Multiple Forum Mod

[Avail]

Okay well, I haven't exactly been supportive of this mod lately. A recent private message has brought it again to my attention.

I didn't want to update it until the final SMF 2.0 version is released, but it seems a lot of people are having too many issues working with the mod. As I stated on the first page of the topic, I am going to rewrite the mod instead of just appending to it. I will immediately begin this update. I will thoroughly test the current mod to see what is wrong with it and why people are having such a wide range of problems. The new mod is intended to have more features and less complexity than the current mod. I hope this will help everyone who is now dependent upon this mod.

If there are any other problems that aren't listed below or on the front page, or if there is a feature that hasn't been suggested yet, please post about it. Once I update the mod, I don't intend on having to continually update it. I want one working copy that will last until SMF is again updated.

These are the problems it seems people are having:

• Absolute paths are not working, but relative are (local server)
• Compounding domains (self-concatenated)
• Problems with recent posts
• Issues when working with SSI.php (especially with portals)

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

Okay well, I haven't exactly been supportive of this mod lately. A recent private message has brought it again to my attention.

I didn't want to update it until the final SMF 2.0 version is released, but it seems a lot of people are having too many issues working with the mod. As I stated on the first page of the topic, I am going to rewrite the mod instead of just appending to it. I will immediately begin this update. I will thoroughly test the current mod to see what is wrong with it and why people are having such a wide range of problems. The new mod is intended to have more features and less complexity than the current mod. I hope this will help everyone who is now dependent upon this mod.

If there are any other problems that aren't listed below or on the front page, or if there is a feature that hasn't been suggested yet, please post about it. Once I update the mod, I don't intend on having to continually update it. I want one working copy that will last until SMF is again updated.

These are the problems it seems people are having:

• Absolute paths are not working, but relative are (local server)
• Compounding domains (self-concatenated)
• Problems with recent posts
• Issues when working with SSI.php (especially with portals)

This is a great news. I hope we can share categories, instead of categories are being restricted for one forum, in this coming smf 2.0 final version of your mod. Good luck!

[KensonPlays]

Great! Will you be able to have a one-word for a name instead of just numbers? So u could number OR name them?

[KensonPlays]

Tried installing. error in Manageboards.template.php, none of code for that page was created!

[luismanson]

whats the status of this for RC3 ?

[~DS~]

whats the status of this for RC3 ?

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=349954.msg2538812#msg2538812

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

I did a few mods to the addon to allow for installing onto RC3.

This worked for me so please give it a try.

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=349954.msg2538812#msg2538812

should work for your RC3, but if it doesn't, you can always try this:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=349954.msg2594285#msg2594285

[KensonPlays]

Someone, Kasp posted a unofficial version, should I wait for support for RC3, or download that?

I did a few mods to the addon to allow for installing onto RC3.

This worked for me so please give it a try.

[luismanson]

thanks !

[luismanson]

These are the problems it seems people are having:

• Absolute paths are not working, but relative are (local server)
• Compounding domains (self-concatenated)
• Problems with recent posts
• Issues when working with SSI.php (especially with portals)

could you elaborate on the absoulte path and compunding domains problem ?

[luismanson]

i made some changes to make it work with prettyurls, im asking vbgamer45 if would work ok can someone PLEASE test it ?

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=146969.msg2619838#msg2619838

[dmacleo]

I also am anxiously awaiting for supported rc3 version. I  am not knowledgeable enough to do it otherwise.
however I am going to take some good backups and try the mod posted here just to live dangerously

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

Okay well, I haven't exactly been supportive of this mod lately. A recent private message has brought it again to my attention.

I didn't want to update it until the final SMF 2.0 version is released, but it seems a lot of people are having too many issues working with the mod. As I stated on the first page of the topic, I am going to rewrite the mod instead of just appending to it. I will immediately begin this update. I will thoroughly test the current mod to see what is wrong with it and why people are having such a wide range of problems. The new mod is intended to have more features and less complexity than the current mod. I hope this will help everyone who is now dependent upon this mod.

If there are any other problems that aren't listed below or on the front page, or if there is a feature that hasn't been suggested yet, please post about it. Once I update the mod, I don't intend on having to continually update it. I want one working copy that will last until SMF is again updated.

These are the problems it seems people are having:

• Absolute paths are not working, but relative are (local server)
• Compounding domains (self-concatenated)
• Problems with recent posts
• Issues when working with SSI.php (especially with portals)

[iridion_us]

Hello people

I just want to ask what is the purpose of the forum ID ?

can someone explain to me because i'm having problem assigning the category to subforum using this subforum ID?

How do i share a category into various subforums?

thanks in advance.

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

Hello people

I just want to ask what is the purpose of the forum ID ?

can someone explain to me because i'm having problem assigning the category to subforum using this subforum ID?

How do i share a category into various subforums?

thanks in advance.

You can only set a category or categories to one subforum and cannot share it with others at the same time. I guess you already get it working already. It is different with the Goosemoose & Arstio original mod to that effect.

[iridion_us]

Well i wish Avail will add another feature like the one i mentioned.

Feature Request:
1.) I want a category will appear on different sub-forums not limited to one sub-forums only.
2.) Also it is cool if we can determine people their origin of registration.
     For example;
     If we have two forums, let say forum-a and forum-b then i registered from forum-b
     then afterward i posted on forum-a then there should be a way people from forum-a to determine
     that i came from forum-b. the admin can choose to enable this feature or dis-able.

I guess this is a cool feature and i'm hoping these will be implemented too.

Thanks avail your Multi_Forum Mods is awesome.

[FireDitto]

Well i wish Avail will add another feature like the one i mentioned.

Feature Request:
1.) I want a category will appear on different sub-forums not limited to one sub-forums only.
2.) Also it is cool if we can determine people their origin of registration.
     For example;
     If we have two forums, let say forum-a and forum-b then i registered from forum-b
     then afterward i posted on forum-a then there should be a way people from forum-a to determine
     that i came from forum-b. the admin can choose to enable this feature or dis-able.

I guess this is a cool feature and I'm hoping these will be implemented too.

Thanks avail your Multi_Forum Mods is awesome.

These are both things I'd love to see around, as I've plans for a rather intricate network and knowing who is joining from which end of the scale would be greatly interesting and useful.

I'd also like to note that I emulated the Subaccounts mod onto my site, and the two interact nicely and with no hitches [unless I sub in on a forum the sub has no access to, which is to be expected!]

Okay well, I haven't exactly been supportive of this mod lately. A recent private message has brought it again to my attention.

I didn't want to update it until the final SMF 2.0 version is released, but it seems a lot of people are having too many issues working with the mod. As I stated on the first page of the topic, I am going to rewrite the mod instead of just appending to it. I will immediately begin this update. I will thoroughly test the current mod to see what is wrong with it and why people are having such a wide range of problems. The new mod is intended to have more features and less complexity than the current mod. I hope this will help everyone who is now dependent upon this mod.

Sounds wonderful! Thank you so much

If there are any other problems that aren't listed below or on the front page, or if there is a feature that hasn't been suggested yet, please post about it. Once I update the mod, I don't intend on having to continually update it. I want one working copy that will last until SMF is again updated.

These are the problems it seems people are having:

• Absolute paths are not working, but relative are (local server)
• Compounding domains (self-concatenated)
• Problems with recent posts
• Issues when working with SSI.php (especially with portals)

Is the "Problems with recent posts" referring to the

"An Error Has Occurred!
The board you specified is located on a different forum" ?

If so, my request would be something along the lines of additional links;

"Show unread posts for Current Forum"
"Show unread replies for Current Forum"
"Show unread posts for all Forums"
"Show unread replies for all Forums"

and of course, the "No unread topics found since your last visit. Click here to try all unread topics." for them, restricted to "Current Forum" or "All Forums" -- Why?

In the 1.1.x version similar to this own, the unreads only display on the individual forums; you cannot see EVERYTHING for the entire forum, only whichever sub you are on. Which has it's uses, but when one wants to see EVERYTHING across the board, it can be irritable, especially as an Admin or Moderator. So the option to see all, or just that area, would be useful I think.

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

Well i wish Avail will add another feature like the one i mentioned.

Feature Request:
1.) I want a category will appear on different sub-forums not limited to one sub-forums only.
2.) Also it is cool if we can determine people their origin of registration.
     For example;
     If we have two forums, let say forum-a and forum-b then i registered from forum-b
     then afterward i posted on forum-a then there should be a way people from forum-a to determine
     that i came from forum-b. the admin can choose to enable this feature or dis-able.

I guess this is a cool feature and i'm hoping these will be implemented too.

Thanks avail your Multi_Forum Mods is awesome.

For your second thought, there is a mod on setting membergroup upon registration. May be you can take a look. I am not sure how it really works or will it work with this mod but you can always test it first.

[Avail]

Well i wish Avail will add another feature like the one i mentioned.

Feature Request:
1.) I want a category will appear on different sub-forums not limited to one sub-forums only.
2.) Also it is cool if we can determine people their origin of registration.
     For example;
     If we have two forums, let say forum-a and forum-b then i registered from forum-b
     then afterward i posted on forum-a then there should be a way people from forum-a to determine
     that i came from forum-b. the admin can choose to enable this feature or dis-able.

I guess this is a cool feature and I'm hoping these will be implemented too.

Thanks avail your Multi_Forum Mods is awesome.

These are both things I'd love to see around, as I've plans for a rather intricate network and knowing who is joining from which end of the scale would be greatly interesting and useful.

I'd also like to note that I emulated the Subaccounts mod onto my site, and the two interact nicely and with no hitches [unless I sub in on a forum the sub has no access to, which is to be expected!]

Okay well, I haven't exactly been supportive of this mod lately. A recent private message has brought it again to my attention.

I didn't want to update it until the final SMF 2.0 version is released, but it seems a lot of people are having too many issues working with the mod. As I stated on the first page of the topic, I am going to rewrite the mod instead of just appending to it. I will immediately begin this update. I will thoroughly test the current mod to see what is wrong with it and why people are having such a wide range of problems. The new mod is intended to have more features and less complexity than the current mod. I hope this will help everyone who is now dependent upon this mod.

Sounds wonderful! Thank you so much

If there are any other problems that aren't listed below or on the front page, or if there is a feature that hasn't been suggested yet, please post about it. Once I update the mod, I don't intend on having to continually update it. I want one working copy that will last until SMF is again updated.

These are the problems it seems people are having:

• Absolute paths are not working, but relative are (local server)
• Compounding domains (self-concatenated)
• Problems with recent posts
• Issues when working with SSI.php (especially with portals)

Is the "Problems with recent posts" referring to the

"An Error Has Occurred!
The board you specified is located on a different forum" ?

If so, my request would be something along the lines of additional links;

"Show unread posts for Current Forum"
"Show unread replies for Current Forum"
"Show unread posts for all Forums"
"Show unread replies for all Forums"

and of course, the "No unread topics found since your last visit. Click here to try all unread topics." for them, restricted to "Current Forum" or "All Forums" -- Why?

In the 1.1.x version similar to this own, the unreads only display on the individual forums; you cannot see EVERYTHING for the entire forum, only whichever sub you are on. Which has it's uses, but when one wants to see EVERYTHING across the board, it can be irritable, especially as an Admin or Moderator. So the option to see all, or just that area, would be useful I think.

I'm not sure how to go about doing recent posts. In fact, the interaction between the sub forums and the main forum has been a controversy over the entire development of this package. I couldn't decide whether it'd be more applicable to make everything subforum-specific or make it all global. Each has its own uses, but I couldn't come up with a way of doing them both at once. I want to make a control panel that allows the administrators to chose how the package behaves, but I'm not sure that will be implemented anytime soon.

As for the actual error regarding the boards, I'd rather create a redirection to the subforum. This is in compliance with the new structure of the mod I have planned (which involves using a much nicer, UI-based method of managing the subforums).

There are plans of many subforum-specific settings (as discussed on the front page), but no plans on implementing them. Some of them (such as the permissions) will take a considerable amount of editing of internal smf systems, and I'd rather get a distribution out for the newest release of SMF than add half a dozen features which will bring in a dozen more bugs.

[iridion_us]

I created categories and forums under the SubForum
But after i created them and browse them they did not show up.
Nothing happened.

By the way i did no inputted IDs numbers in the subforum, is this the reason?
or is there any other reason?
Anyone can explain to me why is this not showing up? and advice me on how to make this forums and categories show up.


Thanks in advance.