Spacing Subforums In A Table

[Jake Bunce]

See the attached picture to see what this does.

Edit these 4 templates:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Forum Home Templates -> forumhome_forumbit_*

Replace this code:


<if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>


With this code:


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

<if condition="$GLOBALS[subrow] = false"></if>

<table width="100%" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0">

<tr>

<td width="50%" align="left" colspan="2"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>:</div></td>

</tr>

<tr>

$forum[subforums]

</tr>

</table>

</if>


Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Forum Home Templates -> forumhome_subforumseparator_post and forumhome_subforumseparator_nopost

Delete the contents of both templates.

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Forum Home Templates -> forumhome_subforumbit_post and forumhome_subforumbit_nopost

Add the red code to both templates:


<td width="50%" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">
<div class="smallfont">
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" /> <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>
</div>
</td>

<if condition="$GLOBALS[subrow]">

</tr><tr>

</if>

<if condition="$GLOBALS[subrow] = !$GLOBALS[subrow]"></if>


The end result will look like the attached picture.

edit: added <div class="smallfont">...</div> to the forumhome_subforumbit_* templates so the subforum links are small like in the default style.

[Jake Bunce]

Apparently this mod has problems when the subforums are parents themselves and their children are too deep for the list. Take this forum tree for example, where the red forums are the ones displayed as subforums:

cat1
--forum1
----subforum1
----subforum2
----subforum3
--forum2
--forum3

This forum tree works fine in my tests. However, using this next forum tree as an example:

cat1
--forum1
----subforum1
------subsubforum1
------subsubforum2
----subforum2
----subforum3
--forum2
--forum3

This tree results in messed up tables in my tests when the subsubforums are beyond the depth of the subforum listing. However, if you set your forums to display 2 levels of subforums then it works again.

I haven't been able to come up with a fix. In the meantime, this mod apparently only works when the subforum listing includes the entire subtree of forums.