vBadvanced CMPS Navigation v1.11

[cclaerhout]

vBadvanced CMPS
Navigation v1.11



What does this hack do ?

This module allows a better integration of the navbar in vBadvanced CMPS portal. It changes the root of your forums to CMPS index page instead of your forumhome.
Case number 1 : you're on your portal page
The navbar will display the short welcome message with the name your website.
Case number 2 : you're on forumhome
The navbar will display the name of your site with the "forum" suffix.You didn't catch a word of what i said. So just look at pictures ;)


Install

To install this module, you have the choice between the automatic or the manual install. The second is to use when you have heavily made changes in your navbar template.Automatic Install
Just import the xml product file. That's all.
Manual install
Edit the navbar template as follow.
Search :

<td width="100%"><span class="navbar"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="1">$vboptions[bbtitle]</a></span> $navbits[breadcrumb]</td>

Replace with :

<td width="100%"><span class="navbar"><a href="$vboptions[homeurl]$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="0">$vboptions[bbtitle]</a></span>
<if condition="defined('VB_AREA') AND in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, array('ajax','announcement','attachment','calendar ','cron','editpost','faq','external','forumdisplay ','image','index','infraction','inlinemod','login' ,'joinrequests','member','memberlist','misc','mode ration','moderator','newattachment','newreply','ne wthread','online','payment_gateway','payments','po ll','postings','printthread','private','profile',' register','report','reputation','search','sendmess age','showgroups','showpost','showthread','subscri ption','threadrate','usercp','usernote'))">
<span class="navbar"> > </span>
<span class="navbar"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="1">$vbphrase[forum]</a></span></if> $navbits[breadcrumb]</td>

Search :

<else />
<div class="navbar" style="font-size:10pt"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="1"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_start.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> <strong>$vboptions[bbtitle]</strong></div>
</if>

Replace with :

<else />
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_start.gif" alt="" border="0" />
<span class="navbar">
<if condition="defined('VB_AREA') AND in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, array('ajax','announcement','attachment','calendar ','cron','editpost','faq','external','forumdisplay ','image','index','infraction','inlinemod','login' ,'joinrequests','member','memberlist','misc','mode ration','moderator','newattachment','newreply','ne wthread','online','payment_gateway','payments','po ll','postings','printthread','private','profile',' register','report','reputation','search','sendmess age','showgroups','showpost','showthread','subscri ption','threadrate','usercp','usernote'))"><a href="$vboptions[homeurl]$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="0"></if>
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'adv_index'"><span style="font-size:10pt; padding-top:1px"><strong>$vboptions[bbtitle]</strong></span>
<else />$vboptions[bbtitle]</a></if></span>
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'adv_index'">
<br /><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_finallink.gif" alt="" border="0" />
<span class="navbar" style="font-size:10pt; padding-top:1px"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="1"></a><strong>$vbphrase[forum]</strong></span>
</if>
</if>


N.B :
This hack can't be redistributed without my agreement.
I do not allow french "vb-ressources" forum to use it. For french forum, please go here (http://forum.vbulletin-fr.org/showthread.php?t=10854).

[Fatsobob]

I think this is a good idea.
Works like a charm on my site.
http://www.animeroot.com/forums/

[Ninth Dimension]

Working a charm: http://arathor.net/forum.php
Thank you

[Slave]

Great hack! I've asked for this before .. :)

One question .. where do I tell vB what the name of my forum page is called? I'm sure I've seen it in the settings somewhere but I can't find it .. I want to tell the system that my forum page is now forum.php, at the moment when I click on the forum link in the breadcrumb it goes to my index.php page which is my cmps page?

[Slave]

found it! .. :)

It's in the "Forums Home Page Options" page :)

[Slave]

Couple of things ..

It seems to be adding an extra underlined space after the word "Forum" in the breadcrumb .. how would I get rid of that?

Also, it is adding the forum part of the breadcrumb on every page even when it shouldn't, as an example when it is looking at vB Gallery. How would you get it to not to add the forum part of the breadcrumb on certain pages?

[cclaerhout]

Couple of things ..

It seems to be adding an extra underlined space after the word "Forum" in the breadcrumb .. how would I get rid of that?

Also, it is adding the forum part of the breadcrumb on every page even when it shouldn't, as an example when it is looking at vB Gallery. How would you get it to not to add the forum part of the breadcrumb on certain pages?


Tell me if it's good now. It shoud be compatible with all vbadvanced scripts.

[Slave]

OK :)

That's got rid of the space and the Forums link when going to vBGallery. Thanks :)

However it hasn't got rid of the Forums link when going to things like news.php, local_links.php, arcade.php etc ..

Take a look at www.yaxleyvillage.com to see what I mean .. parhaps have an options page in the admincp where you could list pages which shouldn't have the Forums link in the breadcrumb?

[cclaerhout]

The 1.1 version should now work as you want ;)

[Slave]

Perfect! Thank you!

:)

[Slave]

Whoops, just found a bug ..

When the plugin/product is active you get this error on any search page that has no results ..

Warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /includes/functions.php(2333) : eval()'d code on line 36

[cclaerhout]

Whoops, just found a bug ..

When the plugin/product is active you get this error on any search page that has no results ..

Warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /includes/functions.php(2333) : eval()'d code on line 36

I found the same bug a few hours ago when i tried to logout :( I don't understand the reason of this bug. My array seems to be good...


Edit : the problem happens each time a "vBulletin message" displays

[Slave]

I'd not spotted that, but you're right .. I'm also getting it when logging out ..

I take it you're working on it? ;)

[cclaerhout]

Well i give to do a clean array with a nice variable. I repeat it twice and it is working. Version 1.11 should be ok now.

[Slave]

Wonderful, seems to be working with no bugs .. thanks again :)

[Phooey]

Works great, thanks!

/installed

[Exitilus]

Hmm... I can't seem to get this to redirect properly to my main page. I've tried changing the forum home page option. But it continually re-directs them to the wrong link :|

[Slave]

2 places you have to make sure you have the correct name for files ..

1/ The forum home page option within vb options, which should be the name of the forum file, without the .php file extension .. example "forums"

2/ Within the default settings for vba cmps you also need to make sure this is the correct name for your cmps file, with the .php file extension as well as the / .. example "/index.php"

Also make sure that you have the files named correctly on the server ;)

Edit: Just had a look at your site, it seems like you've got your CMPS and forums on a different subdomain, so I'm not sure what you'll need to do to get it to work if the above doesn't fix it for you .. sorry :(

[jgommel]

I tried to install manually and get the following error:

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/neosmutc/public_html/vb/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(3593) : eval()'d code on line 34

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.

I've gone back and attempted the install three times to make sure I'm not missing something... no luck.

I'm running CMPS 2.2.0 on vBulletin 3.6.0. The skin/theme I'm using is called iSkinBlack by eXtremepixels. I'm not sure if the skin is causing the issue or not?!? CMPS and vB are both on the same domain - CMPS is installed in the root and vB is installed in a folder called /vb.

I did rename the CMPS from the default name to just index.php for simplicity reasons.

My site address is: www.neosmut.com

Thanks,

[Exitilus]

Yah... I want it to go to www.houseofcrazed.com/ but it just goes to www.houseofcrazed.com :-/

I could edit the code but I'm in a lazy mood *L*

[cclaerhout]

Yah... I want it to go to www.houseofcrazed.com/main.php but it just goes to www.houseofcrazed.com :-/

I could edit the code but I'm in a lazy mood *L*

I'm going to check the variable wait.

[cclaerhout]

I tried to install manually and get the following error:

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/neosmutc/public_html/vb/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(3593) : eval()'d code on line 34

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.

I've gone back and attempted the install three times to make sure I'm not missing something... no luck.

I'm running CMPS 2.2.0 on vBulletin 3.6.0. The skin/theme I'm using is called iSkinBlack by eXtremepixels. I'm not sure if the skin is causing the issue or not?!? CMPS and vB are both on the same domain - CMPS is installed in the root and vB is installed in a folder called /vb.

I did rename the CMPS from the default name to just index.php for simplicity reasons.

My site address is: www.neosmut.com

Thanks,


Anyway, i've to test the manual edit install. I'm going to check this too.

[jgommel]

Anyway, i've to test the manual edit install. I'm going to check this too.

Okay -- I'll watch the thread for your results.

[cclaerhout]

Okay -- I'll watch the thread for your results.
It's corrected sorry. I had forgotten to end the conditional. Manual edit works now.

[cclaerhout]

The variable in use is to bring back user to portal is : $vboptions[homeurl]
To configure it, just go to admincp->Site Name / URL / Contact Details->Homepage URL

That's all.

[jgommel]

It's corrected sorry. I had forgotten to end the conditional. Manual edit works now.

Working like a charm! Thank you - this will come in handy!

[Snake]

Excellent!

[navjotjsingh]

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_PRIVATE, expecting ')' in /home/exguides/public_html/career/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(3593) : eval()'d code on line 32

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.

Any idea what it is? BTW I use vb 3.6.0 with vBadvanced CMPS 2.2 with both on same directory.
For me Manual as well as automatic install is not working? Do I need to edit in these codes something before I use these installs?

[transitbus]

Well I get

Warning: in_array(): Wrong datatype for second argument in /includes/functions.php(2333) : eval()'d code on line 31

with this mod added so away it goes

[cclaerhout]

1-First of all, are your sure to use the last version of this hack ?
2-In which page was you when the problem happens ?
3-Did you use manual or automactic install ?

[cclaerhout]

Hmmm... i've looked at the plugin file on vb.org... and it seems i didn't give you the good one ! The manual install is ok.

[cclaerhout]

I've upload a new xml file, please test it.

Edit : the manual code was change a little bit to try to solve these curious problems. If it's working with you, do not update.

[m0nde]

I like this. Thanks!

[aLReeMi]

Nice,
thanks alot

[blacklancer]

very cool. nice mod! thanks!!!!!

[daloosaa]

Hi,

i have an problem with this mod.

The navbar of vba cmps has not been changed (picture 3).

On Forumhome all works fine (picture 1 / 2).

I have taken manual installation.
vba is installed in the same directory as vbulletin.

(vba: ./index.php, vb: ./forum.php)
Im using vBulletin 3.6.0 and vba 2.2.0

I hope anyone can help me!

GreetZ, Florian

P.S.:
Sorry for my bad english, i've tried my best!

Edit:
The plugin has the same effect.

[cclaerhout]

Check your $vboptions[bbtitle] variable (must be in in admincp->vbulletin options)

[navjotjsingh]

Any idea what it is? BTW I use vb 3.6.0 with vBadvanced CMPS 2.2 with both on same directory.
For me Manual as well as automatic install is not working? Do I need to edit in these codes something before I use these installs?

Thanks With this new update the mod works now! Thanks for the update!

[daloosaa]

Thank you for fast help.
It works fine.

GreetZ,
Florian

P.S. Nice Modification!

[CouchMonkey]

Worked for me. Awesome, thanks.

[transitbus]

Tried it again and it works great. No more errors when logging out.

thanks for fixing things

[Gaia]

Thanks, installed ^_^

[Slave]

Just to let you know, I've added a link to this hack over at the vBa forums ..

http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18083

[Janet Jackson]

Excellent mod, thank you very much.

[emtee]

I use an image look like this |> instead of this bigger sign >, so where in the product do I modify so that I get the image |> instead of just > so the whole navigation link match? Thank you.

Great hack by the way, it makes the portal much more noticeable.

[Jelmertjee]

i've installed the xml file (imported as product, via the vbulletin admin control panel) but the menu doesn't show up anywhere, i can't find a way to edit it either, where should it be?

[Dennis Kaczor]

i've installed the xml file (imported as product, via the vbulletin admin control panel) but the menu doesn't show up anywhere, i can't find a way to edit it either, where should it be?

I just installed this XML file as well and I also don't see it as well. Any ideas guys? Would love to see this thing work. Where do I look to edit the settings etc.... Any help would be appreciated.

Dennis

[Dave Alcock]

Did the manual install - works great. (vB 3.6.2 and vBa 2.2.0)
Thanks.

[DaMaK]

Anyone know how i can get this working on an external dir like Photopost gallery.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

It show right name but it aint linkable and i want the txt Forum changed to Gallery

[Blue-Inc]

Thank you! I pressed install! ;)

[project-Buckfas]

Works perfect on 3.6.3. Time to install: 1 Second!

Great mod thank you!

[vbreal]

thanks

[mlucek]

K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple Stupid

Short & sweet little hack. Nice. Installed :classic:

[Rahzel_hx]

http://www.theraidalliance.com/navbarhelp.JPG

usin his picture to explain my question how would you make the link
the Raid Allianice go to some other place than your hope page. Example in my main root i have other index pages and i want it to link just to index2.php not index.php I have an index.html and then i have my cmps_index.php i would like to link back to the CMPS page not my other page

[cfspinner]

1 second install! Done...love it!

[Kiint]

Also using his picture, how would you change the word "Forum" to "Forums"? just and extra letter "S" on the end?

Forum = one
Forums = many

I have many forums, so wish the link to be "Forums".

Edit: Did it the manual way...found it in manage plugins, and found $vbphrase[forum] and changed it to Forums. seems to work OK :)

*Installed*

[Crow]

Clicks Install!:)

[BSchrader]

This is a great hack, but how do I get it to display the suffix "Home" instead of "Forum" on the navbar?

[cclaerhout]

You should change in the code $vbphrase[forum] with Home. It should work. Sorry, i'm missing time at the moment.

[BSchrader]

Thanks C?dric, for the quick response.

I tried what you suggested, replacing
$vbphrase[forum]
with
$vbphrase[home]
both places it appeared in the navbar template, but the forum prefix still appears on the navbar. I even tried editing the .xml file in the same way before reinstalling. Then I tried deleting the plugin and installing your code manually with the correction. Every time, your hack worked great, except for the default prefix: forum. I'm perplexed.

If you have any other suggestions, please let me know. Thanks!

[Kiint]

What he means is to replace $vbphrase[forum] with the word home

not $vbphrase[home] but just ---> home <---

[BSchrader]

I understand now. Replacing $vbphrase[forum] with the word home does make a difference. It changes the name of the current location in the navbar.

That is not at all what I want to do. The current location default in the navbar is correct; but I need the displayed text mysite.com Forum changed to mysite.com Home.

Thanks for the suggestion anyway. I'm open to any others you might have.

[Kiint]

I suppose you could do something similar to what you originally did, but create a new phrase in Phrase Manager called Home with the description as "Home", with the phrase type set as Global.

And then change the code from $vbphrase[forum] to $vbphrase[home]

edit: ignore that, if i guess correctly you wish for the link to display as mysite.com Home > Forum not mysite.com Forum > Forum

Just edit the code from:

$replace[] = '<span class=\"navbar\"><a href=\"" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->options[\'homeurl\'] . "" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'sessionurl_q\'] . "\" accesskey=\"0\">" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->options[\'bbtitle\'] . "</a></span>

to

$replace[] = '<span class=\"navbar\"><a href=\"" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->options[\'homeurl\'] . "" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'sessionurl_q\'] . "\" accesskey=\"0\">" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->options[\'bbtitle\'] . " Home" . "</a></span>

Notice the extra " Home" text added.

And also change your site name in the vBulletin Options, Site Name / URL / Contact Details from mysite.com Forums to mysite.com

[butty]

great stuff added this to my site. works perfectly many thanks :)

[BSchrader]

Just edit the code from:

$replace[] = '<span class=\"navbar\"><a href=\"" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->options[\'homeurl\'] . "" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'sessionurl_q\'] . "\" accesskey=\"0\">" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->options[\'bbtitle\'] . "</a></span>

I'm sorry, but I cannot find that code. It doesn't show up when I use Search in Templates or when I look through the navbar template. Could you clarify where it is or how to find it? Thanks.

[Kiint]

sure, simple steps.

go to your admin panel,
open up Plugins and Products
Click on Plugin Manager
Scroll down to CMPS naviguation module, click on [Edit]

Find
$replace[] = '<span class=\"navbar\"><a href=\"" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->options[\'homeurl\'] . "" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'sessionurl_q\'] . "\" accesskey=\"0\">" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->options[\'bbtitle\'] . "</a></span

(There is no search option for this, you will have to manually look into the code and find it)

Change it to:



$replace[] = '<span class=\"navbar\"><a href=\"" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->options[\'homeurl\'] . "" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'sessionurl_q\'] . "\" accesskey=\"0\">" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->options[\'bbtitle\'] . " Home" . "</a></span>
Notice the extra " Home" text added.

Now go to vBulletin Options in your admin control panel
Select Site Name / URL / Contact Details from the list
remove the word "Forums" from your Forum Name so that it appears as "mysite.com" and not "mysite.com Forums"

If this doesn't work then I'd suggest you spend some time looking at the code and figure it out as I'm no expert on this, I just tested and played with the code until I got the results you wanted, then changed it back once I knew it worked :)

[BSchrader]

Great Kiint, you nailed it! Now it works perfectly. Thanks for your help.:)

[Masked Crusader]

Works great! Clicked install.

[princeedward]

works great like a charm...to my vBv3.6.7 PL1

many thanks bro...

;)

[Alfa1]

Yup. Very nice.

Is it possible to change 'Forum' to something else? If so, where do I do that?

[Alfa1]

My image gallery (Photopost Pro) shows as 'Forum' in breadcrumb. How do I change that?

[Slave]

My image gallery (Photopost Pro) shows as 'Forum' in breadcrumb. How do I change that?
As I understand it .. take a look at the following line in both replacements ..

<if condition="defined('VB_AREA') AND in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, array('ajax','announcement','attachment','calendar ','cron','editpost','faq','external','forumdisplay ','image','index','infraction','inlinemod','login' ,'joinrequests','member','memberlist','misc','mode ration','moderator','newattachment','newreply','ne wthread','online','payment_gateway','payments','po ll','postings','printthread','private','profile',' register','report','reputation','search','sendmess age','showgroups','showpost','showthread','subscri ption','threadrate','usercp','usernote'))">

See all the stuff in the array? they are the only pages that should show up having the "Forum" link .. anything else is ignored, so I'm not sure why Photopost Pro has it.

As an example, I didn't want the calender as part of the forums, so I took it out of both replacements and I no longer have "Forums" in the breadcrumb for my calender.

[Rideharder]

I need some help.. I was playing around with the code and removed it and copied it to Notepad.. when I paste it back and then hit save I came up with this error.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/speed/public_html/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(3596) : eval()'d code on line 24

Can somebody help on how to correct this..

My URL www.speedaholic.net

[Rideharder]

Working

[Majest]

Awesome little hack, thanks for making it.

[PoetJA-1975]

Nice = Thanx
Question though ---> How can I get the "Forum" breadcrumb to show for forum pages not covered in the following text?
'ajax','announcement','attachment','calendar','cro n','editpost','faq','external','forumdisplay','ima ge','index','infraction','inlinemod','login','join requests','member','memberlist','misc','moderation ','moderator','newattachment','newreply','newthrea d','online','payment_gateway','payments','poll','p ostings','printthread','private','profile','regist er','report','reputation','search','sendmessage',' showgroups','showpost','showthread','subscription' ,'threadrate','usercp','usernote'

For instance I have Horoscopes, JPiC Newsletter, JPiC Moderating Team pages and many more...

Example:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2008/02/4.gif

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2008/02/5.gif

Anyway - Thanx for the sharing ;)

Jacquii.

[DDIG]

Works great on VBulletin 3.7.0 (gold)! Thanks again, it would have taken me weeks to figure this out. :up:

[Greek76]

Works great for 3.7.2 except when Im in the arcade it only shows Index/aracade it does not show the forum inbetween. Also is their a way to get a forum link on vba for instance mysite /forum?

[Warlord]

Great hack! You just made my day. :D

*installed*

[Phooey]

I'm trying to get this to work, but I have a small issue. My forums and CMPS index are in the same directory with vBaCMPS located at index.php and the forums located at forums.php. I can't change the link to the forums in the general url settings because it breaks other things on the forums, but this mod links the "Forum" to the index.php not forums.php.

How do I fix this? I'm sure there's something I have to edit in the product, but I can't figure out what. Suggestions?

[yotsume]

As I understand it .. take a look at the following line in both replacements ..

<if condition="defined('VB_AREA') AND in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, array('ajax','announcement','attachment','calendar ','cron','editpost','faq','external','forumdisplay ','image','index','infraction','inlinemod','login' ,'joinrequests','member','memberlist','misc','mode ration','moderator','newattachment','newreply','ne wthread','online','payment_gateway','payments','po ll','postings','printthread','private','profile',' register','report','reputation','search','sendmess age','showgroups','showpost','showthread','subscri ption','threadrate','usercp','usernote'))">See all the stuff in the array? they are the only pages that should show up having the "Forum" link .. anything else is ignored, so I'm not sure why Photopost Pro has it.

As an example, I didn't want the calender as part of the forums, so I took it out of both replacements and I no longer have "Forums" in the breadcrumb for my calender.

Can you please post exact instruction son how to add the correct breadcrumb links to photopost. When do I edit and where exactly please.

THANKS!

[Darth Gill]

one of the best hacks in my opinion - this works great in 3.8 beta 1!

[Warlord]

Anyone know how to modify this to work with the GRPS: Groups Commune hack? It installs in a parallel directory to your forums directory.

With this hack installed my first menu it in the breadcrumb is "Groups" but it points to my CMPS portal. I'd like "Home" to appear before "Groups" in the breadcrumbs and have the links point accordingly. Any help would be appreciated. :)

[Warlord]

bump

[Warlord]

bump

[cclaerhout]

Considering vBulletin officials attitude towards their customers & the vB community, my mods will be remove from vBulletin.org on the Friday 30th October. If after this delay you want to download one of them, just contact me.

Best regards,

Cédric Claerhout