Forum Home Enhancements - Left side column on forum home and forum display

Left side column on forum home and forum display

As the title says this mod simply puts a column on forumhome and forumdisplay pages.

Installation:
Download the attached XML file.
Import the product.
Edit navbar and footer templates. (See below)


Find in navbar template:

<div class="body_wrapper">

Add below:

{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_start}

Add the code below to the first line of footer template:

{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_end}

Footer template after adding the code:

{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_end}

<vb:if condition="!empty($ad_location['ad_footer_start']) or !empty($ad_location['global_above_footer'])">
<div style="clear: {vb:stylevar left}">
  {vb:raw ad_location.ad_footer_start}
  {vb:raw ad_location.global_above_footer}
</div>
</vb:if>

......

Once you have installed the modification edit "SevenSkins - Templates > ss_leftcolumn_contents to put your advert or contents in the side column.


Finally don't forget to click install.


Thanks to Lynne for additional css plugin code which I used in this modification.


PS. Do not use my side column mods together use only one.

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If you want to enable or disable this hack on different pages of the forum .. 
Edit the ss_leftcolumn_start and ss_leftcolumn_end templates:
 
Find:
<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay'">
 
 
Edit it to ... for home page:
<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index'">
 
Edit it to ... for homepage, forumdisplay and showthread:
<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread'">

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Updates:
15 Jan 10: Updated
- Save the code from "ss_leftcolumn_contents" template. (Code for ads, etc)
- Revert template belonging to this product.
- Then import the product over writting the existing installation.
- Put your ad code in the "ss_leftcolumn_contents" template.


15 Jan 10: Updated for vBulletin 4.0.1
2 templates has been changed.
- Save the code from "ss_leftcolumn_contents" template. (Code for ads, etc)
- Revert template belonging to this product.
- Then import the product over writting the existing installation.
- Put your ad code in the "ss_leftcolumn_contents" template.


22 Dec 09: Working with vBulletin 4.0.0 (Gold)


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[RamisK]

very usefull. thanks

[g00gl3r]

Reserved. I need this.

Thanks.

[tafreeh]

this feature is now default by Vb, unless you have got something extra in it... do you ?

[HMBeaty]

Originally Posted by tafreeh

this feature is now default by Vb, unless you have got something extra in it... do you ?

IMO, it looks better than the default and the default one is too wide for some people (as stated in the other thread)

[bluidkiti]

I definitely like this better than the default one! And it doesn't bounce when you go to the index page. :-)

[HMBeaty]

Originally Posted by bluidkiti

How would you do this if you just want it to show on FORUMHOME page?

I definitely like this better than the default one!

You COULD edit the XML file and change:

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay'">

to

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index'">

and re-import

[bluidkiti]

When I add a third section the white background for doc_background shrinks. Noted in images below:

Attachment 107502

Attachment 107503

I would really love to be able to add more sections to the column.

[bluidkiti]

Fixed it! :-)

[Alecsmith]

Install working fine

Thanks