Miscellaneous Hacks - Ultimate Side Columns 2.2

Ultimate Side Columns
By Kerry-Anne www.peterska2.co.uk

Welcome to Ultimate Side Columns 2.2 !

USC 2.2 has now been released!!!!

Introduction

Following the success of the left and right side column modifications, and building on their weaknesses, the Ultimate Side Columns system was born.

Ultimate Side Columns (USC) is your one stop shop for all your side columns needs. It is an easy to configure, all in one solution.

USC 2.0 was born through the evolution and bug fixing of USC 1.0 for vBulletin 3.6 and is for vBulletin 3.7.0 RC1 and later only. It is not supported with earlier versions and may not work with them.

Features

USC 2.0 is fully customizable, can use conditions and variables (not available in USC 1.0), has greater flexibility in where it can be omitted from (after requests received), and contains new functionality of both independently collapsible columns and user defined custom links to be displayed on a per user basis in the column location of the administrators choosing.

A maximum of 20 blocks spread over the two columns are available at this time. However, if more are required then an expansion pack will be provided. The blocks can be reordered and moved between the templates with ease through simple template edits.

USC 2.2 Change Log:
Fixed bug with profile.php?do=editattachments
Added All Pages options

USC 2.1 Change Log:
Fixed blank page caused by missing template in the XML
Added compatibility with 3.7.0 Stable/Gold
Manual Template Edit instructions added to package
Enhanced the display page choices to allow exact selection of the pages where USC is to be displayed
Added usergroup permissions in addition to the global options for viewing the left column, viewing the right column, and using the custom contents block.

USC 2.1 has additional files. You need to upload the files first BEFORE importing the product

Upgrading from USC 2.0
Upload the contents of the upload folder, except the admincp directory, then import the XML.

Go to vBOptions > USC Options and set the display pages using the new options
Go to Usergroups > Usergroup Manager and set the permissions for each usergroup as desired. By default no permissions are given to any usergroups.

Upgrading from USC 1.0

USC 2.0 has been rewritten from the ground up and therefore all the blocks have been moved from the settings into the templates. Therefore, a unique upgrade script has been provided which must be run before importing the new product. Importing the new product first will result in the loss of your existing USC contents.

The upgrade script is located in the admincp directory after uploading the USC files and is ran by pointing your browser to admincp/usc_upgrade.php

Full upgrade instructions are included in the upgrade readme file in the zip.

Installation Instructions

Download the zip, unzip it and upload the contents of the upload folder to your forum directory. Import the product, all done.

Full instructions are included in the install readme in the zip.

Support

This modification has limited support only and is therefore flagged as unsupported. Support will be given when possible although it is always preferable when users of USC support each other. This was very successful with USC 1.0 and therefore is continued with USC 2.0

If you have any other combinations of pages that you would like to see available for the column options, please post them in the support thread ensuring that you add the title "USC Page Combination Request" to your post, or use this as the first line of your post ensuring that it is in bold text. This is very specific as due to the limited nature of support and time, the support thread will only be quickly skimmed through and therefore requests may be missed if it is not clear what they are.


The screenshots attached to this post and the next one show a range of pages with a range of column combinations. They are not labeled but they are pretty self explanatory.

Enjoy USC 2.0.

Kerry-Anne


PLEASE NOTE: This modification is unsupported. You may not receive a reply right after posting. Please try and help each other out.



Problems with your side columns not showing?
For your side columns to show, you need to update your usergroup permissions from the usergroup manager for each usergroup

Problems with errors in your vBOptions?
Point your browser to admincp/index.php?do=buildbitfields then try again

[dt_truck11]

**uninstalled**

decided to make the switch to vb advanced

[jrsfun6]

First I am going to say I love this mod, best thing since sliced bread

How do you add the side columns to the DownloadsII pages? The mod I am talking about is found here https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ight=downloads

If I enable them to be displayed on all pages the side columns show up but I am now running vbadvanced 3.0.1 so this causes a problem on my home page.

The only way I can see to get it running right would be to add the DownloadsII to your page list. Is there a way I can edit the xml and add the DownloadsII pages then re-import the xml?

Better yet, maybe make a disable on index.php option?

Thanks in advance.


Update:

I found a way around this for now, I renamed my vbadvanced homepage php to something else and renamed the index.php back to the forum... so now the index.php points to the forum again

I wanted the index.php to point to my home page (vbadvanced index) then I forwarded my domain to the new php file that points to the vbadvanced.


Last update: I have uninstalled this mod, vbadvanced is the way to go for side columns. It can have side columns on any (every) page you want. It took a little of searching in the vbadvanced forums but finally I have done it. Hope this helps someone.

[sean-zigster]

Hi Great Product but i am having trouble using it . It seems to have installed ok but i coudl not fnd the 2.1 files ?

Also how do i make blocks , what do i need etc

Any help would be great !

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by AScherff

Having the same error

Fatal error: Cannot use assign-op operators with overloaded objects nor string offsets in

when using USC and Custom BB Codes

calling

/misc.php?do=bbcode


Is there a work around?

thanks
Alfred

Ditto ... same error.

[Maddog417]

Originally Posted by Stefanus

This error condition is only given when USC is active, when disabled or removed the bbcode template functions without any problems.

Fatal error: Cannot use assign-op operators with overloaded objects nor string offsets in

Any solution for this error?

Any word on when or if this mod is going to be updated to work with vB3.8.1?

[kylek]

Uninstalled since promised expansion pack for more blocks per side has not been released.

[BlueNinjaGo]

I can't delete custom links from my UserCP. I added the link, it added to the custom column, and it worked. I decided to remove it (it was a test link) by clicking "delete" in my UserCP... it brought me to the screen where it said it was deleted, and the reloaded my UserCP. The link is still there. Logged off, cleared cookies, log in on a different computer... clicked "delete" a dozen times and it always says it's being deleted, but never gets deleted.

Help?

[siliconfinance]

Would love to learn how people updated this to 3.8.1 or whether the original maker is interested in updating it.

[birdie]

It works fine on 3.8.1

[Fungsten]

Originally Posted by birdie

It works fine on 3.8.1

Have you been able to get the Custom Links to show? I enter them but they don't show in the columns. Yes I've checked the permissions.