I am looking to accomplish something like this:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/index.php

Notice the left there is a menu bar and long column for placing sponsors. Then, the forum is fully contained in the right side of the table.

I want to do something similar, where I have a header, left column, right column with all content, and a footer to tie it alltogether.

I have been able to successfuly create a header that opens a table, then encloses the eve content in that, and a footer to close the table. But not sure how to get that bar in the side. I suck at HTML

Thanks, I'll give it a go. If I completely fubar it, I'll be back

Smaller correction

In Steven's example be sure you get the right place in the 'Custom HTML' section of your style.

"header" = After Opening Body Tag

"footer" = Before Closing Body Tag

These are the names used in the control panel.

Do NOT put code meant to be visible in the "Head" section of your style. That area is only for CSS, javascripts and meta tags.

Michael is right-on. Also, note that what I posted is merely a "skeleton", you'll need to use additional HTML/CSS to make it look how you want (e.g. colors, cellpadding, spacing, etc).

Well, it took me long enough to get around to this. But, I have created the layout I want to use for this design, but I can't get it to work right I suck at HTML.

If I upload or email the file to someone, could you insert a comment in the code as to where to stop the header/footer, or fix the table problem I might have causing it to not work? It looks fine stand-alone in firefox and IE, but when trying to get it to enclose the forum, everything is just thrown out the window

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Wow, that corvette forum looks nice.


JeremyV, you ever figure it out? I would really like to know how to do something like that.

I am going to mess around with the code that is posted here to see if I can do it and post what I find works if anything.

Thanks for the code!

We were able to make this work on our Dance Forums, but we can't figure out how to make it so that the entire table fits 750 pixels

For example:


http://dancescape.com/eve/ubb.x/a/frm/f/911106172

How do we shrink the Infopop table, so that the entire 2 columns fit under our header which is 750 pixels.

Thanks for any tips

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With the Corvette Forums, they also have the UserName/Password Field show on the top right.

How can we have our Forums do this?

Right now there is only a "LOGIN" link, so it doesn't quite look like a traditional forum. Is this possible? If not, can Infopop consider putting an "alternate" layout similar that gets the main navigation to look more like this.

e.g., see http://dancescape.com/mydancefriends

vs.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=74

BTW, Thanks very much JeremyV & Steven Benitez for your post. We had always wanted to put a right column for sponsor/promotional ads and links but didn't know how this could be done. Finally able to do it!

I was playing around with this thing last night. The code that is stated above will kind of work, but it extends past the header that I put in just shifts the forum pages over.

What I had to do was go into the style editor and change the form field that said 90% to 100%. I also had to extend my header that I put in to 100%.

Once this is done, any table put on the left will cause the forum to simply shift to the right, and the page will still look OK. Key word "OK".

It would be cool if we could have user customizable content islands that we could place within the community instead of just the pre-determined ones on the main page.

And a login box would be great also.

Hey Dancescape, can you tell me how you got that menu on the right of your forum?

I have been playing around with this code and cannto get the thing to work

Hi ncocorps,
Hope this helps ...


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1. In your Admin area, go to one your templates/styles:

Eve Control Panel » Display Settings » Style Editor


2. Click on the "Custom HTML" link


3.

A. In the 2nd Field, enter the codes that were indicated above. We tweaked ours to:

Insert AFTER Opening Body Tag (HTML Only)

--------------
<CENTER>
<table width="750">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">

<CENTER>
<font size=1 face="arial">InSpiriting Friendship through Dance - Make New Dance Friends Around the World Now...</font><P>

<font size=2 face="verdana, arial" color="#9966CC">Welcome to DanceScape's Global Dance Forums. </font>
</CENTER>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
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B. In the 3rd field below, insert the code as recommended. We tweaked ours as follows:


Insert BEFORE Closing Body Tag (HTML Only)

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</td>
<td width="120">
<center>
<img src="http://www.dancescape.com/images/ezine_mag_cvr_02_sm.jpg" width="120" height="144" border="0" alt="Click here for your FREE Issue...."><br>
<img src="http://www.dancescape.com/images/ezine_mag_clickhere.jpg" width="120" height="22" border="0" alt="Click here for your FREE Issue of eZine..."> <BR>

<a href="http://www.dancescape.com" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.dancescape.com/images/logo_dancescape_120.jpg" border=0></a><BR>

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://dancescape.com/eve/ubb.x?a=ci&ci_id=1731079722&s=600103601"></script>

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://dancescape.com/eve/ubb.x?a=ci&ci_id=267109145&s=600103601"></script>

</center>


</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
</table>
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And then voila, we get something like http://dancescape.com/eve/ubb.x/a/cfrm/f/401106172

You would just replace the <scripts> and other <HTML> codes that we inserted with your own links/images/codes. The problem is that we still can't seem to get the Infopop Table in the 1st column to be 630 pixels (i.e., 750 - 120 pixels). That would then make the columns fit our header, and in a standard 800x600 pixel Laptop screen.

If anyone from Infopop can advise, would be great.

Hope that helps!

So, you are putting the "guts" of the table into the last part and not in the first part?? That is probably where I am going wrong. I have been workign with HTML since 1999 and was pulling hair out of my bald head trying to figure this out.

I am going to try to put the main parts of the table at the bottom because when I put it at the top, it messed up the look of my forum...

Thanks DanceScape. BTW, your site looks great!

No problem, ncocorps, and glad could help. I'm not a techie so kind of had to also play with a few things until it worked! Know how frustrating it can be!

Oh, by the way, Steven did help me with a few issues in my code, and we have it working on our site now. It is still unpolished as far as looks go, but the content is where it should be for now

http://www.michiganjeepers.com

Regarding the login box content island, don't expect such a thing since it would be a security breach for Groupee. (And I doubt Infopop will add it as an option for non-groupee sites). All login forms for Groupee sites reside on account.groupee.com.

in reference to the login box, it does not seem like it would be much of a security breach when the form would still be calling their server.

They could even limit it to sites that are listed as customers using the EVE platform. I don't see myself trying to breach groupee when it is obviously the heart of every eve community out there.

Thanks for all the help everyone...especially Dance Addict, because it was that code that really got me rollin on this. Here is what I cam up with. It is a screen shot because it is too hard to get you access to the forum:

http://www.ncocorps.net/right.htm

Because the tables would not show when I set a border for them, I had to use a background to make it appear that a border is around the table.

Also, because it was offset so much, I tried to bump it down a little by adding some extra cells at the top, but although this made it line up nice on the forums page, that eve community page looked horrible. Plus, it looked bad with three large columns on the community page, so I just turned that feature off. Ya win some, ya lose some I guess.

Well, anyway, thanks again for the help.

It looks good.

quote:

in reference to the login box, it does not seem like it would be much of a security breach when the form would still be calling their server.

<form action="/myscript.php" method="post">

Using that code, I could capture any Groupee user's login and password (which would give me admin access to their communities) and then forward the login request on to account.groupee.com.

With the login form being on the groupee login server, such an end-around cannot be done.

Need help with my side bar. I got it to expand and contract and it remembers the state which it should be in when a user refreshes the page or visits another, but I cannot get the javascript to work with eve.

Here is the page is set up for an example with this post: http://www.ncocorps.net/right2.htm

I know that I can add the javascript that goes into the "head" of the page into that box in the control panel, but I am stuck adding in the second part of the javascript code. I need to add it with the html for the sidebar, but it won't work with eve when I do. I am using a modified version of the code that Dance Addict Posted to make the right side bar.

I would like the ability to allow members choose if they want the side bar or not and this would be perfect. The forum readjusts so that the page does not look crazy with that right sidebar contracted and moves the forum over when it is expanded.