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

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by yinyang

how many extra queries does this run? (if any)

Only one on the board and admin panel

Originally Posted by Cyricx

Just add the phrases and in the product drop down select your product, then when you export your product it'll have it in the xml

I looked at another plugin and noticed the <phrasetype> tags.

[Phlex]

great mod !!

[Chris M]

Originally Posted by The Realist

The instructions state:



The instructions should state the following:


Laters

Error Messages is in fact the correct name for the phrasegroup - Your's is called Front-End Error Messages because you upgraded from vB 3.0.x and the phrasegroup name has not been altered correctly

Chris

[The Realist]

Wrong, I was originally using 3.5.0 and installed this hack ands phrases manually because thats how the developer produced the install file.

Then the developer introduced the hack as a plugin so I removed the manual entries and used the new install system and thats when I got the database erors.

Laters

Originally Posted by Chris M

Error Messages is in fact the correct name for the phrasegroup - Your's is called Front-End Error Messages because you upgraded from vB 3.0.x and the phrasegroup name has not been altered correctly

Chris

[harmor19]

@The Realist

hmmm,
Did you uninstall the product from the product manager then re-upload the xml?
If not please do so and report back with your results.

[Chris M]

Originally Posted by The Realist

Wrong, I was originally using 3.5.0 and installed this hack ands phrases manually because thats how the developer produced the install file.

Then the developer introduced the hack as a plugin so I removed the manual entries and used the new install system and thats when I got the database erors.

Laters

Has your forum, at any point, been 3.0.x?

A completely fresh installation of vB 3.5.x will name the phrasegroup as "Error Messages", which is what the correct name is - If you have, at any point, used the 3.0.x database to upgrade to the 3.5 BETAs, then that is why your phrasegroup is called "Front-End Error Messages" (Mike Sullivan @ vB.com - http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showp...06&postcount=3)

Chris

[harmor19]

I have added the option to have the link as a stand alone or in the drop down menu.
Look at the last screen shot

[srh]

When trying to import the xml file in "manage product" this happens

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'Messages = 'a:4:{s:17:\"custom_link_added\";s:44:\"The custom l
Error Number : 1064
Date : Sunday, October 23rd 2005 @ 12:41:57 AM
Referrer : https://xxxxxx-xxxxxx.dk/admincp/plu...?do=productadd

UPDATE language SET title = title, phrasegroup_user = 'a:226:{s:21:\"activate_your_account\";s:17:\"Akti ver din konto\";s:15:\"activation_code\";s:15:\"Aktivering skode\";s:20:\"add_x_to_ignore_list\";s:35:\"Tilf? j %1$s til din \"Ignorer liste\"\";s:23:\"add_x_to_your_buddylist\";s:33:\" Tilf?j %1$s til din \'Buddy Liste\'\";s:22:\"additional_information\";s:28:\"Y derligere brugerinformation\";s:16:\"additional_users\";s:18 :\"Yderligere brugere\";s:29:\"administrators_may_send_email\";s :175:\"Engang i mellem vil Forum Admin gerne ha lov til at sende dig E-mail.<br />\r\n <br />\r\n Hvis du ikke ?nsker at modtage E-mail fra Forum Admin, frav?lg denne mulighed.\";s:15:\"aim_screen_name\";s:14:\"AIM Brugernavn\";s:3:\"all\";s:4:\"Alle\";s:27:\"allow _daylight_savings_time\";s:53:\"<br>Ydeligere, kan du indstille til sommertid<br><br>\";s:28:\"allow_members_send_you_ email\";s:50:\"Du kan tillade andre brugere at sende dig E-mails.\";s:20:\"allow_vcard_download\";s:21:\"Till ad vCard download\";s:25:\"anyone_free_to_join_group\";s:53 :\"Alle har tilladelse til at indg? i denne brugergruppe\";s:30:\"are_you_sure_you_want_to_add _x\";s:26:\"Tilf?j %1$s til din liste?\";s:33:\"are_you_sure_you_want_to_remove_x\ ";s:25:\"Fjern %1$s fra din liste?\";s:23:\"attachments_posted_by_x\";s:28:\"V edh?ftninger postet af %1$s\";s:33:\"automatically_detect_dst_settings\"; s:28:\"Automatisk indstil sommertid\";s:6:\"avatar\";s:6:\"Avatar\";s:15:\"a vatar_category\";s:15:\"Avatar kategori\";s:28:\"avatars_small_graphics_short\";s :90:\"En Avatar, er et lille billede der kan vises sammen med dit brugernavn hvergang du poster.\";s:28:\"basic_editor_simple_text_box\";s: 35:\"Simpel Editor - standard tekst boks\";s:10:\"birth_date\";s:10:\"F?dselsdag\";s:8 :\"birthday\";s:10:\"F?dselsdag\";s:31:\"board_can _be_shown_any_language\";s:133:\"Vores forum kan ikke overs?tte det egentlige indhold af indl?g, men indstillinger og hj?lpetekster kan bliver vist p? f?lgende sprog.\";s:14:\"board_language\";s:15:\"Forum sprogvalg\";s:10:\"board_skin\";s:12:\"Forum \'Skin\'\";s:30:\"browsing_when_receive_pm_popup\" ;s:113:\"Hvis du l?ser i forummet og du modtager D-mail, kan du bede om notifikation i form af en popup, om de nye D-mail.\";s:27:\"can_automatically_subscribe\";s:229 :\"N?r du laver eller svare p? et nyt indl?g kan du v?lge automatisk at tilf?je det din liste over <a href=\"%1$s\">Abonnerede tr?de</a>.<br><br>\r\nDette giver dig ogs? mulighed for tilsendelse

......... and so on (maybe forever) Please help...

[harmor19]

I'm sorry I cannot reproduce that error.
Perhaps trying to upload the product again.

Is anybody else recieving and such error?

[srh]

Tried to uninstall and reupload files, with exact same result

BTW in the control panel, it displays strange, text is missing

In "Add" no text are displayed

In modify/delete it only displays this

test [] [] [Drop]
[] [] [Single]
[] [] [Single]
[] [] [Single]

(links I've tried make)

- the button, "extras" in navbar is existant and displays at drop-down, named "extras"

Any help would be much appreciated.

TIA