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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[PattiOz]

Is there a way to disable the collapse of the individual blocks within the sidebar?
Is there a way to remove the block titles?

[greentips]

Can someone let me know where the sidebar is called up in forumdisplay ( or somewhere else)?

I want to roll the sidebar under "pagenav" when the sidebar is displayed on the right side. Right now the pagenav numbers stops at the sidebar column and get squashed.

[oldfan]

works great with 4.2.2 thanks

[30022]

How can I get the sidebar to work with pages created by this Mod? BF Easy Pages

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1961076

[aaronhaul]

Can Sidebar Anywhere display 2 Sidebars (Left and Right) with fixed or flexible width at same time?

I want to have 2 Sidebars on same forum or article page display together in the right and left column.

Example: 240px, 100%, 240px

I have search all forums for this and could not find an answer to this.

Please let me know.

[Disco_Stu]

Originally Posted by aaronhaul

Can Sidebar Anywhere display 2 Sidebars (Left and Right) with fixed or flexible width at same time?

I want to have 2 Sidebars on same forum or article page display together in the right and left column.

Example: 240px, 100%, 240px

I have search all forums for this and could not find an answer to this.

Please let me know.

I asked that same question but didn't get a response so I figured it out for myself.

You need to have your page content displayed in a table with 2 columns. Reserve the left column for the left sidebar and put the rest of your page content in the second table column.

Then create an HTML CMS widget for whatever you want. I created one that I use for several different functions.

Next, you need to change the php file that is used for the template you are adding the widget to. What this code does is allow a CMS Static widget to be made available to a template. Here's the php code:

PHP Code:

// add cms widget to template. 

bootstrap_framework();
vBCms_View_Widget::registerTemplater(vB_View::OT_XHTML, new vB_Templater_vB());
$widgetID = 48; // the id of the widget
$widgettype = 'Static';
$widget = vBCms_Widget::create('vBCms', $widgettype, $widgetID);
$outputwidget = $widget->getPageView()->render(); 


You can get the widget id number by looking at the cms widget table in your database. I should point out that I was only able to make this work with HTML widgets (Static). It would not work with PHP or specialized widgets like the poll or recent posts widget. For this I created my own version in html.

Then in the same php file you need to add a line to the list of variables being registered to the template:

PHP Code:

$templater->register('widget', $outputwidget); 


Now in the template you can reference the widget with {vb:raw widget}

You can also write code to add the fade in/fade out ability and have the main page content slide to the left when the widget is collapsed.

This should give you a good starting point. Good luck. I strongly suggest you back up your website including php files and database before you make any changes. I am not responsible for any changes you make based on my suggestions.

Updated 4/30/14:
You can avoid changing the php files if you want by creating a plugin like this one to add a CMS widget to a couple of pages:

PHP Code:

ob_start();
bootstrap_framework();
vBCms_View_Widget::registerTemplater(vB_View::OT_XHTML, new vB_Templater_vB());
$widgetID = 48; // the id of the widget
$widgettype = 'Static';
$widget = vBCms_Widget::create('vBCms', $widgettype, $widgetID);
$output = $widget->getPageView()->render();

  ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('ARCADE',array('widget' => $output));
vB_Template::preRegister('SHOWTHREAD',array('widget' => $output)); 


Then in the template simply add {vb:raw widget} wherever you want the widget to appear.

[tpearl5]

Thanks again for a great mod Joe! Any idea why this would happen with the activity stream block on all but the forum homepage? (looks like data from {vb:raw item.phrase} is not making it) I have it set to "7 days", "popular" and "forum activity".

[fxdigi-cash]

is it possible to disable by block?? not only by forum because if I want to hide a block on specific forum and show another, and vice versa on other forums...

would that be possible??

Thanks

Edit: I think I found the answer written above in the main post. Thanks

[DemOnstar]

That could possibly be a solution for me too.

I use this mod and apart from one tiny glitch, it does the job..

The issue I have is tag cloud related. It seems the tag cloud is not meant to be seen on activity.php and when this mod allows that, the tag cloud is delivered without css..
Same on forumdisplay.php

See HERE

How do I attach css to the above pages?

TA.

[fxdigi-cash]

Something else to ask. Is it possible to add a class to <li> so it goes with the sidebar no empty e.g: <li class="style">

I was trying to find out how to do that, but it doesn't seem easy at all!!

Help please!!