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

[RK1gaming]

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")



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

so I fixed the 404 by dropping the <a href= but it still wants to fire up another tab at least its the forum page again so not to bad ...

I just want it to fire up the chat pop up and not another forum url

[Fusion2]

Originally Posted by 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.

I tried this, and it still shows the "Featured Articles" sublinks, not the sublinks i created.

I disabled home, blogs, forum and still nothing. I disabled sublinks from homepage and still nothing. I tried every combination i could use and nothing seems to work at getting sublinks to show, or tabs to get highlighted.

Simply put, I created several tabs that link to CMS sections. When the user clicks on these tabs it loads that CMS section without error. But, it does not display the sublinks that i created and associated to those tabs. These sublinks are url's that point to CMS sub-sections.

For example, I have a tab called "Travel" which points to my CMS Section called "Travel". I also have several sublinks called "Florida Travel", "Travel Companions" etc. Each of these sublinks points to a CMS sub-section under the Travel Section.

The two problems are that the Tab doesnt highlight when clicked on. And the sublinks dont show at all. All that shows was the default CMS Home sublinks.

[Rob F]

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.

This tab system does work for highlighting the arcade tab.

Originally Posted by dieKetzer

although not chiselled in stone, generally this_script is is the same as the script file name, so maybe try 'arcade'

Good guess, and it worked for me when I installed the 2.0.2 version of this mod the other day to run with the ibProArcade.

URL - arcade.php
THIS_SCRIPT - arcade
Target - _self

Works brilliantly, and now with 2.0.3 I can link a tab direct to a particular article with correct tab staying highlighted! Thanks Jhnnyf

[dieKetzer]

good work!
you have _blank set, and that makes it launch the extra window.
i also changed the url a little and this worked perfectly:
'javascript:void(0)' onclick='window.open("http://www.rk1gaming.net/ChatRoom/ChatRoom_fixed.html","","height=407,width=650,stat us=1")

jhonnyf will be pleased as punch to see this worked!

Originally Posted by RK1gaming

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")



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

so I fixed the 404 by dropping the <a href= but it still wants to fire up another tab at least its the forum page again so not to bad ...

I just want it to fire up the chat pop up and not another forum url

[dieKetzer]

can you post a link formatted in the manner youre talking about? i dont even know what a cms link looks like. is it affected by vb's friendly url options?

Originally Posted by Fusion2

I tried this, and it still shows the "Featured Articles" sublinks, not the sublinks i created.

I disabled home, blogs, forum and still nothing. I disabled sublinks from homepage and still nothing. I tried every combination i could use and nothing seems to work at getting sublinks to show, or tabs to get highlighted.

Simply put, I created several tabs that link to CMS sections. When the user clicks on these tabs it loads that CMS section without error. But, it does not display the sublinks that i created and associated to those tabs. These sublinks are url's that point to CMS sub-sections.

For example, I have a tab called "Travel" which points to my CMS Section called "Travel". I also have several sublinks called "Florida Travel", "Travel Companions" etc. Each of these sublinks points to a CMS sub-section under the Travel Section.

The two problems are that the Tab doesnt highlight when clicked on. And the sublinks dont show at all. All that shows was the default CMS Home sublinks.

[dieKetzer]

thanks for letting us know it works. ill add it to post #3

Originally Posted by Rob F

This tab system does work for highlighting the arcade tab.


Good guess, and it worked for me when I installed the 2.0.2 version of this mod the other day to run with the ibProArcade.

URL - arcade.php
THIS_SCRIPT - arcade
Target - _self

Works brilliantly, and now with 2.0.3 I can link a tab direct to a particular article with correct tab staying highlighted! Thanks Jhnnyf

[dieKetzer]

i have updated post #3 with a quickstart guide for this mod.

[RK1gaming]

Originally Posted by dieKetzer

good work!
you have _blank set, and that makes it launch the extra window.
i also changed the url a little and this worked perfectly:
'javascript:void(0)' onclick='window.open("http://www.rk1gaming.net/ChatRoom/ChatRoom_fixed.html","","height=407,width=650,stat us=1")

jhonnyf will be pleased as punch to see this worked!

Yea doh .. set it to self and it worked .. i thought i did test self but maybe not -- thanks for your help and patience

[Jhonnyf]

Originally Posted by dieKetzer

good work!
you have _blank set, and that makes it launch the extra window.
i also changed the url a little and this worked perfectly:
'javascript:void(0)' onclick='window.open("http://www.rk1gaming.net/ChatRoom/ChatRoom_fixed.html","","height=407,width=650,stat us=1")

jhonnyf will be pleased as punch to see this worked!

nice trick, It's the same process to Inject SQL

And thank you to all for this MOTM for February 2010
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=234672

[SnitchSeeker]

I voted for you Johnny. Thanks! Much more useful than the mod thats currently in the lead. ( no offense to him. ) you deserve to win.

I look forward to your next update with sub-forum and thread support!