Hiding Child Board from Parent Board Page

[Bodom]

Hello,

What I'm looking to do is to remove the child board from the parent board page...


So it would just look like this;


Thanks for the help in advance,
-Bodom

[shadow82x]

It requires some template modifications. Mind attaching your themes messageindex.template.php here?

Edit - Looks like there is a modification for it. http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2864

[Bodom]

Do you know if the mod keeps them on the main page still?

This mod isn't compatible with the current version of SMF. (2.0.6)
I should have stated what version I was using in the first place sorry..

I'd also like to keep the main page unchanged and like this,

[shadow82x]

It should work just fine on 2.0.6. If you get a compatibility error read this wiki page - http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/How_can_I_install_a_mod_that_doesn%27t_work_in_my_SMF_version

[Bodom]

Sorry it took so long to reply, but I've been busy.
Anyway, that mod does the exact opposite of what I want, it hides the child boards from the main forum index and not the index of the parent forums (refer to pics)

Summary

This mod prevents child boards from appearing in their parent's index.
Children still show as normal inside their parent boards.

[Kindred]

Why do you want to hide the child board inside the parent?  That seems extremely counter intuitive... How else would users GET into the child boards?

If you want them hidden, why even bother using child boards?

[kat]

Confusion?

This is a board: http://bodomsden.com/forum/index.php?board=1.0

This is it's parent, which is the message index:

http://bodomsden.com/forum

So, what you want, is that "Connect to server" thing, removing. Is that right?

There's something that seems a bit weird, though. On your message index, the boards in the "Counter-Strike: Source Server Discussion" category have a "Connect to server" thing, showing. Are they supposed to be there? I was gonna check, using the SMF default theme. But, you're not allowing theme selection, so I can't do that.

[Bodom]

It's using a modified version of the default theme (Main_Block.png changes and menu gfx)..
And I want them hidden inside the board because it's a redirect to connect to the server, I just want it displayed on the main page so if someone wants, they can connect to our servers from there. Since it's a redirect there will never be any posts inside those child boards.

Yes, I want the connect server to be there, but for example, http://bodomsden.com/forum/index.php?board=1.0 [nofollow], I want the child board at the top of that page removed and for all others.

[Kindred]

you will have to modifiy messageindex.template.php then...   it should be pretty clearly marked which code snip deals with the display of the child boards.

[margarett]

MessageIndex.template.php

Find:

Code Select Expand

if (!empty($context['boards']) && (!empty($options['show_children']) || $context['start'] == 0))
Add before

Code Select Expand

unset($context['boards']);

This would be the less "invasive" way to do it (and the easiest to revert). You can even choose some specific boards where to do this:

Code Select Expand

$array_dont_show = array(1,2,3); //Board IDs where to hide the child boards
if (in_array($_REQUEST['board'], $array_dont_show))
unset($context['boards']);

[Bodom]

Do i add

Code Select Expand

$array_dont_show = array(1,2,3); //Board IDs where to hide the child boards
if (in_array($_REQUEST['board'], $array_dont_show))
unset($context['boards']);
before?

Code Select Expand

unset($context['boards']);

[margarett]

No, you either use one or other option.

If you want to hide child boards everywhere then you use my first code (just the unset).

If you want to hide child boards in just some boards, then you use my second code

[Bodom]

Does exactly what I wanted, thanks!!