Sidebar Redux

[Lynx]

Feb 5, 2017 19:28:21 GMT -8 @timebandit70 said:

I know this may have been discussed before, but I am hoping someone could help me. I've been using the Sidebar Redux plugin to move my shout box to the right side of my forum's main page. The thing is that on all the other pages there is a big gap that reduces the width of the page contents
. Is there a way to make the Sidebar Redux plugin only work on my main page?

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In Brian's first post on this thread - look under Codes:

[Former Member]

Thanks a bunch MSG. I did see it, but I didn't know what to do until you showed up. Much obliged. :-)

[miminsy]

Hi I have no idea why there's a huge hole between the general board and the rest of the board! Would so appreciate any sort of help with the sidebar redux! 

[Brian]

Feb 12, 2017 19:54:22 GMT -8 miminsy said:

Hi I have no idea why there's a huge hole between the general board and the rest of the board! Would so appreciate any sort of help with the sidebar redux! 

i.imgur.com/8IKJqjS.png

You have a stray closing </table> tag at the very end of Themes > Layout Templates > Board > Board List that's causing the center column of the table added by the sidebar to close early. Removing the very last line of that template should fix the issue.

[Skidjit]

Brian I was wondering if there's a way to have the sidebar only on certain pages? For my site it would be helful to be on an open thread page or when someone is viewing the recent threads page more than any other place. Is there some way this is possible?

[Brian]

Feb 13, 2017 11:12:18 GMT -8 Skidjit said:

Brian I was wondering if there's a way to have the sidebar only on certain pages? For my site it would be helful to be on an open thread page or when someone is viewing the recent threads page more than any other place. Is there some way this is possible?

Every code that does this is a modified version of the homepage-only code in the first post.

If you can list every page the sidebar is meant to show on I can modify the code accordingly.

[Skidjit]

Wow that's a lot. I'm not home right now. I'll have to get back to you when I do. If I'm hearing you correctly, I would need to have each individual thread listed. That's probably entirely too much to ask for because I have a ton of thrads.

[Brian]

Feb 13, 2017 11:33:54 GMT -8 Skidjit said:

Wow that's a lot. I'm not home right now. I'll have to get back to you when I do. If I'm hearing you correctly, I would need to have each individual thread listed. That's probably entirely too much to ask for because I have a ton of thrads.

If all of those threads are within the same board you can just list the board, or if it's meant to be all threads you can just specify that.

For example, based on your description it sounds like you want it visible when viewing the Recent Threads page and when viewing any of your threads. It's completely possible to make it show only under those conditions by checking against the route of the page you're currently viewing, just like the homepage-only code does. In that case the homepage-only code would be changed from this:

if(pb.data('route').name != "home") {

To this:

if(pb.data('route').name != "thread" && pb.data('route').name != "recent_threads") {

[Skidjit]

Feb 13, 2017 11:48:30 GMT -8 Brian said:

Feb 13, 2017 11:33:54 GMT -8 Skidjit said:

Wow that's a lot. I'm not home right now. I'll have to get back to you when I do. If I'm hearing you correctly, I would need to have each individual thread listed. That's probably entirely too much to ask for because I have a ton of thrads.

If all of those threads are within the same board you can just list the board, or if it's meant to be all threads you can just specify that.

For example, based on your description it sounds like you want it visible when viewing the Recent Threads page and when viewing any of your threads. It's completely possible to make it show only under those conditions by checking against the route of the page you're currently viewing, just like the homepage-only code does. In that case the homepage-only code would be changed from this:

if(pb.data('route').name != "home") {

To this:

if(pb.data('route').name != "thread" && pb.data('route').name != "recent_threads") {

Where is this code located so that I may try it out?

[Brian]

Feb 13, 2017 12:18:14 GMT -8 Skidjit said:

Where is this code located so that I may try it out?

The code can be found in the spoiler at the end of the first post of this thread.

[Skidjit]

Thanks. I'll be home shortly. I'll let you know how things go soon. ?

[Skidjit]

Feb 13, 2017 11:48:30 GMT -8 Brian said:

Feb 13, 2017 11:33:54 GMT -8 Skidjit said:

Wow that's a lot. I'm not home right now. I'll have to get back to you when I do. If I'm hearing you correctly, I would need to have each individual thread listed. That's probably entirely too much to ask for because I have a ton of thrads.

If all of those threads are within the same board you can just list the board, or if it's meant to be all threads you can just specify that.

For example, based on your description it sounds like you want it visible when viewing the Recent Threads page and when viewing any of your threads. It's completely possible to make it show only under those conditions by checking against the route of the page you're currently viewing, just like the homepage-only code does. In that case the homepage-only code would be changed from this:

if(pb.data('route').name != "home") {

To this:

if(pb.data('route').name != "thread" && pb.data('route').name != "recent_threads") {

Brian

Works great! Thanks so much.

[tobidadog]

Hi, my sidebar was working really well and then I did a few edits to my board. I've only just recently noticed that two of my boxes are merged together. You can see it here, the 'Hunters' bar right above my voting button bar. It's merged into the bar above it and I'm not sure how to fix it. If you know how, I'd love some help, thanks!

[Brian]

Feb 26, 2017 17:55:18 GMT -8 tobidadog said:

Hi, my sidebar was working really well and then I did a few edits to my board. I've only just recently noticed that two of my boxes are merged together. You can see it here, the 'Hunters' bar right above my voting button bar. It's merged into the bar above it and I'm not sure how to fix it. If you know how, I'd love some help, thanks!

Ensure that each of your containers' opening tags have closing tags (except for with the few tags that don't require them). Also check to make sure that there aren't any extra closing tags as those can also mess up your layout. A few examples:

- Your second container is missing a closing </div>
- Your third container has opening <p> tags but no closing </p> tags
- Your sixth container has an extra closing </div> tag at the end

[Adrian]

Hey there Brian,

Is there a way to mod the plugin to have start where the categories start instead of below the navigation tree? I don't want to shrink the entire forum overall to have it somewhat viewable