Which element do you like? It looks pretty standard less the welcome box.
I like the way how the forums are in a grouped manner and how the latest post is displayed before the topics/posts cell.
Ok to switch the last post and threads/posts columns around
Open your forumbit_depth1_cat template
Find
<td class="tcat" width="35"> </td>
<td class="tcat"><strong>{$lang->forumbit_forum}</strong></td>
<td class="tcat" width="85" align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"><strong>{$lang->forumbit_threads}</strong></td>
<td class="tcat" width="85" align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"><strong>{$lang->forumbit_posts}</strong></td>
<td class="tcat" width="200" align="center"><strong>{$lang->forumbit_lastpost}</strong></td>
Replace with
<td class="tcat" width="35"> </td>
<td class="tcat"><strong>{$lang->forumbit_forum}</strong></td>
<td class="tcat" width="200" align="center"><strong>{$lang->forumbit_lastpost}</strong></td>
<td class="tcat" width="85" align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"><strong>{$lang->forumbit_threads}</strong></td>
<td class="tcat" width="85" align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"><strong>{$lang->forumbit_posts}</strong></td>
Then open your forumbit_depth2_forum template and replace the current contents with
<tr>
<td class="{$bgcolor}" align="center" valign="top"><img src="{$theme['imgdir']}/{$lightbulb['folder']}.gif" alt="{$lightbulb['altonoff']}" title="{$lightbulb['altonoff']}" /></td>
<td class="{$bgcolor}" valign="top">
<strong><a href="forumdisplay.php?fid={$forum['fid']}">{$forum['name']}</a></strong><div class="smalltext">{$forum['description']}{$modlist}{$subforums}</div>
</td>
<td class="{$bgcolor}" valign="top" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap">{$lastpost}</td>
<td class="{$bgcolor}" valign="top" align="center" style="white-space: nowrap">{$threads}{$unapproved['unapproved_threads']}</td>
<td class="{$bgcolor}" valign="top" align="center" style="white-space: nowrap">{$posts}{$unapproved['unapproved_posts']}</td>
</tr>
Thanks is there anyway to group all the cats togeather and add a header area like the vb format?
Edit: Like a layout of
http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/index.php
See how like the tcat is at the top and than the sub ones
Adding a bump on this. I'm not exactly looking for coding but a template that looks like that.