Integrated VBa CMPS/Links

[Briskoda]

Hi all,

www.BRISKODA.net is my site, coming on 22months in age and passing 3k members it started out as a nuke site then I brought vb2 and thats where the long nights began ;)

Still working on this site, integration and styling; when do we never think about improvements ;).

Integrating sidebar mod with cmps and links. The links from VBa here is simply a god send over what we had previously.

Let me kwow what you think.

One other thing, I'm trying to locate a "membersarea" style script, it might be hte head cold I've had all day, but it's about the one thing that does not seem to exist on the internet, any ideas?

Would like to try and offer a yearly membership / club scheme. Looking at methods and the vb implemented system seem logical, this is to tie back into the cmps to deliver the content and services. Short of checking for a usergroup in the template...hmm I wonder if thats all there is to it.

Thanks in advance.

[Natch]

You can create new page(s) for your Members Only content and permit only certain groups to be able to view them ...

Simplicity itself ... must be the head cold ;)

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[Briskoda]

Hi Natch,

Sorry, yes the pages/member groups deny/permit I'm happy with, I was thinking more of a members area. That said the thoughts I had were before I really thought about the power of cmps. I had installed cmps a while ago but not really looked into exploiting it's power. New Modules it is ;)

[-peace-]

how did you get your navigation to be on all pages? I am looking to do something like the same as you have for an intranet.

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[Briskoda]

It's a side bar nav hack from vb.org....

Overview:
Create template (sidebar)
Edit Global.php to eval template
Add nav links to sidebar.
Create a table in header for two TD's drop sidebar in one and let the rest fall into the 2nd.
Close in footer.

SIDEBAR hack @ vb has it all...it has to be the best mod I've ever done for the usrs love it, I think.

[wynode]

It's a side bar nav hack from vb.org....

Overview:
Create template (sidebar)
Edit Global.php to eval template
Add nav links to sidebar.
Create a table in header for two TD's drop sidebar in one and let the rest fall into the 2nd.
Close in footer.

SIDEBAR hack @ vb has it all...it has to be the best mod I've ever done for the usrs love it, I think.
Just what i've been looking for

I'd also like to point out that your site looks great. All integrated just as I'd like!

[Briskoda]

Thanks wynode....working on some tighter integration at present, trying not to go past that point where the forum becomes invisible under CMPS bits :D Although that is not bad thing.

Just need to sort the styling out...have to add that to my list.

[Samir]

Nice site. I've always wondered if that car has any relation to the US model VW Passat. The body lines are exactly the same and even the tail lights are similar. Thank you for the tip on the side bar as I was thinking about putting one on my site as well.

[Briskoda]

Samir,

sorry I've been so long...yes the models all share platforms...makes you think what you get for your money...

Anyway I have been fiddling and come up with this:

www.briskoda.net/home/?styleid=28

Still using sidebar but alot of conditionals and some new graphics thanks to extremepixels; although not quite all there yet. I'm useless on the grpahical stuff, just get so bogged down...

[Samir]

Looking good! How do you get the sidebar to play nice with the cmps? I can't get them to play nice on the home page. :(

[Briskoda]

The side bar is outside the cmps as I wanted it on all pages...without editing as per Brians instructions.

So the header is creating a two column table, left for $sidebar and right for everything else which is closed of in footer.

That way you can call anything between header and footer and it will always end up in the right hand cell.

Only using cmps centre and right. Not using left, but I will be soon for an extra right on some pages.

Does that help?

[Samir]

You've also made the new navigation boxes dynamic. How did you do that without having tons of conditionals in the template?

[KW802]

Briskoda, what are you using for the Reviews section?

[Briskoda]

You've also made the new navigation boxes dynamic. How did you do that without having tons of conditionals in the template?

Tons of conditionals in the template...

Not sure how much load it adds...if any really. Might pay for it later I guess.

Sample conditional for the home section, various ones used to check the $pages['name'] variable for all the other cmps pages.

As sidebar bridges all I can use it to check for garage etc...giving me alittle more flexibility although at what cost I honestly do not know.

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'adv_index' AND $pages['name'] == '' OR $pages['name'] == 'home' OR $pages['name'] == 'about' OR $pages['name'] == 'donate' OR $pages['name'] == 'discounts' OR $pages['name'] == 'disclaimer' OR $pages['name'] == 'sitemap' OR THIS_SCRIPT=='vbgarage' OR THIS_SCRIPT=='article' OR THIS_SCRIPT =='vBulletin 3.0 Statistic'">

[Briskoda]

Briskoda, what are you using for the Reviews section?

It's a package found at www.reviewpost.com

Talks to VB for user rights etc...sister package is www.photopost.com

It's okay, but it does not get the love it deserves.

A few modules here to extract random data though, so it may get some love soon :D

[Briskoda]

Done a little more tweaking, although have broken the 800x600 compliance slighlty...

Begining to get carried away with conditionals I think :(

Next step is at present unknown, but SEO is the focus of this month and some small incy wincy tweaks.

[ez4arab]

It's a side bar nav hack from vb.org....

Overview:
Create template (sidebar)
Edit Global.php to eval template
Add nav links to sidebar.
Create a table in header for two TD's drop sidebar in one and let the rest fall into the 2nd.
Close in footer.

SIDEBAR hack @ vb has it all...it has to be the best mod I've ever done for the usrs love it, I think.


can you post link

[Briskoda]

Sure it's here:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=59781&highlight=sidebar

[Polo]

your 800x600 users will have a hard time navigating your website.

[Briskoda]

@Polo Yes.

Painfully aware of it. Implementing a non-side bar design. As much as it's valuable space on the left for higher resoloutions, i.e. tower banner space I can reclaim it and do other things. So going for a JS styled menu system but one which retains <A href tags in the source for non compliants etc. The forum is they key but to brng it inside the site costs too much if we are to care about 800x600 anymore...it is usable as it is on 800x600; just not nice.

Also looking towards an OpenCMS solution ontop of the site. For articles and alike and reverting the forums to an almost out of the zip status. Spent ages going round in circles looking at how to get the integrated CMS feel. Solved it by not trying to get the integrated feel; altering the forums to make it look like the rest is far easier.

Will retain alot of features as the cmps system is just to dam handy to loose.