Navbar Forumjump- Adds a DHTML "Forum Jump" menu to your Navbar

[Analogpoint]

Navbar Forumjump



This mod adds a popup menu to the navbar with quick links to all your forums.

http://www.analogpoint.com/static/images/navbar-forumjump-screenshot2.png

If you like this, you can show your support by Rating it, Marking it as installed, Nominating for MOTM, and/or Donating to the author. Thanks, you rock.

Why would you want to install this?

Increases usability for your members.
Decreases server resources/usage.How does this increase usability?

In forums I often find myself clicking on the "forum home" link to see the list of forums and then choose one to visit. With this mod, you simply click the "Forum Jump" menu, and down drops a dynamic menu with all your forums (represented in correct hierarchy of parents/children, and organized by category). The user can more easily visualize the structure of your forums, and can get to where they want to go quicker. And this is a lot prettier and better placed than the forum jump at the bottom of the pages.

How does this reduce server resources?

With this mod installed, the users will go directly to the next forum they want to visit without first going to the forum home. This saves the HTTP requests associated with a pageload, as well as the database queries required to generate the page.

All Features.

Installation is a snap, just import the XML file
The popup menu looks identical to the other built-in vB popup menus.
Automatically generates the menu, if you add or remove forums, that's automatically reflected in the menu.
The menu can optionally display a small icon that links to the last post next to the forum name.
Respects forum permissions, hidden forums, etc. If the user is not permitted to view the forum, it won't show up, just like on the forum home page.
No template edits needed.
Admin control panel that explains everything, and offers many configuration options:
Enable / disable the mod
Show menu to everyone or only to logged-in members.
Optionally specify forums to exclude from the menu.
Choose to display the forumjump popup on the left or the right side of the navbar.
Choose to display the menu as one column, or separate each category (with its sub-forums) into its own column. You may also specify how many categories to display per column.
You define the characters to prepend to the forum titles to show the indented hierarchy of forums
Options to configure CSS styles and sizes for the menu. This allows you to shrink the menu if you have many forums by reducing the font size and the cell padding in the menu.
You may optionally style the currently selected forum differently than the rest (with CSS).
The mod is fully phrased, including the ACP options and descriptions.Changes it makes

Adds one plugin and a control panel options section (and its associated phrases). The menu is attached to the navbar using a template hook.

Installation
Download and uncompress the zip file.
Import the XML product file in the Admin Control panel.
Visit the Options page and see if you want to change any of the default settings. (If you're using less than vB 3.6.8 you'll need to visit the options and see how to manually insert the menu into your templates.)Changelog/History

Version 1.0.8 Bug fix (Oct. 13, 2007)
Fixed bug when using the forumjump with vBa. (See post #145)
Version 1.0.7 Bug fixes and workarounds (Sept. 18, 2007)Integrated fix for Smoothie's problems (Post #76 and on)
Fixed display bug from post #101
Workaround for logging out display problem (post #104)
Completely separated the auto-insert code from the manual template inserting.Version 1.0.6 New Features (Sept. 17, 2007)Workaround for menu display problem in Opera
New option to add a relative URL to prepend to links (helps when using vBa)
New option to not auto-display menu via template hooks. Provides better compatibility for vB < 3.6.8 and when not displaying menu in the navbar template.Version 1.0.5 Internal Development - Not released

Version 1.0.4 New features (Sept. 12, 2007)Added optional link (icon) to the latest post in each forum
Added admin options panel help system.
Added compatibility with vB 3.6.0 to 3.6.8Version 1.0.3 New features (Sept. 11, 2007)All error messages output as HTML comments (better end user experience)
You may now specify how many categories are displayed per columnVersion 1.0.2 Bug fix (Sept. 10, 2007)Fixed bug introduced in Version 1.0.1
Added more error checking
Added useful error messages for debugging.Version 1.0.1 Bug Fixes and Enhancements (Sept. 10, 2007)Fixed a bug when URLs have session IDs in them.
Added Option to disable the menu for non-logged-in visitors
Added Option to exclude forumsVersion 1.0.0 Initial Release


Screenshots

http://www.analogpoint.com/static/images/navbar-forumjump-screenshot1.png

Menu with the icon link to last post enabled.
http://www.analogpoint.com/static/images/navbar-forumjump-screenshot4.png

http://www.analogpoint.com/static/images/navbar-forumjump-screenshot3.png

[Analogpoint]

reserved?

[m002.p]

Looks awesome mate, will try it later. Good work!

Oh and first post :D

[Fungsten]

Installed! Groovy!

[howiulf]

Nice work, installed in a second!

It's very helpful at about a hundred forums...

thx a lot.:)

Installed 'n' lots of stars

[Hornstar]

Thanks, this was released here a while ago I believe, but yours looks very good. thanks for sharing.

[yahoooh]

thanks

[JTS2005]

my skin unfortunately doesn't use that navigation bar as it was converted to image buttons. what code can i use to link to an image?
thx

[yotsume]

BOO!!! NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OLDER VERSIONS OF VB!!!

SHAME SHAME!

Can We make it work with 3.6.4??? :)

[Analogpoint]

Thanks, this was released here a while ago I believe, but yours looks very good. thanks for sharing.


The only two mods I could find that were somewhat similar, turn out to be nothing like this.

1. Michelle's Move forumjump to the navbar with javascript (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=151574) Is just what the title says. It's a couple of template edits and a few lines of Javascript to move the existing (ugly) forumjump drop-down menu up to the navbar. It only displays on pages that already had the forumjump drop-down on them. My mod uses vB's DHTML popup menus and also displays on all pages.

2. Floris did a bit better with navbar forumjump dropdown (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=134482). But it has quite a few problems.

Template edits
Not phrased
No product/XML file for easy installation
Directly queries the database instead of using vB's cached forum info (waste of resources)
Does not respect forum permissions and displays links to forums that you're not allowed to see
Not supported
Only shows child forums one level deep

So in conclusion, from the way I see it, this hasn't been released here before. :) Or was there some other mod that I couldn't find by searching?

EDIT: I just found another forum jump mod (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=151356) by P1erce, which is better than Floris' version. It's actually quite similar to this mod, but it's not as easy to install, and it doesn't have all the admin formatting options etc.


my skin unfortunately doesn't use that navigation bar as it was converted to image buttons. what code can i use to link to an image?
thx


Do you have it installed and working, but you want to change the text "Forum Jump" to an image? If that's the case, just edit the plugin (or in the product's XML file, then re-upload) and find this:

'.$vbphrase['forum_jump'].'

and replace with an image tag, like:

<img src="image.gif" alt="" />



BOO!!! NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OLDER VERSIONS OF VB!!!

SHAME SHAME!

Can We make it work with 3.6.4??? :)

Hmmmm. 3.6.4 doesn't have template hooks or the global_setup_complete hook that this relies on. But, if you're willing to make some changes, it should work. This is not guaranteed or tested, it's just off the top of my head. Try it on a test forum installation first!

Instructions updated to work with version 1.0.3

1. Make some edits to the XML file
----------------------------------
:::: Find:
<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="3.6.8" maxversion="" />
:::: Change to:
<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="3.6.4" maxversion="3.6.4" />
----------------------------------
:::: Find:
<hookname>global_setup_complete</hookname>
<phpcode><![CDATA && $show['popups'] && (($vbulletin->options['navbar_forumjump_showusersonly'] && $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) || !$vbulletin->options['navbar_forumjump_showusersonly']))

:::: Change to:
<hookname>parse_templates</hookname>
<phpcode><![CDATA[if (!isset ($template_hook))
{
$template_hook = array();
$template_hook['navbar_buttons_left'] = $template_hook['navbar_buttons_right'] = '';
}
if ($vbulletin->options['navbar_forumjump_enable'] && $show['popups'] && (($vbulletin->options['navbar_forumjump_showusersonly'] && $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) || !$vbulletin->options['navbar_forumjump_showusersonly']))
----------------------------------


[I]2. Make some edits to your navbar template
----------------------------------
:::: Find:
<if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[register]</a></td>
</if>
:::: Add this after it:
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]
----------------------------------
:::: Find:
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]')">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>
</if>
:::: Add this before it:
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_right]
----------------------------------

Upload and install the modified XML file, and hope it works.

[StuntFactoryX]

will this work w/ vbadvanced and other add ons?

[Mecho]

Thank u , installed and works fine ...

what shall i do if i want to exclude some sections from that menu ??

[Smoothie]

Does anyone know if this work with 3.6.5?

[Smoothie]

Nope, no-work w/ 3.6.5

[Analogpoint]

Does anyone know if this work with 3.6.5?

As released (and supported), this works in 3.6.8. But, you might consider following the instructions in post #10 and It'll probably work in 3.6.5. If you do decide to try it, make sure and let me know if it works out for you.

[ChessMess]

I'm not sure why but this isn't displaying the majority of our boards, even though you can easily browse to them.

http://www.stgu.com

Any ideas?

[Smoothie]

As released (and supported), this works in 3.6.8. But, you might consider following the instructions in post #10 and It'll probably work in 3.6.5. If you do decide to try it, make sure and let me know if it works out for you.
I may decide to give it a go. Will let you know. Since all my links are in my header and not the navbar, still use the instructions in post #10? How many queries does this add to each page?

[Analogpoint]

will this work w/ vbadvanced and other add ons?

It should.

[Analogpoint]

I may decide to give it a go. Will let you know. Since all my links are in my header and not the navbar, still use the instructions in post #10? How many queries does this add to each page?

If all your links are in the header template, just insert $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] in the header where you want this menu, then find $vbulletin->templatecache['navbar'] in the xml file and change 'navbar' to 'header'. That should do the trick.

This doesn't add any queries since is uses vB's built-in forum cache. The only hit would be that it generates a bunch of HTML, especially if you have lots of forums.

[Analogpoint]

Thank u , installed and works fine ...

what shall i do if i want to exclude some sections from that menu ??

Version 1.0.1 now has the option to exclude certain forums from the menu.


I'm not sure why but this isn't displaying the majority of our boards, even though you can easily browse to them.

http://www.stgu.com

Any ideas?

Hmmm that's really strange.
1. First try installing the newest version 1.0.1 and see if that changes anything.
2. If not, try enabling the vB Forum Jump (in General Settings) and see if the same forums are missing.
3. Also, do you know if vbAdvanced makes any changes to the way forum permissions work? If so, that might be causing problems.

[SuperTaz]

Hmmm. I got two navbars already and they are full. I like this idea, but I have no where to put it. lol

[soulface]

don't know about others but if I enable it, its breaks my forum & i get this msg in the header..

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /global.php(786) : eval()'d code on line 92

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /global.php(786) : eval()'d code on line 99

I liked this hack but had to uninstall it for this problem...

[Mecho]

thanks for add exclude option .... i imported new version and these errors shows up in header >

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /global.php(786) : eval()'d code on line 88

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /global.php(786) : eval()'d code on line 95

[Fungsten]

Should v. 1.0 be uninstalled first?

On Edit:

You can upgrade by selecting "Overwrite".

I'm getting this error:


Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /global.php(786) : eval()'d code on line 101

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /global.php(786) : eval()'d code on line 108



Went back to earlier version until the bug is fixed.

[Analogpoint]

I apologize for the bug in version 1.0.1, it's fixed in version 1.0.2

When upgrading, you shouldn't have to uninstall previous versions first. You can just import and select 'overwrite'.

[Fungsten]

:up::up:

[Mecho]

Thank u ... 1.0.2 works fine ( u forgot to change the Admin Screeshot ;) )

suggestion > Usergroup permission instead of Show To Logged In Members Only so we can exclude usergroups too ... just to make it perfect otherwise it s ok now :)

[soulface]

hmmm working fine now...

I'd like to make one feature request...

If Display Main Categories in Separate Columns is set YES, then we can choose how many categories to show in each row before its makes to next column.

[Smoothie]

As released (and supported), this works in 3.6.8. But, you might consider following the instructions in post #10 and It'll probably work in 3.6.5. If you do decide to try it, make sure and let me know if it works out for you.
The instructions you gave in post #10, seem to be a bit off with the latest version you just released.

[ChessMess]

Version 1.0.1 now has the option to exclude certain forums from the menu.




Hmmm that's really strange.
1. First try installing the newest version 1.0.1 and see if that changes anything.
2. If not, try enabling the vB Forum Jump (in General Settings) and see if the same forums are missing.
3. Also, do you know if vbAdvanced makes any changes to the way forum permissions work? If so, that might be causing problems.

Well I upgraded and did the other items and still no dice. A new error shows on the menu now , you can see it as I'll leave the menu there for now. When I set to multi-column it doesn't show the error but the other boards don't appear either.

[Analogpoint]

I'm not sure why but this isn't displaying the majority of our boards, even though you can easily browse to them.

http://www.stgu.com

Any ideas?
Well I upgraded and did the other items and still no dice. A new error shows on the menu now , you can see it as I'll leave the menu there for now. When I set to multi-column it doesn't show the error but the other boards don't appear either.

I'm pretty sure this is not a bug in the product. I just looked and the vB Forum Jump (at the bottom of the pages) is displaying the exact same forums as the Navbar Forum Jump. What you need to do is go to the Forum Manager and edit each forum. Go to the very last option on the page Show this Forum and Child Forums on the Forum Jump Menu and make sure it's set to 'Yes'.

[Analogpoint]

Thank u ... 1.0.2 works fine ( u forgot to change the Admin Screeshot ;) )

suggestion > Usergroup permission instead of Show To Logged In Members Only so we can exclude usergroups too ... just to make it perfect otherwise it s ok now :)
Thanks Mecho. I've updated the Admin screenshot to match 1.0.3 now. Also, about being able to exclude members based on usergroup could be added but I don't think I'll do it. The only point of adding the Show To Logged In Members Only option was to not display the extra HTML to bots/one-time visitors. There's really no reason not to show it to all your members, since it only gives them a shortcut to all the forums they have access to and improves their user experience. If other request the same option, I may consider adding it. I hope you understand.

hmmm working fine now...

I'd like to make one feature request...

If Display Main Categories in Separate Columns is set YES, then we can choose how many categories to show in each row before its makes to next column.
That sounds like a really useful option. Added in 1.0.3.

The instructions you gave in post #10, seem to be a bit off with the latest version you just released.
I'll update those instructions.

[soulface]

thanks Analogpoint, for adding that option. its working gr8 now :D

[Mecho]

If other request the same option, I may consider adding it. I hope you understand.
yea , u right . thanks for explaining :)

also i would like to know how can i add a color or make a title italic for current forum's link ?? i dunno about CSS :)

thank u

[killugood9000]

I am using vbulletin 3.6.8 and I cannot seem to get the forum jump menu to show up in my navbar. I do have a very modified navbar. Actually I have two navbars. Does this add-on use a link (in the navbar template) to show up in the navbar? If so when I import the xml it is not changing anything in the navbar template. What should I add to the template to get it to show in the navbar?:confused:
Thanks cant wat to get it working

[Mecho]

What should I add to the template to get it to show in the navbar?


i had this problem too bcoz of many edits that i did in navbar . but u can use this line to show that option :

$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]
or
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_right]

simply go for edit the navbar Template and put ONE of those line in the template .

hope it helps ;)

[pipedreams]

fab add-on! :D

Am wondering would it be possible to have an option in a future version that will allow users to select if link to the forums in the DHTML drop-down, link to a new thread for the forum, instead of the forum itself?

I say I could change the links in the product templates to do this myself, but said I would say it here first...

[Analogpoint]

yea , u right . thanks for explaining :)

also i would like to know how can i add a color or make a title italic for current forum's link ?? i dunno about CSS :)

thank u

If you want to make the current forum's link bold, italicized, and green, try this:

font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: #090;

Here's some examples of CSS http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_examples.asp

[killugood9000]

Thanks Mecho, but still no luck It doesnt matter where I put
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]
or
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_right]
the forum jump menu refuses to show itself

I DO have "Use 'vBMenu' DHTML Popup Menus?" enabled in vboptions.
and
I do have "Enable Navbar Forumjump Popup Menu" set to yes
:(

[Analogpoint]

Thanks Mecho, but still no luck It doesnt matter where I put
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]
or
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_right]
the forum jump menu refuses to show itself

I DO have "Use 'vBMenu' DHTML Popup Menus?" enabled in vboptions.
and
I do have "Enable Navbar Forumjump Popup Menu" set to yes
:(

If you'd like, PM me with your URL and I'll take a look at the source code to see if any error messages show up. If you want to look yourself, view the page source code and search for navbar_forumjump Tell me if any error messages are showing up.

[ChessMess]

Thanks AnalogPoint that was the problem, the boards were not set to show on the drop downs. And your latest version fixed the other problem.

Mark as Installed!! A++

[Smoothie]

couldn't get this to work. I've made the edits, import the product and added the link. All I get is "Forum Jump" in header, but it does not show the forum jump menu, all it does is link to forumdisplay.

[Phooey]

I've installed this and it works great, but it doesn't appear in my navbar on the root of the site, which is powered by vBadvanced CMPS. I've tweaked my navbar a lot, so I had to insert "$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]" to get it to show up at all, but that doesn't seem to work on vBa pages.

Any ideas?

[carubmun]

Im a complete noob with this stuff, this was my first ever plug in and it worked right outta the box.
Ive got it set up HERE (http://dailysportspages.com/forums/index.php), and while i wish i could customize the sections to not be in sequential order, its still pretty neat.

Is there a way i can have the 3 main sections by themselves, and then all the small sections in one long column at the end?

[killugood9000]

ok ive been doing some research on my site. Turns out that, out of my four styles running it works on only one. The other three aren't even showing up in the navebar. Iv'e been looking over the code in the one style it is working on and no reference to this add-on at all. Not quit sure where its pulling to start the add-on, mabey in the hook system? I'm pretty unfamiliar with the hook system. Any way still trying to figure it out.

[killugood9000]

Ok i got it working on 2 styles now. Only problem I have left is that it wont show on CMPS hompage. The add-on only works on forumhome and forum pages. I'm looking into putting it on the CMPS and i'll let you all know.

[Analogpoint]

couldn't get this to work. I've made the edits, import the product and added the link. All I get is "Forum Jump" in header, but it does not show the forum jump menu, all it does is link to forumdisplay.

Ignore this and install version 1.0.4 :)

Make one last change and it should work. I just realized you said all your links are in your header, and you're not using the navbar template. In the plugin code, find $vbulletin->templatecache['navbar'] And replace it with $vbulletin->templatecache['header'] Also, make sure that you have added $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] in your header where you want the menu to appear.

[Analogpoint]

For those of you who are installing this on 3.6.4, 3.6.5 etc, I've now made this plugin compatible with 3.6.0 to 3.6.8 Just install the lastest version (1.0.4), and if you running less than vB 3.6.8 insert $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] in one of your templates, wherever you want them menu to appear.

couldn't get this to work. I've made the edits, import the product and added the link. All I get is "Forum Jump" in header, but it does not show the forum jump menu, all it does is link to forumdisplay.Try the newest version, I think It'll work for you. (You can ignore post #47 above.)

Ok i got it working on 2 styles now. Only problem I have left is that it wont show on CMPS hompage. The add-on only works on forumhome and forum pages. I'm looking into putting it on the CMPS and i'll let you all know.Try the newest version and be sure to put $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] in the header or wherever you want the menu to show up and see if it works.

fab add-on!

Am wondering would it be possible to have an option in a future version that will allow users to select if link to the forums in the DHTML drop-down, link to a new thread for the forum, instead of the forum itself?

I say I could change the links in the product templates to do this myself, but said I would say it here first...
I've added an optional icon in version 1.0.4 that links to the last post in each forum.

[soulface]

Version 1.0.4 not working on my forum. its not showing any popup. im using a fully customized templates. my forum's navbar links is based on icons rather then text links.

So had to stick with version 1.0.3. can you add a templates in the next version where we can customize the navbar link & popup menu..

thx

[Analogpoint]

Version 1.0.4 not working on my forum. its not showing any popup. im using a fully customized templates. my forum's navbar links is based on icons rather then text links.

So had to stick with version 1.0.3. can you add a templates in the next version where we can customize the navbar link & popup menu..

thx

Is it showing any error message in the HTML source code? (search for navbar_forumjump).

[carubmun]

Question....

Is there a reason this only seems to work with the "default" vB skin?
Im running the current version of vB btw.

Ive installed a few free skins ive downloaded, but the Forum Jump link doesnt show up on any of them.

Still, great add on for vB, props to the coder.

[Smoothie]

I can get the pop-up to work on the default skin only. It will not work on the custom skin. The link shows in the header, but when click for dropdown it doesn't work.

[Smoothie]

Is there a css class defined in the plugin for this link that perhaps isn't in custom skins?

[Analogpoint]

Question....

Is there a reason this only seems to work with the "default" vB skin?
Im running the current version of vB btw.

Ive installed a few free skins ive downloaded, but the Forum Jump link doesnt show up on any of them.


Still, great add on for vB, props to the coder.
Are your other skins vb 3.6.8 compliant? do they have $template_hook variables in them? If not, you'll need to put $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] in your header or navbar template. Also, PM me your URL if you'd like me to take a look.


I can get the pop-up to work on the default skin only. It will not work on the custom skin. The link shows in the header, but when click for dropdown it doesn't work.Could you PM me your URL and I'll see if I can deduce anything from the error messages in the HTML source.

Is there a css class defined in the plugin for this link that perhaps isn't in custom skins?No, there is some CSS included in the output of this plugin, but there isn't anything that would need to be defined elsewhere.

[NitroXploit]

Very useful modification, suggestion if you are willing to take one, an option to limit the number of characters appearing on the name of the section.

[soulface]

Is it showing any error message in the HTML source code? (search for navbar_forumjump).

Since I'm using a custom skin, i had to manually put a navbar link matching with the skin and they were working fine in older version. But with this new version, the popup wont showing.. and not im not getting any kind of error msg..

[carubmun]

Are your other skins vb 3.6.8 compliant? do they have $template_hook variables in them? If not, you'll need to put $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] in your header or navbar template. Also, PM me your URL if you'd like me to take a look.

Could you PM me your URL and I'll see if I can deduce anything from the error messages in the HTML source.


I still havent found a template that i like, just installing random free ones.
Here is my site. (http://dailysportspages.com/forums/index.php)

The skin is supposed to be 3.6.8... but im a noob at this so dont know much about hte other stuff you said.

[letsjoy]

you rocks ;)

[Analogpoint]

I still havent found a template that i like, just installing random free ones.
Here is my site. (http://dailysportspages.com/forums/index.php)

The skin is supposed to be 3.6.8... but im a noob at this so dont know much about hte other stuff you said.

Make sure you have $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] in your navbar template.

[Analogpoint]

Since I'm using a custom skin, i had to manually put a navbar link matching with the skin and they were working fine in older version. But with this new version, the popup wont showing.. and not im not getting any kind of error msg..

Could you PM me your URL and I'll see if I can deduce anything from the HTML source.

[oly51]

Ok i got it working on 2 styles now. Only problem I have left is that it wont show on CMPS hompage. The add-on only works on forumhome and forum pages. I'm looking into putting it on the CMPS and i'll let you all know.I am in the same boat. Cannot get it to show on vBadvanced CMPS homepage.

[Analogpoint]

Ok i got it working on 2 styles now. Only problem I have left is that it wont show on CMPS hompage. The add-on only works on forumhome and forum pages. I'm looking into putting it on the CMPS and i'll let you all know.

I am in the same boat. Cannot get it to show on vBadvanced CMPS homepage.

Try adding template_hook to 'Portal Output Global Variables' in vba and let me know if that does the trick.

[Phooey]

I've installed this and it works great, but it doesn't appear in my navbar on the root of the site, which is powered by vBadvanced CMPS. I've tweaked my navbar a lot, so I had to insert "$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]" to get it to show up at all, but that doesn't seem to work on vBa pages.

Any ideas?
No one has any ideas on how to fix this?

[Analogpoint]

No one has any ideas on how to fix this?

Try adding template_hook to 'Portal Output Global Variables' in vba and let me know if that does the trick.

Did you give that a try? Oh, and also, try the latest version.

[oly51]

Try adding template_hook to 'Portal Output Global Variables' in vba and let me know if that does the trick. That worked. Thanks.
Great add-on, Analogpoint.

[Mecho]

Thanks Analogpoint , works fine on vba too :)

[Analogpoint]

Thanks Analogpoint , works fine on vba too :)
Would you mind sharing exactly what you did to get it to work with vBa? I only ask since there were a few others with the same problem. Thanks.

[oly51]

Would you mind sharing exactly what you did to get it to work with vBa? I only ask since there were a few others with the same problem. Thanks.

How is this?

[jzewatsky]

Very practical and helpful Mod. Thank you very much.

I'm running vBadvanced and have noticed that I get a no input file specified message when I use the forumjump menu from the advanced page. My vba page lives outside the forum directory so the url does not point to my forum. This happens frequently when I add things to my vBadvanced page and usually adding $vboptions[bburl] at the begining of the links fixes the problem . Can someone help me find where in the code I can add $vboptions[bburl] to correct the links.

[oly51]

Very practical and helpful Mod. Thank you very much.

I'm running vBadvanced and have noticed that I get a no input file specified message when I use the forumjump menu from the advanced page. My vba page lives outside the forum directory so the url does not point to my forum. This happens frequently when I add things to my vBadvanced page and usually adding $vboptions[bburl] at the begining of the links fixes the problem . Can someone help me find where in the code I can add $vboptions[bburl] to correct the links.Just noticed that I have the same issue.

[oly51]

I tried this and it works:
Open the product-navbar_forumjump_1.0.4.xml file with an editor.
At line 85
Change:$url = 'forumdisplay.php'.$sess_url.'f='.$forumid;
To: $url = '../forums/forumdisplay.php'.$sess_url.'f='.$forumid;

Note: change "/forums/" to whatever your forums directory is.

Import and overwrite the product.


Update: This was fixed in version 1.0.7

[michaelsilvia]

Got this error for 1.0.4.:

XML Error: not well-formed (invalid token) at Line 1

[Analogpoint]

Try re-downloading the zip file, then extract the XML file and import that.

[yoyoyoyo]

When I log out of my forum the "Forum Jump" is still showing on the login.php?do=logout&logouthash= link, and it is showing forums that should not be viewable by unregistered guests, such as my moderator areas:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

when I go from there to the forum index.php the forumjump is not viewable, but it is on the login page

[Mecho]

Would you mind sharing exactly what you did to get it to work with vBa? I only ask since there were a few others with the same problem. Thanks.

i did the exact thing that u said in this topic (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1338474&postcount=62) .

[Smoothie]

still can't this to work on my custom skin.

[Analogpoint]

still can't this to work on my custom skin.

I took a look at your site and I think I know what's going on. I'll release an update that should fix it on Sunday or Monday. You can go ahead and disable it now and get rid of the extra useless link.

[Phooey]

Did you give that a try? Oh, and also, try the latest version.
Just did both of what you recommended, it works great now. Thanks!

[michaelsilvia]

Installed it again, but nothing shows up.

http://www.sportscardforum.com

I searched and found:

$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]

In my navigation bar. I checked and it is turned on. Any idea?

[oly51]

I tried this and it works:
Open the product-navbar_forumjump_1.0.4.xml file with an editor.
At line 85
Change:$url = 'forumdisplay.php'.$sess_url.'f='.$forumid;
To: $url = '../forums/forumdisplay.php'.$sess_url.'f='.$forumid;

Note: change "/forums/" to whatever your forums directory is.

Import and overwrite the product.One more change is needed to get the "Go to Last Post" feature working with vbadvanced CMPS.
Change the first part of line 82 to:
$lastpostlink = ' <a href="../forums/showthread.php'
Again, change "/forums/" to whatever your forums directory is.
Import and overwrite.

Update: This was fixed in version 1.0.7

[Selene]

thanks

[jzewatsky]

One more change is needed to get the "Go to Last Post" feature working with vbadvanced CMPS.
Change the first part of line 82 to:
$lastpostlink = ' <a href="../forums/showthread.php'
Again, change "/forums/" to whatever your forums directory is.
Import and overwrite.

Thanks Oly, works great!

[Analogpoint]

When I log out of my forum the "Forum Jump" is still showing on the login.php?do=logout&logouthash= link, and it is showing forums that should not be viewable by unregistered guests, such as my moderator areas:

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4590/erroryw7.jpg

when I go from there to the forum index.php the forumjump is not viewable, but it is on the login page

This is a problem with the vB core. The forum jump menu is showing for the same reason that the 'register' link is not showing and the 'search' dropdown is showing instead of just a link to the search page. If, after logging out, you go to the forum home page, you will get the register link, as well as just the 'search' link instead of a drop-down.

But in any case, this is *not* a problem, since the *only* way to get to that page and view the forumjump dropdown, is to actually have the privileges and then log out.

There's not much I can do about it, since at that point the vB core code tells me that the user is still a member-- ie the $show[member] variable still evaluates to true.

[Analogpoint]

For those of you who installed this with vBa, there is now a setting to add a relative URL to prepend to the links, so you don't have to hack the files.

@Smoothie. I've done some testing and I think the latest version (1.0.6) should fix your problem. Overwrite the old version with this one, then in the settings, choose not to auto-display the menu, then in your templates, add $forumjumpmenu where you want the menu to appear.

[Smoothie]

Ok, given it another shot.

[Smoothie]

works, somewhat. Link appears in header, dropdown works, but for some reason it displays under the navbar..It's installed on site, check it out.

[Analogpoint]

works, somewhat. Link appears in header, dropdown works, but for some reason it displays under the navbar..It's installed on site, check it out.

Would you be so kind as to try this?

[Smoothie]

Would you be so kind as to try this?trying now.

[Smoothie]

It's installed, but it does not work as well as 1.0.6. It throws all the other links out of wack and it's still under the navbar.

[Analogpoint]

It must be an issue with the fact that the (hidden) dhtml menu is output right beside the menu link, instead of at the bottom of the template, like with the standard menus. Would you like to try one other tweak to see if that's the problem?

[Smoothie]

hope you got a look because I'm uninstalling this last version you posted for me.

[Smoothie]

It must be an issue with the fact that the (hidden) dhtml menu is output right beside the menu link, instead of at the bottom of the template, like with the standard menus. Would you like to try one other tweak to see if that's the problem?sure.

[Analogpoint]

Try this, and put $forumjumpmenu where you want the menu displayed, and put $forumjumphidden down at the bottom of either your header or navbar templates where it says <!-- NAVBAR POPUP MENUS --> by default that's in the navbar template.

[Smoothie]

For the link dropdowns in the header to work correctly I have to add the id # to my css class. Example,
margin-top: -128px;
margin-left: -50px;

Not sure why the forumjump is displaying under the navbar

[Smoothie]

Try this, and put $forumjumpmenu where you want the menu displayed, and put $forumjumphidden down at the bottom of either your header or navbar templates where it says <!-- NAVBAR POPUP MENUS --> by default that's in the navbar template.
Added like this, in navbar template, still no luck. I'm using the version you posted a few posts above:

<!-- NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->
$forumjumphidden

[Smoothie]

ok, let me try what's posted in post 93

[Smoothie]

Looks like we're 95% of the way home.....give it a look.

[Analogpoint]

ok, let me try what's posted in post 93

It's a forum jump allright, it jumped about 200 pixels down from where it should be :) That must be related to the

margin-top: -128px;
margin-left: -50px;

you were talking about. try adding that for this id as well and you should be set.

EDIT: The link id is navbar_forumjump and the hidden menu's id is navbar_forumjump_menu

EDIT2: Also be sure and add the vertical bar divider between the forum jump menu and the Register link :)

[Smoothie]

It's a forum jump allright, it jumped about 200 pixels down from where it should be :) That must be related to the

margin-top: -128px;
margin-left: -50px;

you were talking about. try adding that for this id as well and you should be set.

EDIT: The link id is navbar_forumjump and the hidden menu's id is navbar_forumjump_menuJumping for sure. Whats the id name?

[Smoothie]

Bingo! You win. Nice work. Strawberry Smoothie, eh? LOL

[Smoothie]

quick question. when set to "Show Link to Last Post in Forum", hovering over the link gives me a $vbphrase[go_to_last_post]

[Smoothie]

EDIT2: Also be sure and add the vertical bar divider between the forum jump menu and the Register link :)Thanks, forgot about that.

[Smoothie]

Any word on why this is happening:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1341384&postcount=101

[yoyoyoyo]

This is a problem with the vB core. The forum jump menu is showing for the same reason that the 'register' link is not showing and the 'search' dropdown is showing instead of just a link to the search page. If, after logging out, you go to the forum home page, you will get the register link, as well as just the 'search' link instead of a drop-down.

But in any case, this is *not* a problem, since the *only* way to get to that page and view the forumjump dropdown, is to actually have the privileges and then log out.

There's not much I can do about it, since at that point the vB core code tells me that the user is still a member-- ie the $show[member] variable still evaluates to true.since the problem seems to be viewing the forum jump menu after a user logs out, and is sent to the login.php page automatically, can't you just add this conditional around the code?
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT !== 'login'">plugin code goes here</if>

and it actually IS a problem, because as I pointed out, guests can view the moderator only forums - that pic I posted was a registered user account, not my admin account, and as you can see the moderator forums are visible to guests - I do not want that.

[Analogpoint]

quick question. when set to "Show Link to Last Post in Forum", hovering over the link gives me a $vbphrase[go_to_last_post]
Fixed in 1.0.7 (also includes the fixes from the strawberry smoothie 'release')

since the problem seems to be viewing the forum jump menu after a user logs out, and is sent to the login.php page automatically, can't you just add this conditional around the code?
added

and it actually IS a problem, because as I pointed out, guests can view the moderator only forums - that pic I posted was a registered user account, not my admin account, and as you can see the moderator forums are visible to guests - I do not want that.
Hmmm, how are you only displaying the menu to your mods? The plugin only has a setting for displaying to logged in members or to everybody.

That being said there is still no problem, since each user will only see the forums that they have permission to see (just like when viewing the forum home page). And even with out the conditional I added, no user could see any forums they didn't already have permission to see, since the user (with proper permissions) would have to be logged in first, then log out to see the page from your screenshot. Unless of course a moderator logged out, left their browser window open, and then a regular user sat down at the same computer and look at the menu. And even in that case, they could only see the forum titles, and wouldn't be able to enter the forums.

In conclusion, guests can't see your moderator forums. :)

[michaelsilvia]

Always fun getting ignored. :(

[yoyoyoyo]

In conclusion, guests can't see your moderator forums. :)Well, that is the problem - I think you are misunderstanding me - I did not create an option to only show this to guest or to mods, etc. - the menu displays forums that the guests shouldn't see - the moderator forums - upon logout in the "Forum Jump" menu on the "login.php" page, which is what I have been saying all along. I guess I am the only one having this problem, so I will drop it.

[yoyoyoyo]

WOOT! I just installed 1.0.7 and it is all fixed - thanks much!

[Analogpoint]

Always fun getting ignored. :(
Sorry, it wasn't on purpose. :(

Installed it again, but nothing shows up.

http://www.sportscardforum.com

I searched and found:

$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]

In my navigation bar. I checked and it is turned on. Any idea?

If you're running vB 3.6.8 and import/overwrite the product with version 1.0.7 it should show up by default.

It looks like you have some other mods that quite possibly use the same template hook $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] probably one of those is overwriting the contents of the template hook instead of adding to it.

I looked at your source code and the hidden menu is actually there, just the link that is attached to the navbar is missing.

Try one of these options:
1. Fix the offending mod(s).
2. Try putting the forumjump menu on the right side of your navbar (in the options)
3. Try manually adding the $forumjumpmenu and $forumjumphidden variables to your templates
4. Change the execution order of the plugins that muck with the $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] variable and put the forumjump menu plugin last (give it a high execution number), so that if another plugin is overwriting the variable, the forumjump will be added last.

[Analogpoint]

NOTE: This issue is cleared up in version 1.0.7, with a workaround for the fact that vB doesn't update the logged in status for the logout page before the plugin code is called.

the menu displays forums that the guests shouldn't see - the moderator forums - upon logout in the "Forum Jump" menu on the "login.php" page

Yes, you are correct, forums that guests shouldn't see are (were in v. 1.0.6) displayed on the forumjump menu when a moderator logs out. BUT, if a guest browsed to the login.php page, they would NOT see the forumjump menu. The only way someone could see it would be to actually log in, and then log out. After you log out, if you hit refresh to re-load the login.php page, the forumjump menu would disappear. So, guests never were able to see forums they didn't have permission to see. I just wanted to clear that up. :)

[Smoothie]

excellent update, thank you.

[oly51]

My members love it. Had a couple of requests from them asking if is was possible to have forums with unread posts highlighted (bold or italic).

[periphrastic]

okay installed & thank you

however, it's not showing up. (i've looked through this thread for answers, but cannot make sense of anything. cannot find the template hook navbar at all)

i think i might need 'beginner's advisement' on this one, if you can

[Analogpoint]

okay installed & thank you

however, it's not showing up. (i've looked through this thread for answers, but cannot make sense of anything. cannot find the template hook navbar at all)

i think i might need 'beginner's advisement' on this one, if you can

Go to the product's options page and follow the instructions in the help items. (the little question mark icon.).

If the automatic display is not working, set it to not automatically display, and then insert these two variables into your templates:

$forumjumpmenu -- where you want the menu to appear.
$forumjumphidden -- at the bottom of the same template.

[Analogpoint]

My members love it. Had a couple of requests from them asking if is was possible to have forums with unread posts highlighted (bold or italic).

Not a bad idea. I'll take a look at it when I get a chance, but if it requires extra queries, I probably won't add it. (right now the product doesn't add any extra queries.)

[periphrastic]

thank you analogpoint for reiterating the instructions, and again for the hack - indeed works well!

[Smoothie]

EDIT2: Also be sure and add the vertical bar divider between the forum jump menu and the Register link :)

Question, which I also asked in the other mod you have, login popup. When I include the vertical pipe between these links, the | shows when the link is not visible. How to include the separator when links are not shown?

[Analogpoint]

Question, which I also asked in the other mod you have, login popup. When I include the vertical pipe between these links, the | shows when the link is not visible. How to include the separator when links are not shown?

In your templates, wherever you have the pipe character, just wrap it in a conditional: :)


<if condition="$vboptions[navbar_forumjump_enable] && $show[popups]"> | </if>

[Smoothie]

In your templates, wherever you have the pipe character, just wrap it in a conditional: :)


<if condition="$vboptions[navbar_forumjump_enable] && $show[popups]"> | </if>


That didn't quite work. I have the fj disabled for guests, but the pipe still shows.

[Smoothie]

This is what I have in the header template:

$forumjumpmenu <if condition="$vboptions[navbar_forumjump_enable] && $show[popups]"> | </if>

[Analogpoint]

This is what I have in the header template:

$forumjumpmenu <if condition="$vboptions[navbar_forumjump_enable] && $show[popups]"> | </if>

It looks like you've got the menu only showing to logged in users.. so, try this:

$forumjumpmenu <if condition="$vboptions[navbar_forumjump_enable] && $show[popups] && ($vboptions[navbar_forumjump_showusersonly] && $bbuserinfo[userid])"> | </if>

That should do the trick.

[Smoothie]

It looks like you've got the menu only showing to logged in users.. so, try this:

$forumjumpmenu <if condition="$vboptions[navbar_forumjump_enable] && $show[popups] && ($vboptions[navbar_forumjump_showusersonly] && $bbuserinfo[userid])"> | </if>That should do the trick.

:up: Perfect, thank you! But if I change it to show menu to everyone, the bar disappears. Anyway to get it to show when needed and not show when not needed, no matter which Navbar Forumjump Options I use?

I tried the first code you posted, but that did not work either.

[Analogpoint]

Yes you're right. My bad.

Here you go.

$forumjumpmenu <if condition="$vboptions[navbar_forumjump_enable] && $show[popups] && (($vboptions[navbar_forumjump_showusersonly] && $bbuserinfo[userid]) || !$vboptions[navbar_forumjump_showusersonly])"> | </if>

Wow, that if statement keeps getting longer and longer. :)

[Smoothie]

Yes you're right. My bad.

Here you go.

$forumjumpmenu <if condition="$vboptions[navbar_forumjump_enable] && $show[popups] && (($vboptions[navbar_forumjump_showusersonly] && $bbuserinfo[userid]) || !$vboptions[navbar_forumjump_showusersonly])"> | </if>Wow, that if statement keeps getting longer and longer. :)

That statement is a work of art. Thanks again.

[carubmun]

Make sure you have $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] in your navbar template.

I still cant figure it out. :confused:

Everytime i try to put in the $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] in either navgbar or header templates... i get things looking really odd and the forum jump doesnt work.

The only way ive gotten the forum jump to work, is to place the $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] within an already written line of code and replace the part that starts with $ with $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left].

But then i get the ForumJump within the QuickLinks dropdown, or some ugly large block where the FAQ or something else used to be.

Bah what im writing probably makes no sense... i suck at this.
This is my forum (http://dailysportspages.com/forums/index.php)if you would be so kind as to take another look....

[carubmun]

Go to the product's options page and follow the instructions in the help items. (the little question mark icon.).

If the automatic display is not working, set it to not automatically display, and then insert these two variables into your templates:

$forumjumpmenu -- where you want the menu to appear.
$forumjumphidden -- at the bottom of the same template.

Ok so i tried again... screw sleep!

I was able to use this to get the forum jump to come up without altering my sites formatting.
Except its not in the navbar :(
If i try it in the navbar i either get nothing, or i get something that moves my formatting around... OR it works but the text inside the forum jump becomes HUGE and there is a weird line through it.

Ive got it to work in the small space under the navbar (http://dailysportspages.com/forums/index.php?).... not perfect but its a start.

[Analogpoint]

Ok so i tried again... screw sleep!

I was able to use this to get the forum jump to come up without altering my sites formatting.
Except its not in the navbar :(
If i try it in the navbar i either get nothing, or i get something that moves my formatting around... OR it works but the text inside the forum jump becomes HUGE and there is a weird line through it.

Ive got it to work in the small space under the navbar (http://dailysportspages.com/forums/index.php?).... not perfect but its a start.

Each menu/link in the navbar is in a table cell. Here's the relevant part of the navbar template, where it shows a table, and each link is in a table cell.

<!-- nav buttons bar -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top-width:0px">
<tr align="center">
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[user_cp]</a></td>
</if>
<if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[register]</a></td>
</if>
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]
<td class="vbmenu_control">$forumjumpmenu</td>
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="5">$vbphrase[faq]</a></td>
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="memberlist.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[members_list]</a></td>
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>
<if condition="$show['popups']">
<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
<else />
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
</if>
<td id="navbar_search" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search]</a> <if condition="$show['quicksearch']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("navbar_search"); </script></if></td>
</if>
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td id="usercptools" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#usercptools" accesskey="3">$vbphrase[quick_links]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools"); </script></td>
</if>
<else />
<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4">$vbphrase[search]</a></td>
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
<else />
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
</if>
</if>
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td>
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#" onclick="window.open('misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=buddylist&amp;focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,me nubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,w idth=250,height=300'); return false;">$vbphrase[open_buddy_list]</a></td>
</if>
</if>
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_right]
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]')">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>
</if>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / nav buttons bar -->

The navbar forumjump menu, when automaically displaying, outputs the menu where the template hooks are ($template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] or $template_hook[navbar_buttons_right] depending on your settings), and the menu is wrapped in <td> tags so that it is put inside a table cell. When autodisplay is off, the menu is not inside <td> tags, since people often want to put it elsewhere, in the header or somewhere else.

If you want to put the menu in the navbar without using the template hooks, just do this:

<td class="vbmenu_control">$forumjumpmenu</td>

then at the bottom of the template put this:

$forumjumphidden

[adnan2007]

Awesome mod.

I was wondering if theres a way to move the jump all the way to the left.

thx

[Analogpoint]

Awesome mod.

I was wondering if theres a way to move the jump all the way to the left.

thx

Thanks.

1. Turn 'auto display' off.
2. Edit the navbar template

2a. Find this part of the template and add the code in red.
<!-- nav buttons bar -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top-width:0px">
<tr align="center">
<td class="vbmenu_control">$forumjumpmenu</td>
<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[user_cp]</a></td>
</if>

2b. Add $forumjumphidden to the bottom of the navbar template.

[carubmun]

Each menu/link in the navbar is in a table cell. Here's the relevant part of the navbar template, where it shows a table, and each link is in a table cell.

The navbar forumjump menu, when automaically displaying, outputs the menu where the template hooks are ($template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] or $template_hook[navbar_buttons_right] depending on your settings), and the menu is wrapped in <td> tags so that it is put inside a table cell. When autodisplay is off, the menu is not inside <td> tags, since people often want to put it elsewhere, in the header or somewhere else.

If you want to put the menu in the navbar without using the template hooks, just do this:

<td class="vbmenu_control">$forumjumpmenu</td>



then at the bottom of the template put this:

$forumjumphidden

You have been great with all your help and now i just feel like a failure at vb..
Ive tried everything you have suggested and i cant seem to make it work right.
I can make it show up on the navbar but it ends up having this huge colored background and then actual ForumJump content comes out huge and with strange colors as well.
Of course it works great with default template, and it worked fine when i reverted certain parts of this template that 3.6.8 asked me to revert.

BTW, on this template... there is no <!-- nav buttons bar --> area in my navbar template, its in my header template.
I tried making the changes in header and in importing your whole bit of code you posted into navgar... but i still got ugly.

I have it up so you can see how it looks. (http://dailysportspages.com/forums/index.php?)

[Analogpoint]

You have been great with all your help and now i just feel like a failure at vb..
Ive tried everything you have suggested and i cant seem to make it work right.
I can make it show up on the navbar but it ends up having this huge colored background and then actual ForumJump content comes out huge and with strange colors as well.
Of course it works great with default template, and it worked fine when i reverted certain parts of this template that 3.6.8 asked me to revert.

BTW, on this template... there is no <!-- nav buttons bar --> area in my navbar template, its in my header template.
I tried making the changes in header and in importing your whole bit of code you posted into navgar... but i still got ugly.

I have it up so you can see how it looks. (http://dailysportspages.com/forums/index.php?)

Don't feel like a failure, it takes some time to learn because it's a complex product. :)

If you want post or PM me with the contents of your header template and I'll try and tell you where to put the links.

[carubmun]

Don't feel like a failure, it takes some time to learn because it's a complex product. :)

If you want post or PM me with the contents of your header template and I'll try and tell you where to put the links.

Thats very awesome of you man.
Thanks for the help and for a great product.
I will PM you the header info.

[carubmun]

Thanks for the great help, its working a lot better now.

I wonder if there is a way to make the jumpmenu show the forums in a different order?
I have made a bunch of forums to not be included in the jump as to allow it to look a bit better, but i still would rather have all the small forums lumped into one row, while keeping the forums with lots of subforums all in one.

[redtailboa]

Can you make this work on the Nav side Menu?

[Analogpoint]

Can you make this work on the Nav side Menu?


I'm not sure what the nav side menu is, but it should work. Follow the instructions in the ACP settings for when you don't auto display the forum jump.

[kyokushin4life]

Thanks for the plugin! I was wondering if you could tell me how to get the font size of the links in forumjump to be smaller? I bet I can change it in style/css? Where could I change this? thank you.

[Analogpoint]

Change the "CSS to Format all Links" in the options from font-size: 1.0em; to font-size: 0.9em; or font-size: 0.8em; or font-size: 0.7em; etc. :)

[kyokushin4life]

Wicked. One problem though. When i use the code. The category font becomes much smaller. The font size of the category is already smaller than other sub categories.

thank you.

[Analogpoint]

Yes, the CSS to Format all Links scales everything in the popup menu. If you want to change that, you'd have to modify the plugin.

If you're up for that, just find every instance of

class='thead'

in the XML file, and change it to

style='font-size:1.2em;' class='thead'

Do this in the XML file, then upload and overwrite the current product. You can change the font-size:1.2em bit to whatever you like.

[kyokushin4life]

Dear Analogpoint,
I think it would be nice to update this in your next version of your product as the category link becomes smaller than other subforum links. It may be just my style(template) but yer neat small feature to have. ;)

[Analogpoint]

Thanks KY,

In the next version, I'll probably put all the HTML in templates. It'll make it easier for anyone who needs to edit things.

[kyokushin4life]

Thanks Analogpoint.

[Flygye]

Hi, i haved downloaded this hack and installed it on my forum, i followed the instructions but i can't get it work.

It doesn't appear on my header.
Can you help me.

Thanks.

[Analogpoint]

PM me (or post here) with your fourm URL and a test user account (if you have it to only show to logged in member), and I'll take a look.

Also, welcome :)

[htscpl]

Thanks for a great mod ! Installed and works great except for one little link. I'm sure I missed something but if you could point me in the right direction...

On the drop down links the first one is "Forums" and should link to the forum home page or index.php. When I'm on the forum home page it links just fine, however, when I'm on Vbadvanced page the link is broken. All the other links work from VBA page just not the first one ??? Any idea as to what I need to do to fix it. A lot of my members goto the index page to view 'what's going on' .

Thanks again for your mod and support. I look forward to your response.
H

[ncangler]

Hi. This looks very interesting and I'd like to use it but before I install it, a couple of questions:

1) My navbar template has been modified with custom drop-down links. Will this product install okay with a modified navbar template?

2) I use vBa CMPS for my home page with several CMPS pages, Photopost, Classifieds, etc. included in the navbar template. Will this work with CMPS?

I'm happy to contribute for the use of this if the answer to the above questions is yes. Thanks for your time. ;)

[Analogpoint]

Thanks for a great mod ! Installed and works great except for one little link. I'm sure I missed something but if you could point me in the right direction...

On the drop down links the first one is "Forums" and should link to the forum home page or index.php. When I'm on the forum home page it links just fine, however, when I'm on Vbadvanced page the link is broken. All the other links work from VBA page just not the first one ??? Any idea as to what I need to do to fix it. A lot of my members goto the index page to view 'what's going on' .

Thanks again for your mod and support. I look forward to your response.
H
Fixed in 1.0.8. Thanks for installing :)

Hi. This looks very interesting and I'd like to use it but before I install it, a couple of questions:

1) My navbar template has been modified with custom drop-down links. Will this product install okay with a modified navbar template?

2) I use vBa CMPS for my home page with several CMPS pages, Photopost, Classifieds, etc. included in the navbar template. Will this work with CMPS?

I'm happy to contribute for the use of this if the answer to the above questions is yes. Thanks for your time. ;)

This would be a 'yes' on both counts.

#1 Try the autodisplay for the navbar forumjump menu, if it doesn't work, then follow the manual instructions in the help on the options page.

#2 Yep.

[ncangler]

Installed and it is working great. Beautiful coding work. Thanks for making this so simple! Let us know where to send a donation. ;)

[nader]

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in C:\AppServ\www\upload\admincp\plugin.php on line 512

[punk23]

Hi there, excellent add on.

Is there any way to speed up the menu as it displays...mine seems a bit slow?

[Pandemix]

Upgraded from 1.0.7 to 1.0.8. Thanks for the mod. :)

[Analogpoint]

Installed and it is working great. Beautiful coding work. Thanks for making this so simple! Let us know where to send a donation. ;)
I believe you can click the "Support Developer" link near the top right of this page to donate via Paypal. Thanks :)

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in C:\AppServ\www\upload\admincp\plugin.php on line 512
Can you send me any more information? I don't even know if this is related to this mod or not.

Hi there, excellent add on.

Is there any way to speed up the menu as it displays...mine seems a bit slow?
The menu is displayed at the same speed as the standard vB popup menus. I don't think there's a setting to modify that.

Upgraded from 1.0.7 to 1.0.8. Thanks for the mod. :)
You're welcome. :)

[yoyoyoyo]

the update did not fix the vbadvanced issue for me

[Analogpoint]

the update did not fix the vbadvanced issue for me
What exactly is the issue you're having? Also, did you fill out the "Link prefix" setting in the options?

[ncangler]

Donation sent! Thanks. ;) BTW I'm trying to figure out how to rename Forum Jump or move it to a drop-down link to conserve navbar space. I'll look thru the thread to see if anyone else has brought this up before. If not and you have some suggestions I'd appreciate it.

[ncangler]

Well I turned off the automatic display in vBulletin Options > Navbar Forumjump Options. Then I edited my navbar template and added <td class="vbmenu_control">$forumjumpmenu</td> where I wanted the link to show up in the navbar and $forumjumphidden at the very end of the navbar template. It worked pefectly except it did not show up in vBadvanced CMPS pages. So I went to vBa CMPS > Default settings > Main Options and added forumjumpmenu to the Portal Output Global Variables list. It now shows up on every page but the link is not working.

One more question too...if I want to change the display name of the link from "Forum Jump" to just "Jump" how would I do that? I tried to add the code as the first link in the drop down "Quick Links" menu and it showed up but did not work. Trying to conserve navbar real estate. :)

[Analogpoint]

Donation sent! Thanks. ;) BTW I'm trying to figure out how to rename Forum Jump or move it to a drop-down link to conserve navbar space. I'll look thru the thread to see if anyone else has brought this up before. If not and you have some suggestions I'd appreciate it.
Thanks for the donation :) To rename the 'forum jump' text, just search for the forum_jump phrase in the phrase manager and edit it.

Well I turned off the automatic display in vBulletin Options > Navbar Forumjump Options. Then I edited my navbar template and added <td class="vbmenu_control">$forumjumpmenu</td> where I wanted the link to show up in the navbar and $forumjumphidden at the very end of the navbar template. It worked pefectly except it did not show up in vBadvanced CMPS pages. So I went to vBa CMPS > Default settings > Main Options and added forumjumpmenu to the Portal Output Global Variables list. It now shows up on every page but the link is not working.

None of the links in the menu (to the different forums) are working? Did you enter a base url to your forums in the 'Link prefix' setting?

[ncangler]

The Forum Jump link shows up in the navbar but it doesn't open up to show the forums or links. You can see it here: http://www.ncangler.com
This is only happening in CMPS pages like the home page, About Us, etc.

[Analogpoint]

The Forum Jump link shows up in the navbar but it doesn't open up to show the forums or links. You can see it here: http://www.ncangler.com
This is only happening in CMPS pages like the home page, About Us, etc.
Make sure you've added both the variables ($forumjumpmenu and $forumjumphidden) to the vBa Portal Output Global Variables list.

[yoyoyoyo]

What exactly is the issue you're having? Also, did you fill out the "Link prefix" setting in the options?oops - overlooked that option - thanks much - working just fine now.

[ncangler]

That was it. I didn't have both in there. Thanks for your help. I've had more duh! moments this week than I care to think about. :D

[jackomo]

Love the NAV bar but is there anyway we can organzie specific forums into columns?

Right now we can only create columns based on categories.

I have a forum with many child forums and sub forums that i would like to organize into columns on the NAV Bar... possible?

[Analogpoint]

Right now that's not possible, but will be considered for a future version.

Currently, you could reorganize your forums/categories and it will be reflected in the navbar forumjump menu as well.

[jackomo]

i'll wait it out for the next version...hopefully it will be soon.. thanks!

[Magnumutz]

Nice hack dude.

[CHSajid]

it works for me but my navbar is in the header, so i added the code in my header but now its showing other image top of the navbar, any way to fix this? i dont need any image behind the text Forum Jump, how to remove it?

[1 Hiking Freak]

I like this mod, extremely useful. Thanx

[princeedward]

million thanks....installed....one question...how can i eliminate or remove the downward arrow icon...? coz normally i remove all my downward arrow to my navbar....

thanks once again and best regards...

;)

[princeedward]

million thanks....installed....one question...how can i eliminate or remove the downward arrow icon...? coz normally i remove all my downward arrow to my navbar....

thanks once again and best regards...

;)anyone who got any idea on this please...:o

[princeedward]

anyone please.....

[princeedward]

...at last after a long wait here...just found myself the solutions how to removed that dropdown arrow on this mod...interested? ...just ask and pm me...anytime...

best regards to all...

:p

[midlandi]

i had this problem too bcoz of many edits that i did in navbar . but u can use this line to show that option :

$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]
or
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_right]

simply go for edit the navbar Template and put ONE of those line in the template .

hope it helps ;)


Nice one, I was having problems, tis sorted it out thanks.:D

[CallieJo]

I tried to test it with vb3.7 beta 6 to see if it would work. Doesn't work. Says not compatible with my version.

Can you please list instructions on how to do the edits myself instead of using the product provided? It would be much appreciated. My template is already heavily modified and I don't mind doing template edits, etc.

Have a splendid day*

[yinyang]

Is a vb3.7 update planned?

[africanw]

I tried to test it with vb3.7 beta 6 to see if it would work. Doesn't work. Says not compatible with my version.

Can you please list instructions on how to do the edits myself instead of using the product provided? It would be much appreciated. My template is already heavily modified and I don't mind doing template edits, etc.

Have a splendid day*

Just modify the XML product file -

From

<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="3.6.0" maxversion="3.6.99" />

To
<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="3.6.0" maxversion="3.8" />

And then import. It seems to work ok.

[carubmun]

I have it on 3.7 RC3 my forum and it works fine.... and i didnt have to modify anything.
I had it on my board when it was 3.6.8, then i upgraded to 3.7 and it didnt show, so i went to plugins and disabled it, then i turned it back on and it showed up.

Now i just have to figure out how to make it look like the rest of my navbar.

Demo on a 3.7 forum: Click Here (http://dailysportspages.com/forums/index.php)

[SBlueman]

If you want to put the menu in the navbar without using the template hooks, just do this:

<td class="vbmenu_control">$forumjumpmenu</td>
then at the bottom of the template put this:

$forumjumphidden


I am using the Top NavBar With Drop Down Menus (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=129074&highlight=topnav) modification and want to add this to my top navbar. Problem is when I do the edits that are suggested the forum jump menu is not showing up for me. Any suggestions?

[SBlueman]

I am using the Top NavBar With Drop Down Menus (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=129074&highlight=topnav) modification and want to add this to my top navbar. Problem is when I do the edits that are suggested the forum jump menu is not showing up for me. Any suggestions?

Anyone?

[maxicep]

There will be for vb 3.7 version ?

[PGAmerica]

It would be very cool if there was a 3.7.0 version of this mod. It is awesome for sites with a lot of forums.

[kyokushin4life]

It works with 3.7. Mine is working..

[SBlueman]

I am using the Top NavBar With Drop Down Menus (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=129074&highlight=topnav) modification and want to add this to my top navbar. Problem is when I do the edits that are suggested the forum jump menu is not showing up for me. Any suggestions?

Anyone have any suggestions for this?

[SABRSox]

It works with 3.7. Mine is working..

I think the issue is that people who didn't install it prior to version 3.7 can't install it.

An version for 3.7 would be greatly appreciated.

[t3nt3tion]

Just edit the XML and change the dependency version from 3.6.99 to 3.8, and it will work.

[Digital Jedi]

Just edit the XML and change the dependency version from 3.6.99 to 3.8, and it will work.
I just happened to try that before reading here and it seems to be working fine on my demo board. I changed it to 3.7.99.

[NolimitMike]

Is a 3.7 happening with this?

[Digital Jedi]

Is a 3.7 happening with this?
Already works in 3.7.

[NolimitMike]

Through the post I have read it does not on a new vb 3.7 if not installed on a prior version? Maybe I missed something

[Digital Jedi]

Through the post I have read it does not on a new vb 3.7 if not installed on a prior version? Maybe I missed something
I tired it on 3.7.2 and I didn't have any problems. I uninstalled it because I had too many subforums and it was just too hugh, but it worked for me. In fact, these where the last two posts in the thread right before you asked about 3.7:

Just edit the XML and change the dependency version from 3.6.99 to 3.8, and it will work.

I just happened to try that before reading here and it seems to be working fine on my demo board. I changed it to 3.7.99.

[StormBreaker]

Thanks for the mod, i installed it in 3.7.3pl1 it work fine.

How can i change the the location of "forums jump" to be before "User CP"

Regards.

[hoseman666]

Now i just have to figure out how to make it look like the rest of my navbar.
Did you ever figure out how to do that? I am having the same problem. Looks great in default but in Aria skin the button looks awful. Would really like to use this mod.

[Front Range]

Just edit the XML and change the dependency version from 3.6.99 to 3.8, and it will work.

Thanks for that, it works perfectly, nice mod.

[edytwinky]

very nice hack!

[limmengwei]

Very useful hack, thanks but I need help on the following:

Is there a way I can set that it only display categories and forums but not sub-forums?

Thanks!

[wicked80]

Hi,
Is there anyway to make this work on a non-vb page?? I have my front-end as wordpress...please help

[Blue Ink]

Installed! Seems to work fine with 3.8.2 as long as you change the max version! Thanks!

[eric8476]

how do you change the columns to show forums of categories?

[Bansheebob]

how do you change the max version? i cant edit this in ie? im useing version 3.8.2

[New Joe]

how do you change the max version? i cant edit this in ie? im useing version 3.8.2

Open the xml file with text editor or whatever and find maxversion="3.7.99" /> and change to maxversion="3.8.99" />

[New Joe]

And yes it works with 3.8.3

[cbiweb]

The 'Forum Jump' menu isn't doing anything. I click and nothing happens. :(

[fizzow]

The 'Forum Jump' menu is working on 3.8.4

I have a question though. How do I position the menu to the far left of the navbar?

Here is how the menu is displayed on my forum :

User CP --- Forum Jump --- FAQ --- Community

I want it to be display like this :

Forum Jump --- User CP --- FAQ --- Community

Sorry, maybe this is a stupid question, but I'm still new with all this stuff.

[vwdforum]

Strange but 've installed this mod, and all the forums list in one column, not as a table, even if I select 5 columns in the admin area

[ninjashoes]

any plans to bring this to 4.0?

[Rafa-el]

Yeap will be great for vB4

[Amiga Harrison]

I've just seen a vB4 forum that seems to be using a jump menu just like this.

Go to http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6 and click on the main "Forum" tab. A jump menu will appear on that site when anywhere other than the main forum homepage. Looks identical to this to mod to me. Any ideas what they are using?

The developer for that forum is on here with some mods so might be worth contacting him to ask.

[yotsume]

VBA Broken Jump Menu

Im using vb3.6.4 on one of my sites. I cant get the jump menu to work on my VBA homepage.

I added to my "Portal Output Global Variables" the following four items:
forumjumpmenu
$forumjumpmenu
$forumjumphidden
template_hookThe jump menu shows up on VBA but will not drop open!

Anyone know how to fix this?

EDIT: SECOND PROBLEM!
The jump menu navbar link doesn't show on custom VBA pages! Uggg
Any fix for this please???

[aseapeople]

Works fine on my forum 3.8.8 http://energeticforum.com

However, the Forum Jump navbar menu link show up everywhere except for the home.php - I have VBadvanced installed.

Any way to make it come up on that page too?

Great mod by the way!