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boodog · #1 03-19-2011, 10:49 AM

Here's a link to my site.

Question: I have buttons to my various forums on my navbar, but when in these forums only the main FORUMS button stays selected (such as when you're in Tips Archive or Buy & Sell). Other buttons work as they should. How can I make each button stay selected when in the respective forum?

I'll bet whizkid Lynne will know how to fix this!

Lynne · #2 03-19-2011, 04:23 PM

You make them active by creating conditions that say "if on this page, then this one is selected". I don't know how you added them, but I know if you read my article about adding them via a plugin, then that plugin includes the condition line (that you would need to change depending on your own tab).

boodog · #3 03-20-2011, 09:45 AM

Lynne: I added code I found in a post on vb.com to add a few buttons to my navbar, but I think the problem is the definitions.

If my navbar buttons link to forums, do I need to define them in forumdisplay.php? I made a plugin per your instructions and got it to correctly link to forumdisplay.php?6, but the button doesn't stay selected when in that forum. I think I'm just one or two steps away from making this work correctly.

Lynne · #4 03-20-2011, 03:16 PM

If the button isn't staying selected in that forum, then your condition is not valid to make it stay active. What condition did you use that is *unique* to that page?

boodog · #5 03-22-2011, 11:34 AM

I used your plugin instructions and it worked beautifully! Thank you so much for what you do and for your support.

I did find one bug...I tried to make links for Who's Online and PM's and it produced an error when an apostrophe is used. Not a big deal at all but I thought I'd mention it in case someone else has trouble and thinks they accidentally screwed up the code somewhere (like I thought I did).

Lynne · #6 03-22-2011, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by boodog

I used your plugin instructions and it worked beautifully! Thank you so much for what you do and for your support.

I did find one bug...I tried to make links for Who's Online and PM's and it produced an error when an apostrophe is used. Not a big deal at all but I thought I'd mention it in case someone else has trouble and thinks they accidentally screwed up the code somewhere (like I thought I did).

You need to escape apostrophes when you use them inside text that is surrounded by apostophes.

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boodog · #7 03-22-2011, 05:18 PM

Thank you, Lynne. My apologizes for saying it was a bug!

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