How do I implement a sidebar like on this forum?

Up at the top of the screen, in our Database menu, go to Tutorials > Design Tutorials, and there is (or should be) a tutorial about it.

---Jamin

affraid it isnt... i'd like one as well if someone can point me in the right direction

In the Header field of your Style templates, insert:

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td width="100%"></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">In the Footer field:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"></td>
<td valign="top">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#BORDERCOLOR">
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" width="120">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#TITLEBGCOLOR" align="right">
<b>Sidebar</b>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#MAINBGCOLOR" align="center">
CONTENT
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And of course replace BORDERCOLOR, TITLEBGCOLOR and MAINBGCOLOR with their appropriate values, and CONTENT with your actual content.

---Jamin

We formatted as you said Jamin, there's only one problem. When visitors create threads with over 50 pages of replies (you can see some threads here at ubbdev do the same), the whole page is pushed over making everything extremely wide.

I guess what I'm asking is, why don't the page numbers go underneath each other when the line gets too long? Is there any ways to get around that?

Thanks.

Mirko

Just wondering if anyone was interested in helping out with this?

There's a nobr for that line.. you might either wanna edit that out or install the pagination modification like we have here.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by AllenAyres:
There's a nobr for that line.. you might either wanna edit that out or install the pagination modification like we have here.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Rock on Allen, that pagination mod is sweet!

Yes, all turned out to be much simply. But I am very interested, as I can use SSI in sidebar? Or may be, there is other way to force to work other CGI-scripts?

p.s
Sorry for my english, i am russian

welcome

You can use javascript to include text, javascript, etc in a sidebar

Is it possible to use shockwave elements in the header and footer?

And, how is it different if I want the sidebar on the left instead of the right?

2 AllenAyres
Thank's, I shall try.

I've been looking for some code for a sidebar. I will try out later.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Junethesis:
And, how is it different if I want the sidebar on the left instead of the right?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">All the code goes into the header field.

Thanks. I tried that and was getting strange results, but I abandoned the idea because my left bar required ASP coding. I don't think it's possible without frames if ASP is involved.

mine works like a charm thanks jamin.... mines on the right and it didnt need any asp at all

It'd be all good if someone could tell me how to join the header to the sidebar. Like, so it has a bar going from the top left to the bottom right, around the actual UBB, like yuou often see on sites.

- [JoKer]

It'd also be good if you could tell me how to join it at the bottom as well.

- [JoKer]

Check the design tutorial as mentioned in the second post in this thread