Put a Column on the Left Side of Every Forum Page

This little PRODUCT will provide you with a template to put content in a column going down the left side of every forum page.

What you put there is limited only by your imagination.

This can easily be combined with the right column product to have a column on both sides.

To use this with the right column product , change the footer code to:

<!-- Right Column Code  -->
</td>
<td width="160" valign="top" align="left">$rightcolumn</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr>
</table>
<!-- End Right Column Code -->

Changes in 1.1
Some very important changes were made to the header and footer template changes. Please modify your header and footer code to use the new version.

This is now a PRODUCT and not a plugin. Use the product manager to import it. If you are upgrading, copy the contents of your left_column template to notepad BEFORE you install the product. Then, replace the template contents with your backup.

This version now includes sample html in the left_column template. Thanks to iguanairs for that code.

[JenniferK]

Kerry-Anne - thanks, I will have to test that out later. But I just wanted to say that you have been super helpful throughout this whole thread!

[peterska2]

No prob, just let me know how it works as I'll bookmark it if it works right in case the same question comes up again.

[saadahmed007]

Is there any way i can move the columns under navbar?

thanks.

[saadahmed007]

If i put it in the last of the header, it comes side by the navbar. I want it under the navbar.

I tried doing separate for FORUMHOME, FORUMDISPLAY, etc, but i want it on all the pages and under the navbar.

[masterross]

hi,

how to hide column on specific forums?
for example:
forumdisplay.php?f=101
forumdisplay.php?f=42
forumdisplay.php?f=10

or in specific threads?
like:
showthread.php?t=190187
showthread.php?t=4356
showthread.php?t=87632

thanks!

[Rik Brown]

Has anyone attempted to see if this mod works on vb 3.6.1? I'm using 3.6.0 and it works excellently. But it appears that the vb 3.6.1 upgrade requires many template changes.

As I find this mod more important than the improvements in 3.6.1, I would rather wait to hear from someone else before attempting the changeover.

Any reports yet?

Thanks. -- Rik

[JenniferK]

Rik, works fine in 3.6.1

Kerry-Anne - i forgot to let you know, that didn't work for me, it shifted things all over. But that's OK, I've gotten used to the footer the way it is. I have a new problem though that I just became aware of since I use IE and it only seems to happen in Firefox.

The line "All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:06 AM." in the footer gets pushed way over and to the top so that you have to scroll to the right a whole page width. Any idea how to correct that?

[oldfan]

I'm looking to add all the "whats going on" blocks to the sidebar, is this possible?
Also why is it in the "showthread.php?" after the second/third post does the layout go back to normal?
example >> http://www.metallifukinca.com/showthread.php?t=3348

[navjotjsingh]

Originally Posted by peterska2

Rik,

Have a look at instructions in this post. They explain how to not have it on the register page. You add more pages by using the same variable and getting the script name from the top of the php file and adding an or to your conditional so you might end up with a conditional like this (well actually you won't but I just picked some pages that I kow the script names of)

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT!='register' || THIS_SCRIPT!='index' || THIS_SCRIPT!='private' || THIS_SCRIPT!='adv_index'">

Whatever you do don't actually use that conditional as it will not display on your vBAdvanced (if you use it), your forumhome, private messaging, and registration pages. That is just a sample to show how to put more pages into the conditional.

Can you tell how to disable this left bar in User CP? I am already using a conditional for disabling it on vbadvanced CMPS Homepage:

<if condition="VB_AREA != VBA_PORTAL">
</if>

[navjotjsingh]

Ok for me instead of

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT!='usercp' || THIS_SCRIPT!='private' || VB_AREA != VBA_PORTAL">

this works only

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT!='usercp' && THIS_SCRIPT!='private' && VB_AREA != VBA_PORTAL">