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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[JMUJEEP]

this is a great mod. its the perfect place to add our site's sponsors and partner links. i do have a quick question

i'm currently running VB 4.0.5. has anyone tried to get information from the "What's Going On" section to display in a side bar? specifically i'd like to display total number of members, total threads, total post, and list the users currently online.

anyone have any luck with this?

[ps2wiz]

Originally Posted by Ral.ly

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

I have the suggest exact problem. Would be appreciate if the developer would investigate this common problem, not everyone is a style designer and has the appropriate diagnostic skills.

[Mr. Burns]

Cannot turn it off. Cannot edit the content. What am I doing wrong here?

[Seven Skins]

You can see this mod working here: http://www.sevenskins.com/forum/forum.php?styleid=42

PS. Please send a link to your forum so that I can have a look.

[Mr. Burns]

<a href="http://www.talktimmins.com/forum.php" target="_blank">http://www.talktimmins.com/forum.php</a>

[Seven Skins]

Hack is working in this style: http://www.talktimmins.com/forum.php?styleid=47
You need to the template edit in each style you want to use this hack and copy and paste the content of the columns from one style to other.

[Seven Skins]

One error in header temaple ... to correct the error

find this:

<img src="images/talkTimm_logoSpring.png" width="550" height="202> border="0" />

Replace it with:

<img src="images/talkTimm_logoSpring.png" width="550" height="202" border="0" />

[Mr. Burns]

It certainly show up. However, nothing I enter into the boxes in admin shows up. I must be misundertanding thge process.

Where do I change the *title in the headings (*Side column)? ~shrug

[Mr. Burns]

Originally Posted by Seven Skins

One error in header temaple ... to correct the error

find this:

<img src="images/talkTimm_logoSpring.png" width="550" height="202> border="0" />

Replace it with:

<img src="images/talkTimm_logoSpring.png" width="550" height="202" border="0" />

Oh, thanks.

[Seven Skins]

Edit "ss_rightcolumn_contents" template for the heading and the contents.