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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[p@ndu]

hello i installed this mod

but i need a small help that i only need left column in FORUMHOME but im even geting this in FORUMDISPLAY

now plz help me to get this only in FORUMHOME

Thanks In Advance
IndianHacker

[p@ndu]

plz any1 help....

[Seven Skins]

^^ Read the instructions on how to do that.

[p@ndu]

fixed....thanks bro...

[Welshy2008]

Is this working on vBs 4.0.5 and 4.0.6 please?

[Dirt Bike Addict]

Originally Posted by Welshy2008

Is this working on vBs 4.0.5 and 4.0.6 please?

:up: It's working on 4.0.7

[Dirt Bike Addict]

Is there any way to make the "What's Going On" box full width?

[the dave]

I tried to add this to replicate an older side column on my forum, did as you tell us for setup/install and it ended up on the bottom right of my page?(weird) im on 4.1.5, the guy i ran my site with was the VB expert and im on my own now so im trying to stay simple but im frickin lost right now!

[Seven Skins]

You have to add these to the correct place in the templates:

{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_start}
{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_end}

[John Lester]

the_dave is correct, with vB 4.1.5 following the instructions results in a nice white space along the left, but the content boxes are in the bottom right corner under the whois box. I would also love to be able to leave the whois online box at 100% (have the column end before the whois online box) if at all possible.

I'm too much of a novice to figure out what change affected this since the mods last update