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]

what do you mean by "formatting"?

[Neutral Singh]

Adding user permissions to the buttons would make it even more powerful.

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by Neutral Singh

I think adding user permissions to buttons would it even more powerful.

That would be great.
I'll see what I can do.

[Neutral Singh]

by formatting i meant changing the look and feel of the link generated as the link presently generated is good for default skin only.

[SnowBot]

Originally Posted by Neutral Singh

by formatting i meant changing the look and feel of the link generated as the link presently generated is good for default skin only.

On custom skins the button does not look right, see screenshot

Also when editing a link the button says "Edit" Shouldnt that button say "Save"? One last thing maybe useful, when editing a link their is no option to change it from a stand alone to a dropdown link.

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by SnowBot

On custom skins the button does not look right, see screenshot

Also when editing a link the button says "Edit" Shouldnt that button say "Save"? One last thing maybe useful, when editing a link their is no option to change it from a stand alone to a dropdown link.

Edit the navbar template
Find:

PHP Code:

<td id="custom_links" class="vbmenu_control"> 


Replace with

PHP Code:

<td id="custom_links" class="element_control_nav"> 


Open the xml in an editor.

Find:

PHP Code:

<td class='vbmenu_control'> 


Replace with

PHP Code:

<td class='element_control_nav'> 


[Parture]

How do you know if you have front end error messages?

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by Parture

How do you know if you have front end error messages?

Go into the phrase manager
In the Drop Down Menu Look For "Front-End Error Messages" if you see it then you have it.

[SnowBot]

Originally Posted by harmor19

Edit the navbar template
Find:

PHP Code:

<td id="custom_links" class="vbmenu_control"> 


Replace with

PHP Code:

<td id="custom_links" class="element_control_nav"> 


Open the xml in an editor.

Find:

PHP Code:

<td class='vbmenu_control'> 


Replace with

PHP Code:

<td class='element_control_nav'> 


Worked like a charm Sir appreciated mate!

[harmor19]

I'm glad to hear it.

I want to add more to this so I'll take the suggestion and have the admin choose a 16x16 image to place by the image.