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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[dimmicosacerchi]

Thanks for the reply!
This is the link to the form:
http://www.dimmicosacerchi.it/forum/...?do=form&fid=1

This is a custom page:
http://www.dimmicosacerchi.it/forum/kalleis.php

[BirdOPrey5]

What have you tried already that isn't working?

Did you enable template names in HTML comments to find the main template name?

Did you look at the kalleis.php file to find the THIS_SCRIPT value?

[t-j]

Installed on 4.2.0 and working perfectly, good job on this one it takes the bland look from the activity stream

[dimmicosacerchi]

Thank you for your help.
I tried inserting the following codes:
kalleis.php|KALLEIS

and with

kalleis|KALLEIS

But the siderbar not appear.

[rumas]

The Activity Stream side block in VB 4.2.1 don't seem to work properly with this mod. It displays avatars and post time but no thread link or text from the post or thread.

However the Activity Stream side block functions on the VB default forum home sidebar location, see screen capture below.

Is there a fix for this?

[fxdigi-cash]

Originally Posted by dimmicosacerchi

Thank you for your help.
I tried inserting the following codes:
kalleis.php|KALLEIS

and with

kalleis|KALLEIS

But the siderbar not appear.

if the page is kalleis.php then you type in the Filter Blocks by pages like this:

block_html_4:kalleis

nothing else is required, however, if you decided to hide it, all you need is to add page extension to it like this: kalleis.php

I hope it is clear now

P.S> change the number to what block you want to show...

[dimmicosacerchi]

Thank you for the help, but what I ask is to bring up the whole siderbar kalleis.php the page and on the forms of Easy Form.

[BirdOPrey5]

Did you open the file kalleis.php and find the THIS_SCRIPT value?

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by rumas

The Activity Stream side block in VB 4.2.1 don't seem to work properly with this mod. It displays avatars and post time but no thread link or text from the post or thread.

However the Activity Stream side block functions on the VB default forum home sidebar location, see screen capture below.

Is there a fix for this?

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?

[dimmicosacerchi]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Did you open the file kalleis.php and find the THIS_SCRIPT value?

Thank you very much! I was able to enter it! The problem was the value of the page kalleis wrong (it's called "banner").
Instead I can not do the same thing in the pages of the form of Easy Form
The value of the form.php file is "forms".
An example page is this:
http://www.dimmicosacerchi.it/forum/...?do=form&fid=1
I entered:
forms | forms
forms | forms.php
forms | Easy Forms
forms | forms.php? do = form & fid = 1

But it does not appear. : (Any suggestions?