UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 6 V6 Modifications Forum Design Integration Any way to create a forum and not have it show up in the index?

Any way to create a forum and not have it show up in the index?
I want to create a member feedback forum and have a link to it in the header of my classified forum, but I do not want it to show up anywhere else, is this possiable?
I have seen it done with VB as a sub forum but Infopop does not want to do sub's for some reason, but that is another story I'm sure.

I'm all for this implementation as well... I can think of so many uses for this mod!

thanks for any input into getting this suggestion into production (if it isn't already there)

I'd love to see this as well, and asked about it several times awhile back. I want it so I can have a news section without having a bunch of news forums showing up...

simple.. add another field to the w3t_Boards table called showboard and set it to default to 0 and fopr the board you want to show set it to 1 and then in the categories.php and ubbthreads.php where it calls the board array do a

AND showboard = 0

then it won't show the forum you set to 1.

then add a link such as http://www.yourdomain.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/keywordnameofboard

and it will call the hidden board..

scroungr, thanks for your advice... worked like a charm!!!

now you can get fancier also and in your admin panel where you edit or create the forums add an area for setting it to hidden or not hidden.

done that already (that was written in your origonal sugestion )

cool now write up the mod and post it in the modification section

^^^ my UBBT is so hacked that my write-up may need some advanced editing... Im currently working off a custom 6.2.3 based 6.5b4 hybrid

only three files needed to be hacked though:
ubbthreads.php, /admin/viewboard.php, /admin/doeditboard.php

plus an extra column added to wt3_Boards database

.....

here are the basics though

Edit your DATABASE by adding a new column, wt3_Boards
ALTER TABLE `wt3_Boards` CHANGE `Bo_Hidden` `Bo_Hidden` CHAR( 3 ) DEFAULT 'Off' NOT NULL


^^^ i think this is the correct query command - if not, atleast you get the idea of what needs to be added


in ubbthreas.php

***find
$useroffset = "";
$userstatus = "";

*** add under it
$Hidden = "";

...

***find
$groupquery .= " OR ";
}
$groupquery .= "t1.Bo_Read_Perm LIKE '%-$Grouparray[$i]-%'";

*** add under it
$groupquery .= " AND ";
$groupquery .= "t1.Bo_Hidden = 'Off'";

...
***find (or something like it)
SELECT t1.Bo_Title,t1.Bo_Description,t1.Bo_Keyword,t1.Bo_Total,t1.Bo_Last,t1.Bo_Number,t1.Bo_Moderated,t1.Bo_Read_Perm,t1.Bo_Write_Perm,t1.Bo_Threads,t1.Bo_Sorter,t1.Bo_Posterid,t1.Bo_LastMain,t1.Bo_LastNumber,t2.U_Username,t3.B_Subject,t3.B_Icon,t3.B_Reged,t3.B_AnonName,t1.Bo_Image,t1.Bo_Hidden

*** add to the end of that line, ",t1.Bo_Hidden" so that it looks like this

SELECT t1.Bo_Title,t1.Bo_Description,t1.Bo_Keyword,t1.Bo_Total,t1.Bo_Last,t1.Bo_Number,t1.Bo_Moderated,t1.Bo_Read_Perm,t1.Bo_Write_Perm,t1.Bo_Threads,t1.Bo_Sorter,t1.Bo_Posterid,t1.Bo_LastMain,t1.Bo_LastNumber,t2.U_Username,t3.B_Subject,t3.B_Icon,t3.B_Reged,t3.B_AnonName,t1.Bo_Image,t1.Bo_Hidden

...

***find (or something like it)
list($Title,$Description,$Keyword,$Total,$Last,$Number,$Moderated,$ReadPerm,$WritePerm,$Threads,$Sorter,$Posterid,$lastmain,$lastnumber,$Poster,$Subject,$Icon,$Reged,$AnonName,$forumimage) = $boardrows;

*** add to the end of that line, ",$Hidden" so that it looks like this

list($Title,$Description,$Keyword,$Total,$Last,$Number,$Moderated,$ReadPerm,$WritePerm,$Threads,$Sorter,$Posterid,$lastmain,$lastnumber,$Poster,$Subject,$Icon,$Reged,$AnonName,$forumimage,$Hidden) = $boardrows;

*** find

$forum[$x][$y]['time'] = $time;
$forum[$x][$y]['lastpost'] = $lastpost;
$forum[$x][$y]['lastposter'] = "$lastposter";
$forum[$x][$y]['lastposturl'] = $lastposturl;

***add under it
$forum[$x][$y]['Hidden'] = $Hidden;


...
in /admin/viewboard.php

*** find
echo "<form method=post action = "{$config['phpurl']}/admin/deleteboard.php">\n";
echo "<input type=hidden name=Number value=$Number>\n";

*** change to
echo "<form method=post action = "{$config['phpurl']}/admin/deleteboard.php">\n";
echo "<input type=hidden name=Cat value="$Cat">";
echo "<input type=hidden name=Number value=$Number>\n";

*** find (or something like it
SELECT Bo_Title,Bo_Keyword,Bo_Description,Bo_HTML,Bo_Expire,Bo_Markup,Bo_Moderated,Bo_CatName,Bo_Cat,Bo_Read_Perm,Bo_Write_Perm,Bo_ThreadAge,Bo_Reply_Perm,Bo_SpecialHeader,Bo_StyleSheet,Bo_Image,Bo_Number

***add to the end, ",Bo_Hidden" / change to
SELECT Bo_Title,Bo_Keyword,Bo_Description,Bo_HTML,Bo_Hidden,Bo_Expire,Bo_Markup,Bo_Moderated,Bo_CatName,Bo_Cat,Bo_Read_Perm,Bo_Write_Perm,Bo_ThreadAge,Bo_Reply_Perm,Bo_SpecialHeader,Bo_StyleSheet,Bo_Image,Bo_Number,Bo_Hidden

***find
list($Title,$Keyword,$Description,$HTML,$Expires,$Markup,$Moderated,$Cattemp,$Catnum,$Groups,$WGroups,$ThreadAge,$RGroups,$header,$stylesheet,$forumimage,$bonum) = $dbh -> fetch_array($sth);

***add to the end, ",$HIDDEN" / change to
list($Title,$Keyword,$Description,$HTML,$HIDDEN,$Expires,$Markup,$Moderated,$Cattemp,$Catnum,$Groups,$WGroups,$ThreadAge,$RGroups,$header,$stylesheet,$forumimage,$bonum) = $dbh -> fetch_array($sth);

***find

if ($HTML == "On") {
$HTMLOn = "checked";
$HTMLOff = "";
}

***add ABOVE it

if ($HIDDEN == "On") {
$HIDDENOn = "checked";
$HIDDENOff = "";
}
else {
$HIDDENOff = "checked";
$HIDDENOn = "";
}

***find
{$ubbt_lang['F_DESC']}<br>
<textarea name=Description cols=60 rows=5 wrap=soft class="formboxes">$Description</textarea>
<br><br>

***add BELOW IT
<input type=radio name=HIDDEN value=On $HIDDENOn class="formboxes"> {$ubbt_lang['YES']}
<input type=radio name=HIDDEN value=Off $HIDDENOff class="formboxes"> {$ubbt_lang['NO']}
<br><br>


...
in /admin/doeditboard.php

***find
$Description = get_input("Description","post");
$HTML = get_input("HTML","post");

***add BELOW it
$HIDDEN = get_input("HIDDEN","post");

***find
$Description_q = addslashes($Description);
$HTML_q = addslashes($HTML);

***add BELOW it
$HIDDEN_q = addslashes($HIDDEN);

***find
SET Bo_Title='$Title_q', Bo_Description='$Description_q', Bo_HTML='$HTML_q', Bo_Expire = '$Expires', Bo_Markup = '$Markup_q', Bo_Moderated = '$Moderated_q', Bo_Read_Perm = '$CanRead',Bo_Write_Perm='$CanWrite',Bo_Reply_Perm='$CanReply',Bo_ThreadAge='$ThreadAge',Bo_SpecialHeader='$header', Bo_StyleSheet='$stylesheet', Bo_Image='$avurl' $extra

***change to
SET Bo_Title='$Title_q', Bo_Description='$Description_q', Bo_HTML='$HTML_q', Bo_Hidden='$HIDDEN_q', Bo_Expire = '$Expires', Bo_Markup = '$Markup_q', Bo_Moderated = '$Moderated_q', Bo_Read_Perm = '$CanRead',Bo_Write_Perm='$CanWrite',Bo_Reply_Perm='$CanReply',Bo_ThreadAge='$ThreadAge',Bo_SpecialHeader='$header', Bo_StyleSheet='$stylesheet', Bo_Image='$avurl' $extra

PLEASE USE THE ABOVE CODE AT YOUR OWN RISK - MY SETUP IS QUITE MODIFIED AND MAY BE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN STOCK UBBTHREADS - I POSTED THE ABOVE CODE/GUIDE AS WALK-THROUGH FOR HOW THIS MOD MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED, NOT AS A HOW-TO GUIDE.

MAKE A BACKUP OF ALL THE FILES YOU PLAN ON MODIFYING, SO YOU CAN REVERT BACK IF YOUR INSTALL DOESN'T WORK OUT AS PLANNED.

I'M RUNNING UBBT A 6.2.3 / 6.5b4 HYBRID - BUT THIS MOD IS SO SIMPLE THAT IT SHOULD WORK JUST FINE ON UBBT 6.2.3 THROUGH 6.4x

Your mileage may very

scroungr, if you want to try this code in stock UBBT and release it as your own UBBT mod - please feel free to do it...

im not big on wanting to be in the 'spotlight'

okay wrote it up for 6.5 and put it here

https://www.ubbdev.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=117381&page=0&vc=#Post117381

making you the author

excellent work... thanks