[MarkFL]

What you can do is create a plugin as follows:

Product: vBulletin

Hook Location: forumhome_complete

Title: Disable sidebar minimization

Execution Order: 5

Plugin PHP Code:

PHP Code:

$show['sidebar'] = 1;
$close_sidebar = 0;
$sidebar_class = 1; 


Plugin is Active: Yes

Click Save.

Then, in your "additional.css" template (for each active style) add the following selector:

#sidebar_button_link {
	display: none;
}