Forum Home Enhancements - Right side column on forum home and forum display

Right side column on forum home and forum display

As the title says this mod simply puts a column on forumhome and forumdisplay pages.

Installation:
Download the attached XML file.
Import the product.
Edit navbar and footer templates. (See below)



Add this to the very end of navbar template:

{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_start}

PS. After edit the code above must be the last line in the navbar template.



Add the code below to the first line of footer template:

{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_end}

Footer template after adding the code:

{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_end}

<vb:if condition="!empty($ad_location['ad_footer_start']) or !empty($ad_location['global_above_footer'])">
<div style="clear: {vb:stylevar left}">
  {vb:raw ad_location.ad_footer_start}
  {vb:raw ad_location.global_above_footer}
</div>
</vb:if>

......

Once you have installed the modification edit "SevenSkins - Templates > ss_rightcolumn_contents to put your advert or contents in the side column.


Finally don't forget to click install.


Thanks to Lynne for additional css plugin code which I used in this modification.


PS. Do not use my side column mods together use only one.


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If you want to enable or disable this hack on different pages of the forum .. 
Edit the ss_rightcolumn_start and ss_rightcolumn_end templates:
 
Find:
<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay'">
 
Edit it to ... for home page:
<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index'">
 
 
Edit it to ... for homepage, forumdisplay and showthread:
<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread'">

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Updates:
19 Jan 10: Upadted so the column tables can be seen on showtherad, etc pages ..
- Save the code from "ss_rightcolumn_contents" template. (Code for ads, etc)
- Revert template belonging to this product.
- Then import the product over writting the existing installation.
- Put your ad code in the "ss_rightcolumn_contents" template.


15 Jan 10: Updated for vBulletin 4.0.1
2 templates has been changed.
- Save the code from "ss_rightcolumn_contents" template. (Code for ads, etc)
- Revert template belonging to this product.
- Then import the product over writting the existing installation.
- Put your ad code in the "ss_rightcolumn_contents" template.


22 Dec 09: Working with vBulletin 4.0.0 (Gold)

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[Mr. Burns]

Aaaaaaaaah. TY.

I must be looking at the wrong thing under Settings>> Options.

[fxdigi-cash]

It is a great mod.

I just a quick question. when I disable the vb board, is that right column supposed to be showing?

I can't seem to understand why it would show when the board is off!!

here is the thread I asked about this specifically: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=311428

any idea!!

[Seven Skins]

Main purpose of this mod is to display ads without caching, but if you want you may wrap the code in the if statement like below to all 3 templates of this hack.

<vb:if condition="$vboptions['bbactive'] == 0">

Code here

</vb:if>

[fxdigi-cash]

Originally Posted by Seven Skins

Main purpose of this mod is to display ads without caching, but if you want you may wrap the code in the if statement like below to all 3 templates of this hack.

<vb:if condition="$vboptions['bbactive'] == 0">

Code here

</vb:if>

Thanks for the code, but after trying all that it didn't work. it still shows up...!!

any idea?

[Seven Skins]

Change 0 to 1.

<vb:if condition="$vboptions['bbactive'] == 1">

[fxdigi-cash]

Thanks!!

That did the work.

I appreciate the great support

[beideb]

Hi, I'm trying to, install the Mod, but not got to find the right place.

This is my navbar, end :

<div class="body_wrap">
{vb:raw ad_location.ad_navbar_below}
{vb:raw ad_location.global_below_navbar}

<vb:if condition="$show['notices'] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'register'">


	<form action="profile.php?do=dismissnotice" method="post" id="notices" class="notices">
		<input type="hidden" name="do" value="dismissnotice" />
		<input type="hidden" name="s" value="{vb:raw session.sessionurl}" />
		<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />
		<input type="hidden" id="dismiss_notice_hidden" name="dismiss_noticeid" value="" />
		<input type="hidden" name="url" value="{vb:raw return_link}" />		
<ol> 
			{vb:raw notices}
		</ol>
	</form>
{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_start}
</vb:if>

And this is my footer, first line:

<vb:if condition="!empty($ad_location['ad_footer_start']) or !empty($ad_location['global_above_footer'])">
<div style="clear: {vb:stylevar left}">
  {vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_end} 
  {vb:raw ad_location.ad_footer_start}
  {vb:raw ad_location.global_above_footer}
</div>
</vb:if>

I used vb 4.2.2

[Seven Skins]

This is how it should be in navbar:

<vb:if condition="$show['notices'] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'register'">
	<form action="profile.php?do=dismissnotice" method="post" id="notices" class="notices">
		<input type="hidden" name="do" value="dismissnotice" />
		<input type="hidden" name="s" value="{vb:raw session.sessionurl}" />
		<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />
		<input type="hidden" id="dismiss_notice_hidden" name="dismiss_noticeid" value="" />
		<input type="hidden" name="url" value="{vb:raw return_link}" />
		<ol>
			{vb:raw notices}
		</ol>
	</form>
</vb:if>

{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_start}

And footer:

{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_end}

<vb:if condition="!empty($ad_location['ad_footer_start']) or !empty($ad_location['global_above_footer'])">
<div style="clear: {vb:stylevar left}">
  {vb:raw ad_location.ad_footer_start}
  {vb:raw ad_location.global_above_footer}
</div>
</vb:if>