Custom Forum Blocks 2.0

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It's been over two years since i last updated the Custom Forum Blocks one of the most popular modification i've made.

 

Introducing the new Custom Forum Blocks 2.0 (Pending Approval)

 

Online Documentation & Screenshots

 

With this modification you will be able to add custom blocks that will display certain information in them that you will decide. Each block will have it's own title and content, You will be able to set which groups can see each block, What place you would like to place the block (Top, Right, Left, Bottom), In what pages you would like And/Or wouldn't like to display the block, The ordering of the blocks that will be displayed to the user.

 

What kind of template the block will use (Blank, Category Template, Hook Template), Turning each block on/off, Being able to parse both PHP & JS code inside the content of the block along with regular HTML, Or using the IPB full editor (or mixing between the two), Being able to set the width of each column (Middle, Left, Right).

 

Which columns will be displayed, If members can hide the left and right columns (using JS) and what groups of members if that setting is allowed, Importing & Exporting of all blocks or just some of them, Automatically get notified when ever there is an update available for the modification.

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tool is also available to help you solve SEO urls into regular $_GET['...'] variables to add them into the include/exclude block exceptions area, Previewing the block from the ACP before actually putting it online and Drag & Drop reordering.

 

There are no file edits required to install and use this modificaiton.

 

Features Included:

• Turn block on/off
  
• Drag & Drop ordering
  
• Split blocks into columns around the entire forum layout
  
• Display blocks any were in the board
  
• Group visibility per block
  
• Select the block position in the page (Top, Left, Right, Bottom)
  
• Block template style (Blank, Category, Hook)
  
• Include block in certain pages
  
• Exclude block in certain pages
  
• Parse PHP inside block
  
• Parse JS inside block
  
• Switch between simple editor and IPB full editor
  
• Preview block from ACP
  
• Import blocks
  
• Export blocks
  
• hide certain blocks as a setting
  
• Change the width of each block and the middle layout of the forum
  
• Allow certain groups to toggle the visibilty of the left and right columns
  
• JS based toggle right and left columns visibility
  
• Link resolver - From SEO links to a sanitized links to use in the block include/exclude exceptions
  
• Ability to show the old sidebar on the board index page
  

Obtaining the modification

• Customers Who bought the 1.5 Version (The old one for IPB 3.0) - If you bought this modification from IPS Marketplace then redownload that modification and the new version (Version 2.0 For IPB 3.4) should be in there. If you bought it from Invision Modding or me directly then Email Me With the email used to purchase it and i'll email you the modificaiton.
  

 

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