Forum Home Enhancements - Forum Category Icons (Advanced)

This is a hack that will add icons to your forum categories on the forum home page.

History: I was the originator of this hack back in the vBulletin 1.x days and continued this in vb 3.7.x. I have had numerous requests to port this to vb 4.x.x so here you are.

Please click install if you want support for this mod and to encourage me to continue adding features!

Enjoy!

You can find nice icons here, here and here.

Thanks to LatinoCheats for this link.

Changelogs:

1.2.0:

• * Option to change icon location i.e. After Status Icon, Under Forum Title or Replace Status Icon.
  * Now contains a dropdown listing your icons in the folder so you just select and save.
  * Displays icon in forum manager when editing a forum that contains an icon.
  * Change icon width and height so you need to only upload one size icon.
  * Set icon position so you can center the icon when using smaller icons.
  * Dropdown of transparency settings for icons used to replace status icons when indicating "Old Posts".
  * Allows you to mark forum/subforum as read.
  * Now shows locked icons (lock icon added to download and this overlays the status icons when indicating a locked forum).

1.2.1:

• * Now works for Mark Forum/SubForum as read!

1.2.2:

• * Fixed: template bug.
  * Added: Now shows locked icons (lock icon added to download and this overlays the status icons when indicating a locked forum.)

1.2.3:

• * Added: Automatic Template Edits!
  * Added: Only jpg, gif and png icons allowed. (extensions checked in forum edit).
  * Fixed: Mark Forum Read for specific forum/subforum.
  * Fixed: Now shows non-transparent status icon when "Show Locks" is enabled.

1.2.4:

• * Fixed: Users Viewing. (This is working on a default vb style, others styles may have issues)
  * Fixed: Mark Read should now be fixed, working fine on my end.
  * Fixed: Icon not appearing when "Forum Description" disabled.

2.0.0

• * Icon size can be set either globally or set per forum, setting is in vb options.
  * When selecting an icon in forum manager the selected icon now shows to the right of the dropdown so you can see what you are selecting.
  * If your upgrading from 1.2.4 and had to do manual template edits then you will need to revert the templates and redo the edits.

Upgrades: For those upgrading just make sure when you import the product you select "Allow Overwrite". You will also need to revert your templates (only for users of version 1.2.2 or earlier) and then follow the instructions as outlined in the install.html file.

Note: Before you ask, yes this works with all browsers. (Tested on FF, IE8, IE7, Chrome, Safari and Opera)

IMPORTANT! If you use the "Auto Template" feature of this mod and it doesn't work then you MUST do the manual template edits outlined in the install.html. This plugin was created using a default vbulletin style.

If you like this mod than please nominate for "MOTM".

Donations are gladly accepted!

[Disco_Stu]

Originally Posted by New Joe

Thanks for the PM, I checked your site but you don't have any Sub-Forums.
Not sure you're getting what Sub Forums are DS

Yes I do. Click on the Flash forum. For some reason after the mod was installed the status icon doesn't indicate that the forum has sub forums. I'm checking that now

[New Joe]

The way you have your Categories/Forums set up half way down the site is really strange to say the least, nothing like most of us, including vBulletin.com, have ours set up.

Check you 'depths' of the Forums in the Options setting in the admin panel, this is why Sub Forum don't show, you have to get the number set right.

[Disco_Stu]

At any rate you can see that the mod does in fact work for sub forums, correct?

And like I said the site is in the process of being developed.

[New Joe]

If you go and make a Sub Forum for say your: This week's poll question
forum, then try to add an icon you will see what we're talking about.

[New Joe]

Originally Posted by Disco_Stu

At any rate you can see that the mod does in fact work for sub forums, correct?

Nope.
Check out vbulletin .com then set your SubForums the same as that, the normal way, then you will see what we all mean.

[Disco_Stu]

Yes, but if you set your parent forum up as a category by saying "no" to the "act like a forum" question then it sets the parent as a true category section and then the mod works for any forums and sub forums in that category

[Disco_Stu]

Originally Posted by New Joe

Nope.
Check out vbulletin .com then set your SubForums the same as that, the normal way, then you will see what we all mean.

normal way? If setting the forum up as a category is not normal then there wouldn't be an option to do it in the forum manager. This is not a hack , it's a basic function of vBulletin

[Disco_Stu]

The help text for "act like a forum" is as follows:

Act as Forum

If you set this to No, this forum will act as a category (that is, a non-posting forum that only exists to group other forums).

This is how you really set up a forum category

This also provides the ability to collapse a forum category and it's forums & sub forms. This allows your visitors to ignore the forums that don't interest them.

[New Joe]

The top half of your site is set up in the normal way, the other half set up in a way really wrong, or totally different than nearly every vb user.

I have been using, installing and posting with vb software for over 4 years, and I have never seen a main Forum set up the way you have yours set up DS

That is up to you, it's your Forum, I am just saying what a lot of us have been on about with the Sub Forum icons not showing is correct, not matter what it shows on the way you set yours up as.

Again, thanks for the PM and the link to your site, it was defiantly interesting to see it set up that way, although I'd not be copying that way of a set up..lol.

[Disco_Stu]

To each his own. Hey, did you try the player?