilities; heck I'm still using 3.6.7 on my own site!

Anyway thanks to all who've installed and commented. If you have any questions let me know.

[princeedward]

nice and thanks...

[Arkham]

When I went to install this, I noticed that in my templates (latest vB version) there's an additional line that's not listed in your first deletion recommendation:

<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />

So, I'm adding it where I think it belongs and giving it a shot. I'll report back.

Thx! This is exactly the mod I'm looking for.

Edit: Works fine, except for the missing Prefixes dropdown. Must troubleshoot.
Edit 2: Oh wow, another version. Guess I'll have to try that one now. Thx! Moving to next mod... (Thanks, Kira.)