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

[louth]

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

Excuse my ignorance, but where exactly is this located?

I've been able to change the name of 'Extras' and added my links, but they won't show up on my CMPS. Obviously because I haven't done what it says in the instructions, but I can't find where to type them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Louth.

[Littlebit]

AdminCP---->vBa CMPS---->Default Settings---->Main Options Options---->Portal Output Global Variables

[louth]

Originally Posted by Littlebit

AdminCP---->vBa CMPS---->Default Settings---->Main Options Options---->Portal Output Global Variables

Aha! Thank you. I never really dared click that 'Default Settings' before, I thought it would revert everything that I'd done.

[Littlebit]

you're welcome

Hmmm, the dropdown inserts don't seem to be working right when viewing from any of the error templates. Does anyone else have this happening? :cross-eyed:

[kylek]

Originally Posted by harmor19

Unregistered users can use it. Do you mean that you don't want them to use it?

Is there a way to have it set so unregistered users do not see it? or able to have only specific usergroup ids see it?

Thanks.

[JulianWolf]

Hi everybody,

the Hack ist great and I would love to clean up my whole navbar with it. But ... I´m missing the funktion to put in more then one dropdown-Element.

There are two parts I want to put in dropdowns:

Fun-Stuff
Things like Arcade and Chat

UserCP
I don´t like the left Navigation-Block in the User-CP, so I like to completely put the UserCP into a Navbar-Dropdown.

Well ... the greatest thing would be to completely configure the navbar with this tool ... but it also would be a great progress if I only could manage two Drop-Down-Links with this extension.

Any Ideas, how to?

Best wishes, Ju lian!

[harmor19]

I've been planning on adding on to it for a while now but it's too hot and humid to do anything.

I hope this extension works for the new 3.6 version.

[lamilein]

it works great on 3.5.4 - thank you very much for this one, made my navbar organisation look much better do you accept ice as payment? :]

[Lqd]

just installed your custom navbar hack. Could you tell me how to remove: menu_open.gif image?

I am putting it in a custom skin, those are all connected images, that image breaks up the layout.

I tried chaning the class, but it seems I can't find the proper one, and leaving the class specification out doesn't help much either.

In your forums admin cp, go to the following destination:
Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Edit Templates -> Expand All Templates

Find the template 'navbar'

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FIND:
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		<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>
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UNDERNEATH ADD:
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<script type="text/javascript">
<!--

function OpenRadio(){
Radio = window.open('vBRadio.php','vBRadio','directories=no,height=320,width=650,location=no,menubar=no,resizable=no,status=no,toolbar=no')

return false;
}

-->
</script>
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#" onclick="return OpenRadio()">vBRadio</a></td>

::: Save Template 'navbar'

 /-------------------------------------------=----------------\
 |/\  vBRadio v1.0 Is Now Installed On Your Forum - Enjoy!  /\|
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Any chance that link can go into the custom links menu?



I am looking forward to your reply! Be gentle it's my 2nd day on vB

Thank you! It's a greak hack!

[harmor19]

I have figured out how to do usergroup permissions per link.
You can create a link and specify which usergroups can see it.

I'm in the process of coding and testing.