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

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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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[Bastien]

You have to create this new phrase too :

Group : GLOBAL
product : vbulletin
Name : x_created_an_article_y_in_z
Text :

<a href="{1}" class="username">{2}</a> created an article <a href="{3}">{4}</a> in <a href="{5}">{6}</a>

[gnrx]

Hello.
Recently, I installed this mod in my vBulletin 4.2.3.

Works fine, but in the index forum, not appears a sidebar.
I need activate the default sidebar of vb for appear in index forum.
Is this ok?

Sorry if my question its a stupid question...

Regards.

Edit: I view that, the bloc of sideblock of activity stream not works, only appears date and time, but not appears user and content, but in the forum index, in the block of activity stream, appears fine.

[gnrx]

Sorry, my last post are wrong.

My real problem is:

In the index forum, appears all fine, but in other pages (like search.php, showthread.php....) appears all blocks but the block of activity stream only appears avatar and the date, but not appears the nick, title and other fileds.

Bests regards.

[Scalemotorcars]

Can this be added to Photopost since it doesn't use VB templates? I can get the This_Script part and the photopost templates but it doesn't seem to work.

[NiGh10GaLe]

Thank you, but how can I make it appear at left of the page?

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by NiGh10GaLe

Thank you, but how can I make it appear at left of the page?

Follow:

AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> Forum Sidebar and Block Options

And set "Sidebar Position" to "Left".

[NiGh10GaLe]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

Follow:

AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> Forum Sidebar and Block Options

And set "Sidebar Position" to "Left".

My forum is Arabic, its direction is Right to Left,
I know that choice. My main sidebar appears in left but this plugin sidebar appears in right.
so I want to know what is the code in the XML control this to can edit it?

Thank you

[Scalemotorcars]

Originally Posted by Scalemotorcars

Can this be added to Photopost since it doesn't use VB templates? I can get the This_Script part and the photopost templates but it doesn't seem to work.

Sorry to bump. Still haven't figured it out.

[cflyrun]

Works great! Question - I have a zillion usergroups, any way to just make it global for all? That's a lotta boxes to tick...

[Scalemotorcars]

Anyone get this to work on Photopost?