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.

[jeffcoll]

I have added the google code but it doesn't show up. Any help would be great.

http://www.discountorlandovacation.com/forum/

Above is the forum.

Thanks

[KipLarson]

Is it ok if I use the navbar to put the code in instead of the header? It looks better on my site using it like that. And it's ok if I change the width of the column in the navbar template to something other than 160?

One other thing:

I found the "<" there was an extra one in the intial leftcolumn.txt (if you ever get a chance you should remove that.

<<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">

And I have one last question:

Is there a way to drop down the side column to be level with the threads in the forum header? (So they line up? But only on the forum display?)

Because it looks good on the forum home... but as soon as I look at forum display it doesn't look that good.

Thanks

Thanks for the help thus far. Great mod.

[beebs]

Quick (likely stupid) question.. is there a way to have a left side bar as well as the top navbar? If so, how would one go about doing this?

[KipLarson]

Originally Posted by KipLarson

Is it ok if I use the navbar to put the code in instead of the header? It looks better on my site using it like that. And it's ok if I change the width of the column in the navbar template to something other than 160?

One other thing:

I found the "<" there was an extra one in the intial leftcolumn.txt (if you ever get a chance you should remove that.

<<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">

And I have one last question:

Is there a way to drop down the side column to be level with the threads in the forum header? (So they line up? But only on the forum display?)

Because it looks good on the forum home... but as soon as I look at forum display it doesn't look that good.

Thanks

Thanks for the help thus far. Great mod.

Anyone know how to drop it down on forum display or do you all think it doesn't look that bad?

[KipLarson]

Is there any way to add breaks between boxes? Because I put them in, but nothing happens.

[KipLarson]

Originally Posted by Irisfire

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=112704 use this mod instead

I can't access this thread for some reason... I saw it earlier today and even posted in it, but now it's gone. I really want to use the mod that only displays on the forum home... Any ideas? Where is the mod?

[johnstires]

This hack has a template conflict in IE under to following conditions:

http://www.prenatalyogacenter.com/fo...ead.php?t=2061

If you have a fixed width forum
Are trying to post images in a GARS forum

This is complicated and I do not know how to fix it.

Here's the deal.

left column hack works fine for most pages on fixed width boards. The only page it doesn't work with is the post view. If order to make it work you need to change your spaceropen template from:

<!-- open content container -->
<if condition="$show['old_explorer']">
	<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" align="center"><tr><td class="page" style="padding:0px $stylevar[spacersize]px 0px $stylevar[spacersize]px">
<else />
<div align="center">
	<div class="page" style="width:$stylevar[outerdivwidth]; text-align:$stylevar[left]">
		<div style="padding:0px $stylevar[spacersize]px 0px $stylevar[spacersize]px">
</if>

to the following:

<!-- open content container -->
<if condition="$show['old_explorer']">
	<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center"><tr><td class="page" style="padding:0px $stylevar[spacersize]px 0px $stylevar[spacersize]px">
<else />
<div align="center">
	<div class="page" style="width:100%; text-align:$stylevar[left]">
		<div style="padding:0px $stylevar[spacersize]px 0px $stylevar[spacersize]px">
</if>

That makes the post view look fine. However when you convert the forum to a GARS forum and then add images, the entire thing breaks. and the width gets all jacked up.

There is some conflict between the left column, the spaceropen template and GARS.

But I have no clue what. All I know is that when I remove the left column and revert the spaceropen template, the GARS forum looks fine. And when I remove the GARS forum but leave the left column and the spaceropen (with the width change above) everything is fine.

I just can't have both.

[Davey-UK]

Before you answer with do a search, i have!
I am trauling thro thousands of pages as we speak.
Would this work with 3.6.4??
Thanks

[aramik]

this is a excellent mod, but ive got 2 problems after getting everything working so great.


#1 - http://www.animeseat.com/news-announ....html#post9941

it's not aligning to the correct width...


#2 - http://www.animeseat.com/news-announcements/

these bars just seem to pop out of no where



pleaseeeeeeeeee help

[Vierie]

Originally Posted by Davey-UK

Before you answer with do a search, i have!
I am trauling thro thousands of pages as we speak.
Would this work with 3.6.4??
Thanks

Yes, it does.