Sidebar Redux

[Brian]

Feb 28, 2017 5:54:28 GMT -8 Adrian said:

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

The sidebars should already start where your categories start unless you have other plugins that add content before your categories, content in your forum's headers, or content after the $[header] variable in the Forum Wrapper layout template (such as the shoutbox) since the HTML that produces the sidebars is located in your forum's headers and footers.

There's no way to prevent the plugin from shrinking the forum while maintaining the position of the sidebars. If your forum's width is too small because of them the solution is to increase the forum width by however many pixels were lost with their addition (this should be the width of the left sidebar and right sidebar combined).

[Jinrou Jinjin]

Is it possible to use proboards variables in the sidebar? I can't seem to make them work.

[Brian]

Mar 8, 2017 11:45:44 GMT -8 Jinrou Jinjin said:

Is it possible to use proboards variables in the sidebar? I can't seem to make them work.

Layout template variables are not possible to use in plugins as plugins are not layout templates.

All a plugin is capable of doing is outputting HTML, CSS, and Javascript on the page and referencing data visible in the page's source.

[Jinrou Jinjin]

Mar 8, 2017 11:55:24 GMT -8 Brian said:

Mar 8, 2017 11:45:44 GMT -8 Jinrou Jinjin said:

Is it possible to use proboards variables in the sidebar? I can't seem to make them work.

Layout template variables are not possible to use in plugins as plugins are not layout templates.

All a plugin is capable of doing is outputting HTML, CSS, and Javascript on the page and referencing data visible in the page's source.

I see, thanks. I'll maybe just make a manual sidebar.

[Quozzo]

Mar 8, 2017 12:11:54 GMT -8 Jinrou Jinjin said:

Mar 8, 2017 11:55:24 GMT -8 Brian said:

Layout template variables are not possible to use in plugins as plugins are not layout templates.

All a plugin is capable of doing is outputting HTML, CSS, and Javascript on the page and referencing data visible in the page's source.

I see, thanks. I'll maybe just make a manual sidebar.

Depending on what you want to do, you could store the info from the layout templates into an invisible div and then access them via JS. it might be a bit awkward if you are using if and else statements extensively though.

[Jinrou Jinjin]

Mar 9, 2017 13:22:56 GMT -8 Quozzo said:

Mar 8, 2017 12:11:54 GMT -8 Jinrou Jinjin said:

I see, thanks. I'll maybe just make a manual sidebar.

Depending on what you want to do, you could store the info from the layout templates into an invisible div and then access them via JS. it might be a bit awkward if you are using if and else statements extensively though.

For starters, I wanted to display a custom "mini-profile" on the sidebar along with some quick links and a list of recent threads the user has participated in.

[P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓]

Mar 9, 2017 20:08:59 GMT -8 Jinrou Jinjin said:

Mar 9, 2017 13:22:56 GMT -8 Quozzo said:

Depending on what you want to do, you could store the info from the layout templates into an invisible div and then access them via JS. it might be a bit awkward if you are using if and else statements extensively though.

For starters, I wanted to display a custom "mini-profile" on the sidebar along with some quick links and a list of recent threads the user has participated in.

What kind of links? Are they links that you would know or links that are based on user/thread IDs 
Recent threads already sounds like a custom plugin is required

[Silvana]

My problem is that the sidebar won't even show for me; I must be doing something wrong. I've tried applying the plugin to the theme, messing around with settings, etc. I also tried putting in the last code in the Global Header but it's not showing there either. Help?

[P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓]

Apr 9, 2017 14:48:46 GMT -8 Silvana said:

My problem is that the sidebar won't even show for me; I must be doing something wrong. I've tried applying the plugin to the theme, messing around with settings, etc. I also tried putting in the last code in the Global Header but it's not showing there either. Help?

Did you put something in either of the sidebars and click the enable button?

[Silvana]

Apr 9, 2017 18:20:15 GMT -8 P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓ said:

Apr 9, 2017 14:48:46 GMT -8 Silvana said:

My problem is that the sidebar won't even show for me; I must be doing something wrong. I've tried applying the plugin to the theme, messing around with settings, etc. I also tried putting in the last code in the Global Header but it's not showing there either. Help?

Did you put something in either of the sidebars and click the enable button?

I've tried putting text in both the titles and content, and I checked off the "Enabled" box. It's still not showing up.

[P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓]

Apr 9, 2017 18:57:59 GMT -8 Silvana said:

Apr 9, 2017 18:20:15 GMT -8 P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓ said:

Did you put something in either of the sidebars and click the enable button?

I've tried putting text in both the titles and content, and I checked off the "Enabled" box. It's still not showing up.

The only plugin showing enabled on the forum in your profile is the simple affiliate table
Have you made sure that the plugin is enabled in the manage tab of plugins?
Also your HTMLMarquee by the Chromium Authors code is throwing an error.
Which can affect parts of plugins from working

[Silvana]

Apr 9, 2017 23:47:45 GMT -8 P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓ said:

Apr 9, 2017 18:57:59 GMT -8 Silvana said:

I've tried putting text in both the titles and content, and I checked off the "Enabled" box. It's still not showing up.

The only plugin showing enabled on the forum in your profile is the simple affiliate table
Have you made sure that the plugin is enabled in the manage tab of plugins?
Also your HTMLMarquee by the Chromium Authors code is throwing an error.
Which can affect parts of plugins from working

Yes, it's enabled. I'll try installing a different affiliate table and see if the sidebar works then.

[Brian]

Silvana:

In Plugins > Manage the checkbox for the Sidebar Redux plugin is unchecked.

In addition, when you open the plugin's settings on that same page you do not have the Enabled checkbox ticked for either sidebar in the Left Sidebar or Right Sidebar tabs of the plugin's settings which would cause them not to show even with the plugin enabled.

[P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓]

Apr 10, 2017 15:20:44 GMT -8 Brian said:

Silvana :

In Plugins > Manage the checkbox for the Sidebar Redux plugin is unchecked.

In addition, when you open the plugin's settings on that same page you do not have the Enabled checkbox ticked for either sidebar in the Left Sidebar or Right Sidebar tabs of the plugin's settings which would cause them not to show even with the plugin enabled.

Thanks, It sounds like everything I said was as a deadly fart into a tornado.

[Brian]

Apr 10, 2017 15:40:13 GMT -8 P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓ said:

Apr 10, 2017 15:20:44 GMT -8 Brian said:

Silvana :

In Plugins > Manage the checkbox for the Sidebar Redux plugin is unchecked.

In addition, when you open the plugin's settings on that same page you do not have the Enabled checkbox ticked for either sidebar in the Left Sidebar or Right Sidebar tabs of the plugin's settings which would cause them not to show even with the plugin enabled.

Thanks, It sounds like everything I said was as a deadly fart into a tornado.

Just wanted to give absolute confirmation that you were right on the money.