Thank you very much for your help. I voted this for MOTM, by the way.

USC 2.1 has been released

USC 2.1 Change Log:
Fixed blank page caused by missing template in the XML
Added compatibility with 3.7.0 Stable/Gold
Manual Template Edit instructions added to package
Enhanced the display page choices to allow exact selection of the pages where USC is to be displayed
Added usergroup permissions in addition to the global options for viewing the left column, viewing the right column, and using the custom contents block.

Upgrading from USC 2.0
Upload the contents of the upload folder, except the admincp directory, then import the XML.

Go to vBOptions > USC Options and set the display pages using the new options
Go to Usergroups > Usergroup Manager and set the permissions for each usergroup as desired. By default no permissions are given to any usergroups.

The following new screenshots have been added to the first post:
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Nice job on 2.1.

You mentioned before, when trying to make a $photopostfeature code work, to

Anyone have any idea how to do that?

I'm a little lost with this plugin stuff....

I can't help with photopost code as I don't have a photopost license so do not have access to their code or their modifications. Sorry!

Thanks for the update Kerry-Anne looks great now and just for your info the new .xml isn't an .xml file, you have it in the zip as a .txt. Easily saved as an .xml but just for your info in case others ask..:)

Also if you do another update down the track, any chance you can add - Select All - for the Display Pages options?...:)

argh! that's because I noticed a typo when I had exported it and edited it manually. I'll fix it now. Thanks :)

[edit] fixed and new zip uploaded.

Understand. I think, LOL. This plugin stuff throws me.

JBLdesign mentioned above, a similar thing. He wanted to know what "global variables" would work in the side columns. I guess not all of these variables will operate in the UCS areas. (I'm assuming this $photopostfeature code is a variable that doesn't work).

Is there a list somewhere of what we can put in the UCS boxes? I'm currently just using HTML code, and it works great (www.russbo.org/vb/index.php), but has anyone figured out how to put other stuff in here? Like Last Posts, Statistics, Random Photo, etc??? Do we have to change any of the plugin stuff in vbulletin to make this usual forumhome stuff work in the side columns? Again, I apologize for my ignorance; I just don't fully understand the plugin system yet.

You might need a new area just for mods for the UCS columns. :)

Thanks!

Sure, I'll add an all pages too as I know there are a handful of pages that have been missed out. :)

I've got 2.2 planned, it just will need some serious coding to do what I want to do with it so it wasn't put into 2.1. Every time I change something I think of something else. It's taking on a life of it's own now but it is fun coding it especially as I am learning so much while doing it.

I'm not letting on what will be in 2.2 yet though as the chances are that it will change again before I start and morph into something else again by the time I have finished it.:eek:

oh atlast worked

Standard forumhome variables are not global. They would need to be made into plugins in either the global_start or global_complete hook location to allow them to be used.

Things that do come up more than a couple of times are being considered for inclusion in future releases.

If people start making UCS addons then that would be really cool! :D