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

[Devil Woman]

Am I blind, lol I cant find where it is in the admin cp, can anyone help me?

[harmor19]

Did you upload vb_custom_links\new_install\includes\cpnav_custom_ links.xml to your_forum_root/includes/xml/?

If so it should be under
Forums & Moderators

[Devil Woman]

Thanks I have that sorted but now when I add a link it shows up next to the extras and not in the drop down

Also my extras link in the navbar is highlighted and doesnt look like the rest of my links in the navbar, can anyone help please

Thankyou

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by Devil Woman

Thanks I have that sorted but now when I add a link it shows up next to the extras and not in the drop down

Also my extras link in the navbar is highlighted and doesnt look like the rest of my links in the navbar, can anyone help please

Thankyou

Please read through the Q and A's at the top.

[Devil Woman]

I have done this one

Q: The link doesn't look right on the navbar

edited all it tells me to edit but still nothing could it be that nav_element is not my class if it's not where would I find what mine is

Thanks

[harmor19]

You can PM me your site or post it here.
I'll tell you what your class is.

[TechDawgFan]

I really like this hack. Install went fine once I uploaded the right xml file.

Question:

I do not want images to show up next to my links, or, if that isn't possible, a simple dot or something. How do I disable the link images?

TDF

[harmor19]

When adding the link do not put anything in the text box that's asking for the image.

P.S.
Fix your homepage and put http:// infront of it
i.e. http://www.latechbbb.com

[49er]

Works a treat, Thank you harmor19.

[harmor19]

Updates (Just incase you installed my hack and didn't click the "Install" Button)

I found a bug when adding images to a drop down link.

Redownload the archive and re-upload 'admincp/admin_custom_links.php'.

This is minor but I fixed how the the image works.
Before it would show the image tag either or not you added an image.
Now the image tag is created only for links where you added the image.