Issue: Wiki Sidebar

Now that vBulletin 4 has a built-in sidebar function, could we see some wiki widgets developed for the sidebar that would only be visible when inside the vaultwiki product?

I think that having the option for the Contents to show up as a sidebar widget would benefit both the visual and navigational elements of the wiki.

While the Sidebar certainly doesn't have m(any) of the functions described in the OP, a basic sidebar has been added for 4.0.0 Alpha 1. So far it contains the Wiki Activity Feed, the contents of the full wiki book when viewing one of its chapters, and we have quite a few more planned. NickyPhils should be joining us later in the week to assist in writing algorithms for some unique article metrics. Using Javascript, we have gotten the article's content blocks to wrap around the bottom of the sidebar nicely, and it is also possible to show/hide the sidebar.

A Sidebar Manager for adding custom blocks can come later. It's already possible to add custom blocks using PHP code by creating plugins that run your plug_blocks method. Simpler HTML-only blocks would have to wait for a manager unless you have the know-how to make PHP spit out the HTML. In the interim, there will be AdminCP settings to turn individual blocks (or the entire sidebar) on and off.

From this point on, individual sidebar blocks and the manager should be tracked in their own separate threads. Leaving open until the aforementioned settings are added.

Closing this issue. Settings are better suited for a manager which I have reopened here: https://www.vaultwiki.org/issues/2658/
This should get done for Alpha 1, but the ability to add custom blocks would still be missing until a later time.

Fixed an issue yesterday where the new items notification for the feed was showing the total number as double the correct value.

Originally suggested for 3.0.1.