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vB Category Icons

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Updates

• None At this Moment

Future Plans
Being able to upload the icon via the admincp. (not guaranteed)



What this does
This will allow you to setup a icon to display by the title of each forum you have. The look of the icon depends on how you want to set it up in the templates. This will work for all levels of sub-forums.


To do list...

• Time to install: 5-10 minutes
• Queries to run: 1
• File Mods: 1
  • /admincp/forum.php
• Templates to edit: 0
• Templates to add: 0
• New Phrases: 1

Please read carefully and make all the necessary changes as stated. This is will work if installed properly.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BACKUP BEFORE YOU BEGIN! If you like this hack

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Help & Support
Before asking for support Please make sure you have done all necessary changes! If you still need support please post a reply here.

Please post bugs and errors here. Hope you like, feedback welcomed.

[owner]

OK just instelld this ... but i dnt know where the place the code in the template ? .... cause i did at the bottom and the img shows up way at the top ... help help

[teedizz]

can someone please give some input on my question...thx

[Logikos]

Open Template "forumhome_forumbit_level2_post" and replace it with this:

<tr align="center">
        <td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" /></td>
        <td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]">
        <table>
        <tr>
                <td width="1">$forum[forumhomeicon]</td>
                <td>
                <div>
                        <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
                        <if condition="$show['browsers']"><span class="smallfont">(<phrase 1="$forum[browsers]">$vbphrase[x_viewing]</phrase>)</span></if>
                </div>
                <if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
                <if condition="$show['forumsubscription']"><div class="smallfont"><strong><a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;f=$forum[forumid]">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_forum]</a></strong></div></if>
                <if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>
                </td>
        </tr>
        </table>
        </td>
        <td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap">$forum[lastpostinfo]</td>
        <td class="alt1">$forum[threadcount]</td>
        <td class="alt2">$forum[replycount]</td>
        <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
        <td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$forum[moderators]&nbsp;</div></td>
        </if>
</tr>
$childforumbits

Its just basic HTML.

[sensimilla]

thanks Live Wire , its a great hack and more stable than others of that kind..

[teedizz]

thx bro...worked perfect

[teedizz]

Edit: Actually I just noticed that if a catagory has a description then everything lines up perfect but for instance if it doesnt have a dscription then the sub-forums line up all crazy. I posted a example pic of one with & one without a description.....can you tell me how to line everything up even if it doesnt have a description. Thx bro


http://users.adelphia.net/~teedow23/untitled.JPG

[Logikos]

Weird, works just fine on my test forums. You do any other editing other then what i said?

[teedizz]

Nothing at all bro. I dont know how to code so I havent touched a thing. I just copied & pasted what you said that I should do in the forumhome_forumbit_level2_post.

[Logikos]

K, let me see if i can fix this. btw, while your waiting. Could you ummm, click the install button? thanks.

[vakvak]

thank