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Damion · 02-19-2010, 01:37 AM

(12-27-2009 04:59 AM)Skyance Wrote: If I would have known this before I bought my subscription... well I would have still bought my subscription it anyways, this is a waste of time as you could just pay the measly $10 and get the plugin that takes 2 minutes to install/config.

This would be good if you only wanted it to work on certain themes.

Joshee · 02-19-2010, 04:30 AM

Nice, but the main reason Labrocca has one is because with his method you can add more than one category into a tab. With this, every category has a separate tab, which makes every tab only has one category. Pretty pointless.
Labrocca's method was designed to make it easier for forums with a lot of categories to be more user friendly in browsing.

No offense, honestly, it's a great tutorial!

***Tim B.*** · 02-19-2010, 05:52 AM

wow, brilliant job. I just noticed this on Tierney's forum and it is much nicer than Labrocca's plugin.

Bit 'n Bang · 02-19-2010, 01:43 PM

I agree. This is much more sleek than Labrocca's.

flick · (This post was last modified: 02-19-2010 10:23 PM by flick.)

Just wanted to say Tierney has a very nice design going there. Would be a good showcase site for this particular tutorial.

As to whether a plugin or a tutorial is better; I just think it's fantastic that people have a choice as to what approach they can take for a particular feature.

Thanks for posting your tutorial here, Joey_Pham!

For instance, for tabs only, one could use CSS only, or a combination of Javascript and CSS. And if you did decide to opt for a framework, you can also choose between e.g. jQuery or MooTools.

TheLifelessOne · 03-02-2010, 07:49 PM

Okay, how do you add multiple categories in one tab?

Joshee · 03-02-2010, 08:45 PM

(03-02-2010 07:49 PM)TheLifelessOne Wrote: Okay, how do you add multiple categories in one tab?

You can't, that's why I said Labrocca's method is better. It may be paid, but it's the only way to do what you're asking for.
(Actually, I think someone made a free plugin that works the same way, and you can add multiple categories to a tab. Not sure it he released it, but I know he was working on it.)

Murloc · 03-02-2010, 08:46 PM

Thanks it works. Another reason not to buy plugin. Thanks for the code.

TheLifelessOne · 03-02-2010, 08:49 PM

(03-02-2010 08:45 PM)Joshee Wrote:
(03-02-2010 07:49 PM)TheLifelessOne Wrote: Okay, how do you add multiple categories in one tab?

You can't, that's why I said Labrocca's method is better. It may be paid, but it's the only way to do what you're asking for.
(Actually, I think someone made a free plugin that works the same way, and you can add multiple categories to a tab. Not sure it he released it, but I know he was working on it.)

Well, from reading the source from the mod, it seems it doesn't allow multiple categories 'cause it uses "title="cat_*".
Now, I'm thinking if we go into {forums} and manually define everything (btw, anyone know what template that is? I want to try this), like the categories, it should work.

But then again, most of you know more about this than I do, so meh. :/

Joshee · 03-02-2010, 08:53 PM

The source code of Labrocca's mod?