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

Right 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)



Add this to the very end of navbar template:

{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_start}

PS. After edit the code above must be the last line in the navbar template.



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

{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_end}

Footer template after adding the code:

{vb:raw ss_rightcolumn_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_rightcolumn_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_rightcolumn_start and ss_rightcolumn_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:
19 Jan 10: Upadted so the column tables can be seen on showtherad, etc pages ..
- Save the code from "ss_rightcolumn_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_rightcolumn_contents" template.


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


22 Dec 09: Working with vBulletin 4.0.0 (Gold)

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[Tize.]

Hi thanks for the help and especially to those who have tried to help me.
Thank you very much.
The problem is that not everyone knows well how to put this code and many of us when we hacks have to do these things put them for not knowing.
I the end I had to clear it does not, just move the forum and leave the hole but I see where you can change or add options or something on the menu.

I missed the code ((vb: raw ad_location.ad_footer_start))
Anyway thank you very much at all and very kind.
Greetings. Tize.

[Seven Skins]

- Updated for vBulletin 4.0 RC2
- Please not this has been rewitten, you must remove old version of this produce then install this.


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[saviola8x]

How to show Side Column in Showthread ?

[Seven Skins]

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Edit ss_rightcolumn_end and ss_rightcolumn_start templates.

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread'">

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[ywwz]

Great job. I dont think vbb has side bar on every forum page like this mod. Thank you very much.

[mokujin]

What mod does vbb.com use right side bar that can hide and show it?
Thanks

[Seven Skins]

That is bulit in to vb .. but only for forumhome.
This mod can be used almost everywhere in the forum.

[klaus]

I like this mod.

However I question how this is different from the build in VB sidebar/block feature that comes with VB4. On my VB4 test installation I started using the VB version and successfully inserted various adsense banners, iframes calling php's and html from other areas of my side plus of course the supplied widgets. As was able to adjust the width very easily.

The one advantage I see with this mod is that it runs past the forum home view into the forum level and maybe even the post level. I am sure the Vbulletin sidebar can do that with one or two lines of code modifications(?).

So the big questions:
1. What is the advantage over the Vbulletin version?
2. How is the performance in comparison?

Like I said I like this mod and consider it, just question the need for it.

[Seven Skins]

So the big questions:
Q. What is the advantage over the Vbulletin version?
A. Can be used on almost every page of the forum.
A. If you using adverts you want your user to see the ads, not hide them like you can with vbulletin sidebar.

Q. How is the performance in comparison?
A. This is faster then vbulletin but only disadvantage is you cannot add widgets etc this mod.

You can use vbulletin sidebar on home page and this on other pages.

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[klaus]

I will measure the performance and compare it myself. as for Widget I don't see any use for any of the Vbulletin widgets available today and know that if there is a high need for one I can within minutes switch between this mod and the vbulletin sidebar.

Thanks for the quick response and for making this mod available free of charge to anyone.