Boards :: Can I Hide Them

[tassie73]

I have a bit of a tricky one here......

I have a number of boards on my forum that I would like to remove from the main forum. I know I can go and move all the topics and condense the boards, but I don't want to mix all the posts into one board..... I need to keep them separate but I just don't want them to appear in the main forum as it makes it too long.

I basically just need to find a way to hide the boards from the main forum, while keeping them intact and accessible through alternate links I already have in place. Is there a way to just "switch off" the ability to see them in the main forum?

Thanks for any advice. I hope I have explained my situation well enough so you know what I am talking about.

Chris

[Colin]

You would need to go in and add some custom code to filter out the board links that you don't want shown.

[tassie73]

Thanks Colin.

Any hints on where I can start playing?

Chris

[Colin]

If you want to take on the project I can guide you in the right direction or I can simply just make the changes to the files for you.

[tassie73]

If you can guide me, that would be great! Trying to learn on the fly and only way to do it is jump in feet first I guess

[Colin]

One second, let me do a quick check and see if there is a published mod already available.

[tassie73]

No worries mate

[Colin]

I think this modification should do you what you are looking for: http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=236

[tassie73]

Saw that one, but it seems as if it allows the member to decide if they can hide the board or not. I don't want it to be an option, I want to hide these boards from all members and guests in the main forum.

Maybe I can look at that mod and modify it though....

[tassie73]

That mod is for SMF1.X too.... I'm using SMF2

[letavos]

tenho duvida igual

[Colin]

That mod is for SMF1.X too.... I'm using SMF2

The mod is Compatible With:
1.0.5, 1.1 RC1, 1.1 RC2, 1.1 RC3, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.4

[tassie73]

Yeah I am using SMF 2.0

[Colin]

It is getting late.  I will give you the manual edit. Let me dig through the code for a second.

[tassie73]

Thanks mate. I appreciate the assistance!

[Colin]

Sure. Alright here are the steps below. Luckily it only takes one file to edit.


Bring up your index.template.php file found in /forumdir/Themes/default

Find this piece of code:

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foreach ($category['boards'] as $board)
{

Add the following after it:

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if ($board['id'] != 4) {

Where I put 4 for my board ID that is where you will put the board ID of the one you want to hide.

Find this piece of code:

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echo '
<tr id="board_', $board['id'], '_children">
<td colspan="3" class="children windowbg">
<strong>', $txt['parent_boards'], '</strong>: ', implode(', ', $children), '
</td>
</tr>';
}
}

Add this after it:

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}

Backup your initial file just in case.

[tassie73]

Thanks heaps Colin!

Will have a play with it tonight!

Thanks again mate

Chris

[Colin]

Absolutely, glad to help. Have a great evening.

[tassie73]

Okay, ran into an issue at the start..... Unable to find the first bit of code in my index.template.php file

Found it in boardindex.template.php though so will have a play with that file and see what happens!

[tassie73]

No go..... Can't find the code I am looking for.

Will have a look a bit later as I need to get this sorted.....