XF 1.3 How can I add a custom sidebar block...

[rhodes]

...to community/recent-activity/ or the newest-post pages (for example a twitter widget) ?

Regards, rhodes

 

[TJA]

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/bd-widget-framework.297/

 

[rhodes]

Hey @TJA,
thank you for your quick reply. I use widget framework already but I'm not sure which hook I should write to the position field in this case. The block/widget should only appear on newest-post and recent-activity. Any ideas?

 

[Paul B]

You will need to seek support in the add-on thread.

 

[rhodes]

OK, fine. But if I don't use widget framwork is there a template for the recent activity page I can modify or do I have to write a custom controller?

 

[Paul B]

You can edit the template directly.

The FAQ in my signature explains how to identify the name of the template.

 

[rhodes]

Thank you @Brogan , that's easy. I love the xf template system.

Just in the case s.o. also wants to add a widget to the sidebar of the recent-activity stream page, that's how I did it.

• edit template news_feed_page_global
  
  
• find the sidebar closing tag
  </xen:sidebar>
  
  you can place your html here directly but if you want to use widgets just define a new hook:
  
  <xen:hook name="recent_activity_sidebar" />
  </xen:sidebar>
• now you can use this hook in the widgets setup form
• if you write
  forum_list,hook:recent_activity_sidebar
  in the widgets position field, the widget will appear in the forum list sidebar and in the sidebar of the recent activity page.