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

[SnowBot]

Any screenshots mate?

[harmor19]

Just posted them, SnowBot

[SnowBot]

LOL yer i just hit refrsh OK mate gonna take a look but this is the sort of thing i have been looking for

[jugo]

LOL...dude...this is wonderful.

I think that the navbar should be fed from the admincp instead of a templet....it just makes more sense.

[The Realist]

Add The Following Phrases to Error Messages

What error mesages

Do you mean to add these new phrases to cp stop messages?

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by The Realist

Add The Following Phrases to Error Messages

What error mesages

Do you mean to add these new phrases to cp stop messages?

I was looking at "faq.php" and I saw "saved_faq_x_successfully"
I search for it and I got the following results
Error Messages Phrases Containing 'saved_faq_x_successfully'
saved_faq_x_successfully Standard Phrase Saved FAQ <i>{1}</i> Successfully

and that isn't an error message as you can see.

I already tried "cp stop messages" but it didn't work.

[The Realist]

Same here M8

Originally Posted by harmor19

I was looking at "faq.php" and I saw "saved_faq_x_successfully"
I search for it and I got the following results
Error Messages Phrases Containing 'saved_faq_x_successfully'
saved_faq_x_successfully Standard Phrase Saved FAQ <i>{1}</i> Successfully

and that isn't an error message as you can see.

I already tried "cp stop messages" but it didn't work.

suggestion for the tool: - new structure for editing the links:

a: Name of the Link
b: URL of the link
c: TARGET (new window or not)
d: Title for the title tag when hovering

<a href="$url" target="$target" title="$title">$name</a>

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by nexialys

suggestion for the tool: - new structure for editing the links:

a: Name of the Link
b: URL of the link
c: TARGET (new window or not)
d: Title for the title tag when hovering

<a href="$url" target="$target" title="$title">$name</a>

@c
I'll have to find the function for the radio buttons

@d
do you mean when hovering it shows text in the status bar?