Forums list

Template for displaying forums list is located in forums.ascx. Here it is tuned, in which form each forum is displayed.

In a ForumsList tag you can use the following tags:

TopPart - top part of the threads list;
BottomPart - bottom part of the threads list;
MessageTemplate - forum’s information template.

You can use the TopPart and BottomPart tags in the ForumList tag to set forums list Header and Footer.

On a page with a forums list it is usually situated forums administrator messages above them.

In the MessageTemplate tag of the ForumsList tag you can use the following parameters:

Template's part	Description
`<%# Container.Name %>`	Forum's name
`<%# Container.Desc %>`	Forum's description
`<%# Container.NumberThreads %>`	Number of threads
<%# Container.NumberMessages %>	Number of messages
<%# Container.LinkToLastMessage %>	Link to the forum thread with the last message
<%# Container.LastMessageDateTime %>	The date and time of the last message on the forum
<%# Container.LastMessageDate %>	Date of last message on the forum
<%# Container.LastMessageTime %>	Time of last message on the forum.
<%# Container.LastMessage %>	The quote of last message
<%# Container.LastMessageAuthorName %>	Last message author

A template file is located in modules/Forum/forums.ascx and can look as follows:

<%@ Control Language="c#" Inherits="CMSLib.Pages.SiteControl" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="cmsf" Namespace="CMSLib.Modules.Forums" Assembly="CMSLib" %> <cmsf:ForumsList id="ForumsList1" runat="server"><TopPart> <table width="98%" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" bordercolor="black"> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2">Forum name</td> <td align="center"><b>Subject</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Messages</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Last message</b></td> </tr></TopPart><BottomPart></table> </BottomPart> <MessageTemplate> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="modules/forum/signs/off.gif" width="22" height="15"></td> <td><a href="<%# Container.LinkToThreads %>" class="h5"> <%# Container.Name %></a><br /> <font class="small"><%# Container.Desc %></font></td> <td align="center"><%# Container.NumberThreads %></td> <td align="center"><%# Container.NumberMessages %></td> <td align="center"><a href="<%# Container.LinkToLastMessage %>" class="link"> <%# Container.LastMessage %> (<%# Container.LastMessageAuthorName %>) <%# Container.LastMessageDate %> <%# Container.LastMessageTime %> </a> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5" height="2"></td></tr> </MessageTemplate> </cmsf:ForumsList>

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