Mini Mods - Advanced Navbar Links

Author: Andrew Harmor
Version: 2.0.2
File Edits: 0
Template Edits: 2
Difficulty: Easy


Description:
You can add links or multiple menus to the navbar quickly through a form. Specify which usergroups can see each link via the permissions system.


F.A.Q.
Q: Why aren't the links showing?
A: Edit the link in your Admin CP and check the usergroup permissions

Q: All the links I made from the last version are gone
A: Go into phpmyadmin and select your vbulletin database.
Browse the table named "custom_droplinks". Change all the "catid's" with 0 to 1.
Go into your ACP --> Advanced Navbar Links --> Modify/Delete The links should show up under the first category. You can edit the links from here and select a different category to place it in.

Q: How do I get the links to appear on vBAdvanced?
A: Go into your ACP --> vBa CMPS --> Default Settings
Look for "Portal Output Global Variables". Add the following into the text area.

custom_singlelinks
custom_droplinks
custom_droplinks_cat

If you install this mod please press the "Install" button.

--Change Log--
1.0.0 - Initial Release

1.0.1 - took out the code that automatically added HTML to the navbar. I thought having it do it automatically was cool but can be annoying because you can't easily customize the class or placement

2.0.0 - Added the functionality to add multiple drop down menus

2.0.1 - Added missing table prefixes

[Aros]

Ouch.. You may want to take a look at the way you're using the template system - Right now you may aswell not use templates as you use PHP to output the HTML. This makes it really difficult to customize the hack.

[Atsuko]

Originally Posted by Aros

Ouch.. You may want to take a look at the way you're using the template system - Right now you may aswell not use templates as you use PHP to output the HTML. This makes it really difficult to customize the hack.

Dear Aros,

Thank you , and would you teach how and where I should check and fix?

[DiverTree]

Originally Posted by PimvanJ

global $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox, $custom_singlelinks,

Originally Posted by PimvanJ

global $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox, $custom_droplinks;

one says to add $custom_singlelinks, and the other says to add $custom_droplinks in the functions.php ... but, neither one work by themselves or with each other to get the links to show up in my arcade. i love this hack so if anybody would mind helping me out on this it would be greatly appreciated. im running vb 3.6.8 with the ibproarcade 2.6.3. any ideas?

should the line end with a ";" or a ","?

i found out the hard way that it ends with a semicolon.

[DiverTree]

Originally Posted by DiverTree

one says to add $custom_singlelinks, and the other says to add $custom_droplinks in the functions.php ... but, neither one work by themselves or with each other to get the links to show up in my arcade. i love this hack so if anybody would mind helping me out on this it would be greatly appreciated. im running vb 3.6.8 with the ibproarcade 2.6.3. any ideas?

should the line end with a ";" or a ","?

i found out the hard way that it ends with a semicolon.

if i add ...

... $session, $show, $pmbox, $custom_singlelinks, $custom_droplinks;

at the end of line 1241 in the arcade functions.php file, the single links show up, but the dropdown links dont show up at all. could the arcade navbar just underneith the forums navbar be effecting it?

[DiverTree]

it took me a little while, but i got it. i added this to get all the links to work in the arcade ...

$custom_droplinks_cat, $custom_droplinks, $custom_singlelinks;

thank you everything is working great.

[ETDC]

Working well with 3.6.8. Thanks.

? How do I move the position of my links/dropdowns along the navbar?

? The links are opening fine in a new window but they're quite large and 'square' in shape; how do I get the new window to follow existing dimensions for all users?

Great mod.

[youradhere4222]

I'm sorry... but where the hell are the controls for this? I've been looking all over the ACP.

[StreetTriple]

nice mod!
in the next release, can you add an option to select background color for the new link in navbar?

[yotsume]

Second Navbar For The Links

Is it possible to get this hack to make a second navbar on top of the breadcrumb box. So when you add menus and links they go in a second navbar and not the default.

How can I make a second navbar for this hack?

[oatsy]

Originally Posted by youradhere4222

I'm sorry... but where the hell are the controls for this? I've been looking all over the ACP.

In the left menu panel in AdminCP. 6 or 7 down, depending on what other hacks you might have. Under 'Forums & Moderators' for me.