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]

Originally Posted by childfun

If I want to change the color of the headers in the right column, do you know what I change in stylevars? I have been trying for a long time and am not getting it...

forumhead_background

[Suzie]

Originally Posted by BAJR

Hi there... great mod... installed and happy.. apart from one thing



http://www.bajrfed.co.uk/forum.php

notice that the google ads and footer are directly under the righthand column.

I placed this code
{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_start} at teh bottom of the navbar template
and this
{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_end} at the start of footer template

baffled? I am

I have the same issue, did you find a fix?

[Seven Skins]

See the screenshot of vBulletin 402 it works without any problem.
There is an issue with other edited you have done.

[jnrdavo]

Originally Posted by Seven Skins

See the screenshot of vBulletin 402 it works without any problem.
There is an issue with other edited you have done.

Any way to be able to have this 'before' the forum block, or even better, the forum block to be underneath?

It seems to be taking up too much screen realestate if they are side by side.

Ideally, I would like the 'Forum Sponsors' section to be just to the right of the normal forum, then to have the 'Forum Block's' under the 'Forum Sponsors'..

Any help appreciated.

[mdoliwa]

Hi,
I'm trying to show some banners for one forum only, I'm doing something like this in content template:
<vb:if condition="$forum[forumid] == 46"> WORKS</vb:if>

But it doesn't work, I heard something about variables registering ... any idea how to make it work ?

Thanks for help.

[Seven Skins]

Try this.

<vb:if condition="$GLOBALS['forumid'] == 5"> Hello this is forum 5</vb:if>

[mdoliwa]

It's working now, thank you.

[sarangan]

Originally Posted by thieu.bocap

Error when i import this Mod!

Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/xxx/public_html/xxx/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(5116) : eval()'d code on line 3

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/xxx/public_html/xxx/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(5116) : eval()'d code on line 4

Please help!

I have exactly the same problem. Anyone have a fix for this..

[NolanChart]

Originally Posted by kiddo1cnc

Installation:
Download the attached XML file.
Import the product. <-- how do I import?

I am in my admin and styles/templates
then Download/Upload Styles.
I tried to import but keeps giving me an error saying it is an invalid file specified.
Am I installing correctly?

For others who run into this same problem in vb4...

You need to upload the xml file using:
Plugins & Products > Manage Products

not
"Styles & Templates > Style Manager"

or
"Plugins & Products > Add New Plugin"

[unfv]

Hi there, thanks for the mod, is there any way to solve this? the moderation check is been almost hidden by the Google Adsense add