Forum Block in single Forum

[invitezone]

Hi all,

I am trying to add a forum block that I want to display only in one of my subforums.
I am using it to create a menu that relates only to that single sub forum.

Any advice on how I could achieve this?

Thank you all for your usual helpfulness.

[invitezone]

anyone got any infor on doing this please?

[ForceHSS]

have you done a search for a plugin for it

[kh99]

Are you creating a "Custom HTML/PHP" forum block? You can try this: Go to the style manager and copy the code of the "block_html" template, then create a new template and paste the code and surround it with an if, like this:

<vb:if condition="$GLOBALS['forumid'] == X">

// code from block_html goes here

</vb:if>


(of course you'll replace X with your forumid).

Then at the bottom of forum block configuration page there's a "Template to Use" field. You can put the name of your new template there.

[invitezone]

have you done a search for a plugin for it

basic starting point, so yes of course I have...

Are you creating a "Custom HTML/PHP" forum block? You can try this: Go to the style manager and copy the code of the "block_html" template, then create a new template and paste the code and surround it with an if, like this:

<vb:if contents="$GLOBALS['forumid'] == X'>

// code from block_html goes here

</vb:if>


(of course you'll replace X with your forumid).

Then at the bottom of forum block configuration page there's a "Template to Use" field. You can put the name of your new template there.

Excellent just the kind of info I was after. Really appreciate the help, I will give that a try.

Thanks again ;)

[invitezone]

ok so I tried this, but when I save the new template i get this error...


The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')' in /home/digitale/public_html/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(5432) : eval()'d code on line 1

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.





Here is the template that im trying to save...


<vb:if contents="$GLOBALS['forumid'] == 156'>
<li>
<div class="block smaller">
<div class="blocksubhead">
<a class="collapse" id="collapse_block_html_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}" href="{vb:raw relpath}#top"><img alt="" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/collapse_40b.png" id="collapseimg_html_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}"/></a>
<span class="blocktitle">{vb:raw blockinfo.title}</span>
</div>
<div class="widget_content blockbody floatcontainer">
<div id="block_html_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}" class="blockrow">
{vb:raw content}
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="underblock"></div>
</li>
</vb:if>

[kh99]

That's my fault, there's a mistake in the code I posted. The first line should be:
<vb:if condition="$GLOBALS['forumid'] == 156">


Sorry.

[invitezone]

appreciate the help buddy,
I'll go try it out and let you know how it goes :)

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same issue

<vb:if contents="$GLOBALS['forumid'] == 156">
<li>
<div class="block smaller">
<div class="blocksubhead">
<a class="collapse" id="collapse_block_html_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}" href="{vb:raw relpath}#top"><img alt="" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/collapse_40b.png" id="collapseimg_html_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}"/></a>
<span class="blocktitle">{vb:raw blockinfo.title}</span>
</div>
<div class="widget_content blockbody floatcontainer">
<div id="block_html_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}" class="blockrow">
{vb:raw content}
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="underblock"></div>
</li>
</vb:if>

[kh99]

Oh, yeah - it's "condition", not "contents":
<vb:if condition="$GLOBALS['forumid'] == 156">


I have no idea what I was thinking that day.

[invitezone]

well it has accepted it now, but nothing shows up in my forumid 156

[kh99]

Oh. You know, I'm being stupid. The forum blocks normally only ever show up on the forumhome page, so this doesn't make any sense unless you have a mod that allows the sidebar on other pages. I think there is more than one mod that does that though.

Sorry, I guess ForceHSS's suggestion was right and I just wasted your time.

Edit: Here's one: www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=233871 and that one seems to have an option for displaying block only on certain forums, so you don't need to do the template thing I suggested.

[invitezone]

LOL!!

ok thanks for the help anyway :p