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]

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[0verl0rd]

tagged for later.

[maxlink]

I can't see its options in the setting list of admin control. How to fix this problem ?

[bchertov]

Has anybody made this work with widgets? Seven Skins - do you think this is possible? Care to publish an example ?

[bchertov]

Originally Posted by bchertov

Has anybody made this work with widgets? Seven Skins - do you think this is possible? Care to publish an example ?

P.S. How does this interact with widgets being displayed on ForumHome?

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by bchertov

Has anybody made this work with widgets? Seven Skins - do you think this is possible? Care to publish an example ?

You mean sidebar blocks?

Originally Posted by bchertov

P.S. How does this interact with widgets being displayed on ForumHome?

That's what I believe you mean and if so yes, it will work and only require a few edits, here's a shot from a 4.1.3 default style:

[bchertov]

Thanks for the reply Superman. This is what I was afraid of. What I'd like to do, which is what VB ought to do is to intermix banners, widgets and other useful items in a consistent right side column. So the idea is to be able to use widget and/or forum blocks in the new right side column, rather than adding a separate column.

Anybody know how to do something like this?

B

[ia7]

Just want to say big thanks to Seven Skins for this mod, takes a wee bit of work to get working with a customised design but well worth it due to the stupidity of vB4 not having the ability to have the sidebar on pages other than FORUMHOME.

So thanks a lot!

Originally Posted by I3eXa

Have been trying to install this today but for some reason it keeps cutting off my white background image across the whole forum page. Any ideas why? Here are before and after pics and thanks in advance for any info as I know you guys are busy with our stupid questions:

I have just suffered with this myself and after trying clears, clearfix's and all sorts, in the end it all came down to simply adding overflow: hidden to the opening div that contains your background.

Mine for example was body_wrapper so in the navbar template I found:

<div class="body_wrapper">

and changed it to: (show only to Guests on ForumDisplay)

<div class="body_wrapper"<vb:if condition="$show['guest'] && THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay'"> style="overflow:hidden;"</vb:if>>

In your case I believe you're using bodyWrapper so just copy the red section and paste it into the bodyWrapper div.

I should say I'm using this on vB 4.1.3

[Damsella]

Excellent mod. Exactly what I need! Many thanks.

[John Lester]

Originally Posted by ia7

Just want to say big thanks to Seven Skins for this mod, takes a wee bit of work to get working with a customised design but well worth it due to the stupidity of vB4 not having the ability to have the sidebar on pages other than FORUMHOME.

So thanks a lot!
I have just suffered with this myself and after trying clears, clearfix's and all sorts, in the end it all came down to simply adding overflow: hidden to the opening div that contains your background.

Mine for example was body_wrapper so in the navbar template I found:

<div class="body_wrapper">

and changed it to: (show only to Guests on ForumDisplay)

<div class="body_wrapper"<vb:if condition="$show['guest'] && THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay'"> style="overflow:hidden;"</vb:if>>

In your case I believe you're using bodyWrapper so just copy the red section and paste it into the bodyWrapper div.

I should say I'm using this on vB 4.1.3

An easier way is to place

{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_end}

at the very top of the footer template (above everything else).

My only issue with this hack is that the column is a few pixels higher than my forum display and I can't figure out how to adjust it I have tried adding padding as alluded to on page 11 ... or 10 .. whatever ... and it doesn't do anything.