vb.org Archive - Nice Postbit Sidebar

This tutorial will teach you how to add a nice sidebar in the first post of every thread (unless you change it not to).

Just follow the simple steps below. :)

Open up your postbit template, and find:

Code:

                <div id="post_message_$post[postid]">

                        $post[message]

                </div>

Change that to:

Code:

<div class="content">

                <div id="post_message_$post[postid]">

                        $post[message]

                </div>



</div>





<if condition="$post[postcount] == 1">

<div class="sidebar">



<table class="sidebaritem">

<tr>

<td width="20px"><img src="images/postbit/user.png"></td>

<td><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">Authors Profile</a></td>

</tr>

</table>

<div style="height:4px;"></div>

<table class="sidebaritem">

<tr>

<td width="20px"><img src="images/postbit/heart.png"></td>

<td><a href="reputation.php?p=$post[postid]">Add to Reputation</a></td>

</tr>

</table>

<div style="height:24px;"></div>

<table class="sidebaritem">

<tr>

<td width="20px"><img src="images/postbit/add.png"></td>

<td><a href="newreply.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newreply&amp;noquote=1&amp;p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow">Reply to Thread</a></td>

</tr>

</table>

<div style="height:4px;"></div>

<table class="sidebaritem">

<tr>

<td width="20px"><img src="images/postbit/printer.png"></td>

<td><a href="printthread.php?t=$post[threadid]">Print Thread</a></td>

</tr>

</table>

<div style="height:4px;"></div>

<table class="sidebaritem">

<tr>

<td width="20px"><img src="images/postbit/email.png"></td>

<td><a href="sendmessage.php?do=sendtofriend&t=$post[threadid]">Share Thread</a></td>

</tr>

</table>

<div style="height:4px;"></div>

<table class="sidebaritem">

<tr>

<td width="20px"><img src="images/postbit/flag_red.png"></td>

<td><a href="report.php?p=$post[postid]">Report Thread</a></td>

</tr>

</table>

</div>

</if>

<div class="clear"></div>

Now in the same template, find:

Code:

$post[signature]

Replace it with this:

Code:

<if condition="$post[postcount] !== 1"><div style="width:910px;background:#D1D1E1;height:1px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"></div><br /><div style="width:90%;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;">$post[signature]</div></if>

Close that template, and go into All Style Options, and find the Additional CSS Definitions box. In the second box down, add this:

Code:

.content {

        width:700px;

        margin:10px;

        float:left;

}



.sidebar {

        width:200px;

        margin:10px;

        float:right;

padding: 5px;

}





.sidebaritem {

        border: 1px solid #D1D1E1;

border-left: 2px solid #D1D1E1;

        width:200px;

background: #fbfbfb url(images/misc/alts.gif) repeat-x;

padding: 5px;

}





.clear {

        clear:both;

}

Then upload the attached file to your /images/ folder.

Now go to vBulletin Options, find Use Legacy (Vertical) Postbit Template, and make sure it's checked to "No".

You should have a working sidebar. In CSS, you will need to edit widths, and colors to suit your forum.

If you want more icons, please go to FamFamFam.com and find the silk icons.

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