Sidebar Redux

[Former Member]

Brain I have another question if you could help me, please. I am looking to center the board in the middle of the background that is in between the two gradient bars. Then have the side tables on the outside of the gradient bars to have them on the area of the floral background. I hope this makes sense.

Thank you
Chrissy

[Don't Eat This]

Not really sure how to word this but the side bar is stuck in a fixed position and won't move when I scroll up or down- whether Fixed Positioning is off or on. How far do you have to scroll for it to finally follow? Other than that, I really love this plugin.

[Brian]

Jan 30, 2013 13:35:58 GMT -8 edr said:

Thanks Brian the code to make a sidebar container click-able worked
For future reference, what do I do to make it open in a new window/tab?

The other codes to move the sidebars under the global messages doesn't for some reason. Not sure if I have done something wrong but when I entered the codes the global messages disappeared off my forum.

The first code I put in Plugins > Build > Global Messages > Components, replacing line 7 with it.
The second code I put in my Global Header

Though... was I suppose to change the red text in this first code? I wasn't sure and if so, wasn't sure what to change it to.

var container = "<div class=\"globalmsg container\"><div class=\"title-bar\"><h2></h2></div><div class=\"content\" style=\"padding: 10px\"></div></div>";

My Site

You typed it as globalmsg.container in the plugin. There shouldn't be a period between both of the words.


To make the links open in a new tab, you could use this:

<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById('container-id').setAttribute('onclick','window.open("URL GOES HERE","_newtab");');
document.getElementById('container-id').style.cursor = "pointer";
</script>

[Brian]

Jan 30, 2013 15:19:54 GMT -8 @christine1966 said:

Brain I have another question if you could help me, please. I am looking to center the board in the middle of the background that is in between the two gradient bars. Then have the side tables on the outside of the gradient bars to have them on the area of the floral background. I hope this makes sense.

Thank you
Chrissy

Can you link to the forum you want this done on?

Jan 30, 2013 16:37:41 GMT -8 Don't Eat This said:

Not really sure how to word this but the side bar is stuck in a fixed position and won't move when I scroll up or down- whether Fixed Positioning is off or on. How far do you have to scroll for it to finally follow? Other than that, I really love this plugin.
 

Which forum is this happening on?

[Former Member]

Brian sorry I thought I had posted it.

chrissysplayground.proboards.com/

[Brian]

Jan 31, 2013 9:35:09 GMT -8 @christine1966 said:

Brian sorry I thought I had posted it.

chrissysplayground.proboards.com/

Enable the right sidebar, but don't put any boxes inside of it, then increase your forum's overall width until the center is the proper width.

[Former Member]

Oh OKay Brian I will do that. Thanks

[edr]

Jan 31, 2013 9:25:46 GMT -8 Brian said:

Jan 30, 2013 13:35:58 GMT -8 edr said:

Thanks Brian the code to make a sidebar container click-able worked
For future reference, what do I do to make it open in a new window/tab?

The other codes to move the sidebars under the global messages doesn't for some reason. Not sure if I have done something wrong but when I entered the codes the global messages disappeared off my forum.

The first code I put in Plugins > Build > Global Messages > Components, replacing line 7 with it.
The second code I put in my Global Header

Though... was I suppose to change the red text in this first code? I wasn't sure and if so, wasn't sure what to change it to.

My Site

You typed it as globalmsg.container in the plugin. There shouldn't be a period between both of the words.

Ok, edited that Brian. No changes Global Messages still hidden. Any ideas? Sorry to be a pain

[Don't Eat This]

Jan 31, 2013 9:28:41 GMT -8 Brian said:

Jan 30, 2013 16:37:41 GMT -8 Don't Eat This said:

Not really sure how to word this but the side bar is stuck in a fixed position and won't move when I scroll up or down- whether Fixed Positioning is off or on. How far do you have to scroll for it to finally follow? Other than that, I really love this plugin.
 

Which forum is this happening on?

nirvana.boards.net/

[Former Member]

Brian thanks and that is helpful with my backgrounds but it still didn't have any effect on the side tables themselves. As you can see by the background they are on the decorative border. I would like to be able to put them on the outside of the decorative border.

chrissysplayground.proboards.com/

[Brian]

Jan 31, 2013 14:16:09 GMT -8 edr said:

Jan 31, 2013 9:25:46 GMT -8 Brian said:

You typed it as globalmsg.container in the plugin. There shouldn't be a period between both of the words.

Ok, edited that Brian. No changes Global Messages still hidden. Any ideas? Sorry to be a pain

Well... the message has to be showing in the first place for the code to take effect. I dunno how that plugin works, but the code I provided shouldn't hide it.

I thought the point of this whole thing was to move it, not make it show.

Jan 31, 2013 16:09:35 GMT -8 Don't Eat This said:

Jan 31, 2013 9:28:41 GMT -8 Brian said:

Which forum is this happening on?

nirvana.boards.net/

Your forum seems to have been afflicted with the 404 problem we were having the other day.

Try deleting the plugin completely and reimporting it.

Feb 1, 2013 13:19:43 GMT -8 @christine1966 said:

Brian thanks and that is helpful with my backgrounds but it still didn't have any effect on the side tables themselves. As you can see by the background they are on the decorative border. I would like to be able to put them on the outside of the decorative border.

chrissysplayground.proboards.com/

Increase the forum spacing value in the Other Settings tab until the sidebar is a suitable distance away from the border.

[Former Member]

Brain the only thing that is doing is making the board smaller. I have the settings in the Other Settings at 200px and this is what it looks like. Also the Navigation Area isn't over the board. Everything is out of alignment.

[Don't Eat This]

Feb 1, 2013 14:21:57 GMT -8 Brian said:

Jan 31, 2013 16:09:35 GMT -8 Don't Eat This said:

nirvana.boards.net/

Your forum seems to have been afflicted with the 404 problem we were having the other day.

Try deleting the plugin completely and reimporting it.

That did it. Thanks, man!

[Brian]

Feb 1, 2013 19:11:02 GMT -8 Don't Eat This said:

That did it. Thanks, man!

Glad to hear.

Feb 1, 2013 14:54:20 GMT -8 @christine1966 said:

Brain the only thing that is doing is making the board smaller. I have the settings in the Other Settings at 200px and this is what it looks like. Also the Navigation Area isn't over the board. Everything is out of alignment.

i.imgur.com/08czXOV.gif

In that case, increase your forum's overall width, then change the spacing again until you're satisfied with it. It might also be worth noting that the right side of your background image is 7 pixels wider than the left side, so unless you mess with the forum's overall position you won't be able to truly center it.

As for the navigation menu, it is taking up the width of the board, but it has no background so you can't see that it is. Setting the menu area's entire background to that of your buttons should fix this.



Screenshot showing the full width for proof that it's as wide as the forum.

[Former Member]

Will give that a try Brian thanks. No I didn't know that about the background. It was one that I had found on a site I use and I just added a little more to it.