Sidebar Help

[Owlstar]

Hello,

I'm trying to find a code to insert a sidebar on my forum (here) and the only code I could find was the sidebar redux one. Can someone refer me to where I can find codes to insert an actual sidebar on my forum? Thanks!

[Brian]

Hi, Owlstar.

If you'd prefer a fixed position sidebar instead of one that's inline with the forum give one of these a try.

www.proboards.com/library/plugins?search=peekaboo&category=&sort=newest&limit=10&view=list

[Owlstar]

May 31, 2016 10:59:55 GMT -8 Brian said:

Hi, Owlstar .

If you'd prefer a fixed position sidebar instead of one that's inline with the forum give one of these a try.

www.proboards.com/library/plugins?search=peekaboo&category=&sort=newest&limit=10&view=list

Hi there,

So I hit download for one of them and it opened a thing called FileSpy, and there's no code available for the sidebar. Any tips?

[Brian]

When you click on the download link it should download a .pbp file, which you can then import in Plugins > Manage in your admin area (you can't open it on your computer).

Alternatively you can install the plugin directly to your forum without downloading it by navigating to Plugins > Plugin Library in your admin area and typing in the same search term that's present in the link I provided.

[Owlstar]

Ah okay, I got it now. I know there's a code for shrinking the board sizes to work around the side bar. (I haven't been here in a while so everything got changed) Can you like me to that please? Thank you!

[Brian]

I'm not sure which code you're referring to (I usually write my own stuff so I don't go into the code libraries very often).

Can you give an example of what the code would be used to do that changing the forum's overall width wouldn't already accomplish?

[Owlstar]

May 31, 2016 12:15:40 GMT -8 Brian said:

I'm not sure which code you're referring to (I usually write my own stuff so I don't go into the code libraries very often).

Can you give an example of what the code would be used to do that changing the forum's overall width wouldn't already accomplish?

For example, I installed this table, and it stretched on top of the boards. So shrinking the width would make them coincide.

Also, another question. If you type in side tables in that library, it only pulls up four tables by Peekaboo. Is that it for the side table options? How can I access more?

[Brian]

Adding padding to the body of the page that's equivalent to the width of the sidebar should do it. This would go at the bottom of Themes > Advanced Styles & CSS > Style Sheet. Change the number in green to the width of your sidebar.

body { padding-left: 300px; }

The results you get in the library will be based off of the names and descriptions of plugins that match your search terms, so if one search doesn't produce the results you want you can try searching for different terms. I can't think of a way to list every single plugin that could be considered a side table without manually going through every plugin in the library.

[Owlstar]

Oh, I figured everything out! Thanks for your help, though!