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Adding Sidebars to phpBB
Published by Bob
02-23-2006
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Introduction to phpBB Sidebar(s)



This guide will explain how to add either a left, right, or two sidebars to your phpBB forums. It was compiled using phpBB 2.0.19 and the default skin (subSilver). This should be a simple read for anyone with basic html experience and not too hard for anyone without any.

First things first, you will need to locate two of your phpBB template files. These are found in the /templates/subSilver directory. Change "subSilver" if you are using a different skin.

The files you need are:
  1. overall_header.tpl
  2. overall_footer.tpl
We are using these two specific files so that your sidebar(s) appears on every page in your forums, not just the forum index. Be sure to make backups of these files before you add anything to them.

Enough talking, time to get to coding! Once you have found these two files and have backed them up, go to the next step to set up your sidebar(s).


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  #1  
By Skribblez on 02-25-2006, 01:27 AM
Very nice tutorial!
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By amaiko on 06-20-2006, 10:54 PM
good tutorial
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By Phear on 08-15-2006, 03:21 PM
very helpful!
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By Vic on 08-15-2006, 03:24 PM
Awesome, thanks alot!
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By johnnypict on 10-26-2006, 05:22 PM
Thumbs up Thanks

I'm using an acid tech blood template and had to copy some of the code to the top of my overall header page.

Well chufffed with the result. Thanks for this.

Johnnypict.
Last edited by johnnypict; 10-26-2006 at 05:22 PM.. Reason: Messed up the post icon
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By Tareq on 04-13-2008, 10:46 AM
On the Second Page I found you wrote

Save overall_footer.tpl
Save overall_header.tpl

But this should be

Save overall_footer.html
Save overall_header.html

Good writings. Thanks.
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By Brandon Sheley on 04-14-2008, 09:50 PM
umm, this is a bit confusing honestly

It took me a while to see there are more pages to this tut, I was looking all over for a download file. It's always nice to have the directions in a text file and I would suggest attaching the install files to the thread.

cheers
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By Aussie Aviator on 04-16-2008, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Tareq View Post
On the Second Page I found you wrote

Save overall_footer.tpl
Save overall_header.tpl

But this should be

Save overall_footer.html
Save overall_header.html

Good writings. Thanks.
This tutorial was written for phpbb2. Perhaps you are using phpbb3 because those files are html ones.

If you want sidebars in phpbb3 forget it because no matter what you do you won't have a consitent site in different browsers. I suggest using a portal such as mkportal. It's very easy to incorporate into phpbb3.
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By achieve on 04-01-2009, 12:45 PM
Hi, I use phpBB3, and when I opened both overall_footer.html & overall_header.html I see that neither of these files use the <table> or </table> tags. Thus it seems as if instructions above will not work.
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