Dont want a sidebar... What can I try?

[Phoebe]

Forum: www.beneathdeepwaters.proboards.com

So I want to put something like a side bar to list by staff, new members, ect. But I don't like the way the sidebar looks with the forum. So does anyone have any ideas on what I can do for my forum? I would really like some help please   

[Former Member]

You could do either a peekaboo sidetable or you could use a welcome header table

[Phoebe]

What do those look like? ₪» ⅀ ƪ Ƒ «₪

[Former Member]

Do you have a V4 or V5 board? If you have V5, which I believe you do, then you could use the Dynamically Tabbed Table plugin. It puts a table at the top of your forum, between your logo and your actual boards. If you want something in that location but you don't want it to be the Tabbed Table plugin, you could just code it with HTML and put it into your Global or Main Header. For example, <div style="background-color: #000000; border: 1px solid #2738c9; border-radius: 10px; color: #ffffff; margin-right: 100px; margin-left: 100px; padding: 10px;"><center>This is the content of the box!</center></div>

Would look like

This! (please note these are totally random colors and designs I chose just to illustrate xD

And could be used to make a table.

The peekaboo version has a few plugins for it, a basic right side, multi-tabbed right side, and basic left side.

A peekaboo sidetable basically means it's a sidetable that only shows when you toggle it open, meaning you go to something that says "click!" or whatever it says and it opens up the sidebar, which you can then click again to close. That way you can show the information but choose to not have it show when you want.

[N A T]

Phoebe, I agree with ₪» ⅀ ƪ Ƒ «₪'s suggestions. A tabbed table looks a lot like the one I have on my forum, The Darkness Within, which you are a member on if I am correct. I have it down at the bottom and coded it myself but there is also a plugin to have it on the top and it looks really neat and organized.

[Phoebe]

N A T
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Thanks for your suggestions! Im still having some trouble with it though. Ive got the plugin and ive created the tabs but Im kind of confused on what to do next?

[Former Member]

Well you make the tabs and put content into them, make sure all other settings are filled out to your liking, and it should just show up on its own with whatever you put in it. What is it's that's confusing you? =) I'd be glad to answer questions but I can't if I don't know where the confusion lies

[Phoebe]

Actually now im having a different problem. Ive gotten use to everything by now but every time I enable the plugin, it erases everything from my site. I don't know if maybe it was something I did? 

[Former Member]

Hmm trying posting in its Support thread. Did you add any weird widgets or offsite coding to it? I know there have been problems with conflicts with those before.

[Jordan]

Oct 21, 2013 18:43:29 GMT -8 Phoebe said:

Actually now im having a different problem. Ive gotten use to everything by now but every time I enable the plugin, it erases everything from my site. I don't know if maybe it was something I did? 

When you say "erased", do you mean you can't see any of the boards on your forum?

Could you show me what you have in each tab?

[Phoebe]

Oct 21, 2013 18:57:51 GMT -8 Jordan said:

Oct 21, 2013 18:43:29 GMT -8 Phoebe said:

Actually now im having a different problem. Ive gotten use to everything by now but every time I enable the plugin, it erases everything from my site. I don't know if maybe it was something I did? 

When you say "erased", do you mean you can't see any of the boards on your forum?

Could you show me what you have in each tab?

Yea the boards and really everything below the news feed disappeared when the plugin was enabled. Ive deleted the plugin and the data and reinstalled it. I hope that will help when it comes to that whole situation. Now I just need to know what codes to use and where to put them. 

[Jordan]

I think what is happening is that you are missing a closing HTML tag in one of your tabs. For example, you may have a <div> but don't have the closing </div>.

If you post the content you are putting in the tabs I should be able to point it out for you.