Sidebar(s) in forums?

[vint]

Any way you could integrate this into a feature in vba? Sidebars throughout the forums just ties the portal to the forums sooooo well. I think 90% of users would have sidebars turned on for their forums if it was an option.

Fantastic Portal btw

[Brian]

There's not a way I can think of where it would be as functional. Besides that, it should take less than 30 seconds to modify the file and add the side bars, and with this method you can pick and choose which pages you want the side bar to appear on.

[Porthos]

Hmm ok I have been using the sidebar on some of my vb pages like forumhome, showthread, etc and I have noticed a few annomilies.

First off when I upload a new style to the forum on some skins the "Whats going on" box won't fit with the rest of the forum with the sidebar on. IT will be at the bottom of the page underneath the end of the sidebar

Some skins will only fit the first 2 forum categories and the rest are way down on the bottom of the page underneath the end of the sidebar.

I know these skins work without the sidebar on because I had them before I added the sidebar.

Any suggestions to fix this. I will post some screenshots to show you what I mean.

[maximux1]

Screenshots or URL?

Originally Posted by Porthos

the "Whats going on" box won't fit with the rest of the forum with the sidebar on. IT will be at the bottom of the page underneath the end of the sidebar.

Really sounds like you have a table that is not closed properly...I'd check the module directly above the "what's going on" module.

Regards

[Porthos]

ok here's a screenshot of the problem i am having with the sidebar with some styles I use

[Porthos]

Anyone have any suggestions on this problem? Brian, Zachery...

[Brian]

It looks like a problem with your style's beeing poorly coded. That would have to be a result of and unnecessary ending </table> tag somewhere.

[IIstix]

Originally Posted by maximux1

well - i figured out how to add side columns to the showthread.php file - pretty easy if ya read the directions. There are some formatting issues that I would have to deal with in order to get it to display correctly.

How did you fix the "formatting issues"?

I've got both Left and Right columns activated on FORUMHOME & SHOWTHREAD, and the Left column boxes are showing up underneath the Center thread box.

[Brian]

Are you using the default style, or have you edited any of the templates associated with those pages? There would have to be an unnecessary ending </table> tag somewhere for that to happen.

[axecity]

Hey this is great. I have added the left column to all my pages and it makes everything much more seemless.

My question is, has anyone done the same to Photopost, Reviewpost, or Photopost Classifieds?

I would like to have that seemless integration of the left column on all pages including those from these addons. I looked at the code for index.php in Photopost but it appears they are using a different coding technique for print_output.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks
Rich.

[Brian]

I'm sure it would be possible, but the technique to include the sidebar would be totally different. I'll see if I can look into that when I have some time.

[Itworx4me]

ok, Can someone explain how to get just the Right Blocks to show on the forum home? when trying to do this I get all the modules on the forumhome page.

Thanks,
Itworx4me

[axecity]

Originally Posted by Itworx4me

ok, Can someone explain how to get just the Right Blocks to show on the forum home? when trying to do this I get all the modules on the forumhome page.

Thanks,
Itworx4me

I found the instructions very very useful. They worked perfectly. Check here http://www.vbadvanced.com/membersar...ctid=4&pageid=6

It should help you.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by Itworx4me

ok, Can someone explain how to get just the Right Blocks to show on the forum home? when trying to do this I get all the modules on the forumhome page.

Thanks,
Itworx4me

You have to disable the modules that you don't want present on that page.

[Milorad]

to get the right side to show up properly (without screwing everything up) you need to display the 'custom' module in the center, even if its empty.

[banjolawyer]

Originally Posted by axecity

Hey this is great. I have added the left column to all my pages and it makes everything much more seemless.

My question is, has anyone done the same to Photopost, Reviewpost, or Photopost Classifieds?

I would like to have that seemless integration of the left column on all pages including those from these addons. I looked at the code for index.php in Photopost but it appears they are using a different coding technique for print_output.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks
Rich.

Same here... I'd love to have the vbadvanced left column on my photopost home, but don't know how to make it work.

[iwbyte]

Just putting in my request for vba left column on photopost. I know paying money doesn't give you more time to work on things, but let us know when you're ready to start charging for support access and i'll be right there!

[wynode]

Exactly what I was looking foR!

I'll be buying the links directory as soon as I have time to upgrade the site!

/Happy customer

[jesse]

Brian is a smart guy

after completing this all works well but get
no images it refers to
forum/forum/images/etc
why would it call out forum twice?

[golfrewind]

Is there a solution for photopost yet? I would like to install a sidebar onto the photopost index as well.