[Forum] Separating Forums onto different pages

[vBBurger]

We have a Mens forum and a Womens forum on the same site.

I would like to use the same install of vBulletin for both.

With PHPBB, you could simply click on the heading above Men's Forums and be taken to a single page with nothing but men's forums.

It didn't look *any* different from the main page of men's forums.

Same structure, visual layout, etc, it just lacked all the other main forum sections. Perfect.

But with vBulletin if I click on the Men's Forums (overall header), I am taken to a page that looks completely different, visually:

http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/forumdisplay.php/8-Men-s-Hair-Loss-Discussions

No bueno.

How can i link users to a page and have them see this?

(attached image)

More ideally, I'd like to fully separate the two forums, so they don't accidentally end up at the forum home page...... with both men and womens forums showing.. .... Defeating the entire purpose.

Is it possible to physically split a set of forums off onto a different page while retaining the forum home page view?

[Trevor Hannant]

Sorry, there is no function to do this. This requires modifying the code. We cannot officially support code modifications or forums running modified code, however you can try searching or asking for help with this over at www.vbulletin.org.

[vBBurger]

There must be a creative way to do this without code changes.

Why does the view change completely when you click on the "Main" forum title?

Why dont you retain the layout and subforum display of the forum main page?

[Abdulla Ashoor]

Why does the view change completely when you click on the "Main" forum title?

Because it has different template to show the category. The men forum contains many sub-forums. I think you want to show all threads included in those sub-forums into the main category.. right?, whereas this only can achieved with a customized code, a plugin, and/or template changes.

Why dont you retain the layout and subforum display of the forum main page?

The category page designed to show the hierarchy of sub-forums floating out.

[vBBurger]

Okay. There must be some way to do this ...

[Merjawy]

This will do what you want
[YUI] Tabbed Forum Home


EDIT: Fixed URL.. The wind did it

[vBBurger]

I think that URL is maybe incorrect. Despite what your signature says Could you check it and let me know?

Were you going for this: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=233135

[Merjawy]

Don't argue with me.. reread my sig

Yes, that is the right thread/mod.. I have tried it back when it was first posted and it worked great.. I didn't use it on a live board though.. It does separate the categories like you wanted (almost like totally different boards in one).

Board 1 would have forums 1 - 5
Board 2 would have forums 6 - 10
etc. etc.

Board 1 would have forums for Males
Board 2 would have forums for Females
etc. etc.

[Trevor Hannant]

Don't argue with me.. reread my sig

Yes, that is the right thread/mod.. I have tried it back when it was first posted and it worked great.. I didn't use it on a live board though.. It does separate the categories like you wanted (almost like totally different boards in one).

It would be if your link went to .org instead of .com...

[Merjawy]

Now thats really strange.. I did copy it from vb.org as the title says, but why did it copy another URL???..

Ok ok, I will change my sig to "only once was wrong"

Thanks Trevor

Fixed the URL... sorry but I have no idea why that happened.. I will blame it on Trevor

[PAPPACLART]

Can't properly check your prob, as on phone and your site wont let me view full site. You prob sounds similar to mine. Check my forums to see whay I did. In particular club forums, compare gbrc forums with crc forums. Www.gtatena.com.