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

[G_Gekko]

Nice work
Just one question. How do i change the name of the dropdown menu from "Extras" to something else?

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by G_Gekko

Nice work
Just one question. How do i change the name of the dropdown menu from "Extras" to something else?

crap, I forgot to add that in the phrases.

open navbar and find "Extras"
just replace it with whatever you want

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by eNforce

A nice feature would be to be able to sort the order of the links in the drop down menu, like you would your forums and categories.

Edit: When adding a link with too much text the drop down menu does not expand in width.

Edit 2: How about an option to add categories in the drop down menu? lol I have too many ideas i'll shutup now.

I'd already got the sort feature coded.

I can make categories manually but I don't know how to go about making them automatically.
I'll brainstorm and see if something comes to mind, if not then I'll upload the files.

[G_Gekko]

Thanks

That solves the problem with the name in the Nav bar put it still has Extras in first position in the drop down menu.

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by G_Gekko

Thanks

That solves the problem with the name in the Nav bar put it still has Extras in first position in the drop down menu.

sorry pal,
look for "Extras" again. (there's two instances of the word.)

[G_Gekko]

I am the one that should sorry. I looked for another Extras but was blind ;-)

I appriciate if you provide the information on how to create categories manually if you fail to find a way to do it from the adminCP.

Regards and thanks for a great hack

[twitch]

very cool extension

[harmor19]

You can now sort the display order in the drop down menu.
New screen shots posted

I still cannot figure out how I would do categories with mysql.
I was so close but I couldn't get it.

[TygerTyger]

Hm... I have this in the forum itself error (with either version of the XML) after uploading:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.0:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM vb_custom_singlelinks WHERE linkid ORDER BY number ASC;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'number' in 'order clause'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Monday, October 24th 2005 @ 04:39:30 PM
Script : http://www.xxx.co.uk/index.php
Referrer : http://www.xxx.co.uk/showthread.php?t=90
IP Address : Bzzt.
Username : TygerTyger
Classname : vb_database

and this error in the Product Manager itself when uploading:

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 '-End Error Mess = 'a:4:{s:17:\"custom_link_added\";s:44:\"The c
Error Number : 1064
Date : Monday, October 24th 2005 @ 04:39:23 PM
Script : http://www.xxxr.co.uk/admincp/plugin.php
Referrer : http://www.xxx.co.uk/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address : Bzzt.
Username : TygerTyger
Classname : vb_database

I also have the vbFavorites mod installed, which adds to the navbar as well in case that is relevant.

[harmor19]

Re-download the zip and replace "admin_custom_links.php" and import the product. xml.