Forum Display Enhancements - Tabs Add System for vBulletin 4 (sstab advanced)

Review:
This mod allows you to easily add and remove tabs on the navigation bar using the adminCP. Tabs can appear as "selected" after being clicked, automatically deselecting the other tabs.
You also have the option of indicating which groups are allowed and not allowed to see the tabs via usergroup id.
Tabs may operate as normal select tabs, as drop-down menus. or as links to external sites.

The Hack only use 1 SQL sentence to create All the Menu, no Template edition

This Hack allows you to create tabs at the bar of vBulletin 4.0

Installation:
- Upload all files in the UPLOAD folder to the root of the forum
- Import the product 'product-evbs_sstab_advanced.xml'
- Configure and manage your tabs in the "Tabs vbSoporte" menu in AdminCP
- Do not forget to "Allow Overwrite" if you are Updating to 2.0

20-01-10: ver 1.0

• Create Tabs in vBulletin 4

23-01-10: ver 2.0

• Create/Manager Tabs Drop Down
• Create/Manager Sublinks for Tabs
• Option to Disable FORUM, HOME, BLOG, WHAT'S NEW Defaults vBulletin Tabs and not delete their sublinks menu
• Phrases in native English and all phrases are in variables
• Code with new algorithm for better performance
• Spanish Language (sstab_advanced_spanish.xml)

23-01-10: ver 2.0.1

• Fix some bugs
• Work with vBadvanced CMPS Menu

23-01-10: ver 2.0.2

• Fix menu Tab mix problem
• Define some Rules:
  1. If TABS is a menu -> No process Sublink
  2. If MENU TAB no have Item -> No Process

27-01-10: ver 2.0.3

• Change Title Size from 20 to 50 characters
• Fix Error when not have Tabs
• Add 2 phrases that I forgot to include in the last version
• Fix Groups Permission when is a TAB MENU or TAB with SUBLINK
• Add MultiScript
• Option to TABMODE (THIS_SCRIPT, URL,URL_PARAMETER) Please, READ POST #2
• membergroup with a list and checkbox (option to SET Colums in Config)

12-May-10: ver 2.0.4 (Compatible with vB 4.0.3)

• Fix What's News
• Add Option to ser Imagen to tabs
• Credits in footer can be disable from Option Panel
• Fix Calendar problem
• Fix Option to URL_PARAMETER

19-Jan-11: ver 2.0.5 (Compatible with vB 4.1.1)

• Fix All Hide Options
• Allow to use Phrase as Titles (RULES)
  • If the "Phrase Variable Name" don't exist, them use the TITLE

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About URL_PARAMETER
To use this Option only Write the Part that Always repeat, por example for this URLs:

1. http://x.com/showthread.php?1-Nuevo (Main thread)
2. http://x.com/showthread.php?1-Nuevo&p=13#post13 (Post in thread)
3. http://x.com/showthread.php?1-Nuevo/page2 (One page of thread)

You Only Set:

1. Tab Label = Any Name
2. URL = http://x.com/showthread.php?1-Nuevo (or only http://x.com/showthread.php?1- that have the ID of thread)
3. Tab mode: URL_PARAMETER

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About Phrases as TITLES
When you create a New Element (Tab, menu, etc) You see a box to put only the variable Phrase name


To create New Phrase go to
Languages & Phrases -> Phrase Manager -> Add New Phrase
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Special Thank to
vB Style Taught me about new the CSS system and help me using CSS standards
dieKetzer Betatester and Translator to native English Language

Observation:

• This Hack is FULL AUTO-TEMPLATE but need the default NAVBAR template to work
• This Hack have copyright ad at the bottom of the page (if you use this)

Spanish Version, (Version en Espa?ol, mi lenguaje Primario ) -> Tabs Add System for vBulletin 4 (sstab advanced)

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How to Add Variables Like userid:
if you need to use vBulletin variables to make URL like http://myurl.com/?u={userid} see this Post
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1031

[cloferba]

can i insert a link using variables...for example:

myblog.php-userid ?

[Jhonnyf]

Not in this version, maybe in future

[Fusion2]

Originally Posted by dieKetzer

there are some bugs with the sublinks that Jhonnyf is working on.
as far as linking to multiple cms categories and so on, he is also adding the option to select tabs via URL in addition to the this_script method, which should solve that dilemma.

That will be awesome because i want to use these tabs for CMS sections, with sublinks being the sub-sections, rather then have a left-side menu widget.

Do you know if this was fixed with the last revision?

[WNYorker]

i can't find a tab system that will highlight "Arcade" for my arcade page. Why is this so hard to do? Vbulletin should have this stuff by default.

[Fusion2]

Am i doing something wrong? I installed latest version but sublinks still dont show on sublink menu when i click tabs. Also tabs dont highlight when clicked.

[RK1gaming]

Originally Posted by Jhonnyf

My Hack not do that, you should be do using HTML or use a hook,

Sorry

Ok here it the straight HTML to use

ok so when i use the straight:

<!-- FLASHERIZE CODE BEGIN -->
<a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick='window.open("http://www.rk1gaming.net/ChatRoom/ChatRoom_fixed.html","","height=407,width=650,stat us=1")'>Open Chat</a><div style='z-index:99;position:absolute;visibility:hidden;displ ay:none;left:0;top:0'><a href='http://www.flasherize.com'><font size='1'>Flash Chat</font></a></div>
<!-- FLASHERIZE CODE END -->

It breaks the mod .. and gives me a database error - so I have been taking some of the code to get it to work


So I used this

<a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick='window.open("http://www.rk1gaming.net/ChatRoom/ChatRoom_fixed.html","","height=407,width=650,stat us=1")

like this ( see screenshot )

So the tab works and fires up the external pop up with no issues but it also fires up another page with this link http://www.rk1gaming.net/forum/href= which gets a 404 error

any thoughts ..

[dieKetzer]

open the php file youre trying to link to and look for this line in the code:

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'blahblahblah');

insert the blahblahblah into the 'this_script' field (without the quote marks).
although not chiselled in stone, generally this_script is is the same as the script file name, so maybe try 'arcade'

Originally Posted by WNYorker

i can't find a tab system that will highlight "Arcade" for my arcade page. Why is this so hard to do? Vbulletin should have this stuff by default.

[dieKetzer]

yes, this functionality is included in 2.03, although i have been experiencing an issue with multiple tabs being selected on occasion when using url_parameter. if your links dont use parameters (seo friendly/rewrite links) use url instead. i think certain links will always use parameters, but i have no cms to test with.

so try:
use an absolute url (http://blahblah/page.php?action=blah). relative urls will fail.
select 'url_parameter'
leave 'this_script' blank.

Originally Posted by Fusion2

That will be awesome because i want to use these tabs for CMS sections, with sublinks being the sub-sections, rather then have a left-side menu widget.

Do you know if this was fixed with the last revision?

[dieKetzer]

sublinks will never appear if the tab is not selected. sub links are dependant upon the tab being in a selected state.
once you manage to get the tab to select the sub links will function.

Originally Posted by Fusion2

Am i doing something wrong? I installed latest version but sublinks still dont show on sublink menu when i click tabs. Also tabs dont highlight when clicked.

[dieKetzer]

in a few hours i will try to see what can be done.

Originally Posted by RK1gaming

Ok here it the straight HTML to use

ok so when i use the straight:

<!-- FLASHERIZE CODE BEGIN -->
<a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick='window.open("http://www.rk1gaming.net/ChatRoom/ChatRoom_fixed.html","","height=407,width=650,stat us=1")'>Open Chat</a><div style='z-index:99;position:absolute;visibility:hidden;displ ay:none;left:0;top:0'><a href='http://www.flasherize.com'><font size='1'>Flash Chat</font></a></div>
<!-- FLASHERIZE CODE END -->

It breaks the mod .. and gives me a database error - so I have been taking some of the code to get it to work


So I used this

<a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick='window.open("http://www.rk1gaming.net/ChatRoom/ChatRoom_fixed.html","","height=407,width=650,stat us=1")

like this ( see screenshot )

So the tab works and fires up the external pop up with no issues but it also fires up another page with this link http://www.rk1gaming.net/forum/href= which gets a 404 error

any thoughts ..