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CJD30 · #**1579** 12-04-2011, 11:13 PM

I'd like to be able to take the Classifieds sidebar block and make it into a horizontal header block that features the latest items on the forum home page, above the forum listings. Has anyone done anything similar to this?

I find that the majority of my users keep the sidebar collapsed and therefore pay no attention to the latest listings, resulting in the classifieds being barely used as many users don't even realize it's there. If I could make a block similar to where the shoutbox sits, it would bring the classifieds to the fore and I think would result it a much better awareness.

Can anyone provide any tips on how best to achieve this? Is it just a matter of copy/pasting the sidebar block code and tweaking it to fit?

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