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Left side column on forum home and forum display · **Released**: 12-12-2009

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:

HTML Code:

<div class="body_wrapper">

Add below:

HTML Code:

{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_start}

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

HTML Code:

{vb:raw ss_leftcolumn_end}

Footer template after adding the code:

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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Code:

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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RamisK · #2 12-13-2009, 03:24 PM

very usefull. thanks

g00gl3r · #3 12-13-2009, 04:53 PM

Reserved. I need this.

Thanks.

tafreeh · #4 12-13-2009, 06:27 PM

this feature is now default by Vb, unless you have got something extra in it... do you ?

HMBeaty · #5 12-13-2009, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tafreeh

this feature is now default by Vb, unless you have got something extra in it... do you ?

IMO, it looks better than the default and the default one is too wide for some people (as stated in the other thread)

bluidkiti · #6 12-13-2009, 07:12 PM

I definitely like this better than the default one! And it doesn't bounce when you go to the index page. :-)

HMBeaty · #7 12-13-2009, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluidkiti

How would you do this if you just want it to show on FORUMHOME page?

I definitely like this better than the default one!

You COULD edit the XML file and change:

HTML Code:

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

to

HTML Code:

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

and re-import

bluidkiti · #8 12-13-2009, 07:39 PM

When I add a third section the white background for doc_background shrinks. Noted in images below:

Attachment 107502

Attachment 107503

I would really love to be able to add more sections to the column.

bluidkiti · #9 12-13-2009, 07:44 PM

Fixed it! :-)

Alecsmith · #10 12-14-2009, 06:01 AM

Install working fine

Thanks