Sidebar Redux

[Brian]

Nov 3, 2021 13:00:30 GMT -8 Noche said:

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

If something exists in the Forum Wrapper template you can move it into the sidebar using JavaScript.

<script type="text/javascript">
   $(function() {
       $('#sidebar-element-id').append($('#container-element-id'));
   });
</script>

In the case of your personal messages you can create a container with a unique ID in the Forum Wrapper template that holds all of that information, then the JavaScript would move that container into the sidebar element with the corresponding ID.

<div id="container-element-id">
   Your personal messages content here
</div>

If you're unfamiliar with how to create a container like this in the Forum Wrapper template I'd suggest asking how to create it in the Templates board.

[Murikov]

Hello guys

I am looking for a way to put a (regular) container just below the regular news bar and on top of the boards / content containers. I want to fill this container with a bit of text, and image and maybe a link to a current thread or post (the idea is to make it kinda like a "featured news" container).

Something like in the mock-up picture I attached to this post:

I saw that the Sidebar Redux plugin (which we already use for our glorious sidebar) also has a "Header/Footer" tab in which I can insert text right at the place that I had in mind. But in that tab there are no container or style settings like in the actual sidebars.

Does somebody has any advice on how to use that tab to put a clean container there? And where could I edit the styling of the container's text?

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[Brian]

Nov 14, 2021 6:57:30 GMT -8 Murikov said:

Hello guys

I am looking for a way to put a (regular) container just below the regular news bar and on top of the boards / content containers. I want to fill this container with a bit of text, and image and maybe a link to a current thread or post (the idea is to make it kinda like a "featured news" container).

Something like in the mock-up picture I attached to this post:

I saw that the Sidebar Redux plugin (which we already use for our glorious sidebar) also has a "Header/Footer" tab in which I can insert text right at the place that I had in mind. But in that tab there are no container or style settings like in the actual sidebars.

Does somebody has any advice on how to use that tab to put a clean container there? And where could I edit the styling of the container's text?

All of the default containers on the forum as well as those created by this plugin use the same HTML. You can find it in this post:

support.proboards.com/post/5541650

It can be styled the same way as the other sidebar containers.

[bicho1980]

Hello to all guys, 
first thanks for all the help you guys give to the community.
Saying this, I'm very new at this, and I wanted to put the last threads and recent posts on the sidebar, but I'm not seeing able to do that, any help please?
If possible giving me steam by step and with an example because as I said I'm new on this and not being able to display what wanted to, thanks and sorry for this.

Any help please, thanks

best regards

[Former Member]

Hello, Brian

Forum: webmastershaven.proboards.com/
How can I clean up the shoutbox, as it seems to have bits hidden, like the time and the send button is almost out of the block.

[Brian]

Feb 5, 2022 3:37:32 GMT -8 @burkeknight said:

Hello, Brian

Forum: webmastershaven.proboards.com/
How can I clean up the shoutbox, as it seems to have bits hidden, like the time and the send button is almost out of the block.

This is because the shoutbox only allows 100px of height for its controls. Since you've placed it in the sidebar and it doesn't have enough width to accommodate its buttons it has to move them to another line, moving the Send button past the height of the controls container.

You can increase the width of the sidebar to accommodate the buttons or you can add CSS to the theme's style sheet to remove the height restrictions on that container.

.shoutbox_container.orientation-top,
.shoutbox_container.orientation-bottom {
    padding: 0;
}

.shoutbox_container > .shoutbox_form_container {
    position: static;
}

.shoutbox_form {
    height: auto;
}

[Former Member]

Brian , I would like to have the sidebar go under main content when on small screens. Is there a way to do this?

I have only one item in the sidebar, so there's no need to do for adding the id. The whole left sidebar to go under the main content on phones using desktop mode is what I want.

Thank you.

[Brian]

Mar 25, 2022 8:52:55 GMT -8 @burkeknight said:

Brian , I would like to have the sidebar go under main content when on small screens. Is there a way to do this?

I have only one item in the sidebar, so there's no need to do for adding the id. The whole left sidebar to go under the main content on phones using desktop mode is what I want.

Thank you.

The HTML layout of the sidebar isn't geared towards a responsive design so I don't think this would be possible without editing the source code of the plugin entirely. Sorry!

Most stuff I've made for v5 has lived by the philosophy of "this is my forum's width and smaller devices will have to deal with it." Working on ProBoards v6 has made me a lot more responsive-aware, so this plugin will be much more considerate of screen size in whatever form it comes back as.

[gb9454]

Hi Brian. I've messed up somewhere and was wondering how to get space under the sidebar and above 'Three Matches'

Thank you.

talkaboutfootballforum.com/

[Brian]

Aug 12, 2022 8:24:04 GMT -8 gb9454 said:

Hi Brian. I've messed up somewhere and was wondering how to get space under the sidebar and above 'Three Matches'

Thank you.

The first container in the right sidebar is missing three closing </div> tags at the end, so it's not closing off correctly.

I would also recommend removing the following tags anywhere they're found in your sidebar containers. They're not meant to be used anywhere outside of the Forum Wrapper layout template:

<head>
</head>
<body>
</body>
<title>
</title>

[gb9454]

Thank you Brian.

[Funkytown]

Jan 18, 2022 14:45:14 GMT -8 bicho1980 said:

Hello to all guys, 
first thanks for all the help you guys give to the community.
Saying this, I'm very new at this, and I wanted to put the last threads and recent posts on the sidebar, but I'm not seeing able to do that, any help please?
If possible giving me steam by step and with an example because as I said I'm new on this and not being able to display what wanted to, thanks and sorry for this.

Any help please, thanks

best regards

I have this question, as well.

I'd like to pull recently posted in/updated threads from two separate forums for an "Active Topics" section in a sidebar that displays for every click.

Is that possible?

[Todge]

Aug 13, 2022 13:48:07 GMT -8 Funkytown said:

Jan 18, 2022 14:45:14 GMT -8 bicho1980 said:

Hello to all guys, 
first thanks for all the help you guys give to the community.
Saying this, I'm very new at this, and I wanted to put the last threads and recent posts on the sidebar, but I'm not seeing able to do that, any help please?
If possible giving me steam by step and with an example because as I said I'm new on this and not being able to display what wanted to, thanks and sorry for this.

Any help please, thanks

best regards

I have this question, as well.

I'd like to pull recently posted in/updated threads from two separate forums for an "Active Topics" section in a sidebar that displays for every click.

Is that possible?

If you are asking what I THINK you are asking, then no, new posts and updated threads can only be displayed on their host forum. It is not possible to collect data from any other forum other than the one you are currently looking at.

Sorry.

[Funkytown]

Aug 14, 2022 3:22:15 GMT -8 Todge said:

Aug 13, 2022 13:48:07 GMT -8 Funkytown said:

I have this question, as well.

I'd like to pull recently posted in/updated threads from two separate forums for an "Active Topics" section in a sidebar that displays for every click.

Is that possible?

If you are asking what I THINK you are asking, then no, new posts and updated threads can only be displayed on their host forum. It is not possible to collect data from any other forum other than the one you are currently looking at.

Sorry.

That's unfortunate.

Unless linked to from an outside source, don't members already know the updated threads, because they already just clicked into that forum section to check it out? Why display a few of those in the sidebar? Seems a little redundant, no? Wouldn't it make more sense to pull from other forum sections than the one you're currently browsing, so they could gain more popularity, for example? 

This is what I had in mind:

www.canesinsight.com/forums/-/list

If you notice, the sidebar's "Latest Posts" is pulling from several different forum sections, kind of like, "Trending Topics." It'd be nice to pull from various forums, to keep discussion flowing. Certain members only hit up the main forums and kind of ignore the rest. This would help with that. 

[Kitty Katt]

Funkytown,

Perhaps there is a confusion with terminology here. Do you mean "two separate boards" rather than "two separate forums"?

- Forum (the whole thing)
--- Categories (Main sections - contains Boards)
----- Boards (contained within a Category and contains Threads/Posts)

Perhaps there is simply a misunderstanding with the terminology used.

Edit: If that is not the case and you do mean two separate forums, then please disregard this post.