Possible to permanently toggle forum categories?

[usmf]

Is it possible to set our entire forum to show all category boards in the toggled mode? Currently, they look like this:

Each user can click the toggle close arrow on the right and make the category appear this way:

I'd like the forum front page to keep all categories permanently toggled, showing a description for each category. To access the sub-boards, I'd like members to have to click into the category to see only the sub-boards in there. Is that possible? Thanks!

Edited July 17, 2021 by usmf

[Nathan Explosion]

Edit forums -> front -> index -> index

Find:

<li data-categoryID='{$category->_id}' class='cForumRow ipsBox ipsSpacer_bottom ipsResponsive_pull'>

Change it to:

<li data-categoryID='{$category->_id}' class='cForumRow ipsBox ipsSpacer_bottom ipsResponsive_pull cForumRow_hidden' data-hidden="true">

 

[usmf]

On 7/17/2021 at 9:16 AM, Nathan Explosion said:

Edit forums -> front -> index -> index

Find:

<li data-categoryID='{$category->_id}' class='cForumRow ipsBox ipsSpacer_bottom ipsResponsive_pull'>

Change it to:

<li data-categoryID='{$category->_id}' class='cForumRow ipsBox ipsSpacer_bottom ipsResponsive_pull cForumRow_hidden' data-hidden="true">

 

Thank you for this. Works perfectly!

[Nathan Explosion]

Asked via another topic - how to do the above for 'some' categories. Do the following:

Identify the IDs of the categories you wish to have collapsed - the ID is in the URL for the category when you hover the mouse of the link for the category. Then...

Edit forums -> front -> index -> index

Find:

<li data-categoryID='{$category->_id}' class='cForumRow ipsBox ipsSpacer_bottom ipsResponsive_pull'>

Change to:

{{$collapseThese = array();}}
<li data-categoryID='{$category->_id}' class='cForumRow ipsBox ipsSpacer_bottom ipsResponsive_pull {{if \in_array($category->_id,$collapseThese)}}cForumRow_hidden' data-hidden="true"{{endif}}'>

Then populate the array() with the IDs of the categories:

{{$collapseThese = array(1,3,5,9,11);}}

Save the template.

User action of toggling the category open/closed will override this

[Ehren]

@Nathan Explosion

Nice solution - there's just a misplaced apostrophe with your code. The <li> line should be:

<li data-categoryID='{$category->_id}' class='cForumRow ipsBox ipsSpacer_bottom ipsResponsive_pull {{if \in_array($category->_id,$collapseThese)}}cForumRow_hidden' data-hidden="true"{{else}}'{{endif}}>

 

[Runitdown]

I did this change, but now the 1st category is closed and nothing else, by default 

https://gyazo.com/65fca62b0da6a9cb099fb879d507870a

[Nathan Explosion]

Post a link to your site.

Edited January 22, 2022 by Nathan Explosion

[Nathan Explosion]

In the absence of a link to the site, here's my suggestions:

1. Ensure that 3,4,5 are the IDs of the categories you want to have collapsed, and not the IDs of forums within a  category
2. You test this as a new user, and not someone who may or may not have already toggled open/closed the categories at some point - open a private/incognito window to avoid using locally cached cookies/storage that would contain the references to what you have done in that area.