Same problem here

Aside from the minor bugs. This is a great add-on. It makes adding links to the navbar idiot-proof.

About the links opening in new window.
I have fixed the problem

Redownload the zip and re-upload the xml product.

@aflax045:
Make sure you upload "product-custom_links(front-end_error_messages.xml"

I get this error when uploading the product xml

Try the solution on post# 37.

Both problems fixed. Great :)

That worked, sorry for not reading.. I'm impatient and I was really really looking forward to a mod like this :D

Good work, this is awesome!

@eNforce & aflax045
I'm glad to hear it.

I'll wait a couple more days and if no one reports any errors I'll take it out of beta.

A nice feature would be to be able to sort the order of the links in the drop down menu, like you would your forums and categories. ;)

Edit: When adding a link with too much text the drop down menu does not expand in width.

Edit 2: How about an option to add categories in the drop down menu? lol I have too many ideas i'll shutup now.

1. I'll add the ability to sort the links in the drop down menu

2. it exapands for me (check the screen shot below)

3. I'll see how to make categories then I'll implement into my script.
Don't shut up, the more ideas the better.

Nice work
Just one question. How do i change the name of the dropdown menu from "Extras" to something else?

crap, I forgot to add that in the phrases.

open navbar and find "Extras"
just replace it with whatever you want

I'd already got the sort feature coded.

I can make categories manually but I don't know how to go about making them automatically.
I'll brainstorm and see if something comes to mind, if not then I'll upload the files.

Thanks

That solves the problem with the name in the Nav bar put it still has Extras in first position in the drop down menu.

sorry pal,
look for "Extras" again. (there's two instances of the word.)

I am the one that should sorry. I looked for another Extras but was blind ;-)

I appriciate if you provide the information on how to create categories manually if you fail to find a way to do it from the adminCP.

Regards and thanks for a great hack

very cool extension

You can now sort the display order in the drop down menu.
New screen shots posted

I still cannot figure out how I would do categories with mysql.
I was so close but I couldn't get it.

Hm... I have this in the forum itself error (with either version of the XML) after uploading:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.0:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM vb_custom_singlelinks WHERE linkid ORDER BY number ASC;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'number' in 'order clause'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Monday, October 24th 2005 @ 04:39:30 PM
Script : http://www.xxx.co.uk/index.php
Referrer : http://www.xxx.co.uk/showthread.php?t=90
IP Address : Bzzt.
Username : TygerTyger
Classname : vb_database

and this error in the Product Manager itself when uploading:

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the

right syntax to use near '-End Error Mess = 'a:4:{s:17:\"custom_link_added\";s:44:\"The c
Error Number : 1064
Date : Monday, October 24th 2005 @ 04:39:23 PM
Script : http://www.xxxr.co.uk/admincp/plugin.php
Referrer : http://www.xxx.co.uk/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address : Bzzt.
Username : TygerTyger
Classname : vb_database

I also have the vbFavorites mod installed, which adds to the navbar as well in case that is relevant.

Re-download the zip and replace "admin_custom_links.php" and import the product. xml.

No dice I'm afraid, same again.

I'm so tired so forgive me.

I'm looking for it.

Do you not want the attachment then?

No worries mate, any and all help is appreciated. If it doesn't work it doesn't work, I'll live.

I don't even know why I asked for it.

re-download the zip and just re-import the product.

Success! After the 10th-odd redownload and import or so it worked. Did you change anything or was that just weird.

I had to change something I overlooked.

Oh well done, thank you. I have some more bad news though (sorry), the drop-down menu does not display added links. Standalone links display correctly. It just has the title Extras in the dropdown menu and then nothing. Not even a blank space.

Open the product xml

Re-import the xml using overwrite.


I was trying something while I was helping and forgot to remove it.

Heh, no problem. Now working perfectly, thanks for the prompt help.

Is there a way to catorgarize links with seperators? ...

If you entered some text for the cat heading but didn't enter a link then the seperator would appear! - sound good?

-b6

There's on more minor bug, if you set the links to open in a new window, they only do so if you click on the link itself in the drop-down menu. Clicking the link background opens the link in the same window.

Are yuou saying that links that are not in the drop down menu opens in a new window regardless of what setting you put them?

you'll have to do it manually.
I'll make a tutorial that will show you how soon

I have taken this hack out of beta.

Hopefully more people will check it out now.

Thnx harmor19, working perfectly.
Only in my CMPS it's not working, maby you have a fix for that :)

Edit: fixed, see below

No, sorry mate. It's working perfectly, except if you click on the link background (the table cell bit that changes colour) it opens the link in the same window, even if it's set for a new window. If you click on the link text itself, it opens in a new window as it should. Very minor, really.

Something else which I believe might have been mentioned, but possibly not...I'm running the Microstats plugin and it is displaying this information:

(1 queries for uncached templates)
Uncached templates: custom_droplinks (1)

No clue if that's right or wrong or what, just FYI.

And I have a small suggestion in case you were interested, would be really nice to be able to specify a 16x16 icon to go with a link you have added as an option.

Thanks for the Extension again, really great stuff.

Oke I have already found a solution to work with CMPS.
In your CMPS settings under Portal Output Global Variables place:
custom_droplinks
custom_singlelinks
Now it's working with CMPS

I see what you mean, I don't know how to fix it.

I'll think about it.

I posted the solution on that hack info thingy at the top.

This is what i have been looking for, for a long long time, should be standard in vBulletin. Where can i edit the formatting of stand alone links? Thanks