Forum Home Enhancements - Left side column on forum home and forum display

Left 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)


Find in navbar template:

<div class="body_wrapper">

Add below:

{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_start}

Add the code below to the first line of footer template:

{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_end}

Footer template after adding the code:

{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_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_leftcolumn_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_leftcolumn_start and ss_leftcolumn_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:
15 Jan 10: Updated
- Save the code from "ss_leftcolumn_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_leftcolumn_contents" template.


15 Jan 10: Updated for vBulletin 4.0.1
2 templates has been changed.
- Save the code from "ss_leftcolumn_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_leftcolumn_contents" template.


22 Dec 09: Working with vBulletin 4.0.0 (Gold)


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[Seven Skins]

Originally Posted by Welshy2008

Great,

Thank You.

I too would like this to be inline with my Main Forum ** Please see a 'before' and 'after' screenshot of how I would like it.

I would also like the "What's going on box" to be 100% width of the forum too.


Would you be kind enough as to tell me how I would do this please?

As soon as I am able to do Both of the above, I will Rate and Nominate.


Many Thanks.

If you align this with forum categories at home page what would you do about the empty space on top of the bar and forumdisply.php pages.

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[Welshy2008]

Thank you for your reply, I hope you don't mind, but, I have just PM'd you.

Best Wishes,

Welshy2008.

[tarzan22]

Please, when I put the user moves online with Internet Explorer being so


http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4355/ss2hn.png

Knows that it can be?

regards

[badawidollah]

installed for VB402

thanks

[Dirt Bike Addict]

Thanks Seven Skins for the mod. I've looking for something like this for days.

My problem:




How do I get it to drop down below the chatbox? So that the chatbox is full screen and the side bar is even with the other 2.

This is the chatbox https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=235271

Thanks,
James

[BRotondi]

Oups... this is a very user specific solution. Use FireBug to get into html and css, then customise both of the adds. But you will need some time and coding skill...

Edit: Perhaps it's also enough to add one more <div> Depends on how these adds work...

[p@ndu]

thanks a lot very nice mod

but a small thing i want more than 2 blocks there.......

[Rafa-el]

Bug. Don't works in vB 4.0.3 PL1.... Anyone can confirm?

[Gipskopf]

I was looking for this solution since a while now. Thanks for the add on.
But is there a way to make it visible for non members only?

Thanks again
ED

[Dirt Bike Addict]

Originally Posted by BRotondi

Edit: Perhaps it's also enough to add one more <div> Depends on how these adds work...

That worked:up: Thanks