Any way to create a forum and not have it show up in the index?<br />I want to create a member feedback forum and have a link to it in the header of my classified forum, but I do not want it to show up anywhere else, is this possiable?<br />I have seen it done with VB as a sub forum but Infopop does not want to do sub's for some reason, but that is another story I'm sure.

I'm all for this implementation as well... I can think of so many uses for this mod!<br /><br />thanks for any input into getting this suggestion into production (if it isn't already there) <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I'd love to see this as well, and asked about it several times awhile back. I want it so I can have a news section without having a bunch of news forums showing up...

simple.. add another field to the w3t_Boards table called showboard and set it to default to 0 and fopr the board you want to show set it to 1 and then in the categories.php and ubbthreads.php where it calls the board array do a <br /><br />AND showboard = 0 <br /><br />then it won't show the forum you set to 1. <br /><br />then add a link such as http://www.yourdomain.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/keywordnameofboard<br /><br />and it will call the hidden board..

scroungr, thanks for your advice... worked like a charm!!!

now you can get fancier also and in your admin panel where you edit or create the forums add an area for setting it to hidden or not hidden.

done that already (that was written in your origonal sugestion <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />)

cool now write up the mod and post it in the modification section <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

^^^ my UBBT is so hacked that my write-up may need some advanced editing... Im currently working off a custom 6.2.3 based 6.5b4 hybrid <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/threadvolution_blink.gif" alt="" /><br /><br />only three files needed to be hacked though:<br />ubbthreads.php, /admin/viewboard.php, /admin/doeditboard.php<br /><br />plus an extra column added to wt3_Boards database<br /><br />.....<br /><br />here are the basics though<br /><br />Edit your DATABASE by adding a new column, wt3_Boards<br />ALTER TABLE `wt3_Boards` CHANGE `Bo_Hidden` `Bo_Hidden` CHAR( 3 ) DEFAULT 'Off' NOT NULL <br /><br /><br />^^^ i think this is the correct query command - if not, atleast you get the idea of what needs to be added <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /><br /><br /><br />in ubbthreas.php<br /><br />***find<br /> $useroffset = "";<br /> $userstatus = "";<br /><br />*** add under it<br /> $Hidden = "";<br /><br />...<br /><br />***find<br /> $groupquery .= " OR ";<br /> }<br /> $groupquery .= "t1.Bo_Read_Perm LIKE '%-$Grouparray[$i]-%'"; <br /><br />*** add under it<br /> $groupquery .= " AND ";<br /> $groupquery .= "t1.Bo_Hidden = 'Off'"; <br /><br />...<br />***find (or something like it)<br /> SELECT t1.Bo_Title,t1.Bo_Description,t1.Bo_Keyword,t1.Bo_Total,t1.Bo_Last,t1.Bo_Number,t1.Bo_Moderated,t1.Bo_Read_Perm,t1.Bo_Write_Perm,t1.Bo_Threads,t1.Bo_Sorter,t1.Bo_Posterid,t1.Bo_LastMain,t1.Bo_LastNumber,t2.U_Username,t3.B_Subject,t3.B_Icon,t3.B_Reged,t3.B_AnonName,t1.Bo_Image,t1.Bo_Hidden<br /><br />*** add to the end of that line, ",t1.Bo_Hidden" so that it looks like this<br /><br /> SELECT t1.Bo_Title,t1.Bo_Description,t1.Bo_Keyword,t1.Bo_Total,t1.Bo_Last,t1.Bo_Number,t1.Bo_Moderated,t1.Bo_Read_Perm,t1.Bo_Write_Perm,t1.Bo_Threads,t1.Bo_Sorter,t1.Bo_Posterid,t1.Bo_LastMain,t1.Bo_LastNumber,t2.U_Username,t3.B_Subject,t3.B_Icon,t3.B_Reged,t3.B_AnonName,t1.Bo_Image,t1.Bo_Hidden<br /><br />...<br /><br />***find (or something like it)<br /> list($Title,$Description,$Keyword,$Total,$Last,$Number,$Moderated,$ReadPerm,$WritePerm,$Threads,$Sorter,$Posterid,$lastmain,$lastnumber,$Poster,$Subject,$Icon,$Reged,$AnonName,$forumimage) = $boardrows;<br /><br />*** add to the end of that line, ",$Hidden" so that it looks like this<br /><br /> list($Title,$Description,$Keyword,$Total,$Last,$Number,$Moderated,$ReadPerm,$WritePerm,$Threads,$Sorter,$Posterid,$lastmain,$lastnumber,$Poster,$Subject,$Icon,$Reged,$AnonName,$forumimage,$Hidden) = $boardrows;<br /><br />*** find<br /><br /> $forum[$x][$y]['time'] = $time;<br /> $forum[$x][$y]['lastpost'] = $lastpost;<br /> $forum[$x][$y]['lastposter'] = "$lastposter";<br /> $forum[$x][$y]['lastposturl'] = $lastposturl;<br /><br />***add under it<br /> $forum[$x][$y]['Hidden'] = $Hidden;<br /><br /><br />...<br />in /admin/viewboard.php<br /><br />*** find<br /> echo "<form method=post action = \"{$config['phpurl']}/admin/deleteboard.php\">\n";<br /> echo "<input type=hidden name=Number value=$Number>\n";<br /><br />*** change to<br /> echo "<form method=post action = \"{$config['phpurl']}/admin/deleteboard.php\">\n";<br /> echo "<input type=hidden name=Cat value=\"$Cat\">";<br /> echo "<input type=hidden name=Number value=$Number>\n";<br /><br />*** find (or something like it<br /> SELECT Bo_Title,Bo_Keyword,Bo_Description,Bo_HTML,Bo_Expire,Bo_Markup,Bo_Moderated,Bo_CatName,Bo_Cat,Bo_Read_Perm,Bo_Write_Perm,Bo_ThreadAge,Bo_Reply_Perm,Bo_SpecialHeader,Bo_StyleSheet,Bo_Image,Bo_Number<br /><br />***add to the end, ",Bo_Hidden" / change to<br /> SELECT Bo_Title,Bo_Keyword,Bo_Description,Bo_HTML,Bo_Hidden,Bo_Expire,Bo_Markup,Bo_Moderated,Bo_CatName,Bo_Cat,Bo_Read_Perm,Bo_Write_Perm,Bo_ThreadAge,Bo_Reply_Perm,Bo_SpecialHeader,Bo_StyleSheet,Bo_Image,Bo_Number,Bo_Hidden<br /><br />***find<br /> list($Title,$Keyword,$Description,$HTML,$Expires,$Markup,$Moderated,$Cattemp,$Catnum,$Groups,$WGroups,$ThreadAge,$RGroups,$header,$stylesheet,$forumimage,$bonum) = $dbh -> fetch_array($sth);<br /><br />***add to the end, ",$HIDDEN" / change to<br /> list($Title,$Keyword,$Description,$HTML,$HIDDEN,$Expires,$Markup,$Moderated,$Cattemp,$Catnum,$Groups,$WGroups,$ThreadAge,$RGroups,$header,$stylesheet,$forumimage,$bonum) = $dbh -> fetch_array($sth);<br /><br />***find<br /><br /> if ($HTML == "On") {<br /> $HTMLOn = "checked";<br /> $HTMLOff = "";<br /> }<br /><br />***add ABOVE it<br /><br /> if ($HIDDEN == "On") {<br /> $HIDDENOn = "checked";<br /> $HIDDENOff = "";<br /> }<br /> else {<br /> $HIDDENOff = "checked";<br /> $HIDDENOn = "";<br /> }<br /><br />***find<br /> {$ubbt_lang['F_DESC']}<br><br /> <textarea name=Description cols=60 rows=5 wrap=soft class=\"formboxes\">$Description</textarea><br /> <br><br><br /><br />***add BELOW IT<br /> <input type=radio name=HIDDEN value=On $HIDDENOn class=\"formboxes\"> {$ubbt_lang['YES']}<br /> <input type=radio name=HIDDEN value=Off $HIDDENOff class=\"formboxes\"> {$ubbt_lang['NO']}<br /> <br><br><br /><br /><br />...<br />in /admin/doeditboard.php<br /><br />***find<br /> $Description = get_input("Description","post");<br /> $HTML = get_input("HTML","post");<br /><br />***add BELOW it<br /> $HIDDEN = get_input("HIDDEN","post");<br /><br />***find<br /> $Description_q = addslashes($Description);<br /> $HTML_q = addslashes($HTML);<br /><br />***add BELOW it<br /> $HIDDEN_q = addslashes($HIDDEN);<br /><br />***find<br /> SET Bo_Title='$Title_q', Bo_Description='$Description_q', Bo_HTML='$HTML_q', Bo_Expire = '$Expires', Bo_Markup = '$Markup_q', Bo_Moderated = '$Moderated_q', Bo_Read_Perm = '$CanRead',Bo_Write_Perm='$CanWrite',Bo_Reply_Perm='$CanReply',Bo_ThreadAge='$ThreadAge',Bo_SpecialHeader='$header', Bo_StyleSheet='$stylesheet', Bo_Image='$avurl' $extra<br /><br />***change to<br /> SET Bo_Title='$Title_q', Bo_Description='$Description_q', Bo_HTML='$HTML_q', Bo_Hidden='$HIDDEN_q', Bo_Expire = '$Expires', Bo_Markup = '$Markup_q', Bo_Moderated = '$Moderated_q', Bo_Read_Perm = '$CanRead',Bo_Write_Perm='$CanWrite',Bo_Reply_Perm='$CanReply',Bo_ThreadAge='$ThreadAge',Bo_SpecialHeader='$header', Bo_StyleSheet='$stylesheet', Bo_Image='$avurl' $extra

PLEASE USE THE ABOVE CODE AT YOUR OWN RISK - MY SETUP IS QUITE MODIFIED AND MAY BE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN STOCK UBBTHREADS - I POSTED THE ABOVE CODE/GUIDE AS WALK-THROUGH FOR HOW THIS MOD MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED, NOT AS A HOW-TO GUIDE. <br /> <br />MAKE A BACKUP OF ALL THE FILES YOU PLAN ON MODIFYING, SO YOU CAN REVERT BACK IF YOUR INSTALL DOESN'T WORK OUT AS PLANNED. <br /> <br />I'M RUNNING UBBT A 6.2.3 / 6.5b4 HYBRID - BUT THIS MOD IS SO SIMPLE THAT IT SHOULD WORK JUST FINE ON UBBT 6.2.3 THROUGH 6.4x <br /> <br />Your mileage may very <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

scroungr, if you want to try this code in stock UBBT and release it as your own UBBT mod - please feel free to do it... <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /><br /><br />im not big on wanting to be in the 'spotlight'

okay wrote it up for 6.5 and put it here<br /><br />http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/showflat.php...;vc=#Post117381<br /><br />making you the author <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

excellent work... thanks <img src="http://www.ubbdev.com/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />