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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[Toorak Times]

Thanks for this mod. I like the idea of the Activity Wall is great and this mod adds a bit of variety to the page. I hope they make the page more interactive like the other live wall mods I have seen and installed. Love your work!

[BirdOPrey5]

Thank You

[Disco_Dave]

Originally Posted by Hippy

@ BirdOPrey5
cosmetically the sidebar is a tad high compared to the forum home
works perfect tho..
thanks

Yeah it's also like that on our forum also, is there a way to correct this??

[BirdOPrey5]

In the zip file there is an "alternate" XML file, install that one instead.

[Disco_Dave]

Hi Joe

Yes still the same.....



http://www.nirc.co.uk/forums/activity.php


That's it now sorry for the hassle

Cheers
Dave

[Hippy]

Worked for me right of the bat with the alternate XML

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by tricksodave

Hi Joe

Yes still the same.....

user name:tester
password: retset

http://www.nirc.co.uk/forums/activity.php


That's it now sorry for the hassle

Cheers
Dave

Looks like it is a little off (6 pixels) due to your custom style.

Go to plugin manager and edit the AS Sidebar Edits plugin.

Find the instance of:

42px

ans chabe it to

36px

[Disco_Dave]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Looks like it is a little off (6 pixels) due to your custom style.

Go to plugin manager and edit the AS Sidebar Edits plugin.

Find the instance of:

42px

ans chabe it to

36px

Thanks a million great addon.

Cheers,
Dave

[tsptom]

Just as an FYI, I thought this was a great idea and I installed it, but I had to make mine inactive and go back to the "Recent Posts" sidebar because the members almost unanimously prefered to see the first sentence of the post in the sidebar like the recent post sidebar.

You can PM me BirdOPrey5, if you want a link to their discussion about it.

[BirdOPrey5]

Are you saying using this mod changed how your regular forum sidebar worked?