Forum Home Enhancements - Align Logo with Header Advert 2 (No Drop)

I originally coded this for my vBulletin 4.0, but so many people have been asking on vBulletin.com how to do this - so I thought I would release it on here, as well.

What it does:
By default if you add any advertisement to the header, you will find that your header logo is 'pushed' upwards. Many people prefer that logo is aligned with the advert and not placed above. ** See attached screenshot **

DEMO: http://www.digitalport.co.uk
I have coded this little modification so that if you place an advert in ad area 2 of the header it will appear next to your logo, and will not affect your logo's position whatsoever. It is coded to accept a standard banner size of 468x60 in the header ad 2 section. You can adjust this to suit other banner sizes as required.

In the #logo_main adjust the width and height values to suit your own logo. The margin-top value adjusts the distance between the top of your logo and the top of the toplinks. margin-left I have set to 20px, but you can adjust this to suit where you want the logo to be from the left side.

The best way is to adjust the values gradually if you are not sure about CSS coding.

Installation:
In the vbulletin.css template find:

.body_wrapper {
    padding: 0 {vb:math 2 * {vb:stylevar padding}} {vb:math {vb:stylevar padding}*2};
    background: {vb:stylevar body_background};
    -moz-border-radius: {vb:stylevar border_radius};
    -webkit-border-radius: {vb:stylevar border_radius};
    _display: inline;
}

Add after:

/* Replacement Header CSS */

#header_wrapper {
    width:100%;
    height:140px;
} 
#logo_main {
    float:left;
    display:inline-block;
    width:274px;
    height:98px;
    margin-top:20px;
    margin-left:20px;
    position:relative;
}  
#banner_ad_top {
     float:right;
     display:inline-block;
     margin-right:20px;
     margin-top:50px;
     width:468px;
     height:60px; 
}

In the header template find and remove:

{vb:raw ad_location.global_header2}

In the header template find and remove:

    <div><a name="top" href="{vb:raw vboptions.forumhome}.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" class="logo-image"><img src="{vb:stylevar titleimage}" alt="Powered by vBulletin" /></a></div>

Replace with this code:

<!-- Start Custom Header -->
<div id="header_wrapper">
     <div id="logo_main">
     <a name="top" href="{vb:raw vboptions.site_tab_url}{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" class="logo-image"><img src="{vb:stylevar titleimage}" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_powered_by_vbulletin, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}" /></a>
     </div>
     <div id="banner_ad_top">
     {vb:raw ad_location.global_header2}
     </div>
</div>
<!-- End Custom Header -->

Important:
One additional StyleVar you will need to change is the doc_minWidth to around 800px or more depending on your layout width. This will stop the advert div from dropping below your logo in the header, if someone is using a low resolution to view your website.

[slackin-jer]

How did you integrate that shopping cart into your header?

[tafreeh]

nice mod... got quick question..
after editing those temp.. we would be able to select the logo and condition via admin cp riht?

[Dr.osamA]

try it
Thanxx

brb
________
Black Xxx

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by tafreeh

nice mod... got quick question..
after editing those temp.. we would be able to select the logo and condition via admin cp riht?

It is coded to use the default logo and the default header ad position 2 which is the right side. So, everything will still function from the AdminCP.

[bandare]

Where did you get that bottom widget type thing that includes twitter/facebook etc?

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by bandare

Where did you get that bottom widget type thing that includes twitter/facebook etc?

Hi bandare,

All the mods used on the site you can find out about at this url:
http://www.digitalport.co.uk/blogs/4...gital-port-21/

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by forumtester

I think I know what he means.
In IE7, the banner slides off the edge of the forum on the rhs. It site halfway on and halfway off the forum.

It doesn't do it in IE8.

I'll try and find out why this is happening, then again IE is a pain to code workarounds for, wish Microsoft would code their browsers to use world standard coding!

[forumtester]

Not working with 4.0.1

[syrus.xl]

Strange, I'm using 4.0.1 and it's still working fine...

[forumtester]

It worked beautifully in 4.0.0, but I reverted all templates before the upgrade to 4.0.1 and now it won't work.

Some of the coding to change and replace has been modified in 4.0.1.

I reverted all mods for the 4.0.1 upgrade, just coming back to reinstall this mod and it won't have it.