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 now.

You have to set up a new category(s). All direct subforums to this category(s) will be arranged in columns.
It can be very usefull if you have very much Subforums, so you haven't to scroll as much as you have before

Newest Version: 1.21
Known Bugs: none

Screenshots below.

Design can be changed in templates..

[Xenon]

well, then the options are there.

[J.C.]

oh yeah... I ran it again and its there...

its under Forums Home Page Options right...

thanks a lot... now how do I 'columns' it...

[J.C.]

um is it possible to make 2 categories to be columned?

[Xenon]

hmm, theoretically yes, but it's not really tested or done by myself.

the vb3 version of this hack has that feature on the other hand

[J.C.]

by the way... why is the forums descriptions disappeared? Is there anyway to keep the forums descriptions? how?

Thanks a lot for your helpful replies!

[Xenon]

it's just not in the template, but you can add it to the template if wanted

i just thought it looks better without a description

[J.C.]

Originally Posted by Xenon

it's just not in the template, but you can add it to the template if wanted

i just thought it looks better without a description

um Im not familiar with it... how to add it to the template?

[Xenon]

just look up the other forumhome forumbits templates, and you'll the the variables to use

[J.C.]

Originally Posted by Xenon

just look up the other forumhome forumbits templates, and you'll the the variables to use

Thanks a lot... it works!

[Xenon]

glad to hear

[msu]

Thanx Mr. Xenon FOR this Great Hack

i have installed it successfully ! and i have added forum home $description variable and

its working fine . but , when i tried to add some additional variables for ( number of

posts and Last Post Info ) , table of the forum home has been changed with bad width

can you expalin to us , How to install this hack by keeping the same variables in vbulletin

( # of posts and Last post info ) ??


- Sorry for bad english

- regards

[Xenon]

it is mainly a template modification.

you just have to edit the colforum tablebit and ad $forum[postcount] or $forum[threadcount] into the needed positions

[J.C.]

um... Xenon... I got a problem here... you can see it here: http://www.ffindo.com/vbb

I edited the template so that it will not include forum's title and add the descriptions variable only.

I added the description of each forums via admin panel (of course) with html to show an image...

everthing was working fine... until I added the 9th forum, which is 'Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles' on my board (ffindo.com/vB), the cell width changed, the right cell and left cell is not even. Please see it here: http://www.ffindo.com/vbb

I used this very same code to add images on description for all:

<img border="1" src="image.jpg" width="300" height="75">

I don't think the code above affect the cell/table, because it only goes 'weird' when I added the 9th forums.

Then after that what I do is deleting some of the still empty forums, and still the cell width is not even.

Then I add the forums again, still, its most likely will not go back to normal one.

Hope you can understand my explanation, can you help Xenon?

Thanks a lot.

[J.C.]

hmm weird... the address supposed to be http://www.ffindo.com/vB with two b, not one.

I attached an image of my board address to this post

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by J.C.

hmm weird... the address supposed to be http://www.ffindo.com/vB with two b, not one.

I attached an image of my board address to this post

btw its spelled vB not vBB

[Xenon]

be sure you have this:

<td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}" valign="top" $width>

in your template.

this is the most important part.

but i cannot help you more, as i don't have vb2 boards anymore, and also don't have the hacks anymore to tra things out

[J.C.]

Thank you very much Xenon... its working now

[Xenon]

glad to hear that

[UnForums2k]

how do i drop or remove one of the sql quiries i ran it to many times lol

[Xenon]

*gg*

add the line $debug = 1; into your config.php

then you can deleten single settings from within your ACP

[UnForums2k]

i dont understand were i go to do this in the CP???

[UnForums2k]

i added right before the verry end ?>

[Xenon]

it doesn't matter where you add it

when your debug mode is set, and you log into the acp the next time, there is a new option on the left, vbulletin settings (or so, i haven't used vb2 since a long time)
there you can manually delete them

[msu]

Originally Posted by Xenon

hmm, i don't know then.

that's why i haven't clicked on give support to this hack, it's quite complicated as i realized

maybe for vb3 this would be easier to do, so i'll code the hack into vb3 and look how it'll work for forumdisplay.php

thanx mr xenon

for last replay for me

but wanted to ask you if this hack included in vb3 or not yet ?

[Xenon]

well i have released a vb3 version of this hack, yes, but also just the forumhome version.

but iirc the working instructions for forumdisplay could be in the support thread.

[Battle_Ring]

Im Not 100% Sure Someone Hasent Said This, But My Index.php Doesnt Have Everything, IE....

global $DB_site,$bbuserinfo,$iforumcache,$ipermcache,$imo dcache,$session,$accesscache,$ usergroupdef,$noperms;
global $showlocks,$hideprivateforums,$showforumdescriptio n,$forumhomedepth,$dateformat, $timeformat,$enableaccess;
global $bbforumview;
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I Dont Have THat Bolded Line, I Think Its Whats Giving Me The Index Error Once I Upload, I Even Add The Line In, And It Still Doesnt WOrk....Help Me

[Xenon]

actually it's not required to have that line, as you just have to put code below, but if you don't have that line, i think you have hacked your index.php already and that another hack makes problems, so i suggest you get rid of the troublemaker first.

[from tabuk]

thnks :nervous: