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Ultimate Side Columns 2.2 · **Released**: 04-04-2008

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

petro78 · #**392** 07-18-2008, 01:29 PM

trying to figure my way through....im a noob at this and was looking for some help on where to copy the code for having navbar links show up in the side columns?

thanks
jim.

dreck · #**393** 07-18-2008, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by petro78

trying to figure my way through....im a noob at this and was looking for some help on where to copy the code for having navbar links show up in the side columns?

thanks
jim.

Go to your vb cpanel / Styles & Templates / Style Manager / expand the style you want to edit / Ultimate Side Columns / usc_block_1

Edit the follow code between the  with your links:

Code:

<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<!-- site navigation -->
<a href="http://www.test.com/">Test</a><br>
<a href="http://www.test2.com/">Test2</a><br>
<!-- /site navigation -->
</tr>
</td>

Do the same for each block, usc_block_2, usc_block_3, ect..

petro78 · #**394** 07-18-2008, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreck

Go to your vb cpanel / Styles & Templates / Style Manager / expand the style you want to edit / Ultimate Side Columns / usc_block_1

Edit the follow code between the  with your links:

Code:

<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<!-- site navigation -->
<a href="http://www.test.com/">Test</a><br>
<a href="http://www.test2.com/">Test2</a><br>
<!-- /site navigation -->
</tr>
</td>

Do the same for each block, usc_block_2, usc_block_3, ect..

THANKS VERY MUCH...

thompson · #**395** 07-18-2008, 02:58 PM

thanks for that.

is there a chance to ad a block with the latest blog entries ?

petro78 · #**396** 07-18-2008, 04:05 PM

thanks very much for your help....one more question.....

if i wanted to change the color of the links within the sidebars....can someone help me with this code?

also....if i wanted to change the color of the sidebars themselves....is this possible too?

what about if i wanted to edit the font of the sidebars only...not to affect the rest of the forum?

best,
jim

http://www.verticalobsession.net/forum/index.php

blind-eddie · #**397** 07-18-2008, 07:06 PM

I added Ultimate Side Columns to my who's online page to test it.
Worked great. But, I then noticed that all member profile pages were distorted.
Has anyone had this issue?

psylenced · #**398** 07-19-2008, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by psylenced

I found a bug in this product. There is a certain situation which causes the template not to draw correctly and the right column to draw in its own table.

I think i've fixed the issue (at least for me). It requires an additional plugin. What happens is on an error page such as the one that occurs on the "getnew" returning no posts, the error page clears the navbar template. This causes the auto-template to draw the starting table to not be created.

This happens in functions.php lines 2824 + 2836.

The following plugin will fix this issue. It may occur on other error pages also, but i only tested for the occasion listed in my original post.

Plugin Name: USC Error Page Fix
Hook Location: error_generic

PHP Code:


			
if(THIS_SCRIPT != 'profile')

{



if ($vbulletin->options['usc_column_start_point'] != 3)

{

    if ($vbulletin->options['usc_column_start_point'] == 2)

    {

        $find = '$ad_location[ad_navbar_below]';

        $template = 'navbar';

    }

    if ($vbulletin->options['usc_column_start_point'] == 1)

    {

        $find = '<!-- / nav buttons bar -->';

        $template = 'navbar';

    }

    if ($vbulletin->options['usc_column_start_point'] == 0)

    {

        $find = '$ad_location[ad_header_end]';

        $template = 'header';

    }

    $append = '$usc_table_start';



    $vbulletin->templatecache[$template] = str_replace($find, $find . $append, $vbulletin->templatecache[$template]);





    $find2 = '$spacer_close';

    $append2 = '$usc_table_end';



    $vbulletin->templatecache['footer'] = str_replace($find2, $append2 . $find2, $vbulletin->templatecache['footer']);

}



}  

    

eval('$usc_table_start = "' . fetch_template('usc_table_start') . '";');

    

eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');

popular · #**399** 07-19-2008, 10:41 PM

my layout doesn't seem compatible with the blocks as i set it to right side it ends up at the bottom of my page, how do i manually adjust the blocks to wherever i want? thank you

i want to make $block11 align to the right of my forum but my layout wont break so the block ends up at the bottom of the page, does anyone know where i can edit that or know why? thanks

psylenced · #**400** 07-20-2008, 01:18 AM

I think thats related to the error i tried to fix above.

Try changing your location to above navbar instead of below - that might fix your issue.

popular · #**401** 07-20-2008, 01:46 AM

i solved the problem by uploading my layout and reverting all templates to 3.7 to see what the problem is... so here's what it was

in template "header" put this code @ the end


$spacer_open

$_phpinclude_output

$ad_location[ad_header_end]

and it should work.. at least it worked for me =)) cheers!

oh yes for "column start point" i selected (below header and above navbar) the others don't seem to work so make sure you do that.

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