Miscellaneous Hacks - Sidebar Anywhere (Formerly Sidebar for Activity Stream) by BOP5

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www.Qapla.com

Version 2.2.0

The new Activity Stream for VB 4.2.0 is very nice but it feels like it is missing something- and what it is missing is a sidebar. Ideally at some point VB will release a custom sidebar built just for the Activity Stream but until then this quick mod will let you use the built in forum sidebar on the Activity Stream.

As of version 2.0 besides just working on the Activity Stream the mod can now add a sidebar to ANY vBulletin page including forums, threads, groups, albums, who's online, forum leaders, and more. In fact you can easily add the sidebar even to custom pages from custom mods.

New Features

• Now works on ANY vBulletin Page (except blogs which have their own sidebar)
• Option to align sidebar with page content or top of page
• Option to Disable Sidebar Collapse Option (By Usergroup in 2.1.0)
• Collapsed sidebar state now "remembered" on different pages
• Option to enable Sidebar by Usergroup
• Option to disable Sidebar by Forum (if enabled for forums/threads)
• Option to disable Sidebar in specific styles
• Options to disable sidebars if mobile devices detected*

NOTE: To enable mobile device detection options you must install the Mobile Browser Detector mod.

Live Demo: Qapla.com Activity Stream

You can enable or disable the Sidebar Anywhere independently of the forum sidebar but they will both display the same content (blocks.)

NEW - If you need to have different blocks on different pages check out this add-on.

You must have at least 1 block setup and active for the sidebar to show.

Unlike most of my other mods this mod is enabled by default upon installation. Be default it is setup to show only on the Activity Stream and register.php pages.

I am aware there is already a mod out there "Everywhere Sidebar" by another coder. This is completely different code and I made this because my "Staff Online Sideblock" mod did not work on Sidebar Everywhere but it does work on this mod.

This mod requires at least VB 4.2.0 to work on the Activity Stream but should work on older VB 4.x.x versions on other pages.

Full view of admin cp options: http://www.qapla.com/mods/ss/sidebar...tings_full.jpg.

The old version Zip file Sidebar for Activity Stream by BOP5 v11.zip works only on the Activity Stream.

PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED WITH THIS MOD- THEY ANSWER MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE IT.

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[Hippy]

Thanks Brotha

[Killhunter]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

That wouldn't be a suggestion for this mod- that would be a separate forum sideblock that works as you request.

Well, you cant do that?

[sweetpotato]

Is there anyway to excluded threads/posts of certain forums being showed on sidebar?
Thanks,

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Killhunter

Well, you cant do that?

No, sorry.

Originally Posted by sweetpotato

Is there anyway to excluded threads/posts of certain forums being showed on sidebar?
Thanks,

You can edit the forum block in Forum Blocks Manager and restrict which forum's posts/threads get pulled from for each block.

[Anygma]

the sidebar sudden didnt work on subpages except in forum.php...
but when Im logged out, its working fine..
What are the probable cause?

Thanks

[BirdOPrey5]

Make sure it is enabled for your usergroup in the Admin CP Settings.

[Anygma]

Its already enabled for ALL uergroups...

[BirdOPrey5]

I can't think of any other reason it would not show if you were logged in. If you want to PM me a link to your site and Amin CP access I can take a look.

[gedsta]

Installed and working fine on our beta website, thanks for the latest update.

Couple more useful additions maybe?

1) The ability to place the sidebar to the left or right hand side of the forums?
2) The ability to also change the width of the sidebar etc eg 200, 210, 230 etc?
3) The ability to also change the width of the gap between the sidebar and the forums etc?

Thanks again.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by gedsta

Installed and working fine on our beta website, thanks for the latest update.

Couple more useful additions maybe?

1) The ability to place the sidebar to the left or right hand side of the forums?
2) The ability to also change the width of the sidebar etc eg 200, 210, 230 etc?
3) The ability to also change the width of the gap between the sidebar and the forums etc?

Thanks again.

These are all possible now.

Left or Right will work based on what you have the default forum sidebar set to (Admin CP -> Settings -> Options -> Forum Sidebar and Block Option)

The width can be changed by the stylevar- the same stylevar that changes the default sidebar width- it has been mentioned in this thread before- I think it is in Stylvar Editor -> Sidebar-> forum_sidebar_width. Just search for "sidebar" there's only a few.

Any other changes - like the gap width can be done via custom CSS in additional.css or stylevars if they exist.

For example this in addtional.css should narrow the gap-

#sidebar_container {
 padding-right: 10px !important;
}

Note padding=right is needed for the siebar on the right of the page. If on the left of the page use padding-left.