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

Well that's up to Xenon if he wants to change the install file, not me.

[concepts]

i'm nowhere near a coder, but this hack is simple as h-e-double hockey sticks to install, the only thing I MAY have had a question on was the query, but I figured that out myself, (which most people need to learn how to do btw)

[Caiman]

Hey all, I got this installed easily enough (thanks Xenon!). I noticed that some people had added post info, like last response by and thread title/time date beneath each forum in the columns, any help on doing that would be nice

[Cheertobi]

Try to add the following variables in forumhome_forumbit_columncell

$forum[lastpostinfo] (Maybe you have to modify the forumhome_lastpostby template, to make it look nicer)
and
$forum[browsers]

[Xenon]

Sorry, for my long absence, but the isp of my gf didn't let me get online....
now i have missed a lot of days

as for a few comments on this thread: i'll remember them and maybe won't release any hacks next time, if i don't finish them. If someone has no experience in hacking his board, that's not my fault, beta versions are beta versions because they are in a beta stadium, and not yet finished, so to all of those who complaint: DON'T INSTALL BETA VERSIONS IF YOU CANNOT LIVE WITH A FEW PROBLEMS.

yes, me is a bit annoyed...

[Caiman]

Originally Posted by Cheertobi

Try to add the following variables in forumhome_forumbit_columncell

$forum[lastpostinfo] (Maybe you have to modify the forumhome_lastpostby template, to make it look nicer)
and
$forum[browsers]

Thanks, I wanted to show lastpostinfo a little differently in the columned forums than it is shown in those that remain normal, so I've lifted some functions from forumhome_lastpostby and chucked them in the new template and achieved what I wanted. Thanks for your help

Thanks again for the lovely hack, Xenon.

[Xenon]

I have uploaded a new version now.

The hack is no longer considered as beta, so you should all be able to use it
It's now using the vbulletin product system, to make the install much easier.

For those who have installed the Beta version, you have to manually drop the subforumcolumn field in forum table, before you can run the product xml file.

I'll send out an upgrade, once i have got positive feedback, that i didn't forgot something

[Borgs8472]

^ ^
Thanks!

/me will be upgrading asap

Updated hack installed, and is working great. Thanks again Xenon

[fridayweb]

I was trying to add in the old option from 3.0 where there was a radio select button where people could select columns or not. I did everything the same way that was described in 3.0 and it's not quite working. I was wondering if you had some updated changes that could fix that for this 3.5 hack? Thanks!