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Alternative Header V3
including Avatar & Dropdowns
based on Alternative Header V2 by ViciousCode
Notice: I keep my code updated if there is a need to.

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Actual Screenshot for vB 4.0.1

http://c-arena.com/downloads/headernew.jpg

Step 1.First of all you need this Hack to get the Alternative Header V3 working:

Avatar in Header - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=230415

Download this and Install this product, but DON'T change the header template, or you get the Avatar twice!

Step 2. This goes on the bottom of headinclude template:

HTML Code:

<style type="text/css">

.user-panel {

font-size: 11px;

font-family: Verdana;

color: #FFFFFF;

border: 0px solid;

background: #7192A8 url(images/gradients/gradient-grey-down.png) repeat-x top left;

line-height: 24px;

}

.spiffyfg{

  background:#7192A8 url(images/gradients/gradient-grey-down.png) repeat-x top left}

</style>

Step 3. - UPDATE Replace the whole header template with the code below (it's the original header template code only added the needed code changes for the Alternative Header V3)

HTML Code:

<div class="above_body"> <!-- closing tag is in template navbar -->

<div id="header" class="floatcontainer doc_header">

        {vb:raw ad_location.ad_header_logo}

        <div><a name="top" href=" " class="logo-image"><img src="{vb:stylevar titleimage}" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_powered_by_vbulletin, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}" /></a></div>

        <div id="toplinks" class="toplinks">



<vb:if condition="$show['member']">

                        <ul class="isuser">

<div style="width: 340px;">

  <div class="spiffyfg">

<table border="0" width="auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="user-panel">

        <tr>

                <td width="60" align="center" style="padding: 5px 6px 5px 12px">

                {vb:raw ss_avatar}</td>

                <td style="padding: 5px 12px 5px 6px;" valign="top" align="left">{vb:rawphrase willkommen} <b><a href="{vb:link member, {vb:raw bbuserinfo}}">{vb:raw bbuserinfo.username}</a></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px; color: #fff; background: #2f4456; text-align: center;"><b><a href="login.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=logout&amp;logouthash={vb:raw bbuserinfo.logouthash}" onclick="return log_out('{vb:rawphrase sure_you_want_to_log_out}')">X</a></b></font><br>{vb:rawphrase last_vis} <b>{vb:raw pmbox.lastvisitdate}</b> {vb:rawphrase at} <b>{vb:raw pmbox.lastvisittime}</b><br>

                <vb:if condition="$notifications_total">

                                <li class="popupmenu notifications" id="notifications">

                                        <a class="popupctrl" href="usercp.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase your_notifications}: <span class="notifications-number"><strong>{vb:raw notifications_total}</strong></span></a>

                                        <ul class="popupbody popuphover">

                                                {vb:raw notifications_menubits}

                                        </ul>

                                </li>

                                <vb:else />

                                <li class="popupmenu nonotifications" id="nonotifications">

                                        <a class="popupctrl" href="usercp.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase your_notifications}</a>

                                        <div class="popupbody popuphover">

                                                <p>{vb:rawphrase no_new_messages}</p>

                                                <p><a href="private.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase inbox}</a></p>

                                        </div>

                                </li>

                                </vb:if>

                <li><a href="usercp.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase header_set}</a></li>

                </td>

        </tr>

</table></div>

</div>

                <vb:else />



                                <ul class="nouser">

                        <vb:if condition="$show['registerbutton']">

                                <li><a href="register.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" rel="nofollow">{vb:rawphrase register}</a></li>

                        </vb:if>                        

                                <li><a rel="help" href="faq.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase help}</a></li>

                                <li>

                        <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js?v={vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}"></script>

                        <form action="login.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=login" method="post" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, {vb:raw show.nopasswordempty})">

                                <fieldset id="logindetails" class="logindetails">

                                        <div>

                                                <div>

                                        <input type="text" class="textbox default-value" name="vb_login_username" id="navbar_username" size="10" accesskey="u" tabindex="101" value="<vb:if condition="$username">{vb:raw username}<vb:else />{vb:rawphrase username}</vb:if>" onfocus="if (this.value == '<vb:if condition="$username">{vb:raw username}<vb:else />{vb:rawphrase username}</vb:if>'){this.value=''; this.style.color='black';}" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value='<vb:if condition="$username">{vb:raw username}<vb:else />{vb:rawphrase username}</vb:if>'; this.style.color='#828282';}"/>

                                        <input type="password" class="textbox default-value" tabindex="102" name="vb_login_password" id="navbar_password" size="10" onfocus="this.style.color='black';" />

                                        <input type="submit" class="loginbutton" tabindex="104" value="{vb:rawphrase log_in}" title="{vb:rawphrase enter_username_to_login_or_register}" accesskey="s" />

                                                </div>

                                        </div>

                                </fieldset>

                                <div id="remember" class="remember">

                                        <label for="cb_cookieuser_navbar"><input type="checkbox" name="cookieuser" value="1" id="cb_cookieuser_navbar" class="cb_cookieuser_navbar" accesskey="c" tabindex="103" /> {vb:rawphrase remember_me}</label>

                                </div>

                        

                                <input type="hidden" name="s" value="{vb:raw session.sessionhash}" />

                                <input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />

                                <input type="hidden" name="do" value="login" />

                                <input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password" />

                                <input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password_utf" />

                        </form>        

                                </li>

                        </ul>

                </vb:if>

        </div>

        <div class="ad_global_header">

                {vb:raw ad_location.global_header1}

                {vb:raw ad_location.global_header2}

        </div>

        <hr />

        {vb:raw ad_location.ad_header_end}

</div>

Step 4. Edit navbar_notifications_menubit template:

Find this:

HTML Code:

<li><a href="{vb:raw notification.link}">{vb:raw notification.total} {vb:raw notification.phrase}</a></li>

Replace it with this:

HTML Code:

<a href="{vb:raw notification.link}">{vb:raw notification.phrase} ({vb:raw notification.total})</a>

Step 5. Upload XML File into "Languages & Phrases" - "Download / Upload Styles" to get all Phrases needed. (CAREFUL: the XML file contains personal translations etc, so you may have to create a backup of you own language first to have your own stuff secured.)

OR

Step 5. Alternative Create 3 phrases ("Languages & Phrases" - "Phrase Manager" - "Add New Phrase") called:

willkommen - for the "Welcome, "
last_vis - for the "Your last visit:"
header_set - for the "Settings"

UPDATE for v1.03 Users:

FIND in the header:

HTML Code:

<img src="{vb:stylevar titleimage}" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_powered_by_vbulletin, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}" />

ADD BEFORE it:

HTML Code:

<a name="top" href="{vb:raw vboptions.site_tab_url}{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" class="logo-image">

and ADD AFTER it:

HTML Code:

</a>

this helps with the "TOP" Issue.

And you are done :)

UPDATE History:

1.00 - Hack released
1.01 - some changes in the Install HOW-TO + language.xml added
1.02 - Style CSS Update (STEP 2)
1.03 - used Phrases explained (STEP 5 Alternative)
1.04 - "TOP" Issue fixed (implemented in STEP 3 + Update HOW-TO for v1.03 Users added) + HOW-TO generally updated

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.01153 seconds Memory Usage 1,809KB Queries Executed 10 (?)
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Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (8)bbcode_html_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (2)pagenav_pagelink (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (10)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
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