Filling some deadspace in the SHOWTHREAD template

[scottkoz20]

Originally Posted by alfuzzy

Hey there Scott. I have some sidebars on my site at the moment...and at the moment they are still "hideable" by users using the vBulletin open/close tab.

How did you "force" the sidebar on non-donating members (can't close or hide it). Was this via tweaking some code...or did you use a 3rd party plugin product?

Also a 2nd question. Do you have this sidebar on just your home page or all website pages?

My understanding is by default...vBulletin 4 only does the sidebar on the forum home page but not other pages. I did see there's a 3rd party product called "Sidebar Anywhere"...didn't know if you were using this.

Thanks

I am using the Sidebar Anywhere mod for vB4. In the settings, you have the ability to identify what usergroups can collapse the sidebar. In addition, I have made several templates in the BLOCK TEMPLATES section where I commented out

		<div class="blocksubhead">
			<a class="collapse" id="collapse_block_html_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}" href="{vb:raw relpath}#top"><img alt="" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/collapse_40b.png" id="collapseimg_html_{vb:raw blockinfo.blockid}"/></a>
			<span class="blocktitle">{vb:raw blockinfo.title}</span>
		</div>

Then in the Sidebar blocks, you have to ensure you are changing the TEMPLATE TO USE in the block setup.

I also have built a sideblock that has no headings and just allows for Ad Content (using this for 300x250 and 300x600 ad types)