vBadvanced CMPS Navigation v1.11
 

vBadvanced CMPS
Navigation v1.11



What does this hack do ?

This module allows a better integration of the navbar in vBadvanced CMPS portal. It changes the root of your forums to CMPS index page instead of your forumhome.

• Case number 1 : you're on your portal page
  The navbar will display the short welcome message with the name your website.
• Case number 2 : you're on forumhome
  The navbar will display the name of your site with the "forum" suffix.

You didn't catch a word of what i said. So just look at pictures ;)


Install

To install this module, you have the choice between the automatic or the manual install. The second is to use when you have heavily made changes in your navbar template.

Automatic Install
Just import the xml product file. That's all.

Manual install
Edit the navbar template as follow.

Search :

Code:

---

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

---

Replace with :

Code:

---

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

---

Search :

Code:

---

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

---

Replace with :

Code:

---

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

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N.B :

• This hack can't be redistributed without my agreement.
• I do not allow french "vb-ressources" forum to use it. For french forum, please go here.

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

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

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

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

found it! .. :)

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

Couple of things ..

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

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

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

OK :)

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

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

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

The 1.1 version should now work as you want ;)

Perfect! Thank you!

:)