[Release] Add A New Column To Your Forum Home Page

Author: mashby

Description: This mod will teach you how to add a new column to your forum home page. This mod places a new column to the left or right of your main forum index. You can choose what content you'd like in the new column by cutting and pasting various sections of the Forum Home. This allows you to have the PM information, statistics, or various hacks to the left or right of the forum home page instead of the top or bottom.

Screenshot See second and third posts.

if you looked carefully you can only (i think) add things from the same template like $pmmessages and $birthday things.

On yah if you also look carefully it says "

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[DestyNova]

Mashby, seem that members aint realize that you use left and right column.gif is same picture (both pictures have left column)

Also since I already have left column by your help this morning so I go ahead install, it is same conception anyway ^_^

==install==

work with tech.style ?

[mashby]

Originally posted by EmuMasta
umm Mashby is there a way you can make it so it can be intergrated with the "Tweak you Frontpage"?

Well, there's actually 4 templates mod. Any of them should work with this template mod well. Just follow the instructions carefully and they should work. If you have trouble with a particular section, post it here.

Originally posted by TOoNez
I succesfully added the extra colum.............but I don't know how to put anything in it................can you help me?

Well, it depends what you have on your forum home page. If you have no hacks, then you could include what's in the instructions as well as the following:

$loggedinusers
$birthdaybits
$pminfo

Anything else would probably depend on a hack, which of course is not supported here. Check vBulletin.org for hacks.

Originally posted by DestyNova
Mashby, seem that members aint realize that you use left and right column.gif is same picture (both pictures have left column)

Thanks for the heads up. I uploaded the correct image.

Originally posted by Kiraly
work with tech.style ?

I don't understand?

[SaintDog]

Originally posted by Kiraly
work with tech.style ?

Try it and see

[yamill3]

thats a cool MOD nice 1 mashby

As to what you can put in your side bar, what ever you want. I put in a menu system from my website, and some forum code, but limited myself due to the width of the column to match the site.
All it is is code... a example is here:
http://www.shivasite.com/forums/

Did it last week, I also used a different setup, as I also have a header and footer setup in the table to give it a more polished look, but as it's a pretty new setup, still some work to do on the actual board. No hacks, just mods from this site, plus some extra code

<font size="1">looks great, i luv the idea!
however, i dont like the normal vbulletin look with it, looks a little un-organized.
but im sure if you incorperated some graphics into the left column, it would look much better! ill give it a try!!!

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[AndrewD]

Mashby, the text attachment seems to have been corrupted somewhere along the line. Part way through step three the text is lost and a lot of binary gibberish appears.

Thanks

should just have it at the bottom!