Move Sub-forums listing below threads...

Move Sub-forums listing below threads...

Mod Version: 1.00, by BirdOPrey5

vB Version: 3.8.x	Rating: (1 vote - 5.00 average)	Installs: 8
Released: 30 Aug 2010	Last Update: 30 Aug 2010	Downloads: 25
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By default vBulletin shows the listing of sub-forums above all threads in a forum. This is OK if you have 1 or 2 sub-forums but if you have many sub-forums they can quickly fill the screen and user's won't see any threads at all without scrolling which is very annoying.

There are two ways to do this- the easy way will put ALL sub-forums below your threads... The second way is a little harder but will let you specify in which forums you want to keep the sub-forums on top and in which to move sub-forums below threads.

Live Demo: http://www.juot.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=35 (No longer setup this way.)

Method 1 - Move sub-forums below threads for all forums.

Edit your forumdisplay template:

Find the code:

Code:

<if condition="$show['forumslist']">
<!-- sub-forum list  -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom-width:0px">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat" width="100%">$vbphrase[subforums]<span class="normal"> : $foruminfo[title]</span></td>
	<if condition="$show['forumsearch']">
	<td class="vbmenu_control" id="forumsearch.subforums" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$foruminfo[forumid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search_this_forum]</a> <if condition="$show['quicksearch']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("forumsearch.subforums"); </script></if></td>
	</if>
</tr>
</table>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
	<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
	  <if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
	  </if>
	</tr>
</thead>
$forumbits
</table>
<br />
<!-- / sub-forum list  -->
</if>

"Cut" the code so it gets deleted but copied to your "clipboard"

Now Find:

Code:

$ad_location[ad_forumdisplay_afterthreads

And above this code "paste" in the code you cut above.

Save the Template- now your sub-forums will show up below your threads in all forums that have sub-forums.

The Second Method:

If you want sub-forums to stay on top in some forums but below threads in others than do the following:

In the forumdisplay template:

Find the line:

Code:

<if condition="$show['forumslist']">

and change it to:

Code:

<if condition="$show['forumslist'] AND !in_array($GLOBALS[forumid], array(X, Y, Z))">

Where X, Y, Z are the forumid's of forums you want the sub-forums BELOW the threads. You can have as many or as few forumid's listed here as you want, just separate each with a comma.

Now copy the entire section of text:

Code:

<if condition="$show['forumslist'] AND !in_array($GLOBALS[forumid], array(X, Y, Z))">
<!-- sub-forum list  -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom-width:0px">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat" width="100%">$vbphrase[subforums]<span class="normal"> : $foruminfo[title]</span></td>
	<if condition="$show['forumsearch']">
	<td class="vbmenu_control" id="forumsearch.subforums" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$foruminfo[forumid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search_this_forum]</a> <if condition="$show['quicksearch']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("forumsearch.subforums"); </script></if></td>
	</if>
</tr>
</table>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
	<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
	  <if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
	  </if>
	</tr>
</thead>
$forumbits
</table>
<br />
<!-- / sub-forum list  -->
</if>

and paste the code above the line:

Code:

$ad_location[ad_forumdisplay_afterthreads

Now edit the line you just pasted in:

Code:

<if condition="$show['forumslist'] AND !in_array($GLOBALS[forumid], array(X, Y, Z))">

Make sure X, Y, Z are the same forumid's you specified in step 1... also remove the "!" from this line of code so you have:

Code:

<if condition="$show['forumslist'] AND in_array($GLOBALS[forumid], array(X, Y, Z))">

Save your template changes.

Now you will have some forums with sub-forums below the threads and some above the threads. If you ever edit this in the future be sure to edit the forumid's in both places.

Note also: The code I listed is for the default style, it's possible in a custom style your exact code may be a little different so please try to match it up best you can and always copy and paste the actual code from your template and not the code in this example.

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Download the .txt file for a copy of the install instructions.

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subforums_below_threads.txt (5.3 KB, 27 downloads)

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