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

[dancop]

Originally Posted by Jhonnyf

For the Next Version

Thanks. So I'm loking forward to see your new version of the mod supporting localization and vbphrase varname. It will be a great addition to any multilingual site

[RK1gaming]

quick question ..

I have a chatroom we use on my forum I want to give it a tab but I want it to open up in a new window

this is what I would use in the past on the old nav bar

<td class="vbmenu_control"><!-- FLASHERIZE CODE BEGIN -->
<a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick='window.open("http://www.xxxxxxxxx.net/ChatRoom/ChatRoom_fixed.html","","height=407,width=650,stat us=1")'>Forum 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 -->

How can I get this to work with this mod

thanks in advanced

[dieKetzer]

somebody please verify:
when disabling the default 'forum' link,

• the default sublinks still appear when browsing the forum.
• forum tab reappears on vbadvanced index, ispy, subscription*

*note that vba index, ispy, and subscription are all present in the menu using 'this_script'
i suppose a useful test is whether the forum tab is reappearing on pages that are linked to the menu itself, perhaps the use of 'this_script' being a factor.

[dieKetzer]

while attempting to override the above anomalous behaviour by manually creating a new forum tab (failed) i encountered this curiosity... despite selecting 'url' and entering a full url, the 'this_script' data is being inherited by an earlier tab!

image a is the settings used in the actual tab
image b is the result in the overview

[hohleweg]

Hi
Great hack but i dont want the the menue tilt up
picture 1

Better i have the new menue in the underline
picture 2

how can i make this?
Greetings Jo

[dieKetzer]

picture 1 is 'drop down' links
picture 2 is sub nav links.
either are an option.

if you want to add links as in picture 2, first do not select 'This Tab is a Menu' for the button 'rund ums forum'. then add each sublink through 'sub nav links', be sure to associate each sub link with a parent tab, 'rund ums forum' in your case.

Originally Posted by hohleweg

Hi
Great hack but i dont want the the menue tilt up
picture 1

Better i have the new menue in the underline
picture 2

how can i make this?
Greetings Jo

[hohleweg]

Hi
The first is ok
but i dont see the sub menue?
Whats wrong?
Jo

[dieKetzer]

the problem is in the second image.
- you will need to specify a page for 'rund ums forum'. if you do not, default sub nav links will load.
- you will need to set a 'this_script' for 'rund ums forum', or else the tab will not 'select', and the sub nav links will not appear.

for an experiement, try to link your rund tab to /subscription.php, and set the 'this_script' to subscription. you should see your rund tab select and your sub links appear.
for this tab type to function properly you need to link it to a proper page.

[RK1gaming]

Originally Posted by RK1gaming

quick question ..

I have a chatroom we use on my forum I want to give it a tab but I want it to open up in a new window

this is what I would use in the past on the old nav bar

<td class="vbmenu_control"><!-- FLASHERIZE CODE BEGIN -->
<a href='javascript:void(0)' onclick='window.open("http://www.xxxxxxxxx.net/ChatRoom/ChatRoom_fixed.html","","height=407,width=650,stat us=1")'>Forum 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 -->


How can I get this to work with this mod

thanks in advanced

any thoughts --

[Jhonnyf]

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

Sorry