Hide left blocks when viewing Forum or ANY module

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 7:05 am

Code:

$public_msg = public_message();
$tmpl_file = "themes/V6/header.html";
$thefile = implode("", file($tmpl_file));
$thefile = addslashes($thefile);
$thefile = "\$r_file=\"".$thefile."\";";
eval($thefile);
print $r_file;
blocks(left);
$tmpl_file = "themes/V6/left_center.html";
$thefile = implode("", file($tmpl_file));
$thefile = addslashes($thefile);
$thefile = "\$r_file=\"".$thefile."\";";
eval($thefile);
print $r_file;
}
/**********************************************************/
/* Function themefooter() */
/* Control the footer for your site. You don't need to */
/* close BODY and HTML tags at the end. In some part call */
/* the function for right blocks with: blocks(right); */
/**********************************************************/

http://www.maju.info/NC.txt
8th Line down of code above, taken from V6 theme.php reads
blocks(left);

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jun 25, 2003 Posts: 16

Damn ... used the search option ... must be i'm tired

Thanks anyway

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 10:41 pm

mikem wrote:

...to add more modules to this in order to hide the blocks,
you would make the above code look something like the following:

Code:

if ($name=='Forums') {
/* Don't display it. */
}
else
if ($name=='Members_List') {
/* Don't display it. */
}
else
      if ($name=='My_eGallery') {
/* Don't display it. */
}
   else
      if ($name=='Private_Messages') {
/* Don't display it. */
}
else {
blocks(left);
}

mikem

For the sake of discussion, I use a slightly different twist - saves a little typing. Either way works fine. To each his own... Wink

Code:

if ($name=='coppermine' ||
$name=='DisError' ||
$name=='Forums' ||
$name=='Members_List' ||
$name=='Private_Messages') {
} else {
blocks(left);
}

Lieutenant Joined: Sep 09, 2003 Posts: 158

I want to have certain right hand side blocks showing when users are in ther forums but I don't really understand the instructions of the blocks_mod. Could one of you guys help me out with this?

http://www.nukecops.com/postt13677.html

Lieutenant Joined: Sep 09, 2003 Posts: 158

I have used the Blocks_Mod fine, but when I come to use the Blocks_Mod_Right I am having problems with the titles of the blocks dissapearing.

In the left mod the ModMod.php has this:

Quote:

<?php

$mod_theme="3D-Fantasy";

$mod_lblock1="blocks/block-modules.php";
$mod_lblock2="blocks/block-Amazon.php";
$mod_lblock3="";
$mod_lblock4="";
$mod_lblock5="";
$mod_lblock6="";
$mod_lblock7="";
$mod_lblock8="";
$mod_lblock9="";
$mod_lblock10="";

$title1="Main Menu";
$title2="";
$title3="";
$title4="";
$title5="";
$title6="";
$title7="";
$title8="";
$title9="";
$title10="";

?>

...so you can define each block title.

But when you over right htis file with the ModMod.php from the Blocks_Mod_Right.zip the text changes to this:

Quote:

<?php

$mod_theme = "";
$mod_logo = "";
$mod_lblock1 = "blocks/block-Advertising.php";
$mod_lblock2 = "blocks/block-Site_Visitors.php";
$mod_lblock3 = "blocks/block-Sommaire.php";
$mod_lblock4 = "";
$mod_lblock5 = "";
$mod_lblock6 = "";
$mod_lblock7 = "";
$mod_lblock8 = "";
$mod_lblock9 = "";
$mod_lblock10 = "";
$mod_rblock1 = "";
$mod_rblock2 = "";
$mod_rblock3 = "";
$mod_rblock4 = "";
$mod_rblock5 = "";
$mod_rblock6 = "";
$mod_rblock7 = "";
$mod_rblock8 = "";
$mod_rblock9 = "";
$mod_rblock10 = "";

?>

...so there is no way to define the title of each block.

One thing it could be is the new ModBlockR.php, which has a place that maybe I should enter title. However this is only for the right hand blocks so I am not sure that this is the fix, because my problem is with both left and right:

Quote:

<?php

global $name;
include("modules/$name/ModMod.php");
if($mod_rblock1!=""){
if(file_exists($mod_rblock1)){include($mod_rblock1);
themesidebox($title, $content);
$title="";
$block="";
}
}
if($mod_rblock2!=""){
if(file_exists($mod_rblock2)){include($mod_rblock2);
themesidebox($title, $content);
$title="";
$block="";
}
}
if($mod_rblock3!=""){
if(file_exists($mod_rblock3)){include("$mod_rblock3");
themesidebox($title, $content);
$title="";
$block="";
}
}
if($mod_rblock4!=""){
if(file_exists($mod_rblock4)){include($mod_rblock4);
themesidebox($title, $content);
$title="";
$block="";
}
}
if($mod_rblock5!=""){
if(file_exists($mod_rblock5)){include($mod_rblock5);
themesidebox($title, $content);
$title="";
$block="";
}
}
if($mod_rblock6!=""){
if(file_exists($mod_rblock6)){include($mod_rblock6);
themesidebox($title, $content);
$title="";
$block="";
}
}

if($mod_rblock7!=""){
if(file_exists($mod_rblock7)){include($mod_rblock7);
themesidebox($title, $content);
$title="";
$block="";
}
}
if($mod_rblock8!=""){
if(file_exists($mod_rblock8)){include($mod_rblock8);
themesidebox($title, $content);
$title="";
$block="";
}
}
if($mod_rblock9!=""){
if(file_exists($mod_rblock9)){include("$mod_rblock9");
themesidebox($title, $content);
$title="";
$block="";
}
}
if($mod_rblock10!=""){
if(file_exists($mod_rblock10)){include("$mod_rblock10");
themesidebox($title, $content);
$title="";
$block="";
}
}
?>

Could someone please take a look at this and help me please

Lieutenant Joined: Sep 09, 2003 Posts: 158

basically I have got the "Blocks_Mod_RIGHT" to work as far as placing blocks on the left and right handside of a module, but the blocks no longer have their titles and I see no way of giving title. Please help

Nuke Soldier Joined: Oct 14, 2003 Posts: 13

I've read and reread this thread, but this seems to either get lost in all the discussion, or, I simply seem to lose it, lol.

Can someone please answer *just* this part so it's a bit more obvious for me?:

Once the left blocks are hidden, how does one center the forums again?

Thanks!

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:43 pm

Thanks you guys, really helped me out

Nuke Soldier Joined: Nov 29, 2003 Posts: 11

gravityarc wrote:

Blocks_Mod is very cool!

What I'm trying to do is find a way to allow a user to toggle the left blocks on and off. Is there a way to use Blocks_Mod to do this?

Thanks!
-Ben

*Bumping* to see if anyone has an answer to this question

Corporal Joined: Dec 24, 2003 Posts: 61

i have tried all of these methods but dont get what i need. what i need is to display the forums in a new window "Just The Forums" nothing else
no titles no blocks no footers just plain old phpbb in a new window and using as much space as possible. i feel its easier to navigate & read the forums when they aint all cramed up between top banner area and blocks

(i dont like crowded places)

p.s i tried mikem's method but it not only makes the blocks disapear on forums page it makes them disapear in every page Rolling Eyes

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 7:07 pm

WHY IS EVERYONE IS MESSING WITH THEMES Confused

Just do it the easy way:

Open mainfile.php and change

Code:

function blocks($side) {
global $storynum, $prefix, $multilingual, $currentlang, $db, $admin, $user;

into

Code:

function blocks($side) {
global $storynum, $prefix, $multilingual, $currentlang, $db, $admin, $user, $hideleftblocks;
if (strtolower($side[0]) == "l" && $hideleftblocks) return;

Then in any module change

Code:

include("header.php");

into

Code:

global $hideleftblocks;
$hideleftblocks = 1;
include("header.php");

Tested and works open your "modules/Forums/nukebb.php" to hide left blocks in phpBB

The cool thing is, if you have viewers with bad eyes for example they just put "&hideleftblocks=1" in the URL and it's hidden for that page so they can easily view/print it.

Make this standard and all themes still work.

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 9:25 pm

Not having left blocks at all with the $hideblocks variable is OK.
And yes, that could be so if you want that, but,

the Blocks_Mod does more than that.

1)
You can leave out any references to blocks and no blocks will show.
2)
You can also change the theme and/or the logo and/or have different blocks for different modules.

So, more options for a lot of things.
I have heard of somebody who made one site, and set it up with the Blocks_Mod to make it look like and behave like multiple sites.

Sergeant Joined: Jul 11, 2003 Posts: 104

Hi, i kind of want to get rid of everything in the forums page( header, footer, left/right blocks, tables etc ) except the forum itself.

I just need it to be like THIS

I want it so that the actuall phpBB forum is on a normal html page or looks as if it is. I want it so when u click on forums on my site it opens in a seperate window showing only the forum with everything else not there.

Anyone know how to do this? ( i was gonna just install it to root directory but remembered that everyone wuld have to register again, that will be too much hassle )

Thank You!

Corporal Joined: Feb 20, 2004 Posts: 60

Ahh nice, this is what I was looking for. Thanks!

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:38 pm

Quote:

Hi, i kind of want to get rid of everything in the forums page( header, footer, left/right blocks, tables etc ) except the forum itself.

I just need it to be like THIS

I want it so that the actuall phpBB forum is on a normal html page or looks as if it is. I want it so when u click on forums on my site it opens in a seperate window showing only the forum with everything else not there.

Anyone know how to do this? ( i was gonna just install it to root directory but remembered that everyone wuld have to register again, that will be too much hassle )

Thank You!

If you use the Blocks_mod add-on (or work-around or whatever you like to call it) that can be done.

Just make a theme that does not show the headers and the footers and put that in as a variable in the file with variables of the Blocks_mod