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

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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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[squidsk]

Very minor bug in the Sidebar Anywhere CSS hook at parse_templates.

The line:

$template_hook[custom_css_list] .= 'sidebar.css,widgets.css,forumhome.css';

should have a comma appened to the end of the string to leave the custom_css_list hook location in the same state as before changes are made so other mods don't have to check for a comma.

i.e. it should be changed to:

$template_hook[custom_css_list] .= 'sidebar.css,widgets.css,forumhome.css,';

Note the comma at the end.

[Scalemotorcars]

To bad its not supported. Would have been nice to get working on Photopost. Still a great mod.

[squidsk]

Another minor bug, this time in the SA - Cache Block Templates hook at cache_templates.

The activity stream template is missing from the list of block templates being cached:

global $sb_temps;

if($sb_temps AND !in_array($GLOBALS['forumid'], explode(",", $vbulletin->options['bop5sbas_forums'])))
{
   $cache[] = 'block_blogentries';
   $cache[] = 'block_cmsarticles';
   $cache[] = 'block_html';
   $cache[] = 'block_newposts';
   $cache[] = 'block_sgdiscussions';
   $cache[] = 'block_tagcloud';
   $cache[] = 'block_threads';
}

should be changed by adding the block_activitystream template to the list of cached templates.

i.e. change to include the bold red text below:

global $sb_temps;

if($sb_temps AND !in_array($GLOBALS['forumid'], explode(",", $vbulletin->options['bop5sbas_forums'])))
{
   $cache[] = 'block_activitystream';
   $cache[] = 'block_blogentries';
   $cache[] = 'block_cmsarticles';
   $cache[] = 'block_html';
   $cache[] = 'block_newposts';
   $cache[] = 'block_sgdiscussions';
   $cache[] = 'block_tagcloud';
   $cache[] = 'block_threads';
}

[MediaSVI]

I installed this plugin and it works great but for the Activity Stream block does not show correctly, please see picture. It is like this on any page that shows and it is the same when I use the Org Theme. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Thank you for your time.

[MediaSVI]

Is the Developer for this mode still active?

[squidsk]

Originally Posted by MediaSVI

Is the Developer for this mode still active?

The developer is still on the site, as a Moderator, but does not support this mod, hence why it is listed as not supported. That being said a little bit of leg work, go back a few posts and you would have found the answer.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2556851

[MediaSVI]

Originally Posted by squidsk

The developer is still on the site, as a Moderator, but does not support this mod, hence why it is listed as not supported. That being said a little bit of leg work, go back a few posts and you would have found the answer.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2556851

Thanks,

Where in VB would I find that code to change it?

[squidsk]

The phrase manager, change the translation part of the phrase not the original part.

[MediaSVI]

I have never used the Phrase Manager so I need a little more explanation on how to edit this.

I found the Phrase Manager but from there I do not know what to do. Also I do not understand what you mean by the "translation part" is this the code I am to add in? If so how do you do this in the Phrase Manager?

[squidsk]

In the phrase manager search for the phrase you want to change: x_replied_to_a_thread_y_in_z, would be the first one, by variable name, click to edit it once the search has brought it up. You will then see at least two textboxes one is the original phrase and then below that you'll see one "translation" textbox for each language you have installed. Put the fixed text from the post in the translation textbox, this preserves the original if for some reason you want to go back or want to uninstall the product.