Miscellaneous Hacks - Sidebar Anywhere (Formerly Sidebar for Activity Stream) by BOP5

Brought to you by BirdOPrey5
www.Qapla.com

Version 2.2.0

The new Activity Stream for VB 4.2.0 is very nice but it feels like it is missing something- and what it is missing is a sidebar. Ideally at some point VB will release a custom sidebar built just for the Activity Stream but until then this quick mod will let you use the built in forum sidebar on the Activity Stream.

As of version 2.0 besides just working on the Activity Stream the mod can now add a sidebar to ANY vBulletin page including forums, threads, groups, albums, who's online, forum leaders, and more. In fact you can easily add the sidebar even to custom pages from custom mods.

New Features

• Now works on ANY vBulletin Page (except blogs which have their own sidebar)
• Option to align sidebar with page content or top of page
• Option to Disable Sidebar Collapse Option (By Usergroup in 2.1.0)
• Collapsed sidebar state now "remembered" on different pages
• Option to enable Sidebar by Usergroup
• Option to disable Sidebar by Forum (if enabled for forums/threads)
• Option to disable Sidebar in specific styles
• Options to disable sidebars if mobile devices detected*

NOTE: To enable mobile device detection options you must install the Mobile Browser Detector mod.

Live Demo: Qapla.com Activity Stream

You can enable or disable the Sidebar Anywhere independently of the forum sidebar but they will both display the same content (blocks.)

NEW - If you need to have different blocks on different pages check out this add-on.

You must have at least 1 block setup and active for the sidebar to show.

Unlike most of my other mods this mod is enabled by default upon installation. Be default it is setup to show only on the Activity Stream and register.php pages.

I am aware there is already a mod out there "Everywhere Sidebar" by another coder. This is completely different code and I made this because my "Staff Online Sideblock" mod did not work on Sidebar Everywhere but it does work on this mod.

This mod requires at least VB 4.2.0 to work on the Activity Stream but should work on older VB 4.x.x versions on other pages.

Full view of admin cp options: http://www.qapla.com/mods/ss/sidebar...tings_full.jpg.

The old version Zip file Sidebar for Activity Stream by BOP5 v11.zip works only on the Activity Stream.

PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED WITH THIS MOD- THEY ANSWER MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE IT.

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[tagline]

I've an issue with my template that's not the default one. Some part of the template are missing... how to fix it?

[BirdOPrey5]

Would suggest reverting any forum blocks templates showing issues. Backup the style first, though.

[tagline]

Sorry, but I don't understand.
In the case, I've removed the entire template and re-installed but nothing happens. Can you post a step by step guide? Thank's

[BirdOPrey5]

Do you have the problem on the default style?

To get the default style go to Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Add New Style and create a new style with no parent style. This will be the default style.

Then go to Admin CP -> Settings -> Options -> Style & Language Settings and give permission for users to change styles (if it was disabled) so you can change to the default style to test it.

[tagline]

My problem is not with default style. I've already set up my board in order to change template. I've a custom template and in the forum.php page there is no problem but if I change view (e.g. in post or thread) I lost template as you can see in previous attachement.

[tagline]

No support, no responses for more than a week (just one but it is not the answer to my question)...

Uninstalled

[BirdOPrey5]

If you don't have the problem with the default style then obviously the problem is due to your custom style, not the mod. So sorry, I cannot trouble shoot custom styling issues but I am not a style expert, I really have no idea what may be broken in your custom style and I do not have time to log into your site and look around. Had you posted a link to the site with the issue so I can see it happening there is a small chance I may have noticed something obvious, but you didn't. FYI - A screenshot isn't very helpful when trouble shooting styling issues.

[tagline]

Joe, thanks anyway.

[dimmicosacerchi]

Hi, I'm trying to add custom pages siderbar in Easy Forms and form, but the siderbar does not appear.
Could someone help me? Thank you.

[bzcomputers]

Originally Posted by dimmicosacerchi

Hi, I'm trying to add custom pages siderbar in Easy Forms and form, but the siderbar does not appear.
Could someone help me? Thank you.

post link to page