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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[John Lester]

After updating to 4.1.10 I noticed an odd issue. On forum home the column aligns perfectly. However when I click on some forums (forum display ... or do I have those 2 reversed ) (about 25% of my forums) the alignment is off. But it's not always off by the same amount, on some forums the column is too low, on others it's too high.

So I thought it was the custom template, so I reverted to the default and went though each forum via forum mgr and set the style to default. Still have the same issue.

So I thought perhaps it was only forums with sub forums (initial look just happened to be sub forums) but alas some forums without sub forums have the alignment issue, and some but not all forums with sub forums have the alignment issue.

Anyone else run into this?

[bperkins88]

how can I make the right sidebar look like the left sidebar?

[bperkins88]

uninstalled due to it not showing up properly on Showthread on 4.1.9

just shows a space to the right side, not sidebar.

[Evo-L]

Looks like it hasn't been updated in 2 years. Can we get an update for 4.1.10? Please

[dano9258]

The sidebar boxes are to the right, but way down below the forums area. How do I make it right next to?

[cloferba]

This don´t work with last vbulletin version.

[Jonathan81]

Using 4.2...I can get the sidebar working but unfortunately the footer also appears on the sidebar. Any thoughts?

[Seven Skins]

^^
Read this post:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=205

Live Demo:
http://www.sevenskins.com/forum/forum.php?styleid=42

[fxdigi-cash]

Thanks for this mod. works great on vb.4.2 pl3. The only thing is that the place where to insert this code

{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_end}

in the footer has to be placed above

<div class="below_body">

This is the only way worked for me on vb.4.2pl3

Thanks again,

cheers

[planetMitch]

I'm late to the game here... but I want to thank the OP for creating this! I think my advertisers will like it... not so sure about the readers LOL... but I gotta feed the family!