vBulletin Sidebar on vBadvanced CMPS

[qG ThaLiX]

Hello,

I was wondering if it's possible to add the vBulletin Sidebar to the CMPS. I would like to use the center collumn of the CMPS, no left sidebar and then have the official sidebar as a right one.

I've been trying to get this to work:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showt...233871&page=20

But it's not working. I also tried to use that addon and make my own plugin for the CMPS, but I'm unsure which hook location to specify. I got it on there a few times with various hooks, but it was in the wrong location and was outside of my actual site.

Is there any easier way to get it to work?

[Brian]

I'm sorry, but that's not something I've ever tried and I'm not really sure that it would work... Depends on how vB's sidebar is coded.

[qG ThaLiX]

No worries, I got it to work now by using a combination of that addon and making my own plugin using it.

[cornishman]

Originally Posted by qG ThaLiX

No worries, I got it to work now by using a combination of that addon and making my own plugin using it.

Would it be possible to share this please?

[qG ThaLiX]

Sure

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showt...233871&page=20

Install that addon first.

I only use the center column, so not sure if it will work if you use vBA's sidecolumns, anyway:

Go to the adv_portal template

search for

{vb:raw navbar}

add below

{vb:raw sidebaropen}

search for

{vb:raw footer}

add above

{vb:raw sidebarext}

save

Then go to plugin manager and make a new plugin with this in it:

require_once(DIR . '/includes/class_block.php');
$show['sidebar'] = false;
	$blockmanager = vB_BlockManager::create($vbulletin);
	$sidebar = $blockmanager->getSidebarHTML();
	if ($sidebar)
	{
		$show['sidebar'] = true;

$templater = vB_Template::create('sidebarext_temp'); 
$templater->register('sidebar', $sidebar);
$template_hook['sidebarext_temp']=$templater->render();
$sidebarext_add = "' . \$template_hook['sidebarext_temp'] . '";        
$sidebarext_search = '/\' \. \$footer \. \'/'; 
$sidebarext_replace =  $sidebarext_add . "' . \$footer . '";               
$vbasidebar = preg_replace($sidebarext_search, $sidebarext_replace, $vbulletin->templatecache['adv_portal']);
$sidebarext_search = '<div id="vbasidebarclass">'; 
$sidebarext_add ='<div id="content_container"><div id="content">';        
if($vbulletin->options['sidebarposition']==0)$sidebarext_add ='<div id="content_container" class="contentright"><div id="content">';  
$sidebarext_replace =  $sidebarext_add . $sidebarext_search;               
$vbasidebar = str_replace($sidebarext_search, $sidebarext_replace, $vbasidebar);
$vbulletin->templatecache['adv_portal'] = $vbasidebar;
	}

As a hook location use vba_cmps_print_output (vbacmps) and as a product select Everywhere Sidebar.

Make sure to enable custom pages are enabled for the Everywhere Sidebar addon (In the options).

Not sure if this is required, but i also added these variables to the vBA CMPS options:

$sidebarext
$sidebaropen

It might not be perfect etc, but at least i got it to work right :P?

[cornishman]

many thanks, thats great. I'll have a play.
Thanks again

[oldfan]

No dice, anyone else get this to work?

[AMaNO]

Nope, I've not gotten it to work either, :-( Followed the above instructions to the letter, as well as trying various other things found on the anywhere sidebar thread over at vbulletin.org.