Put a Column on the Left Side of Every Forum Page

This little PRODUCT will provide you with a template to put content in a column going down the left side of every forum page.

What you put there is limited only by your imagination.

This can easily be combined with the right column product to have a column on both sides.

To use this with the right column product , change the footer code to:

<!-- Right Column Code  -->
</td>
<td width="160" valign="top" align="left">$rightcolumn</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr>
</table>
<!-- End Right Column Code -->

Changes in 1.1
Some very important changes were made to the header and footer template changes. Please modify your header and footer code to use the new version.

This is now a PRODUCT and not a plugin. Use the product manager to import it. If you are upgrading, copy the contents of your left_column template to notepad BEFORE you install the product. Then, replace the template contents with your backup.

This version now includes sample html in the left_column template. Thanks to iguanairs for that code.

[talkhost]

Originally Posted by talkhost

I've installed this and it looks good. Handy for placing google ads
Is there an easy way it can be changed from the left to the right of the forum?

Does anyone know how to do this. It would be better for ads to be on the right hand side of the page as CTR increases for some reason when ads are there..
Must be something to do with the eye following text then seeing the ads :ermm:

[ohgenki]

ya i agree....hmm, anyway to make it to the right instead ?

[Rich]

Hello,

I think adding it to the right just requires placing the left hand code in the proper location. I could be worng. I think Amy is waiting for 3.5 to go gold before she does any more updates. I am pretty sure that when this is upgraded, she will tell everyone how to add it to the right side seeing as this has become a popular request.

[amykhar]

Here's one for your righties

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=94495

I even put directions on how to use them both at the same time.

[Rich]

Hello,

Thanks Amy! Your awesome!

[talkhost]

Thanks Amy, just what I was looking for

[EasyTarget]

I'm trying to use this product for some custom, non forum pages and not on the forum itself. I copied the header template and made a header2 template with the left bar code and did the same for the footer. Then I went to the custom page template I was testing and change $header and $footer to $header2 and $footer2 but this just made it so the header and footer didn't show up.

Can someone lead me in the right direction on how I could do this?

[ohgenki]

thanks amy !

[amykhar]

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

I'm trying to use this product for some custom, non forum pages and not on the forum itself. I copied the header template and made a header2 template with the left bar code and did the same for the footer. Then I went to the custom page template I was testing and change $header and $footer to $header2 and $footer2 but this just made it so the header and footer didn't show up.

Can someone lead me in the right direction on how I could do this?

you need to change the eval code in userpage.php to eveal header2 and footer2 instead of header and footer.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Thanks for the Product Amy. I just installed it on the board of a client, and i found 2 bugs and have 1 feature request:

Bugs:
- In the instructions for the header template, there is a double '<' in front of the opening table tag.
- Disabling the product will not disable all traces of the sidebar.

Request:
- I don't know how to describe this, but i know it is possible (lol, i really have no clue, i guess it will require some JS) to let the sidebar scroll together with the page (if you scroll down the bar also scrolls down so it is always visible). Not sure if this is easy or not.