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.

[FleaBag]

Amy I apologise. I had read the install file over and over - all but the first line - telling me to create a template. My stupidity is surpassed only by my inability to follow clearly laid out instructions. Ignore my previous babble, I didn't even know what I was talking about.

Thanks Amy.

[EasyTarget]

can someone post the fix to make it so the timezone stuff doesn't get pushed over please?

is it to just paste the info to the bottom of the footer instead of the top?

[cmiller1014]

I must be a real friggin idiot. I can not get a decent looking table to appear over to the left to save my life. Can you throw us a bone here and just post some html and tell us where to put it?

This is frustrating

[cmiller1014]

I put in a generic table shell like vbadvanced uses for its modules, but there is no spacing between it and the main forum table. Apparently I need a little more help with this one. Not quite a "plug in"

[EasyTarget]

try something on the table you put in (if it uses a table) like width="95%", other than that I dunno. I was also messing around with the td classes on the links I was adding using

<td class="tcat">
<td class="thead">
<td class="vbmenu_option">
<td class="alt1">
<td class="alt2">
<td class="alt3">

which can give your menu that integrated look.

[Rich]

Hello,

I just gave this a whirl and it says "Invalid File Specified" and won't import the file. Why?

[EasyTarget]

I had that problem with something else.. but it was as simple as using the other import option in the Admin CP.
Manage products > add/import product
or Download/Upload Plugin

try using whichever one you hadn't done yet.

[Rich]

Hello,

Thank you, that did the trick!

[amykhar]

Guys, if it's a beta release and not an RC1 release, it CAN'T use products. It uses plugins. If it's an RC1 release, it most likely uses products.

[Rich]

Hello,

Easy Target, this will correct that issue:


In your footer template, look for:

<div class="smallfont" align="center">$vbphrase[all_times_are_gmt_x_time_now_is_y]</div>
<br />

Cut it and paste it BELOW:

$spacer_close

That will prevent it from being pushed over to the side, and will place it at the bottom again.

If you want there to be a space between the last "box" and the time, add a <br /> above that section of code.