[Sorky]

V1.0.0 Features

• Hide or edit the SubForums: display
• Add thread & post counts after SubForum names
• Allow a DEFAULT layout of between unchanged, 0 or 1 to 5 columns
• Allow INDIVIDUAL SubForums to be specifically set as unchanged, 0 or 1 to 5 columns

Tips
To get it on the Forum Home page, set the "vBulletin Options" > "Forum Listings Display Options" > "Depth of Forums - Forum Home" to "1".

For all other pages, set the "vBulletin Options" > "Forum Listings Display Options" > "Depth of Forums - Forum Display" to "1".

You should also set the "vBulletin Options" > "Forum Listings Display Options" > "Depth of Sub-Forums" to "1". Setting it higher will also work, however, beware that the grandchildren & indenting does not integrate well if using alphabetic sorting (use Forum Display Order sorting instead).

If the following templates have been modified from their original, either "revert" them or test this Mod carefully before use:

• forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost
• forumhome_forumbit_level1_post
• forumhome_forumbit_level2_nopost
• forumhome_forumbit_level2_post
• forumhome_subforumseparator_post (ignored)
• forumhome_subforumseparator_nopost (ignored)
• forumhome_subforumbit_post (append only)
• forumhome_subforumbit_nopost (append only)
• header (append only)

WishList - Other Ideas

• Remember collapse state [eg : cookie] (high)
• Number of people viewing count (med)
• Enable/Disable for certain styles (med)
• Different formatting for each SubForum depth [child/grandchild/etc] (low)

Settings & Demonstration Screenshots

[Brian30fl]

no demo or screenshots?

[Alfa1]

Thanks!

Please add the function to: apply a different depth of sub-forums to specific sub-forums.

[Sorky]

Version 1.1.0 Changes

1) Added ability for user to set the characters containing the thread and post counts

2) Added ability to alphabetically sort the SubForum list by row (horizontal) OR by column (vertical)

3) Added blank cell padding so that the entire grid is fully populated no matter how many elements so that coloured backgrounds look better

4) Added an option for the main icon alignment

5) Added an option to push the table width to the full 100% of the cell

6) Added an option for formatting of the forum description

7) Changed the code so that it works with forums with ", " (comma followed by space) in the name

8) Other minor coding and commenting adjustments

[Sorky]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Please add the function to: apply a different depth of sub-forums to specific sub-forums.

You can specify a default for all forums AND you can specify individual forums to have specific settings that are different from the default.

Options are:

1. Leave as original (screen2.jpg)
2. Apply formatting only (screen3.jpg)
3. Put in 1 column
4. Put in 2 columns (screen4.jpg)
5. Put in 3 columns (screen8.jpg)
6. Put in 4 columns
7. Put in 5 columns

The "formatting" is the addition of the (thread/post) counts as well as the ability to style various aspects of the SubForum display.

If that is not what you mean... can you please explain?

[Alfa1]

For an example, please go to AdminCP -> vb options -> forum listing display options -> Depth of Forums - Forum Display

This function defines whether sub-forums below a certain depth are shown on forumdisplay.

And:
AdminCP -> vb options -> forum listing display options -> Depth of Sub-Forums

I have several forums where I would like to handle this different from the rest of my forums. It would be nice if you would add settings for this.

[Sorky]

I see...

It is only designed for 1 at this stage, but if you enter more, the grandchildren, etc get listed also (no differentiation though) .

How exactly would you expect this to work?

[Alfa1]

One of my forums; forum X has a subforum Y, with about 50 subforums below that. So the display of this subforum Y takes so much space in the forumdisplay of forum X, that forum to reach the threads in forum X, one must browse all the way down.

I would like to just display subforum Y, without listing its 50 subforums.

So instead of:

- Forum X
- - SubForum Y
- - - SubForum 1
- - - SubForum 2
- - - SubForum 3
- - - SubForum 4
- - - SubForum 5
- - - SubForum 6
- - - SubForum 7
- - - SubForum 8
- - - etc
- - Subforum Z

- Threads

I would like to display:

- Forum X
- - SubForum Y
- - Subforum Z

- Threads

[Ljusya]

hmm, i have some problem with this hack - if i choose "show in two columns" I look this:

I thought that my template wrong, but it is in any templates

[Baldilocks]

Does this work any differently than the Cyb SubForum hack already available?

[Mattimus1984]

How do i take the commas out i hate how that makes it look in the colums, has comma behind each subcat

[bjf2k]

i only edit something in this section
its at bottom of the SubForum list Formatting
i leave everything blank. no comma or ( / ), and i choose Post/Thread counts display after SubForum name : dont show any count
Hide the count display if there are no threads in the SubForum: NO
also the back ground color.fonts..etc everything else blank
my screen shot


Mark as Installed..very easy to work with and useful =)

[Super Jinni]

nice job

thanks

installed

[Sorky]

Originally Posted by Brian30fl

no demo or screenshots?

Give a guy a chance

Originally Posted by Ljusya

hmm, i have some problem with this hack - if i choose "show in two columns"
<snip>
I thought that my template wrong, but it is in any templates

Your width seems very narrow... May also be a problem with non-english... Can you try turning all the formatting off and then do No change, Formatting Only, 1 column, then 2, etc (trying with a couple of short named Sub-Forums). PM me the screen-shots and I'll see what I can figure out.

Originally Posted by Alfa1

One of my forums; forum X has a subforum Y, with about 50 subforums below that. So the display of this subforum Y takes so much space in the forumdisplay of forum X, that forum to reach the threads in forum X, one must browse all the way down.
<snip>
I would like to just display subforum Y, without listing its 50 subforums.
- Threads

I have similar, but I want them shown, so I use 4 columns ... Anyway... An extra option of "Forums in which to hide SubForums" or possibly a "Max number of Sub-Forums to display" would do the job?

Originally Posted by Baldilocks

Does this work any differently than the Cyb SubForum hack already available?

Similar but most definitely not the same... You may note that I credit Cybernetec for the idea & inspiration. I tried his but the big problem for me was that it did ALL or NOTHING. I wanted some forums with 1 column, some with 2, some with 4 and others simply formatted. I offered my suggestions and even sent him adjustments to his to make it almost what I needed. As I received no response, I simply did it all myself. If you were to compare the code from both you would be hard pressed to find any similarities... In fact, his logic/methods and mine are very different.

I'll leave the functional comparison up to you... Whatever works for you is ok by me.

Originally Posted by Mattimus1984

How do i take the commas out i hate how that makes it look in the colums, has comma behind each subcat

Make sure you select an option up the top (even if it is just "apply formatting") and then make sure the "Separator to use between SubForum" is cleared

There's heap of options, give them a try, you can simply disable/uninstall if you're not happy with the results!