Merging Forum Categories

[maddocks]

Hi,,

is it possible to merge the forum categories together like move the space, move the headings and put a heading at the top of all forums. Here is an example i made:
From:
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To:
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Sry about quality, paint <img>

Maddocks

[itunes66]

step 1. create a new category and name it anything you want you can even call it forum
step 2. go to ACP->General Admin->Configuration +->(Look Under The Preferences Pane To The Left) Categories Hierarchy settings, then change Index packing to None and Override user choices Right Below that to Yes then click submit

step 3. go to ACP->Forum Management->Management +->edit (go by the category you want to moved) then select attached to and change it to the newly created category after you have made the necessary changes click submit

repeat step 1&3 as many times as needed this can also be done when creating a forum, category or sub-forum or sub-category and so on and even links to

step 2 only needs to be done once

[maddocks]

Nice, but that puts each category together, it lists all forums as a sub-forum, any ideas?

[itunes66]

i amended my post to tell how to do it correctly
I had forgotten about a certian step that was needed to display it like that to ALL Users

[maddocks]

Hi,

if you go to my site http://www.pchwforum.com you will see that io have managed to do what i wanted, apart from the forum, topic, post and last post header at the very top. I could just add the row into the index_body above the {board_index} but i want the columns the same width, could you add the row in index_box.tpl and move the "BEGIN" and "END" tags? Thanks

Maddocks

[itunes66]

i see no difference of the layout at all like the image of the example you wanted and i think i know what you want but it will always have that extra space unless a CH update gets rid of that and some one ports it to integramod

[maddocks]

Hi,

there is a change here, the top block is a global annoncement. See the top header? Forum, topics, posts and last posts, well that tabel uses pixels as size and not a %, any way of making them the exact same column widths?

Maddocks

[itunes66]

do you want to remove stuff after the word forum btw it does not make them the same size they look the same size because your screen is smaller i have a 17 inch screen at 1440x900 its better to use % unless you know how to make it look Exactly the same on any size screen anyway if you are tring to get rid of the next to the word forum then replace

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 <table>   <tr>     <th> Forum </th>     <th>Topics</th>     <th>Posts</th>     <th> Last Post </th>   </tr>  

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 <table><tr>     <th><div> Forum </div></th></tr>  

piece of cake, now i have not tested this but it should do the trick