Custom Navbar Links

Author: Andrew Harmor
Version: 1.20
File Edits: 0
Template Edits: 1
Difficulty: Easy

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Description:
Adds a drop down menu on your navbar which contains links you add through the ACP.


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FAQ


Q: The link doesn't look right on the navbar
A: While on your forums view the source and search for id="navbar_search"
To the right should be "class" (For the default skin the class is "vbmenu_control")

Edit the navbar template
Find:

PHP Code:

<td id="custom_links" class="vbmenu_control"> 


Replace the "class" so it's the same as the search's class.
Let's say you're class is "nav_element" then it should look like this

PHP Code:

 <td id="custom_links" class="nav_element"> 


Open the product xml in an editor
Find:

PHP Code:

<td class='vbmenu_control'> 


Replace with your class.

PHP Code:

<td class='nav_element'> 


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To get this to work with CMPS (Thanks To: drl2005)

In your CMPS settings under Portal Output Global Variables place:
custom_droplinks
custom_singlelinks

###########Changelog################

1.00
Initial Release

1.02
All Phrases are now in the product xml
The option to have link open in new window

1.03
Option to add new links on navbar as a stand alone link or in the drop down menu.

1.04
Sort the display order of links in the drop down menu.

1.05
16x16 images can be added to both stand-alone and drop down links

1.06
Templates are now cached


1.07
Fixed bug in product.
Changed the maximum characters for "name" from "20" to "100"

1.20
Usergroup permissions per link

[Cyricx]

Man this would be so awesome if you could use it to build multiple dropdown windows.

[SilentNoise]

I modded the Navbar link to say Member Sites instead of Extras just to specify it more to my needs.

Thanks for the add-on.

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by Cyricx

Man this would be so awesome if you could use it to build multiple dropdown windows.

I want to do that and I want to give the user the ability to add categories per drop down.

[b6gm6n]

I cant wait for these new options, any update on progress?

-b6

[KrisJacobs]

OK this is darn near exactly what I'm trying to do - BUT!

I want to make my navbar "Calendar" link a custom drop down / pop up menu, populated exactly how the Calendar Jump menu is populated.

Calendar Jump code from the calendarjump template:

<form action="calendar.php" method="get">
<div class="smallfont" style="text-align:$stylevar[left]; white-space:nowrap">
	<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
	<input type="hidden" name="month" value="$month" />
	<input type="hidden" name="year" value="$year" />
	<input type="hidden" name="do" value="$docalendar" />
	<strong>$vbphrase[calendar_jump]</strong><br />
	<select name="c" onchange="this.form.submit();">
		<optgroup label="$vbphrase[please_select_one]">
		$jumpcalendarbits
		</optgroup>
	</select>$gobutton
</div>
</form>

and here is the code from the calendarjumpbit template:

<form action="calendar.php" method="get">
<div class="smallfont" style="text-align:$stylevar[left]; white-space:nowrap">
	<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
	<input type="hidden" name="month" value="$month" />
	<input type="hidden" name="year" value="$year" />
	<input type="hidden" name="do" value="$docalendar" />
	<strong>$vbphrase[calendar_jump]</strong><br />
	<select name="c" onchange="this.form.submit();">
		<optgroup label="$vbphrase[please_select_one]">
		$jumpcalendarbits
		</optgroup>
	</select>$gobutton
</div>
</form>

Thanks!

[TygerTyger]

And don't forget the template needs caching still :P

[Chadi]

Any way to add sorting capability? I wish to sort everything alphabetically but unfortunately no option for that

[johon]

Too bad, installation always causes SQL-Errors

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE vb3_language SET title = title, phrasegroup_global = 'a:529:{s:9:\"1_day_ago\"........

Product works, but no text in descriptions and buttons in ACP and after this installation, no other installation of a product works any more.

It's a german vBulletin 3.5.1, but also the translated version doesn't work.

I'm so sorry I have to uninstall because it was just the thing i have looked for :disappointed:

Greetz

Jo

[Chadi]

any way to add this to forumhome instead? I'm trying to implement in a vertical navbar on my right side column in forumhome

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=99318

[Ramsesx]

I love it, thank you harmor19