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Sorky - SubForum List Control
Mod Version: 1.8.0, by Sorky (Coder) Sorky is offline
Developer Last Online: Jan 2015 I like it Show Printable Version Email this Page

vB Version: 3.8.x Rating: (23 votes - 4.87 average) Installs: 338
Released: 28 Jan 2009 Last Update: 16 Aug 2009 Downloads: 2083
Not Supported Uses Plugins Auto-Template  

Purpose
This plugin allows extensive control of how SubForums are displayed.
  • Use any mix of between 0 and 10 columns
  • Different layouts can be used on specified forums
  • Change formatting
  • Display Thread/Post counts
  • Limit the number of SubForums shown (Show More/Less)
  • Collapse entire display
  • Sort SubForum display order
  • plus lots more!
Installation
Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

Options
To set the options go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Sorky - SubForum List Control

Tips
To get it on the Forum Home page, set...
"vBulletin Options" > "Forum Listings Display Options" > "Depth of Forums - Forum Home" to "1"
For all other forums, set...
"vBulletin Options" > "Forum Listings Display Options" > "Depth of Forums - Forum Display" to "1"
You should also set...
"vBulletin Options" > "Forum Listings Display Options" > "Depth of Sub-Forums" to "1" Note: Setting it higher will also work!
Version Log
For previous versions see 3.7.x or 3.6.x Mods
v1.5.2 - 28th of January, 2009 = official release for 3.8.x (click here for more information)
v1.6.0 - 11th of April, 2009 = Removed (small bug found)
v1.6.1 - 13th of April, 2009 = Remember show/hide state + more (more information here)
v1.6.2 - 27th of April, 2009 = Debug opton + more (more information here)
v1.7.0 - 21st of May, 2009 = New & improved sorting (more information here)
v1.7.1 - 23rd of May, 2009 = alt text for show/hide image (more information here)
v1.7.2 - 17th of June, 2009 = Removed (small change simply combined with another in next version)
v1.7.3 - 17th of June, 2009 = Hide SubForums: prefix & count tool-tip as well as the SubForums (more information here)
v1.7.4 - 23rd of June, 2009 = Hide specific SubForums from the SubForum list (more information here)
v1.8.0 - 17th of August, 2009 = Display of SubForum descriptions (more information here)

Hall Of Fame (Donations - Greatly Appreciated - Thank You)
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Budweiser US$20
CreditForum US$25
lazyseller US$30
Alisa Lindsay US$10

Acknowledgement
Thanks (and apologies) to Cybernetec for the ideas & inspiration to generate this Mod.

Keywords
SubForum, SubForums, Sub-Forum, Sub-Forums, Table, List, Grid, Child, Children, Parent

Settings, Demonstration Screenshots, Notes, etc
See v1.5.2 post (click here)

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  #2  
Old 28 Jan 2009, 11:19
Sorky Sorky is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
V1.5.2 Features
  • Official update for 3.8.x
  • Other minor coding and commenting adjustments
  • For previous versions see 3.7.x or 3.6.x Mods

Notes

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
  • Number of people viewing count (med)
  • SubForum moderators (med)
  • Enable/Disable for certain styles (med)
  • Different formatting for each SubForum depth [child/grandchild/etc] (low)

Settings & Demonstration Screenshots
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Options1.jpg (117.8 KB, 928 views)
File Type: jpg Options2.jpg (136.7 KB, 701 views)
File Type: jpg Example1.jpg (107.3 KB, 2527 views)
File Type: jpg Example2.jpg (109.3 KB, 2694 views)
File Type: jpg Example3.jpg (83.0 KB, 2089 views)
File Type: jpg Example4.jpg (47.2 KB, 1491 views)
File Type: jpg Example5.jpg (121.1 KB, 1948 views)

Last edited by Sorky; 17 Jun 2009 at 12:55.
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Old 28 Jan 2009, 11:33
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Vaupell Vaupell is offline
 
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Excelent, excaktly what i need for a guy im helping setup his forum.

this is actually #1 request. thank you.

tagged for later use.
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Old 28 Jan 2009, 13:35
buileminh buileminh is offline
 
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Looks very good! Not installed yet but will do soon
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Old 28 Jan 2009, 19:03
Howell Howell is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
I've updated my forum to 3.8.x and the previous version of this mod (1.5.1) was working fine but to keep my forums mods up to date I installed this (1.5.2) also.

I double checked that I had 'Allow Overwrite' set to YES but it installed a second installation of the Mod.

Everythings fine as I uninstalled the old version and set the options for the new one.

Would it not be easier for this to simply overwrite a previous version??

Regards, Howell
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Old 29 Jan 2009, 07:19
Nadeemjp Nadeemjp is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Real name: Nadeem Qadir
yeah i liked urs better so i installed urs even when i was using 3.7.3.
and that version is still usable in 3.8 as well.
however today i updated it to the latest version for 3.8

thanx for the update.
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Old 29 Jan 2009, 07:28
Sorky Sorky is offline
 
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Originally Posted by Howell View Post
Would it not be easier for this to simply overwrite a previous version??

Regards, Howell
I know... Unfortunately a new Mod needs a new ID, which means they do not override.

If I do a 1.5.3 under 3.8.x, then it will of course be automatically updated.
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Old 29 Jan 2009, 07:33
Sorky Sorky is offline
 
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Originally Posted by Nadeemjp View Post
and that version is still usable in 3.8 as well
Yes... So far the only actual differences in the Mods are the new ProductID, Version Description and URL... Main thing is that I can support the different versions without potentially breaking the others if a major change occurs.
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Old 29 Jan 2009, 08:10
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good work i'll update now thanks
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Old 29 Jan 2009, 11:33
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will update now. thanks.
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Old 07 Feb 2009, 22:19
kylek kylek is offline
 
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Thanks, works great!
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Old 14 Feb 2009, 18:54
uklupinfan uklupinfan is offline
 
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*Marked as installed*

Thanks
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Old 15 Mar 2009, 13:17
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Alfa1 Alfa1 is offline
 
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1. If I show my sub-subforums, by setting the depth of subforums to 3 in forum listing display options and 'Allow depth of SubForums > 1 by indenting the Sub-SubForums' to yes, then they get alphabetically sorted in such a way that sub-subforums are sorted together with subforums. It shows like this:

Subforum A
Subsubforum A
Subforum B
Subforum C
Subforum D
Subforum E

Even when Subsubforum A is a child of Subforum D. I would like it to show under Subforum D.

2. Some of my forums do not show a horizontal border between them. Edit: for some reason this is now resolved.
3. 'Forums where this Mod will HIDE any SubForums' does not seem to work for me.

How can I fix this?

Please add the function to show the number of people viewing a subforum.

Last edited by Alfa1; 15 Mar 2009 at 23:48.
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Old 16 Mar 2009, 02:33
Sorky Sorky is offline
 
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Originally Posted by Alfa1 View Post
1. If I show my sub-subforums, by setting the depth of subforums to 3 in forum listing display options and 'Allow depth of SubForums > 1 by indenting the Sub-SubForums' to yes, then they get alphabetically sorted in such a way that sub-subforums are sorted together with subforums. It shows like this:

Subforum A
Subsubforum A
Subforum B
Subforum C
Subforum D
Subforum E

Even when Subsubforum A is a child of Subforum D. I would like it to show under Subforum D.
This is a known limitation (Note that the sorting option actually says: "Do not use alphabetic sorting if SubForumDepth > 1 as the sorting may not make sense"). The logic to try and do nested sorting given the way the SubForum are returned is far to complex and liable to impact performance... Use the "Forum Display order" sorting and you can force the order in the Forum Manager.

Originally Posted by Alfa1 View Post
2. Some of my forums do not show a horizontal border between them. Edit: for some reason this is now resolved.
If it re-occurs, PM me a link &/ image so I can see it

Originally Posted by Alfa1 View Post
3. 'Forums where this Mod will HIDE any SubForums' does not seem to work for me.
Works fine for me... PM me a link and screen shots of the option settings so I can see if you have something set incorrectly

Originally Posted by Alfa1 View Post
Please add the function to show the number of people viewing a subforum.
It's added to the wish-list
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Old 17 Mar 2009, 13:46
boandmichele boandmichele is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
works and looks great for us sorky, thanks

one question: when hiding the subforum list in the forumbit, if i leave that page and come back, it is no longer hidden. is there anyway to make this stay on a per-user basis?
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