Sidebar

For almost every forum software sidebars are available, but not for MyBB. So I created one simple and feature rich plugin. You can find this plugin on Github.

Features

Contains following boxes:

  • Welcome box (including login)
  • Private messages
  • Statistics
  • Search
  • Online users

Sidebar variable is only available in the footer template.

Requirements

To use this Plugin you need the following system:

  • PHP >= 5.2
  • myBB >= 1.4

Do not use this plugin if you are using the myBB Portal. This plugin will disable it (otherwise there are compatibility issues).

Download / Installation

  1. Download the plugin by using this link: http://downloads.echtzeitraum.de/plugin/mybb/sidebar.zip
  2. Unpack the zip file.
  3. Upload sidebar.php to your mybb plugin folder (e.g. /mybb/inc/plugins/).
  4. Activate the plugin through your control panel.
  5. Add the html-code to your templates (see below).

You can modify and redistribute it under the terms of the GPL Version 3.

Usage

Edit template header (e.g. Template Sets → Default Templates → Header Templates → header) and add after:

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0" align="center">
	<tr><td valign="top">

Edit template footer and add before:

	</td>
	{$sidebar}</tr>
</table>

Screenshots

Default Personalized
Default sidebar Personalized sidebar