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How do I create a sidebar? Is there code I need to add into a certain field in the template for the one I use? I'd like to have a sidebar like the one to the right, with a few sponsor ad banners, and maybe some content islands. Thanks for understanding my stupidity 
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A sidebar is simply a table added to the style header and footer, with the UBB being in the table, EX: Header: <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="Table">
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<td width="50%" id="UBB"> Footer: </td>
<td width="50%" id="SideBar"> </td>
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Also, here at UBB there is a table within a table, you'll need to adjust the html to how you would like it to display.
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Thanks Gizzy. I'll give it a try and see how it works
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Not a problem, I've made a few differant ones 
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Yeah, this is hosing me. I plugged in the code, and there's a big blank space on the side of the board. But wherever I try to add any HTML code, it appears on the top or bottom of the board itself. I know this sounds confusing, but I've never dealt with something this simple before  All I want is a sidebar with some content islands and some sponsor pics.
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At least you are getting something on the side... Mine appears above the forums in the section with logo or at the actual head and foot of the page. Can't for the life of me get it on the side. Searched the forums and used all the codes provided as well as the code in the database outlining left and right bars. Sigh...
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show us the page you tried it on, maybe it's a simple html goof
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start here: http://validator.w3.org - 99% chance you'll find the error there
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that's actually how I found the error Twas one too many closing tags inside the forums, made the browsers think the table was done before it got to the sidebar.
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all I have to say is it worked as a table just fine
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I added the code like you showed above, Gizzy. Where in the hell do I add the HTML so that is appears within the sidebar space and not above or below the UBB itself?
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Ian thank you for finding my problem In your header section: <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="SideBars">
<tr>
<!-- Disable Left Side Bar
<td width="15%">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%" align="center" id="Left Sidebar">
<tr><td width="100%">
Left Sidebar</td></tr>
</table></td> -->
<td width="70%"> To enable the left side bar remove the remarks In your footer section: </td><td width="10%">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%" align="center" id="Right Sidebar">
<tr><td width="100%">
Right Sidebar</td></tr>
</table></td></tr></table> To add your code just add/replace "Right SideBar" and or "Left SideBar" text with whatever you want. To adjust the physical size in the footer section change 10% to what ever you want. If you want an example of what was done here jsut right click view text and search for "" and youc an see how/what was added.
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Ok, getting closer. I have the sidebar designed. However, it keeps centering along the side of the forums, instead of sitting near the top where the forum area field is. How do I keep this thing from balancing in the middle of the forums along the side? I'd like it more near the top
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add valign="top" to the td for the sidebar
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That worked well. Now, the last problem I'm having is people saying they have to scroll their screen over to see the side bar. What's the remedy for this? I think after this, I'm done and retiring to Florida
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When building a site it is nice to know about your users. The more you know the better. Not on a personal level but in terms of how they are viewing your site. This is only a small piece of what you should track I use AWStats for mine. This allows me to know the actual screen resolution thus I can build the site to the bulk of the general population. You might want to try reducing the side bar(s) to 10% I think the code on the first page was 15%? Are you using the left side bar as well as the right? What I would like to see someday is somehow dynamicaly display a site based on the users resolution.
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I've actually decided to use a top-oriented banner system. The sidebar was nice looking, but too many people *****ed about it Thanks everyone, I have learned some valuable experience for future endeavors
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Ok here is something interesting and hopefully Ian or someone with more knowledge will chime in. This would deal more with ColorForums and useing CSS to center the site may or may not help or even work. In CSS file make sure to add "text-align: center;" and the new container entry body {
text-align: center;
background: #fff;
color: #000;
margin: 0;
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#container {
width: 758px;
border: 1px solid #666;
background: #fff;
color: #000;
margin: 0;
text-align: left;
}In the header section add: In the footer section add: Any instance of: <body marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" bottommargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0"> Whould be replaced with:
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I replace: <body marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" bottommargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0"> With: body {
margin-left: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
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'eh I guess that works too, some people like to adjust the left/right margin withough having to think "What is that tag"
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