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abdulbasitsaeed 04-02-2010 10:00 PM
[HOW TO - vB4] Add Icons to the Navigation Bar Tabs
 
Hi there, everyone! :)

Prior to the vBulletin 4.0 upgrade, I had these neat little icons in the navigation bar of my v 3.8 forum's theme. Since I upgraded the forums, I wanted to put these icons back once again. However, with the rewrite of the whole code, I was at a complete loss as to where to make these changes.

After a lot of searching and hit and trial, however, I did manage to come up with something that suited my needs. So I thought I'd write an article myself, with the hope that it would help others trying to do something similar. :)

These template modifications allow you to add icons to the tabs in the Navigation Bar, right below the logo, as shown in the image below:


I'll stick with the default Navigation Bar tabs, i.e. Home, Forum, Blogs and What's New. Although you may use images of any size, but since I did not want to meddle too much with the default design / layout, I resized all the images to 24px ? 24px.

Note: I have colour coded all code edits / additions in red to make it easier to see what has been added.
------------------------------

"Home" Tab: (2 modifications needed in only 1 template)

In your Admin Control Panel (ACP), go to:

ACP > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Double arrows on the right of the style you want to edit (Expand Templates) > vBulletin CMS Templates > vbcms_navbar_link

Here, look for the following code:

Code:
<vb:if condition="$vboptions['selectednavtab'] == 'vbcms'">
<li class="selected">
    <a class="navtab" href="{vb:raw vboptions.site_tab_url}{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase site}</a>
Replace this with:

Code:
<vb:if condition="$vboptions['selectednavtab'] == 'vbcms'">
<li class="selected">
    <a class="navtab" href="{vb:raw vboptions.site_tab_url}{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}"><img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" /> {vb:rawphrase site}</a>
Now find:

Code:
<vb:else />
    <li><a class="navtab" href="{vb:raw vboptions.site_tab_url}{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase site}</a></li>
Replace with:

Code:
<vb:else />
    <li><a class="navtab" href="{vb:raw vboptions.site_tab_url}{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}"><img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" /> {vb:rawphrase site}</a></li>
Remember to press "Save" after making these changes to the template.
------------------------------

"Forum" Tab: (3 modifications needed in only 1 template)

In your Admin Control Panel (ACP), go to:

ACP > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Double arrows on the right of the style you want to edit (Expand Templates) > Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates > navbar

Here, look for the following code:

Code:
<vb:if condition="!$vboptions['selectednavtab'] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'search'">
            <li class="selected"><a class="navtab" href="{vb:raw vboptions.forumhome}.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase forum}</a>
Replace this with:

Code:
<vb:if condition="!$vboptions['selectednavtab'] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'search'">
            <li class="selected"><a class="navtab" href="{vb:raw vboptions.forumhome}.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}"><img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" /> {vb:rawphrase forum}</a>
Now find:

Code:
<vb:elseif condition="$vboptions['selectednavtab']=='usercp'" />
            <li class="selected"><a class="navtab" href="{vb:raw vboptions.forumhome}.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase forum}</a>
Replace with:

Code:
<vb:elseif condition="$vboptions['selectednavtab']=='usercp'" />
            <li class="selected"><a class="navtab" href="{vb:raw vboptions.forumhome}.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}"><img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" /> {vb:rawphrase forum}</a>
Finally find:

Code:
<vb:else />
            <li><a class="navtab" href="{vb:raw vboptions.forumhome}.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase forum}</a></li>
Replace with:

Code:
<vb:else />
            <li><a class="navtab" href="{vb:raw vboptions.forumhome}.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}"><img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" /> {vb:rawphrase forum}</a></li>
Remember to press "Save" after making these changes to the template.
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"Blogs" Tab: (2 modifications needed in only 1 template)

In your Admin Control Panel (ACP), go to:

ACP > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Double arrows on the right of the style you want to edit (Expand Templates) > Blog Templates > blog_navbar_link

Here, look for the following code:

Code:
<vb:if condition="$vboptions['selectednavtab'] == 'vbblog'">
<li class="selected">
    <a class="navtab" href="blog.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase blogs}</a>
Replace this with:

Code:
<vb:if condition="$vboptions['selectednavtab'] == 'vbblog'">
<li class="selected">
    <a class="navtab" href="blog.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}"><img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" /> {vb:rawphrase blogs}</a>
Now find:

Code:
<vb:else />
    <li><a class="navtab" href="blog.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase blogs}</a></li>
Replace with:

Code:
<vb:else />
    <li><a class="navtab" href="blog.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}"><img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" /> {vb:rawphrase blogs}</a></li>
Remember to press "Save" after making these changes to the template.
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"What's New" Tab: (4 modifications needed in only 1 template)

In your Admin Control Panel (ACP), go to:

ACP > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Double arrows on the right of the style you want to edit (Expand Templates) > Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates > navbar

Here, look for the following code:

Code:
<vb:if condition="$show['member']">
            <li  class="selected"><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post" accesskey="2">{vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a>
Replace this with:

Code:
<vb:if condition="$show['member']">
            <li  class="selected"><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post" accesskey="2"><img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" /> {vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a>
Now find:

Code:
<vb:else />
            <li  class="selected"><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getdaily&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post" accesskey="2">{vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a>
Replace with:

Code:
<vb:else />
            <li  class="selected"><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getdaily&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post" accesskey="2"><img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" /> {vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a>
Find:

Code:
<vb:elseif condition="$show['member']" />
            <li><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post" accesskey="2">{vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a></li>
Replace with:

Code:
<vb:elseif condition="$show['member']" />
            <li><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post" accesskey="2"><img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" /> {vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a></li>
Finally find:

Code:
<vb:else />
            <li><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getdaily&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post" accesskey="2">{vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a></li>
Replace with:

Code:
<vb:else />
            <li><a class="navtab" href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getdaily&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post" accesskey="2"><img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" /> {vb:rawphrase getnew_tab}</a></li>
Remember to press "Save" after making these changes to the template.

borbole 04-04-2010 12:07 AM
Nice tip, however the img tag misses the required alt attribute :)

This code:

HTML Code:
<img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" />

Should be:

HTML Code:
<img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" />

NashChristian 04-04-2010 03:23 AM
Hello,

Are you sharing the images too, or just the code? Thanks for taking the time to document this! :)

abdulbasitsaeed 04-04-2010 04:05 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by borbole (Post 2015382)
Nice tip, however the img tag misses the required alt attribute :)

This code:

HTML Code:
<img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" />
Should be:

HTML Code:
<img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" />
Thank you very much, borbole. I've added the alt tag to the replacement codes. :)

--------------- Added [DATE]1270357680[/DATE] at [TIME]1270357680[/TIME] ---------------

Quote:
Originally Posted by NashChristian (Post 2015434)
Hello,

Are you sharing the images too, or just the code? Thanks for taking the time to document this! :)
You're welcome. :)

I didn't add the images, thinking that everyone has his own liking and preference. There are plenty of sites where you can download free icons / images. Just google around a bit.

If you're interested in the ones that I have, you can PM me. :)

Uskana 05-01-2010 08:52 PM
Hi
on <img src="path_of_image" border="0" align="top" alt="" /> , where should i put the name of a image ? between alt=" here ", or src="menues/image.jpg."?
Wich format should it be? JPG GIF or ???

abdulbasitsaeed 05-01-2010 11:26 PM
The name and extension of the image should replace path_of_image in the above code. e.g.

Code:
img src="http://forum.com/image.jpg" border........
The format should be the same as that of the image itself, which can be either bmp, jpg, gif, png etc.

Uskana 05-02-2010 06:56 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by abdulbasitsaeed (Post 2030373)
The name and extension of the image should replace path_of_image in the above code. e.g.

Code:
img src="http://forum.com/image.jpg" border........
The format should be the same as that of the image itself, which can be either bmp, jpg, gif, png etc.

It works. Thank you.

abdulbasitsaeed 05-02-2010 08:01 AM
You're welcome. :)

as7apcool 05-04-2010 02:17 AM
thanks 4 good & nice work

chriske 05-10-2010 11:08 PM
How can i use it with this mod: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233629 ?


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