vB5 How To: Add forum names into Today's Posts / New Topics

One major thing that has been missing in vB5, has been the name of the forum in the Today's Posts / New Posts results. You are told the name of the topic, who started it, when it was started, who made the most recent post, etc...but you are not told what forum it's in.

For many, this is essential, as they only want to read threads in forums they are interested in.

Well, here's how to add this back in.

First, add this to the template css_additional.css
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To make the vB5 default style "zoomable" on mobile devices:

Find this in the header template:

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=1" />

Change the "maximum-scale" value to a higher number, such as 3:

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=3" />

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