Moving Sidebar (Error)

Scrawl · February 2009

http://scrawlfx.com/forums/discussions/

I'm trying to move my sidebar to the right, in order to match the template of my site. However, when doing that, I run into an error. What I do is remove all the code in panel.php and place it in foot.php and change its CSS properties to float: right. However, I get an error after it displays the "Start Discussion" button saying:

Warning: Variable passed to each() is not an array or object in /home/.galled/scrawlfx/scrawlfx.com/forums/themes/foot.php on line 45

This is line 45 of foot.php:

while (list($Key, $PanelElement) = each($this->PanelElements)) {

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jimw · February 2009

Just a guess, but maybe you need $this->Context->.

sirlancelot · February 2009

themes/foot.php does not have direct access to the Panel object. You will need to access it via $GLOBALS['Panel']->PanelElements.

However, this is not the best solution to your problem. What you really should do is re-arrange the controls via $Configuration['CONTROL_POSITION_*']. Check out the order in which the controls are rendered by looking at appg/settings.php (look there, but don't change them there!). Then, add the overrides to your conf/settings.php and you should be good to go.

I think all you need to add to your conf/settings.php file is $Configuration['CONTROL_POSITION_PANEL'] = '550'; but I've never done this kind of mod before so you might need to test it some more.

TomTester · February 2009

You just want to move the panel over? You can do that by editing your CSS (don't touch any of the code).

go to /themes/vanilla/styles/default/
copy vanilla.css to vanilla.old.css
go to /themes/vanilla/styles/default/src/
copy it to /themes/vanilla/styles/default/
now open /themes/vanilla/styles/default/vanilla.css

change (line 151?)

#Panel {
	width:201px;
	margin-left:18px;
	float:left;
	background:url('panelfadetop.gif') top right no-repeat;
	display: inline;
	}

to

#Panel {
	width:201px;
	margin-right:18px;
	float:right;
	background:url('panelfadetop.gif') top right no-repeat;
	display: inline;
	}

and (line 243)

#Content {
	margin:0 18px 0 235px;
	}

to

#Content {
	margin:0 238px 0 18px;
	}

I think that should to the trick.

Moving Sidebar (Error)

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