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Left side column on forum home only · **Released**: 06-07-2006

This is the 3.6.0 port of the release for 3.5.x found here.

Changes since the last version
Alignment issues fixed.
Template renamed to group in the forumhome templates.

Installation Instructions
Download the attached zip file.
Import the product.
Perform the template modifications.
Click install

Screen shot attached for those who like to see them.

29 August 2006
Upgraded to version 1.0.2

Changes:

Now valid XHTML Trans
Fixed to work correctly with vBShout when located below navbar.
Added vB.org version checking.

[high]Please Note:[/high] This modification is only for the forumhome. I do not support any attempts to use it on any other pages. Alternative modifications exist that are for all pages - please use one of them if that is what you want to do.

If you require support, please ensure that provide a link to your site and that the column is enabled. Thanks.

Akagi · #**172** 12-26-2006, 11:36 AM

installed it..

now the customization part. Anyone knows how can i include the latest posts from a particular forum on the sidebar?

Also, i've got gallery installed. Any idea whether i can have the random images on the sidebar too?

peterska2 · #**173** 12-26-2006, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maxicep

peterska2, can you make this hack for right side ?plz

A right sided version is available. Check my profile for the link.

peterska2 · #**174** 12-26-2006, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IAWBody

Well, I'm back for another go at it.

I want it to look like this:

But it looks like this:

And goes completely off the right side of the forum. How can I change the template code to make it fit the screen like on the screenshot above for 3800pro.com?

Here's my whole entire template:

Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
    <!-- no cache headers -->
    <meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
    <meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1" />
    <meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />
    <!-- end no cache headers -->
    $headinclude
    <title><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_powered_by_vbulletin]</phrase></title>
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar
<br />
<!-- peterska2 side column -->
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="160px">
<table class="tborder" border="0" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" width="100%" align="center">
$forumhome_sidecolumn_left
</table>
</td>
<td width="10px"></td>
<td valign="top">

<!-- / peterska2 side column -->


<if condition="$latestbits != ''">
    <!-- start vBPicGallery plugin -->
    <table class="tborder" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%">
    <tr>
        <td class="tcat" colspan="5"><span class="smallfont"><b>$vbphrase[vbpicgallery_latest_uploads]<if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid]"> - <a href="$vboptions[bburl]/vbpgedit.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editgallery&amp;u=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[vbpicgallery_add_edit]</a></if></b></span></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        $latestbits
    </tr>
    </table>
    <!-- end vBPicGallery plugin -->
</if>
<br />

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
    <td class="tcat" colspan="3" align="center">
        <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('tribox')"><img id="collapseimg_tribox" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_tribox].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
$vboptions[tribox_title]
    </td>
</tr>
<tbody id="collapseobj_tribox" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_tribox]">
  <tr align="center">
    <td width="28%" class="thead">$vboptions[tribox_col1_title]</td>
    <td width="44%" class="thead">$vboptions[tribox_col2_title]</td>
    <td width="28%" class="thead">$vboptions[tribox_col3_title]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" class="alt1">$vboptions[tribox_col1_content]</td>
    <td width="44%" class="alt2">$vboptions[tribox_col2_content]</td>
    <td width="28%" class="alt1">$vboptions[tribox_col3_content]</td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br />




<!-- main -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
        <tr align="center">
      <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
      <td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
      <td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
      <td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
      <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
      <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
      <td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
      </if>
    </tr>
</thead>
$forumbits
<tbody>
    <tr>
        <td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>
            <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>
            <if condition="$vboptions['forumleaders']">&nbsp; &nbsp;
            <a href="showgroups.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[view_forum_leaders]</a></if>
        </strong></div></td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
$forumhome_markread_script
<!-- /main -->

<br />
<br />

<!-- what's going on box -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
    <tr>
        <td class="tcat" colspan="2">$vbphrase[whats_going_on]</td>
    </tr>
</thead>
<if condition="$show['loggedinusers']">
<!-- logged-in users -->
<tbody>
    <tr>
        <td class="thead" colspan="2">
            <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_activeusers')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
            <a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[currently_active_users]</a>: $totalonline (<phrase 1="$numberregistered" 2="$numberguest">$vbphrase[x_members_and_y_guests]</phrase>)
        </td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers]">
    <tr>
        <td class="alt2"><a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_whos_online]" border="0" /></a></td>
        <td class="alt1" width="100%">
            <div class="smallfont">
                <div style="white-space: nowrap"><phrase 1="$recordusers" 2="$recorddate" 3="$recordtime">$vbphrase[most_users_ever_online_was_x_y_at_z]</phrase></div>
<em>Legend:</em><strong style="color:green">[Administrators]</strong><strong style="color:brown">[Global Moderators]</strong><strong style="color:red">[Super Moderators]</strong><strong style="color:Purple">[Moderators]</strong><strong style="color:black">[Sponsoring Vendors]</strong>

<br />
<br />


                <div>$activeusers</div>
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end logged-in users -->
</if>
<tbody>
    <tr>
        <td class="thead" colspan="2">
            <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_stats')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_stats" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_stats].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
            <phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>
        </td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_stats" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_stats]">
    <tr>
        <td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/stats.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>" border="0" /></td>
        <td class="alt1" width="100%">
        <div class="smallfont">
            <div>
                $vbphrase[threads]: $totalthreads,
                $vbphrase[posts]: $totalposts,
                $vbphrase[members]: $numbermembers<if condition="$show['activemembers']">,
                    <span title="<phrase 1="$vboptions[activememberdays]">$vbphrase[within_the_last_x_days]</phrase>">$vbphrase[active_members]: $activemembers</span>
                </if>
            </div>
            <div><phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$newuserid" 2="$newusername">$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]</phrase></div>
        </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
<if condition="$show['birthdays']">
<!-- today's birthdays -->
<tbody>
    <tr>
        <td class="thead" colspan="2">
            <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_birthdays')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
            $vbphrase[todays_birthdays]
        </td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays]">
    <tr>
        <td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getday&amp;day=$today&amp;sb=1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/birthday.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_birthdays]" border="0" /></a></td>
        <td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$birthdays</div></td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end today's birthdays -->
</if>
<if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">
<tbody>
    <tr>
        <td class="thead" colspan="2">
            <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_events')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_events" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_events].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
            <if condition="$show['todaysevents']">$vbphrase[todays_events]<else /><phrase 1="$vboptions[showevents]">$vbphrase[upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days]</phrase></if>
        </td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_events" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_events]">
    <tr>
        <td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/calendar.gif" alt="$vbphrase[calendar]" border="0" /></a></td>
        <td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
</if>
</table>
<br />
<!-- end what's going on box -->

<!-- icons and login code -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="bottom">
    <td>
        <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>
            <td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_new_posts]</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_no_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>
            <td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_no_new_posts]</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old_lock.gif" alt="$vbphrase[a_closed_forum]" border="0" /></td>
            <td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_is_closed_for_posting]</td>
        </tr>
        </table>
    </td>
    <if condition="!$show['guest']">
        <!-- member logout -->
        <td align="$stylevar[right]"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]"  onclick="return log_out()"><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[log_out_x]</phrase></a></td>

        <!-- end member logout -->
    </if>
</tr>
</table>

<!-- / icons and login code -->
<center><script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-1994579834238975";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
google_ad_format = "728x90_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
google_ad_channel = "";
google_color_border = "D1D1E0";
google_color_bg = "FFFFFF";
google_color_link = "0000FF";
google_color_text = "000000";
google_color_url = "008000";
//--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"
  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></center>
<!-- peterska2 side column -->
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / peterska2 side column -->

$footer

</body>
</html>

It's more than likely to do with your random images from your gallery. Try adjusting the settings for that and it should fix it.

OSBB · #**175** 12-29-2006, 04:18 AM

Ok, I just installed this, but for the purposes I need and without reading over 10+ pages... please give me the break down.

Is there a way to take the Column Header box off of that left side altogether. I run a forum for college football discussion and want to just use this space for the 11 different banners of the major conferences. No more no less, thats the only thing I want this space for.

Also, I have a shoutbox that extends all the way to the left, BUT, the "Whats Going On" Category at the bottom does not. Is there a way to stretch this so it kinda cloes the top and bottom of that left side gap.

BuyHostCheap · #**176** 12-29-2006, 05:28 AM

Nice and Thanks!

peterska2 · #**177** 12-29-2006, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OSBB

Ok, I just installed this, but for the purposes I need and without reading over 10+ pages... please give me the break down.

Is there a way to take the Column Header box off of that left side altogether. I run a forum for college football discussion and want to just use this space for the 11 different banners of the major conferences. No more no less, thats the only thing I want this space for.

Also, I have a shoutbox that extends all the way to the left, BUT, the "Whats Going On" Category at the bottom does not. Is there a way to stretch this so it kinda cloes the top and bottom of that left side gap.

Removing the header from the column is done in the forumhome_sidebar_left template. Just remove the row labelled heading.

To get the whats going on box to be full width, use the other set of instructions for the template edits.

peterska2 · #**178** 12-29-2006, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BuyHostCheap

Nice and Thanks!

Don't forget to click install

Adam21 · #**179** 12-31-2006, 01:30 AM

I'm having the same problem as IAWBody.The sidecolumn seems to 'stick' to the main forums body.How do i leave a gap betwen them.I'm using vb's default style by the way.

peterska2 · #**180** 12-31-2006, 01:55 PM

can you provide a link please? It helps to find the problem when I can actually see it in front of me.

Mecho · #**181** 12-31-2006, 02:31 PM

Nice hack ... i just wondering to know how can fix left side to finish at the end of the main catagory and other section havent that left site ?

p.s i didnt install it but i would appreciate it if u can help about that. Thanks

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