[request] "show board on newest topics list" code

[swissunite]

Under the old version, I was able to add the Board (forum) name in a column for the New Topics (most recent).  That way, you could tell which forum the topic was in.  Sometimes, the subject lines are not very helpful and some folks didn't want to even bother opening those threads up if it was in a forum they had no interest in.

I would like to add that column in the /threads/recent one


is that a template issue or a plug in issue?

thanks for any help and I would have used search to see if this had been answered, but search is not working for me right now

[swissunite]

this was the code I had in my old boards

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
// show board on newest topics list
// by Wormopolis - [url]www.wormocodes.com[/url]
// keep header intact

displayStyle='column'; //column or cell. cell style puts board name under each thread title

if (location.href.match(/newestthreads/)) {
fj=document.getElementById('forumjump');
for (tds=document.getElementsByTagName('td'), t=0; t<tds.length; t++) {
if (tds[t].width.match(/4(3|8)%/) && tds[t].className.match(/catbg/) && displayStyle=='column') {
clntitle=tds[t].cloneNode(true);
clntitle.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.innerHTML='Board';
clntitle.width='1%'; clntitle.align='center';
tds[t].width=(parseInt(tds[t].width)-1)+"%";
tds[t].parentNode.insertBefore(clntitle,tds[t--].nextSibling);
if (document.ammForm) {
vtabl=document.ammForm.parentNode.parentNode;
vtabl.rows[0].cells[0].colSpan++;
vtabl.rows[vtabl.rows.length-1].cells[0].colSpan++;
} else {
vtabl=tds[t].parentNode.previousSibling.firstChild.colSpan++;
}
}
if (tds[t].width.match(/4(3|8)%/) && tds[t].className.match(/windowbg/) && tds[t].getElementsByTagName('font')[0]) {
thr=tds[t].getElementsByTagName('font')[0].getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
thrb=(thr.href.match(/board=(.*?)($|&)/) ? RegExp.$1 : '');
for (fjopts=fj.options, o=0; o<fjopts.length; o++) {
if (fjopts[o].value.match(new RegExp('board='+thrb+'$',''))) {
fjtitle=fjopts[o].innerHTML.replace(/\-+/,'');
break;
}
}
if (displayStyle=='column') {
nfnt=document.createElement('font'); nfnt.size=2;
nfnt.innerHTML=fjtitle;
nwcl=document.createElement('td'); nwcl.className='windowbg'; nwcl.align='center'; nwcl.width='1%';
blnk=document.createElement('a');
blnk.href="/index.cgi?board="+thrb;
blnk.appendChild(nfnt); nwcl.appendChild(blnk);
tds[t].width=(parseInt(tds[t].width)-1)+"%";
tds[t].parentNode.insertBefore(nwcl,tds[t--].nextSibling);
} else if (displayStyle=='cell') {
nfnt=document.createElement('font'); nfnt.size=1;
nfnt.appendChild(document.createTextNode('in board: '+fjtitle));
tds[t].appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
tds[t].appendChild(nfnt);
}
}
}
}

// -->
</script>

[swissunite]

I've been looking in the stylesheets and I think the problem is that the thread list doesn't have the object for the board name. Is that correct? How can I get the board name into the THREAD LIST area?

board_id does me no good, as it is just a number. This was an important feature in our forums, as it made it possible to have forums that could talk about politics and have it clearly marked in Board column - and therefore, those who wanted nothing to do with politics knew that thread was not for them.

and obviously, I would want to skip displaying the board name outside of being in new topics (/threads/recent url)

I hope this all made some sense...

[swissunite]

Can we get the board name added to the thread listings template variables?

[pawl]

I'd probably say that this is better as a Feature Request, as I think it makes sense to have the board shown for each thread. Perhaps try there, see if the devs think it's worth adding in. =]