I think you can just change the permissions of the forum to disallow searching in it (you can still use XThreads' inline search, though it may not be as effective).
Using blank search templates will have a side effect of fewer search results appearing on each page.
in which template u have used iwebtool , i am not able to make it myself. Can u please help me.
I've updated the Link Directory sample.
1. Remove
xtld_forumbit_depth1_cat template.
2. Set
Yes in
Hide Forum setting for Link Directory.
We can hide the category (forum type =c) directly now, so, we don't need the
xtld_forumbit_depth1_cat template any more. Please remember that we need to use the newest
XThreads version (v 1.7) for this. Thank you very much Yumi for the update, and Lee for bringing up this

Well, RateU is using webtools to link the site, I am using the site banner headers using the attach via an url method.
RateU, your's looks like what I want to do...is there a detailed tutorial to make one just like yours? (I'm really not that good at php and stuff...LOL)

I can use any thumbnail service, not set on thumbshots.
Find this code in your
xtld_forumdisplay_thread template:
HTML Code
<td align="center" class="{$bgcolor}" width="100"> </td>
|
Replaced the code with:
HTML Code
<td align="center" width="1" class="{$bgcolor}">
<a href="{$thread['threadlink']}" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.iwebtool2.com/img/?r={$mybb->settings['bburl']}/&domain={$GLOBALS['threadfields']['xtldwww']}" alt="{$thread['subject']}" title="{$thread['subject']}" style="width: 120px; height: 90px;" /></a>
</td>
|
I've changed the width and height for the thumbnail. If you want the default width and height, remove the width and height value from the img tag.
Please remember that sometimes the thumbnail service need a "time" to "capture" your link for the first time, if the link isn't cached yet by them. So, sometimes you need to wait for 10 - 15 seconds and refresh the page to receive the thumbnail. This only happens for the first time you submit the link and the link isn't cached yet by them.