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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[cloferba]

The right column version doesn´t work on vbulletin 4.1.12

[booble]

Originally Posted by cloferba

The right column version doesn?t work on vbulletin 4.1.12

and the left work?

[Taurus1]

I cannot get this to work on skins I installed after upgrading to 4.2.0

It just throws it at the bottom. I did the template edits in the navbar and footer.

It does work on my skins installed prior to the upgrade. Anyone else experience this perhaps?

[Jonathan81]

Has anyone managed to get this to work in 4.2?

I'm not even getting close (see attached).

J

[Jonathan81]

OK, managed to get it working. In the footer template,

{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_end}

should be added after

</vb:if>

Like this:

  {vb:raw ad_location.ad_footer_start}
  {vb:raw ad_location.global_above_footer}
</div>
</vb:if>
{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_end}

Great mod, exactly what I was looking for.

[Jonathan81]

Originally Posted by suryoyena

Good thing - thanks. I think I will use it.

Is it possible to use the widgets in the column?

Like recent forum comments, blog comments, etc..

Would be nice.

merry xmas,
chris

Is this possible?

[Seven Skins]

No it is not, you will have to write your own code.

[jnrdavo]

got it working...

Any way to get it to be in line with the members photos/other forum blocks?

http://www.ozbmw.com

Would like to change all my forums to use left side, from the current right side.

[fxdigi-cash]

Hi, Thanks for the nice mod. I could manage doing it in few minutes.

For some reason I had to change where

{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_end}

has to be placed to just above <div class="below_body"> instead and worked well on vb4.2

also, I believe you know that whatever you want to add or remove on that block will be from this variable on the code;

ss_leftcolumn_contents

Thanks again for the good work,
Cheers,

[fxdigi-cash]

BTY, is it possible to disable this mod at some forum say forum 12 if this condition is used:

PHP Code:

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