Let's try together to set up Advanced Forum on Drupal 6

1. Advanced Forum download and install all / modules
2. Author Pane download and install all / modules
3. Taxonomy Access download and install all / modules
4. Create a dictionary to the main forum for the container and forum topics in taxonomy
5. Add to the file node.tpl of your theme the following code to display the user status on the forum:

   <? php if ($ user_title):?> 
         <div class="user-title"> <? php print $ user_title;?> </ div> 
       <? php endif;?>  

6. Add to your theme template.php file the following code, if this feature is missing:

 function _phptemplate_variables ($ hook, $ vars) ( 
   if (module_exists ( 'advanced_forum')) ( 
     $ vars = advanced_forum_addvars ($ hook, $ vars); 
   ) 
   return $ vars; 
) 

7. The borders of the forum is not defined, let's try to establish them. The fox and opera show borders well, but explorer sets limits, only caps of the forum:

7.1. The module SYSTEM file sistem.css add in line 16 and 35
border: solid 1px # 808000;
or others

7.2. In advanced_forum-structure.css in line 59 we remove border-bottom: 0; and instead write: border: solid 1px # 808000;
or others
This addition closes the lower limit of the form line forums

7.3. I couldn't find the simple solution to the vertical boundaries on the forum page.

8. Pls tell how to set up advanced forum and coordinate its work. The instractions for advanced forum are very poor for understanding. Thanks

Comments

michelle’s picture

First off, don't follow the D5 instructions in D6. The instructions clearly say which is which.

The D6 is version is very simple to set up and I provide step by step instructions. You are mixing a whole bunch of stuff in this post that makes it difficult to see exactly what the problem is. Which step(s) of the instructions are you not understanding?

Michelle

andr’s picture

Michelle

Thank you for your reply. I have twice sent a letter to your address through your site. Tell me please, what part of the installation, I missed. Probably, the version of the forum is really simple, but my knowledge in webbuilding relatively weak. Nevertheless, the site is almost ready. The only problem to setup a forum on the site and the site can be run.

michelle’s picture

I'm sorry, but I simply don't have enough time to provide private support. I don't even have time for paid private support right now so I'm not being mercenary. I suggest you go back through the steps one by one and post here if there is one you don't understand. You've tagged this post 6.x which means you don't have the hard stuff of adding things to your template. It's really just a normal module install and then tweaking the settings to your liking.

Michelle

andr’s picture

Michelle
Thanks for your reply. I'll try to do my best

andr’s picture

Michelle

Thank you very much, everything turned out fine. It is your exelent contribution to the improvement of the Drupal's forum. In the next release, pls provide a small icon 18x12 pixele for country flag and weight of the picture to be not more than 1kb. Pls put it in the center under avatar. The flag icons should be select from Languageicons module folder (or open a new folder with flags). If it could also reflect on the home page in the Who's online - the main country's flags for the regisrated users, it would be an excellent option, but this module is not yours. Once again, thank you very much and good luck.

michelle’s picture

Sorry, I'm not a graphic designer.

Michelle