Sidebar Redux

[leaf1889]

How do you add a chatbox on the sidebar?

[Brian]

Feb 8, 2021 13:45:01 GMT -8 leaf1889 said:

How do you add a chatbox on the sidebar?

If you're using a third-party chatbox the website that provides it usually also provides an HTML code you can use.

To move the shoutbox that comes with the forum you'd use this script:

support.proboards.com/thread/433242/script-move-shoutbox

[leaf1889]

Feb 8, 2021 15:19:14 GMT -8 Brian said:

Feb 8, 2021 13:45:01 GMT -8 leaf1889 said:

How do you add a chatbox on the sidebar?

If you're using a third-party chatbox the website that provides it usually also provides an HTML code you can use.

To move the shoutbox that comes with the forum you'd use this script:

support.proboards.com/thread/433242/script-move-shoutbox

i don't see anything to put the code in the sidebar

[leaf1889]

nevermind had to get rid of it messed up my layout

[eggdog]

How do I add links to my sidebar?

[Brian]

Jun 5, 2021 8:39:59 GMT -8 eggdog said:

How do I add links to my sidebar?

The sidebar accepts HTML.

You can use HTML <a> tags to accomplish this.

[Matte]

I can't seem to get my Shoutbox into the sidebar. I've searched for and applied solutions that have worked for others, but can't get it to work for me. The theme I'm using is a work in progress so I can't apply it to the forum in its current state, but I can provide the codes I'm using to try to accomplish this.

[codes removed after issue resolved]

I've tried it using all of the codes I've listed together, I've tried it using only the first two. I've tried different combinations of them all. I'm doing something wrong somewhere, just can't figure out where.

[Brian]

Matte , the shoutbox move code is looking for a <div> element that looks like this. The classes can be in any order, and there can be even more classes alongside them, but the three below need to be present.

<div class="container shoutbox full">

Since you've removed the full class from the shoutbox container div no elements on the page match what the code is looking for. You can look at the Shoutbox layout template on most of the other themes on the forum to see what the classes and the rest of the HTML for it originally looked like. If you add the full class back into it 

Assuming you were using a default theme all you should have to do to move the shoutbox is use the movement code, then create a Style 3 container in the sidebar with the ID move-shoutbox.

[Matte]

Jun 9, 2021 18:34:55 GMT -8 Brian said:

<div class="container shoutbox full">

Yup, it was that easy! I've been messing with this theme for a while now, so I can't remember what or why I did what I did with the original shoutbox container div. Thanks!

[Water Crystals]

I'm confused by an issue I'm having. This plugin is on two of my forums and it works perfectly. I've recently implemented it on another (admin-only theme while testing it out though settings etc are the same as default) yet each box, apart from the first one, is a different size instead of abiding to the specified "Left Sidebar Width" (200px). It seems to size itself depending on width of the title - or content, if no title. 

I don't know why. The settings are identical as set on my other sites, but they don't have this issue. Doesn't matter which style I use. Have I missed something or is there some CCS glitch somewhere - it's an older site with the problem, whereas the others are much newer? 

[Brian]

Jul 8, 2021 3:42:37 GMT -8 Water Crystals said:

I'm confused by an issue I'm having. This plugin is on two of my forums and it works perfectly. I've recently implemented it on another (admin-only theme while testing it out though settings etc are the same as default) yet each box, apart from the first one, is a different size instead of abiding to the specified "Left Sidebar Width" (200px). It seems to size itself depending on width of the title - or content, if no title. 

I don't know why. The settings are identical as set on my other sites, but they don't have this issue. Doesn't matter which style I use. Have I missed something or is there some CCS glitch somewhere - it's an older site with the problem, whereas the others are much newer? 

You have CSS near the beginning of Themes > Layout Templates > Home on that theme that's telling the page to make elements with the container class display as inline-block. Since that's the class used by each box in the sidebar the CSS is affecting their display since they normally display as block elements (the default for <div> elements).

[Water Crystals]

Jul 8, 2021 14:38:59 GMT -8 Brian said:

You have CSS near the beginning of Themes > Layout Templates > Home on that theme that's telling the page to make elements with the container class display as inline-block. Since that's the class used by each box in the sidebar the CSS is affecting their display since they normally display as block elements (the default for <div> elements).

Ahhh, thank you! I didn't realise it affected that too. The section needing it is being moved to the Sidebar anyway, so yeah removing that code caused no issues on my test theme. Turned out to be an easy fix.

Thanks for the help! 

[cromags21]

How do I remove the Sidebar from my custom pages?

it's moving the text on page over and now we have to use a scroll to see the right side of the text on page.

[Chris]

Sept 5, 2021 21:07:27 GMT -8 cromags21 said:

How do I remove the Sidebar from my custom pages?

it's moving the text on page over and now we have to use a scroll to see the right side of the text on page.

Hiding sidebar on specific pages

[Noche]

Hello

I have tried to search for my question but cant seem to find it.
Can I somehow add an overview over the PM/personal messages that the current user has and the unread ones?

I found the part where I could insert avatar and name, but my javascript skills are non-existent.

Best regards