Miscellaneous Hacks - Sidebar Anywhere (Formerly Sidebar for Activity Stream) by BOP5

Brought to you by BirdOPrey5
www.Qapla.com

Version 2.2.0

The new Activity Stream for VB 4.2.0 is very nice but it feels like it is missing something- and what it is missing is a sidebar. Ideally at some point VB will release a custom sidebar built just for the Activity Stream but until then this quick mod will let you use the built in forum sidebar on the Activity Stream.

As of version 2.0 besides just working on the Activity Stream the mod can now add a sidebar to ANY vBulletin page including forums, threads, groups, albums, who's online, forum leaders, and more. In fact you can easily add the sidebar even to custom pages from custom mods.

New Features

• Now works on ANY vBulletin Page (except blogs which have their own sidebar)
• Option to align sidebar with page content or top of page
• Option to Disable Sidebar Collapse Option (By Usergroup in 2.1.0)
• Collapsed sidebar state now "remembered" on different pages
• Option to enable Sidebar by Usergroup
• Option to disable Sidebar by Forum (if enabled for forums/threads)
• Option to disable Sidebar in specific styles
• Options to disable sidebars if mobile devices detected*

NOTE: To enable mobile device detection options you must install the Mobile Browser Detector mod.

Live Demo: Qapla.com Activity Stream

You can enable or disable the Sidebar Anywhere independently of the forum sidebar but they will both display the same content (blocks.)

NEW - If you need to have different blocks on different pages check out this add-on.

You must have at least 1 block setup and active for the sidebar to show.

Unlike most of my other mods this mod is enabled by default upon installation. Be default it is setup to show only on the Activity Stream and register.php pages.

I am aware there is already a mod out there "Everywhere Sidebar" by another coder. This is completely different code and I made this because my "Staff Online Sideblock" mod did not work on Sidebar Everywhere but it does work on this mod.

This mod requires at least VB 4.2.0 to work on the Activity Stream but should work on older VB 4.x.x versions on other pages.

Full view of admin cp options: http://www.qapla.com/mods/ss/sidebar...tings_full.jpg.

The old version Zip file Sidebar for Activity Stream by BOP5 v11.zip works only on the Activity Stream.

PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED WITH THIS MOD- THEY ANSWER MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE IT.

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[BirdOPrey5]

You need to go to Admin CP -> Settings -> Options -> General Settings

Turn Template Names in HTML comments to YES

Then go back to: www.dimmicosacerchi.it/forum/forms.php

In your web browser, view the page source

At the top of the page will be a template name, maybe something like form_view

You then use the template name in the mod, something like

forms | form_view

Once its done and working go back and turn off template names in comments again.

[dimmicosacerchi]

I am so thankful! I solved it in a second with this method!
The name of the template (it may be helpful to others) is "shell_blank."
Thank you thank you thank you!

[rumas]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

It appears to be working OK on my 4.2.1 forum: http://www.qapla.com/mods/activity.php (at the bottom)

Did you go to Admin CP -> Languages and Phases -> Find Updated Phrases and provide new/fresh translations of anything listed?

I have no phrases or translations of any kind. (All phrases are up-to-date.)

If I load activity.php the Activity Stream block does function on my site. However its not functioning in individual forums or in threads.

I noticed you do not have the sidebar turned on for forums or threads on your site. Please enable it on forums and threads on your site to test, or anybody else for that matter.
Maybe its just me and I have to hunt down another issue.

I love the mod, you did a great job and it should be a option in default VB. I just turned off the Activity Stream block until I discover if its me or the mod.

Thanks!

[ArcadeSyndicate]

awesome mod, works fine execpt with ibpro-arcade...

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /www/htdocs/**********/includes/class_core.php(4716) : eval()'d code on line 2

anybody got a solution?

thanks in advance

[BirdOPrey5]

What version of VB are you using exactly? If you disable the sidebar mod the error goes away? It only happens on arcade.php?

What are you using to enable it in the arcade?

[Grimes]

Not sure if this has been discussed, but how can I hide certain blocks from a usergroup using this mod. For example, if I want to have a block containing ads only show to guests etc.. Thanks.

[BirdOPrey5]

This mod doesn't handle displaying different blocks to usergroups just like the built in sidebar does not have that option.

However the same tricks can be used- namely editing the template of the block(s) and using a template conditional to show or hide the content to the usergroup.


Show only to guests

<vb:if condition="$show['guest']">

** ORIGINAL TEMPLATE CODE HERE

</vb:if>

Show only to members

<vb:if condition="$show['member']">

** ORIGINAL TEMPLATE CODE HERE

</vb:if>

Show only to mods, admins, super-mods

<vb:if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 5,6,7)">

** ORIGINAL TEMPLATE CODE HERE

</vb:if>

[Grimes]

Gotcha. That really helps- thanks for taking the time.

[Grimes]

Worked like a charm and does exactly what I hoped it would. Guests see ads in the sidebar, and registered users don't. There are so many possibilities with this.

I have another question, and I realize it's probably a long shot- is it possible for me to make a code edit somewhere to make the sidebar not collapsible in just one forum?

For example: Not collapsible to guests at all. Collapsible for logged in users on forum.php, showthread, and everywhere else except in one forum.

[BirdOPrey5]

In the Sibbar Anywhere Edits plugin is this line that controls who sees the collapse option-

if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, explode(',' , $vbulletin->options['bop5sbas_collapsegrooups'])))

So maybe try changing that line to

if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, explode(',' , $vbulletin->options['bop5sbas_collapsegrooups'])) AND $GLOBALS['forumid'] != 99)

Where 99 is the forum id of the 1 forum.