[Hack] Collapse Left Sidebar of vBA CMS (1.0.0)

[Milad]

Version: 1.0.1
vB Version: 3.5.2
Assuming that you have vBAdvanced Version: 2.1.0 with this integration installed.

Description: Give your users an option to collapse the sidebars of your integrated vBulletin Forum & vBAdvanced CMS.
Details: 1 Template Change and 1 Product XML (with 1 Plugin, 2 Settings, 4 Phrases and 0 Template).
Difficulty: very easy (plugin product and one template change).

Author: Milad

Upgrading: If you upgrade from 1.0.0, I prefare you uninstall the product (Because the product ID was changed) and revert adv_portal template, then reinstall it as the following instructions.

Installation:

1. Import product-collapse_sidbars_vba.xml into your PRODUCTS by going to
   Plugin System -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product
   IF YOU ARE UPGRADING, be sure to set "Allow Overwrite" to "Yes".
   
2. Upload 4 images (left_vbacollapse.gif, left_vbacollapse_collapsed.gif, right_vbacollapse.gif and right_vbacollapse_collapsed.gif) to forum/images/buttons directory.
   
3. In adv_portal template do
   1. Find:
      [html]width="$vba_style[portal_leftcolwidth]"[/html]
      Replace with:
      [html]width="$vba_style[portal_leftcolwidth]" id="collapseobj_left_sidebar" style="{$vbulletin->left_sidebar_style}"[/html]
   2. Find:
      [html]width="$vba_style[portal_rightcolwidth]"[/html]
      Replace with:
      [html]width="$vba_style[portal_rightcolwidth]" id="collapseobj_right_sidebar" style="{$vbulletin->right_sidebar_style}"[/html]
   3. Find:
      [html]$home[centerblocks][/html]
      Add above:
      [html]<if condition="$show[left_column] and $vboptions[allow_collapse_left_sidebar]">
      <a href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('left_sidebar')" style="float:$stylevar[left]; margin-bottom:2px"><img alt="" border="0" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/$stylevar[left]_vbacollapse{$vbulletin->left_sidebar_image}.gif" id="collapseimg_left_sidebar" /></a>
      </if>
      <if condition="$show[right_column] and $vboptions[allow_collapse_right_sidebar]">
      <a href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('right_sidebar')" style="float:$stylevar[right]; margin-bottom:2px"><img alt="" border="0" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/$stylevar[right]_vbacollapse{$vbulletin->right_sidebar_image}.gif" id="collapseimg_right_sidebar" /></a>
      </if>[/html]
      
4. Click to receive updates.
5. Done! Thank you for installing.

Changelog:

• Feb, 21st 2006: (1.0.0)
  • Initial release
• Feb, 23rd 2006: (1.0.1)
  • Appearance improved, see this post. (screenshots updated)
  • Add the abbility to collapse both left and right sidebars.
  • Add two options in "Style & Language Settings" to Allow/Disallow Collapsing Left/Right sidebar.
  • Arrows Directions work in both RTL & LTR forums.
  • Hack was renamed "Collapse Left Sidebar of vBA CMS" -> "Collapse Sidebars of vBA CMS".

Support is free-time controlled.

[Milad]

Get Support HERE

[tomshawk]

I assume this is for people that have integrated a sidebar into the forum pages themselves e.g. forums/index.php, forums/forumdisplay.php, and forums/showthread.php, Yada Yada.

I know, stupid question, but...

[Milad]

Yes you'r right

Thread updated.

[Milad]

1.0.1 released.

[Slave]

Very nice .. thanks for releasing ..

A suggestion .. Can you make it to remember each collapse per page?

[gothic1213]

Wonderful hack, I have it installed and my members think very highly of it.
One question though, how come in Firefox the images appear as in your screenshots, to each side of the centreblock, but in IE they appear just above the centreblock??
Not a problem or error, just curious.

[Milad]

Originally Posted by Slave

Very nice .. thanks for releasing ..

A suggestion .. Can you make it to remember each collapse per page?

This will require you to collapse each page.
I think it is not good to do.

[Milad]

Originally Posted by gothic1213

Wonderful hack, I have it installed and my members think very highly of it.
One question though, how come in Firefox the images appear as in your screenshots, to each side of the centreblock, but in IE they appear just above the centreblock??
Not a problem or error, just curious.

It designed to appear above the central block, and it looks different in FF.
I think it looks better in IE.

In the next version, appearance will be united.

[gothic1213]

Originally Posted by Milad

In the next version, appearance will be united.

Very good news, I look forward to it. Thankyou.

[gothic1213]

Any news on the update for this brilliant mod ??

[WAR]

does this work on the front portal page? (non-vbulletin pages)

[Carsten]

This Hack doesn´t works with CMPS 3.0...

The adv_portal-template-code was changed at 3.0. Now the sidebar collapsed, but by clicking on another forumsite (or refreshing the site) the sidebar will be showing up automatically... I tried to edit the template, but it doesn´t works.

Can you make this hack compatible to CMPS 3.0, please!?

[Gri]

Is there any way to make it as an option in User CP?

I mean to enable or disable vBAdvanced columns...

[paintballer.ie]

Seems to work ok for me in 3.0.1 . State of column is remember upon page refresh.

The only thing need to work on is the spacing when the column is expanded.

[Fuzzy Orange]

Originally Posted by Carsten

This Hack doesn´t works with CMPS 3.0...

The adv_portal-template-code was changed at 3.0. Now the sidebar collapsed, but by clicking on another forumsite (or refreshing the site) the sidebar will be showing up automatically... I tried to edit the template, but it doesn´t works.

Can you make this hack compatible to CMPS 3.0, please!?

I'm getting the same problem

Please can anyone help - this is a BRILLIANT Hack that needs updating

[Mr Gixxer]

no updates to this?

[TenPercenter]

Is there a way to set permissions per usergroup for this hack? I'd like to reward a certain usergroup with being able to collapse sidebars, whereas regular and gu3ests cannot collapse.

[Arwany]

Hey guys,

Anyone who got a solution, please share it!

Thanks for those who tried.
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