vBulletin Blog - Blog dropdown menu in navbar

Blog dropdown menu in navbar

• Creates a more easy way to navigate your vBulletin Blog product for your forum.

Demo: http://www.letsgather.net/

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navbar

FIND
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		$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]

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REPLACE with:
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		<if condition="$vbulletin->products['vbblog']">
			<td id="blog_menu" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#blog_menu">$vbphrase[blogs]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("blog_menu"); </script></td>
		</if>

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FIND:
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		</table>
	</div>
	<!-- / user cp tools menu -->

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ADD after:
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	<!-- blog_menu -->
	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="blog_menu_menu" style="display:none">
		<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
			<tr><td class="thead"><a href="blog.php">$vbphrase[blogs]</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="blog.php?do=bloglist">Blog Directory</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="blog.php?do=bloglist&blogtype=best">Best Blogs</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="blog.php?do=list&blogtype=best">Best Entries</a></td></tr>
			<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="blog_search.php?do=search">Find Blogs</a></td></tr>
		</table>
	</div>
	<!-- / blog_menu -->

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Done!

Please keep in mind also some other mods are using the $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] hook. (vBulletin Project Tools, GTUserCP Interface + UserCP navbar menu by Princeton)

By removing this, also all other mods/tabs will reposition this same way and need to be manually added after. I currently haven?t found a working solution for this yet.

Also keep in mind this template modification is currently unphrased. Feel free to do this if you prefer.

All the best,

Cor

[S7rik3R]

Does this mod only works for vbulletin blogs ?? or does it works towards wordpress as well.

[Taragon]

Originally Posted by S7rik3R

Does this mod only works for vbulletin blogs ?? or does it works towards wordpress as well.

Hello S7rik3R,

The modification as shown above works only with vB Blog, however is easy adjustable.
There also is quite a large guide about creating extra menus for vBulletin at vBulletin.com if you would like to know more about this.

[Gemma]

Thank you

[Cigarcritic]

Works great, thanks! Clicks installed

[jlew24asu]

installed! thank you

[theOZer]

I have hacks 'New Thread' and 'All Albums' installed and this navbar template change, replacing $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] completely trashed these 2 hacks off my navbar. They're now gone.

[Hornstar]

Thanks for suggesting it to vb. They will now have this default in the next update ^^

[Baldilocks]

Originally Posted by theOZer

I have hacks 'New Thread' and 'All Albums' installed and this navbar template change, replacing $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left] completely trashed these 2 hacks off my navbar. They're now gone.

Yep, I ran into the same problem.

[yotsume]

I do not see why we have to have a separate mod for making a blog drop down menu. This can be achieved already with full customization using this hack: Advanced Navbar Links to create the drop menu or any menu you want.

You can use full permissions per link and menu as well as images next to the links. Look at my attached screen shot. Even though the Advanved Navbar Links hack says vb.3.6x it works perfect on vb3.7x!

Anyway this drop menu I guess is useful for people who don't use the ANL hack which is crazy in my mind. Should be standard code in VB! It gives you full control of your navbar!