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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[kiddo1cnc]

Find in footer template (top of footer template):
HTML Code:

{vb:raw ad_location.ad_footer_start}

Add above:
HTML Code:

{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_end}

ALSO: Add above what? Where does this piece of code go?

[Jack Jones]

Hi hoping for some help here.

I changed my theme, and it's left the right column not matching.
Please see attachment. Any way to make the top of that column look like the rest of the forum?

Thanks in advance.

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by Seven Skins

You need to edit .. forumhead_border

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That didn't work for me - with the same problem as the other poster.

Any other ideas?

[speedimpulse]

please chime in on how to change head color

[Seven Skins]

I will update this mod soon.

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[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by Jack Jones

Hi hoping for some help here.

I changed my theme, and it's left the right column not matching.
Please see attachment. Any way to make the top of that column look like the rest of the forum?

Thanks in advance.

Any chance of some insight into this however please?

[Veer]

Can I display side bar only on forum display page?

[Fastbird]

I'm just wondering how to disable the columns from displaying on the thread display page. I only want it on the forum home. Any insight?

[texasteamplayer]

Originally Posted by Seven Skins

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

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yeah....what this mod needs the most is the ability to accept the widgets from CMS, and forum blocks. Then.....this becomes the must-have, definitive, period mod.

That, and the ability for users to vertically minimize blocks they don't want, as well as admin's the ability to set some blocks to be non-minimizeable, and even the ability to assign permission for some usergroups to be able to edit it (like mods, editors, media staff, etc).

Most especially the ability to add the recent posts, recent blogs, recent articles widgets from CMS or forum. Please please please.

......can I pay you to add this? And to add code so there's a GUI, instead of tedious tempate edits for blocks? Needs an "add a left block", "add a right block" function like vB's sideblock does.

so much potential. $$$?

[Seven Skins]

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.
- You your ad code in the "ss_rightcolumn_contents" template.


Members who want to change where the column are displayed, edit "ss_rightcolumn_start" and "ss_rightcolumn_end" template.

Find:

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay'">

Edit it to: e.g if you just want it on home page.

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index'">

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