Mod Name / Version: Sub forums 1.0

Description: The subforums mod finaly adds this much sought after feature to UBBThreads.

Features:

- unlimited subforums levels
- breadcrumbs navigation
- indented display of the subforums in the jumpboxes and the search
- post tracking for the sub forums

All in all, nothing revolutionary, it "just" ads the subforums feature many other board software products out there already had to UBBThreads.

A few screenshots of the admin interface:

The forum manage screen:

[]http://img9.exs.cx/img9/7816/forummanage.th.gif[/]

The name of the parent forum is shown, and the forum keywords are indented to reflect the subforum structure.

The "create new forum" screen:

[]http://img9.exs.cx/img9/4433/newforum.th.gif[/]

It allows you to choose either a category if you want to create a forum without a parent, or a parent forum.

For more information on how to purchase this mod and to see it in action visit http://www.threadsaddons.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/Cat/6

Working Under: UBB.Threads 6.4 - 6.5

Mod Status: Finished

Any pre-requisites: none

Author(s): Anno

Date: 11/02/04

Credits:

Files Altered: admin\catmanage.php
admin\createforum.php
admin\docatmanage.php
admin\docreateforum.php
admin\doeditboard.php
admin\doforummanage.php
admin\forummanage.php
admin\viewboard.php
languages\english\admin\viewboard.php
templates\default\admin\forummanage.tmpl
templates\default\postlist.tmpl
templates\default\showflat.tmpl
templates\default\ubbthreads.tmpl
dosearch.php
movepost.php
movethread.php
postlist.php
search.php
showflat.php
ubbt.inc.php
ubbthreads.php

New Files:

Database Altered: yes, 1 field added to the Boards table

Info/Instructions:

Disclaimer: Please backup every file that you intend to modify.
If the modification modifies the database, it's a good idea to backup your database before doing so.

Note: If you modify your UBB.Threads code, you may be giving up your right for "official" support from Infopop.If you need official support, you'll need to restore unmodified files.

Very Nice Anno I think this will be one of the great mods

This is much requested.

WOW



That is just awesome!

I just wanted to say this is a great mod and it works like a champ on our board. Definitely a must-have for anyone with a lot of forums!

-Y

I have wanted something like this for a very long time. With the amount of game mods that Half-Life has it will be nice to group them together now!

you said a mouthfull :-P

Ill have to save for this one too. Tthe next on my list is the photopost mod.... Almost there.

thank you

Great mod. Works like a charm!

Glad you like it!

Subforums for 6.4 are also available from now on.

very nice!!!
thank u very much ^^

Can you add a "new post" indicator onto the ubbthreads page so people know when there are new posts in a subforum?

It would be possible, but you see the new posts tracking of the subforums in each parent forum anyway. The addition to the ubbthreads.php page would require a few more queries.

Which hacks are tested with this? Will IIP6.5 work?
I see on infopop.com that 6.5.1 is now in beta testing. I think I wait until this is released.

>Which hacks are tested with this?
I can not give you a definitive list, but it runs at www.shroomery.org/forums which is HEAVILY hacked.

The modification itself is relatively "mild", it does not interefere much with anything really.

>Will IIP6.5 work?
I see no reason why it should not work since IIP6.5 is just the front page, but I can not guarantee it.

[]Anno said:
It would be possible, but you see the new posts tracking of the subforums in each parent forum anyway. The addition to the ubbthreads.php page would require a few more queries. [/]

On my forums we have quite a few diffent catagories and many forums within each one. We use the catagory view as the default view. when there is a new post in a subforum the catagoy light comes on, once you go into that catagory you have no idea which parent contains the subforum with the new post. Atm I am holding off of upgrading to 6.5 because of this same problem.(waiting for 6.5.1) I would really love it if you were able to add this feature in and have post tracking right through if possible.

Chris

I have this installed at my site and it's invaluable! I don't feel so limited now because my main page isn't cluttered. This is a great mod and worth every penny, it's also very easy to use from an admin perspective. Thanks for putting this together for us, anno.

>I would really love it if you were able to add this feature in and have post
>tracking right through if possible.

Ythan has been working on this, we have it installed at our site .
Once we give it some more testing, I will include it in the distribution mod.

cool thanks for the info

A new version for 6.44 supporing post tracking for the subforums in the parent forum has been relased to the member area.

Post tracking for 6.5 will be ready in a few days.

Thank you, great work on this

A new version for 6.51 has been relased to the member area. It supports post tracking for the subforums in the parent forum and uses less queries than the previous version for 6.5.

http://www.threadsaddons.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/Cat/6

(the version running at ThreadsAddons will be updated to the new version once Josh installs 6.51)

Has this been tested on 6.5.2?

I haven't seen it, tho I don't think the changes in 6.5.2 would affect this mod

[]J.C. said:
Has this been tested on 6.5.2? [/]

Yes, the latest version has been developed and tested on 6.5.2.