Question Have vBShout on sub sections?

[ClutchThese]

I'd like to have the shoutbox on all the pages so that people can see the shoutbox when navigating away from the forumhome. For instance, i spend a lot of time in the Arcade section and would like to see the shoutbox while playing so i know if anyone asks me a question.

Please help me figure this out.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Ozzy47]

Turn off the Auto-Display Shoutbox and add {$show[vbshout_instance1]} in the navbar template

 

[Fillip H.]

To put vBShout in a custom location, do the following:


Step 1: AdminCP -> DBTech - vBShout-> Instance Management -> [Edit].

Step 2: Change the Auto-Display Shoutbox setting to Disabled.

Step 3: Write down the the Varname setting. For the default shoutbox, it's instance1. The rest of this guide will assume you replace instance1 with the actual Varname if it is different.

Step 4: Enter the Style Manager and add either {vb:raw show.vbshout_instance1} (vB4) or {$show[vbshout_instance1]} (vB3) to the templates you wish the shoutbox to appear in. To have it appear in all pages, add it somewhere in the navbar template.


Follow these steps as described and you will have total control over the position of the Shoutbox.
Please note that some locations may not work as intended on vBulletin 3.8, and also note that it is not designed to go in the Forum Blocks side-bar (vBulletin 4).

Hope that helps

 

[ClutchThese]

holy!! You guys are the bomb diggity!!

 

[Ozzy47]

Glad to help!! We try our best to provide the best support.

 

[subaruclub]

Hi,

I am currently evaluating the lite version before I buy.... so far it is pretty good.

I do have one question that I can't figure out.

I created three instances:

1) Default that appears below my navbar - all good
2) two more that I followed the above (disabled) and I want to put one on the top of my "Technical" section and another above my "Moderator" section

Where do I put the {$show[vbshout_instance1]} code so that it appears only at the top of certain sections?

I am running vb 3.8.7

Thanks

D.

 

[Fillip H.]

You wouldn't use instance1 for both of those. Please read the above instructions carefully to find out the correct variable name to use.

They can be placed within

<if condition="$foruminfo['forumid'] == x"></if>

tags (replaxing X with the forum ids of your sections) on the FORUMDISPLAY template.

 

[subaruclub]

Yes,

Fully aware that the code changed for each instance I create....

I searched my FORUMDISPLAY template but could not find the code you were referring too.

I attached my forumdisplay since it was too big to post.


What I want to do is have the ShoutBox on top of every forum (and subforum) of forum #40


D.
View attachment forumdisplay.zip

 

[Fillip H.]

You should add those if conditions to your template where you want the shoutboxes to appear