Widget Slider?

[Scuzz]

Is there any chance to have a button or some type of slider for the side bar widgets?
It may be a nice feature to have the sidebar enabled and then for the users to be able to hide/show it when they want. Kinda like the button that changes the width of the forums.

Also, is it possible to add a forum side bar? Currently I can add widgets to the global sidebar but i do not want them shown in categories and only on the main forum page.

Thoughts?

[Tanner]

I agree, this would be a nice feature to have for the sidebar.

As for the global sidebar problem, you can add a custom homepage using the custom-homepage plugin and set up widgets there instead of using global.

[a_5mith]

@Scuzz pretty sure as a hack for now you could use HTML widget to add a script that hides the div on click.

[Scuzz]

@Tanner Is that how NodeBB forum is set up? I would like to have it how this forum has their sidebars but that might be a lavender theme feature?

[Tanner]

@Scuzz said:

@Tanner Is that how NodeBB forum is set up? I would like to have it how this forum has their sidebars but that might be a lavender theme feature?

You can install a custom homepage by installing the custom-homepage plugin, no matter what theme you're using.

You should be able to find it in the plugins menu option on the admin side, but here's a forum link if you can't find it:

[nodebb-plugin-custom-homepage] Basic CMS plugin - custom homepage

npm install nodebb-plugin-custom-homepage I cant activate it the panel

NodeBB Community (community.nodebb.org)

[Scuzz]

@Tanner yeah i already have it installed, just not activated.
I'll look at the lavender theme to see if the homepage side bar is there.

I also want the main forum page to be the homepage and not a custom one.

[Tanner]

@Scuzz said:

@Tanner yeah i already have it installed, just not activated.
I'll look at the lavender theme to see if the homepage side bar is there.

I also want the main forum page to be the homepage and not a custom one.

The homepage sidebar should be available without the custom-homepage plugin and shouldn't require the lavender theme.

As for making the homepage the forum homepage and not a custom one, then maybe the custom-homepage plugin isn't what you're looking for. Otherwise an option would be to add in a couple of widgets to the custom homepage to make it seem more like a forum homepage. Up to you, really.

[Scuzz]

@Tanner Yeah the homepage sidebar is not there.

[Tanner]

@Scuzz said:

@Tanner Yeah the homepage sidebar is not there.

Isn't where? After you installed the custom-homepage plugin or before?

[Scuzz]

@Tanner said:

@Scuzz said:

@Tanner yeah i already have it installed, just not activated.
I'll look at the lavender theme to see if the homepage side bar is there.

I also want the main forum page to be the homepage and not a custom one.

The homepage sidebar should be available without the custom-homepage plugin and shouldn't require the lavender theme.

The homepage side bar is not in the widgets section in the admin control panel. There is a homepage footer but nothing else.

[Tanner]

@Scuzz Before or after you installed the custom-homepage plugin?

[Scuzz]

@Tanner The custom homepage sidebar is available when i enable the custom homepage plugin. The homepage sidebar has never been available. I'm not sure if it should be.

[Tanner]

@Scuzz I'm not sure what you mean by whether it should or shouldn't be available, but did this solve your issue or no? What else are you still trying to do?

[Scuzz]

@Tanner lol

My issue is that I want a homepage side bar without using the custom homepage plugin. Is this available by default, is it a theme feature, is my install not working correctly, is it a bug?

[Tanner]

@Scuzz said:

@Tanner lol

My issue is that I want a homepage side bar without using the custom homepage plugin. Is this available by default, is it a theme feature, is my install not working correctly, is it a bug?

iirc you can set a homepage side bar without using the custom-homepage plugin. What version of nodeBB do you have installed?

[Scuzz]

@Tanner Just checked, its available in Lavender theme and not vanilla and cerulean.

I'm on latest stable nodebb with custom theme, I will have to add it in to my theme.

[Tanner]

@Scuzz basing your custom themes off of lavender is probably the best idea. That's what I did, and haven't had much experience with the vanilla theme yet, so I just assumed. My bad mate.

[Scuzz]

@Tanner No problem,

I'm not a fan of lavender and i think my main members prefer vanilla based themes too.

[psychobunny]

@Scuzz I can add a homepage sidebar into vanilla if you like

EDIT: done

[Tanner]

@psychobunny said:

@Scuzz I can add a homepage sidebar into vanilla if you like

EDIT: done

Epic.