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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[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by karlm

That doesn't appear to be the resolve...

I copied the location and pasted it directly to the address bar so I could physically see where it was looking and noted it has doubled the format extension.

.../images/styles/Modern/misc/tab-collapsed.png.png

For some reason, png comes up twice. I don't know if I'm the only one encountering this, so it may be an issue my side.

Also, if I collapse the side bar - the screen expands correctly.. I move onto my next thread/different subforum/etc. and instead of the side bar is a blank column where the side-bar would be if it were visible... so my viewers aren't gaining anything if they collapse the bar as the space remains (as white space) on a page change.

I can't reproduce these issues anywhere else. Have you tried it on the default style? If you want to PM me admin access I will take a look when I get a chance.

Originally Posted by tommyxv

Is this mod XHTML valid? Also, is there a setting to always show the sidebar. I don't want anyone to be able to collapse it. There is a css trick to remove the collapse button if not.

Thanks.

Yes there is a never-collapse option.

Honestly I don't know if it's XHTML valid or not, I don't care about such things.

[Mukashi]

Experiencing the same error as karlm. The collapse button doesn't show up except on the forum home, and when the sidebar is collapsed from there then you have a wide blank space where the sidebar would otherwise be when you click through to a page set to have it.

[BirdOPrey5]

Question for you guys with this issue-

If you go to: http://www.qapla.com/mods/forum.php

and collapse the sidebar,

and then go to the activity stream (click on What's New in the navbar) - do you have the same problem?

[CharlieDelta]

I don't seem to be having these issues either. All is working fine for me.

[PattiOz]

Fantastic mod.

A couple of things - I noticed that I need to have the default sidebar enabled in order for it to show on forumhome. If I turn off the VB sidebar, no sidebar shows on forumhome. That's not a big deal though.

Also where is the option to disable the vertical collapse?

[karlm]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Question for you guys with this issue-

If you go to: http://www.qapla.com/mods/forum.php

and collapse the sidebar,

and then go to the activity stream (click on What's New in the navbar) - do you have the same problem?

I suspect the issue is when sidebar is shown on threads or subforums. However, to answer the Q, no, there is no problem on your site. I'll pm you the access as requested.

The below attachment is a snapshot taken while using the default skin.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by PattiOz

Fantastic mod.

A couple of things - I noticed that I need to have the default sidebar enabled in order for it to show on forumhome. If I turn off the VB sidebar, no sidebar shows on forumhome. That's not a big deal though.

Also where is the option to disable the vertical collapse?

1) That is by design- why add code to do something vbulletin already does itself?

2) Never heard of vertical collapse. The option to disable the one collapse I know of (best described as Horizontal) is in the mod settings: Show Collapse Button -> No.

Originally Posted by karlm

I suspect the issue is when sidebar is shown on threads or subforums. However, to answer the Q, no, there is no problem on your site. I'll pm you the access as requested.

The below attachment is a snapshot taken while using the default skin.

I will check out your forum but could not reproduce on any forum I tested it with even on forumdisplay and showthread pages.

[BirdOPrey5]

Confirmed issue and working on a fix. (Issue is I never tested the sidebar on the left to begin with)

[BirdOPrey5]

Updated to version 2.0.1 - Fixed the bugs mentioned above- all associated with the sidebars positioned on the left.

[Gemma]

Finally got around to installing v2.x

Very nice, great work! Added some conditionals to some blocks so they don't appear on certain pages (mainly in the arcade).