Collapse Sidebars of vBA CMS

Version: 1.0.1
vB Version: 3.5.2
Assuming that you have vBAdvanced Version: 2.1.0 with this integration installed.

Description: Give your users an option to collapse the sidebars of your integrated vBulletin Forum & vBAdvanced CMS.
Details: 1 Template Change and 1 Product XML (with 1 Plugin, 2 Settings, 4 Phrases and 0 Template).
Difficulty: very easy (plugin product and one template change).

Author: Milad

Upgrading: If you upgrade from 1.0.0, I prefare you uninstall the product (Because the product ID was changed) and revert adv_portal template, then reinstall it as the following instructions.

Installation:

1. Import product-collapse_sidbars_vba.xml into your PRODUCTS by going to
   Plugin System -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product
   IF YOU ARE UPGRADING, be sure to set "Allow Overwrite" to "Yes".
   
2. Upload 4 images (left_vbacollapse.gif, left_vbacollapse_collapsed.gif, right_vbacollapse.gif and right_vbacollapse_collapsed.gif) to forum/images/buttons directory.
   
3. In adv_portal template do
   1. Find:
      

      width="$vba_style[portal_leftcolwidth]"

      Replace with:
      

      width="$vba_style[portal_leftcolwidth]" id="collapseobj_left_sidebar" style="{$vbulletin->left_sidebar_style}"

   2. Find:
      

      width="$vba_style[portal_rightcolwidth]"

      Replace with:
      

      width="$vba_style[portal_rightcolwidth]" id="collapseobj_right_sidebar" style="{$vbulletin->right_sidebar_style}"

   3. Find:
      

      $home[centerblocks]

      Add above:
      

      <if condition="$show[left_column] and $vboptions[allow_collapse_left_sidebar]">
      <a href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('left_sidebar')" style="float:$stylevar[left]; margin-bottom:2px"><img alt="" border="0" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/$stylevar[left]_vbacollapse{$vbulletin->left_sidebar_image}.gif" id="collapseimg_left_sidebar" /></a>
      </if>
      <if condition="$show[right_column] and $vboptions[allow_collapse_right_sidebar]">
      <a href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('right_sidebar')" style="float:$stylevar[right]; margin-bottom:2px"><img alt="" border="0" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/$stylevar[right]_vbacollapse{$vbulletin->right_sidebar_image}.gif" id="collapseimg_right_sidebar" /></a>
      </if>

4. Click to receive updates.
5. Done! Thank you for installing.

Changelog:

• Feb, 21st 2006: (1.0.0)
  • Initial release
• Feb, 23rd 2006: (1.0.1)
  • Appearance improved, see this post. (screenshots updated)
  • Add the abbility to collapse both left and right sidebars.
  • Add two options in "Style & Language Settings" to Allow/Disallow Collapsing Left/Right sidebar.
  • Arrows Directions work in both RTL & LTR forums.
  • Hack was renamed "Collapse Left Sidebar of vBA CMS" -> "Collapse Sidebars of vBA CMS".

Support is free-time controlled.

[Slave]

Originally Posted by TenPercenter

Who has this installed? Can you show us please so we can demo the fucntionality?

I have it installed .. but I've got it turned off.

I'll turn it on again for the next couple of days so you can take a look ..

www.yaxleyvillage.com

It looks fine in IE .. but the firefox/safari problem, mentioned above, still hasn't been fixed.

[ged]

Is there any way to make it as an option in User CP?

I mean to enable or disable vBAdvanced columns...

[TenPercenter]

Is there a way to set permissions per usergroup for this hack? I'd like to reward a certain usergroup with being able to collapse sidebars, whereas regular and gu3ests cannot collapse.