DragonByte Forum Tabs v1.0.0 Public Beta Released!

[Mokonzi]

Hi everyone,

Tonight DragonByte Forum Tabs becomes a public beta! After a good closed beta period (and some excellent feedback and data from our testers) we've added a good number of core features (outlined below) including Automatic Refreshing and Idling/Unidling of Tabs, more options to add to your Favourites forums and even the ability to place your subforums into columns.

We are still in the beta stage so feedback on #DFT and any suggestions on improvements or additions are welcome (as always). Feel free to experiment with a number of the features here on DBTech and get used to how DragonByte Forum Tabs can help your site become more cleanly organized.

Key features already in this beta are:

• AdminCP
  • Customizable Tabs and Category Tabs
  • Per Category Style
  • Usergroup controlled permissions for each Category and Tab
  • Option to sticky Tabs and Categories to prioritise them in display
  • Set default tab per Category to override global defaults
  • StyleVars for customizing the Tabs and Categories
  • Can choose between image, text or both image and text tab display
  • Optional default or forced forums for Favourites tab
  • vBulletin Options
    • Set how many columns hidden/unstickied Category Tabs are displayed in
    • Set how many columns subforums are displayed in on the forum home
    • Enable or Disable the 'More' tab that contains hidden/unstickied Category Tabs
    • Tab Refresh Timer setting
    • Tab Idle Timer setting
    • Global Default Tab setting
    • Option to display notifications to users or not
    • Option to display Unread Threads Counters on Tabs
    • Set Default Usergroups when creating new Tabs and Category Tabs
• Forum Home
  • Tabs load using AJAX
  • Category Tabs can use different styles
  • Tabs and Category Tabs can use an image only, text only or both text and images
  • Tabs automatically refresh
  • Tabs automatically idle and unidle
  • Favourite Tab
  • Add forums to Favourites tab by one click on Forum Home and Forum Display pages
  • Add forums via User Control Panel
  • Drop down menu to add favourite forums in Forum Display pages
  • Set default tab to load in the User Control Panel
  • Unstickied/hidden Category Tabs toggled by 'More' button
  • Dimissable notifications for users who have not set a favourite forum or a default tab
  • Unread Thread count can be placed within the Tabs
  • Subforums organized into customizable columns.

Here's a few screenshots:


We look forward to working with your all to make DFT an even better product.

Discuss this news here.

 

[Fillip H.]

Update: Some showstopper bugs found here on DBTech in Internet Explorer has lead to having to disable this mod as well as disable the product until it can be addressed.

 

[Mokonzi]

Update: Some showstopper bugs found here on DBTech in Internet Explorer has lead to having to disable this mod as well as disable the product until it can be addressed.

Updated the package to fix an IE display problem. Product Re-enabled.