Move child boards to bottom of page?

[EggsOverGreasy]

Child boards appear below the parent board. But when you visit a parent board, the child boards appear first, on top of the parent board. Can't we assume the user just decided to visit the parent board and thus doesn't care to see the child boards now? It seems distracting to present the child boards again like this, at the top of the page.

Can I switch this so the child boards appear at the bottom of the page?

[Kermit]

default/MessageIndex.template.php

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if (isset($context['boards']) && (!empty($options['show_children']) || $context['start'] == 0))
{
echo '
<div class="tborder" style="margin-bottom: 3ex; ', $context['browser']['needs_size_fix'] && !$context['browser']['is_ie6'] ? ' width: 100%;' : '', '">
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" class="bordercolor">
<tr>
<td colspan="4" class="catbg">', $txt['parent_boards'], '</td>
</tr>';

foreach ($context['boards'] as $board)
{
echo '
<tr>
<td ' , !empty($board['children']) ? 'rowspan="2"' : '' , ' class="windowbg" width="6%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=unread;board=', $board['id'], '.0">';

// If the board is new, show a strong indicator.
if ($board['new'])
echo '<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/on.gif" alt="', $txt[333], '" title="', $txt[333], '" />';
// This board doesn't have new posts, but its children do.
elseif ($board['children_new'])
echo '<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/on2.gif" alt="', $txt[333], '" title="', $txt[333], '" />';
// No new posts at all! The agony!!
else
echo '<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/off.gif" alt="', $txt[334], '" title="', $txt[334], '" />';

echo '</a>
</td>
<td class="windowbg2">
<b><a href="', $board['href'], '" name="b', $board['id'], '">', $board['name'], '</a></b><br />
', $board['description'];

// Show the "Moderators: ". Each has name, href, link, and id. (but we're gonna use link_moderators.)
if (!empty($board['moderators']))
echo '
<div style="padding-top: 1px;"><small><i>', count($board['moderators']) == 1 ? $txt[298] : $txt[299], ': ', implode(', ', $board['link_moderators']), '</i></small></div>';


// Show some basic information about the number of posts, etc.
echo '
</td>
<td class="windowbg" valign="middle" align="center" style="width: 12ex;"><small>
', $board['posts'], ' ', $txt[21], ' <br />
', $board['topics'],' ', $txt[330], '</small>
</td>
<td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" width="22%"><small>';

/* The board's and children's 'last_post's have:
time, timestamp (a number that represents the time.), id (of the post), topic (topic id.),
link, href, subject, start (where they should go for the first unread post.),
and member. (which has id, name, link, href, username in it.) */
if (!empty($board['last_post']['id']))
echo '
<b>', $txt[22], '</b> ', $txt[525], ' ', $board['last_post']['member']['link'] , '<br />
', $txt['smf88'], ' ', $board['last_post']['link'], '<br />
', $txt[30], ' ', $board['last_post']['time'];

echo '</small>
</td>
</tr>';

// Show the "Child Boards: ". (there's a link_children but we're going to bold the new ones...)
if (!empty($board['children']))
{
// Sort the links into an array with new boards bold so it can be imploded.
$children = array();
/* Each child in each board's children has:
id, name, description, new (is it new?), topics (#), posts (#), href, link, and last_post. */
foreach ($board['children'] as $child)
{
$child['link'] = '<a href="' . $child['href'] . '" title="' . ($child['new'] ? $txt[333] : $txt[334]) . ' (' . $txt[330] . ': ' . $child['topics'] . ', ' . $txt[21] . ': ' . $child['posts'] . ')">' . $child['name'] . '</a>';
$children[] = $child['new'] ? '<b>' . $child['link'] . '</b>' : $child['link'];
}

echo '
<tr>
<td colspan="3" class="windowbg', !empty($settings['seperate_sticky_lock']) ? '3' : '', '">
<small><b>', $txt['parent_boards'], '</b>: ', implode(', ', $children), '</small>
</td>
</tr>';
}
}

echo '
</table>
</div>';
}



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// Show breadcrumbs at the bottom too?

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if (isset($context['boards']) && (!empty($options['show_children']) || $context['start'] == 0))
{
echo '<br /><br />
<div class="tborder" style="margin-bottom: 3ex; ', $context['browser']['needs_size_fix'] && !$context['browser']['is_ie6'] ? ' width: 100%;' : '', '">
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" class="bordercolor">
<tr>
<td colspan="4" class="catbg">', $txt['parent_boards'], '</td>
</tr>';

foreach ($context['boards'] as $board)
{
echo '
<tr>
<td ' , !empty($board['children']) ? 'rowspan="2"' : '' , ' class="windowbg" width="6%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=unread;board=', $board['id'], '.0">';

// If the board is new, show a strong indicator.
if ($board['new'])
echo '<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/on.gif" alt="', $txt[333], '" title="', $txt[333], '" />';
// This board doesn't have new posts, but its children do.
elseif ($board['children_new'])
echo '<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/on2.gif" alt="', $txt[333], '" title="', $txt[333], '" />';
// No new posts at all! The agony!!
else
echo '<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/off.gif" alt="', $txt[334], '" title="', $txt[334], '" />';

echo '</a>
</td>
<td class="windowbg2">
<b><a href="', $board['href'], '" name="b', $board['id'], '">', $board['name'], '</a></b><br />
', $board['description'];

// Show the "Moderators: ". Each has name, href, link, and id. (but we're gonna use link_moderators.)
if (!empty($board['moderators']))
echo '
<div style="padding-top: 1px;"><small><i>', count($board['moderators']) == 1 ? $txt[298] : $txt[299], ': ', implode(', ', $board['link_moderators']), '</i></small></div>';


// Show some basic information about the number of posts, etc.
echo '
</td>
<td class="windowbg" valign="middle" align="center" style="width: 12ex;"><small>
', $board['posts'], ' ', $txt[21], ' <br />
', $board['topics'],' ', $txt[330], '</small>
</td>
<td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" width="22%"><small>';

/* The board's and children's 'last_post's have:
time, timestamp (a number that represents the time.), id (of the post), topic (topic id.),
link, href, subject, start (where they should go for the first unread post.),
and member. (which has id, name, link, href, username in it.) */
if (!empty($board['last_post']['id']))
echo '
<b>', $txt[22], '</b> ', $txt[525], ' ', $board['last_post']['member']['link'] , '<br />
', $txt['smf88'], ' ', $board['last_post']['link'], '<br />
', $txt[30], ' ', $board['last_post']['time'];

echo '</small>
</td>
</tr>';

// Show the "Child Boards: ". (there's a link_children but we're going to bold the new ones...)
if (!empty($board['children']))
{
// Sort the links into an array with new boards bold so it can be imploded.
$children = array();
/* Each child in each board's children has:
id, name, description, new (is it new?), topics (#), posts (#), href, link, and last_post. */
foreach ($board['children'] as $child)
{
$child['link'] = '<a href="' . $child['href'] . '" title="' . ($child['new'] ? $txt[333] : $txt[334]) . ' (' . $txt[330] . ': ' . $child['topics'] . ', ' . $txt[21] . ': ' . $child['posts'] . ')">' . $child['name'] . '</a>';
$children[] = $child['new'] ? '<b>' . $child['link'] . '</b>' : $child['link'];
}

echo '
<tr>
<td colspan="3" class="windowbg', !empty($settings['seperate_sticky_lock']) ? '3' : '', '">
<small><b>', $txt['parent_boards'], '</b>: ', implode(', ', $children), '</small>
</td>
</tr>';
}
}

echo '
</table>
</div><br /><br />';
}


Don't forget to backup your MessageIndex.template.php,before you make the changes.

[EggsOverGreasy]

This code is for 1.1.6 but actually, I'm using 2.0.

default/MessageIndex.template.php

[Kermit]

The code was for 1.1.6 actually,are you using 2.0 ?

default/MessageIndex.template.php

also
$themedir/MessageIndex.template.php

[Kermit]

Its's actually almost the same on SMF 2.0


MessageIndex.template.php

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if (!empty($context['boards']) && (!empty($options['show_children']) || $context['start'] == 0))
{
echo '
<div class="tborder marginbottom" id="childboards">
<table cellspacing="1" class="bordercolor boardsframe">
<tr>
<td colspan="4" class="catbg headerpadding">', $txt['parent_boards'], '</td>
</tr>';

foreach ($context['boards'] as $board)
{
echo '
<tr>
<td class="windowbg icon">
<a href="', ($board['is_redirect'] || $context['user']['is_guest'] ? $board['href'] : $scripturl . '?action=unread;board=' . $board['id'] . '.0;children'), '">';

// If the board or children is new, show an indicator.
if ($board['new'] || $board['children_new'])
echo '
<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/on', $board['new'] ? '' : '2', '.gif" alt="', $txt['new_posts'], '" title="', $txt['new_posts'], '" border="0" />';
// Is it a redirection board?
elseif ($board['is_redirect'])
echo '
<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/redirect.gif" alt="*" title="*" border="0" />';
// No new posts at all! The agony!!
else
echo '
<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/off.gif" alt="', $txt['old_posts'], '" title="', $txt['old_posts'], '" />';

echo '
</a>
</td>
<td class="windowbg2 info">
<h4><a href="', $board['href'], '" name="b', $board['id'], '">', $board['name'], '</a>';

// Has it outstanding posts for approval?
if ($board['can_approve_posts'] && ($board['unapproved_posts'] || $board['unapproved_topics']))
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=moderate;area=postmod;sa=', ($board['unapproved_topics'] ? 'topics' : 'posts'), ';brd=', $board['id'], ';sesc=', $context['session_id'], '" title="', sprintf($txt['unapproved_posts'], $board['unapproved_topics'], $board['unapproved_posts']), '" class="moderation_link">(!)</a>';

echo '
</h4>
<p>', $board['description'] , '</p>';

// Show the "Moderators: ". Each has name, href, link, and id. (but we're gonna use link_moderators.)
if (!empty($board['moderators']))
echo '
<p class="moderators">', count($board['moderators']) == 1 ? $txt['moderator'] : $txt['moderators'], ': ', implode(', ', $board['link_moderators']), '</p>';

// Show the "Child Boards: ". (there's a link_children but we're going to bold the new ones...)
if (!empty($board['children']))
{
// Sort the links into an array with new boards bold so it can be imploded.
$children = array();
/* Each child in each board's children has:
id, name, description, new (is it new?), topics (#), posts (#), href, link, and last_post. */
foreach ($board['children'] as $child)
{
if (!$child['is_redirect'])
$child['link'] = '<a href="' . $child['href'] . '" title="' . ($child['new'] ? $txt['new_posts'] : $txt['old_posts']) . ' (' . $txt['board_topics'] . ': ' . $child['topics'] . ', ' . $txt['posts'] . ': ' . $child['posts'] . ')">' . $child['name'] . '</a>';
else
$child['link'] = '<a href="' . $child['href'] . '" title="' . $child['posts'] . ' ' . $txt['redirects'] . '">' . $child['name'] . '</a>';

// Has it posts awaiting approval?
if ($child['can_approve_posts'] && ($child['unapproved_posts'] || $child['unapproved_topics']))
$child['link'] .= ' <a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=moderate;area=postmod;sa=' . ($child['unapproved_topics'] ? 'topics' : 'posts') . ';brd=' . $child['id'] . ';sesc=' . $context['session_id'] . '" title="' . sprintf($txt['unapproved_posts'] . $child['unapproved_topics'] . $child['unapproved_posts']) . '" class="moderation_link">(!)</a>';
$children[] = $child['new'] ? '<b>' . $child['link'] . '</strong>' : $child['link'];
}
echo '
<p class="windowbg3 smalltext children"><strong>', $txt['parent_boards'], '</strong>: ', implode(', ', $children), '</p>';
}

// Show some basic information about the number of posts, etc.
echo '
</td>
<td class="windowbg stats smalltext">
', $board['posts'], ' ', $board['is_redirect'] ? $txt['redirects'] : $txt['posts'], ' <br />
', $board['is_redirect'] ? '' : $board['topics'] . ' ' . $txt['board_topics'], '
</td>
<td class="windowbg2 smalltext lastpost">';

/* The board's and children's 'last_post's have:
time, timestamp (a number that represents the time.), id (of the post), topic (topic id.),
link, href, subject, start (where they should go for the first unread post.),
and member. (which has id, name, link, href, username in it.) */
if (!empty($board['last_post']['id']))
echo '
<strong>', $txt['last_post'], '</strong>  ', $txt['by'], ' ', $board['last_post']['member']['link'] , '<br />
', $txt['in'], ' ', $board['last_post']['link'], '<br />
', $txt['on'], ' ', $board['last_post']['time'];
echo '
</td>
</tr>';
}
echo '
</table>
</div>';
}

   

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// Show breadcrumbs at the bottom too?


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if (!empty($context['boards']) && (!empty($options['show_children']) || $context['start'] == 0))
{
echo '
<div class="tborder marginbottom" id="childboards">
<table cellspacing="1" class="bordercolor boardsframe">
<tr>
<td colspan="4" class="catbg headerpadding">', $txt['parent_boards'], '</td>
</tr>';

foreach ($context['boards'] as $board)
{
echo '
<tr>
<td class="windowbg icon">
<a href="', ($board['is_redirect'] || $context['user']['is_guest'] ? $board['href'] : $scripturl . '?action=unread;board=' . $board['id'] . '.0;children'), '">';

// If the board or children is new, show an indicator.
if ($board['new'] || $board['children_new'])
echo '
<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/on', $board['new'] ? '' : '2', '.gif" alt="', $txt['new_posts'], '" title="', $txt['new_posts'], '" border="0" />';
// Is it a redirection board?
elseif ($board['is_redirect'])
echo '
<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/redirect.gif" alt="*" title="*" border="0" />';
// No new posts at all! The agony!!
else
echo '
<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/off.gif" alt="', $txt['old_posts'], '" title="', $txt['old_posts'], '" />';

echo '
</a>
</td>
<td class="windowbg2 info">
<h4><a href="', $board['href'], '" name="b', $board['id'], '">', $board['name'], '</a>';

// Has it outstanding posts for approval?
if ($board['can_approve_posts'] && ($board['unapproved_posts'] || $board['unapproved_topics']))
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=moderate;area=postmod;sa=', ($board['unapproved_topics'] ? 'topics' : 'posts'), ';brd=', $board['id'], ';sesc=', $context['session_id'], '" title="', sprintf($txt['unapproved_posts'], $board['unapproved_topics'], $board['unapproved_posts']), '" class="moderation_link">(!)</a>';

echo '
</h4>
<p>', $board['description'] , '</p>';

// Show the "Moderators: ". Each has name, href, link, and id. (but we're gonna use link_moderators.)
if (!empty($board['moderators']))
echo '
<p class="moderators">', count($board['moderators']) == 1 ? $txt['moderator'] : $txt['moderators'], ': ', implode(', ', $board['link_moderators']), '</p>';

// Show the "Child Boards: ". (there's a link_children but we're going to bold the new ones...)
if (!empty($board['children']))
{
// Sort the links into an array with new boards bold so it can be imploded.
$children = array();
/* Each child in each board's children has:
id, name, description, new (is it new?), topics (#), posts (#), href, link, and last_post. */
foreach ($board['children'] as $child)
{
if (!$child['is_redirect'])
$child['link'] = '<a href="' . $child['href'] . '" title="' . ($child['new'] ? $txt['new_posts'] : $txt['old_posts']) . ' (' . $txt['board_topics'] . ': ' . $child['topics'] . ', ' . $txt['posts'] . ': ' . $child['posts'] . ')">' . $child['name'] . '</a>';
else
$child['link'] = '<a href="' . $child['href'] . '" title="' . $child['posts'] . ' ' . $txt['redirects'] . '">' . $child['name'] . '</a>';

// Has it posts awaiting approval?
if ($child['can_approve_posts'] && ($child['unapproved_posts'] || $child['unapproved_topics']))
$child['link'] .= ' <a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=moderate;area=postmod;sa=' . ($child['unapproved_topics'] ? 'topics' : 'posts') . ';brd=' . $child['id'] . ';sesc=' . $context['session_id'] . '" title="' . sprintf($txt['unapproved_posts'] . $child['unapproved_topics'] . $child['unapproved_posts']) . '" class="moderation_link">(!)</a>';
$children[] = $child['new'] ? '<b>' . $child['link'] . '</strong>' : $child['link'];
}
echo '
<p class="windowbg3 smalltext children"><strong>', $txt['parent_boards'], '</strong>: ', implode(', ', $children), '</p>';
}

// Show some basic information about the number of posts, etc.
echo '
</td>
<td class="windowbg stats smalltext">
', $board['posts'], ' ', $board['is_redirect'] ? $txt['redirects'] : $txt['posts'], ' <br />
', $board['is_redirect'] ? '' : $board['topics'] . ' ' . $txt['board_topics'], '
</td>
<td class="windowbg2 smalltext lastpost">';

/* The board's and children's 'last_post's have:
time, timestamp (a number that represents the time.), id (of the post), topic (topic id.),
link, href, subject, start (where they should go for the first unread post.),
and member. (which has id, name, link, href, username in it.) */
if (!empty($board['last_post']['id']))
echo '
<strong>', $txt['last_post'], '</strong>  ', $txt['by'], ' ', $board['last_post']['member']['link'] , '<br />
', $txt['in'], ' ', $board['last_post']['link'], '<br />
', $txt['on'], ' ', $board['last_post']['time'];
echo '
</td>
</tr>';
}
echo '
</table>
</div>';
}


[EggsOverGreasy]

Your instructions were very clear and this worked fine. Thanks.

[Rafferty]

Id like to do this in RC5, codes appear different ?

[bayonetbrant]

Thread necro!


Is there an updated version of these instructions and/or a more current set of info?

Thanks!

[Sir Osis of Liver]

You should start a new topic.

This may do what you want -

https://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=3076