Arrange Sub-Forums in columns
Mod Version: 1.00, by tamarian
This modification is in the archives.
| vB Version: 3.0.7 | Rating:  (2 votes - 5.00 average) |
Installs: 138 |
| Released: 06 Apr 2004 | Last Update: Never | Downloads: 11 |
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There's also a vB 3.5 version here: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82845
What it does
This hack arranges sub-forums on the forum home into 2 (or more) columns, makeing large lists of sub-forums more presentable. You can see it in action on my forums here:
Demo
http://forum.lowcarber.org
Note:
1. You need to enable sub-forum display on the forum home from your vB admin panel
2. This hack is for the forum home page, not forum display.
To enable sub-forums on the forum home page
1. Go to your forum Admin panel
2. Click vBulletin Options
3. Select "Forum Listings Display Options" from the drop down list
4. In "Depth of Sub-Forums" replace 0 with 1
Installation
To install, edit the file functions_forumlist.php (in the includes directory)
1. Find
Place this code above it:
2. Find
Replace with
To put them in 3 columns, instead of t2, just edit this line "if ($cols==3)" to "if ($cols==4)" and change this line:
To this:
Template modification (optional)
As this hack will list the sub-forums in a table, the font used is not effected by the <div> tag for subforums, which will cause the default font to be used instead of smallfont.
To use smallfont for sub-forum names, edit the "forumhome_subforumbit_post"
Change (this is the whole template)
To:
And for those who want to edit or remove the "Sub-forum" word, just remove (or edit, if you just want to change it) "<strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>:" from the "forumhome_forumbit_level2_post" template
Screen shots, before/after
What it does
This hack arranges sub-forums on the forum home into 2 (or more) columns, makeing large lists of sub-forums more presentable. You can see it in action on my forums here:
Demo
http://forum.lowcarber.org
Note:
1. You need to enable sub-forum display on the forum home from your vB admin panel
2. This hack is for the forum home page, not forum display.
To enable sub-forums on the forum home page
1. Go to your forum Admin panel
2. Click vBulletin Options
3. Select "Forum Listings Display Options" from the drop down list
4. In "Depth of Sub-Forums" replace 0 with 1
Installation
To install, edit the file functions_forumlist.php (in the includes directory)
1. Find
PHP Code:
foreach($vbulletin->iforumcache["$parentid"] AS $forumid)
PHP Code:
$output .= "<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" ><tr valign=\"top\"> ";
$cols = 0;
PHP Code:
eval('$subforum = "' . fetch_template("forumhome_subforumbit_$canpost") . '";');
if (!empty($output))
{
$subforum = $splitter["$canpost"] . $subforum;
}
if ($depth < $vbulletin->options['subforumdepth'])
{
$output .= construct_subforum_bit($forumid, $cancontainthreads, $subforum, $depthmark . '--', $depth + 1);
}
}
}
return $output;
}
PHP Code:
eval('$subforum = "' . fetch_template("forumhome_subforumbit_$canpost") . '";');
if ($depth < $vbulletin->options['subforumdepth'])
{
$cols++;
if ($cols==3)
{
$cols = 1;
$output .= "</tr><tr>";
}
$output .= '<td width="50%">' . construct_subforum_bit($forumid, $cancontainthreads, $subforum, $depthmark . '--', $depth + 1) . "</td>";
}
}
}
if ($cols ==1) $output.="<td> </td></tr></table>";
else $output.="</tr></table>";
return $output;
}
PHP Code:
$output .= "<td width=\"50%\">" . construct_subforum_bit($forumid, $cancontainthreads, $subforum, $depthmark . '--', $depth + 1) . "";
PHP Code:
$output .= "<td width=\"33%\">" . construct_subforum_bit($forumid, $cancontainthreads, $subforum, $depthmark . '--', $depth + 1) . "";
As this hack will list the sub-forums in a table, the font used is not effected by the <div> tag for subforums, which will cause the default font to be used instead of smallfont.
To use smallfont for sub-forum names, edit the "forumhome_subforumbit_post"
Change (this is the whole template)
Code:
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" /> <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>
Code:
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" /> <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><span class="smallfont">$forum[title]</span></a>
And for those who want to edit or remove the "Sub-forum" word, just remove (or edit, if you just want to change it) "<strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>:" from the "forumhome_forumbit_level2_post" template
Screen shots, before/after
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