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

[AWI]

Installed on 3.5.2 and it works great, thank you

[Ramsesx]

It would be perfect if would possible to add a phrase as linkname.

[suryoyena]

Hey,

do you think it's possible to modify this (great) hack, that my
user can organize theirown custom links? it would be more than great.

chris

don't forget: no h?tchen, no spiel

[b6gm6n]

icons...permissions! where are they?...haha joking...no hassle!

-b6

[Firestar.chkn]

Hi Harmor19,

I've got a problem simular to the one below.

Originally Posted by harmor19

I may have a solution

Open "product-custom_links.xml" in an editor
Find:

PHP Code:

<phrasetype name="Error Messages" fieldname="Error Messages"> 


Replace With:

PHP Code:

<phrasetype name="Front-End Error Messages" fieldname="Front-End Error Messages"> 


If this works I'll make another xml for people receiving that error.

After installing your normal xml (not the front page error messages one), I got this error. I then tried uninstalling it, but couldn't. I tried reinstalling and uninstalling a couple of times, with no results. When trying to uninstall, I just cannot. The button doesn't do anything. I select uninstall in the product screen from the dropdown list, but the "go" button doesn't actually do anything when I click it.

Now, I do have a couple of other hacks installed, and I wonder if that didn't mess around a bit, but I need to know how to get rid of this thing now. The problem is that I cannot install or uninstall anything else now. It's completely broken.

If you need anything to try and help out, I'd be more than happy to give you an admin username and password to my server, to have a look around, if that'll help.

Please, I am despirate. I need to get rid of this and get my server stable again, and be able to install and uninstall other hacks again.

Thanks for your help.
Firestar.

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by 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

I guess you take the code that I have you put in the navbar and just put it into the side bar.

@Firestar.chkn
I'm sorry but I have the slightest idea what the problem could be.

As for the stuff I said I was going to add, I was really busy and never got around to do it.
If anyone wants they can make add-on hacks.

[harmor19]

How would I do the template caching?

[vonedaddy]

Is there a way I can add 2 of these? I have one working and I love it!

[YOimYO]

Where can i edit the settings of what this does ? I would like the new buttons to be created below. not beside the word extras.

thx

works nicely btw with 3.5.0 gold

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by vonedaddy

Is there a way I can add 2 of these? I have one working and I love it!

I'm glad you like my hack.

Well I lost my site that I did my hacks on so I can't help, sorry.

I guess I'll have to set up one of those home servers.

Where can i edit the settings of what this does ? I would like the new buttons to be created below. not beside the word extras.

I'm affraid not, sorry.