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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[Seven Skins]

I think you need to make a plugin at forumdisply_complete hook

I tried this and it gets the forum id and displays it while your are viewing a forum.

$a = $foruminfo[forumid];

echo $a;

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[Volvoholic]

My SS column does not line up with the forum display.



I have tried adding

{vb:raw sc_start}

and

{vb:raw sc_end}

to the end of Navbar and start of footer respectively but no joy.

Any help would be appreciated. Great work by the way !

[Seven Skins]

Adjust the margin-top in "ss_rightcolumn_index" class.

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[Volvoholic]

Tried that in ss_rightcolumn_css.css and adjusted the ss_rightcolumn_index margin_top class to a large number but did not notice any changes.

Any other advice please ?

[neetusn]

but it is giving me alignment problem in ie

[wIrEs]

waiting for the vb4 version

btw, how do you enable the default vb4 side panels ?

[Seven Skins]

Originally Posted by Volvoholic

Tried that in ss_rightcolumn_css.css and adjusted the ss_rightcolumn_index margin_top class to a large number but did not notice any changes.

Any other advice please ?

Press Ctrl + F5 or delete temporary Internet files, then view the page.

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[coloradomoms]

is there code to have ads rotate or show randomly?

[Switch3130]

How can I make my forum's latest post show up in a column?

[Seven Skins]

Originally Posted by coloradomoms

is there code to have ads rotate or show randomly?

There are many free scripts on google, search for "ad rotator" ...

Originally Posted by Switch3130

How can I make my forum's latest post show up in a column?

You will have to write a plugin to fetch data from database.

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