Additional Navbar

Dispite what category this is in it works with vBulletin 3.5. Just read the directions.

What this does is create another navbar with drop down menu?s by typing $navbar2 in any of your templates. It is just like the one that comes with vBulletin 3.

After seeing a lot of replies about users wanting another navbar besides the basic one that comes with vBulletin. I waited for someone else to write one. But no one stepped forward and wrote one. I wanted this for my site and got tired of waiting for someone else to write it. So I played around and created this one for myself. I though I would share it with everyone.

Note: If you do not want to add a separate navbar template you can also substitute the steps in 5A through 5D and insert the navbar2.txt after you have edited it the way you want and into the same places as I mentioned for the $navbar2 in your default navbar and you will not have to do any of these other steps.

I put a lot of description tags in the HTML file to help explain what everything does. Once you understand what is going on here you can removed these. With very little modifications you can add to, remove or move items around in this navbar.

1. To install this hack you will have to create a template in you ADMINCP and call it ?navbar2? and insert the contents of the attached file "navbar2.txt" into this template file. Right now it is set up for my site. So you will have to modify it to what you want in this navbar for your site.

2. Put the following command in your phpinclude_start template:

PHP Code:

eval('$navbar2 = "' . fetch_template('navbar2') . '";'); 


2A. This is for users that have vB 3.5 and up. Step 2 will not work because the phpinclude_start template no longer exist in versions 3.5 and higher. So for 3.5 users ignore step 2 and use 2A.

Plugin System
Add new Plugin

Hook Location: global_start
Title: navbar2
Plugin PHP Code:

PHP Code:

eval('$navbar2 = "' . fetch_template('navbar2') . '";'); 


3. Now put the following command in you header or what ever template where your want the new navbar to be displayed (samples of where to put them are in the attached photos and directions are in 5A, B, C, D.):

PHP Code:

$navbar2 


4. Since the template is uncached you will have an extra query on each page. To fix, open global.php
Find:

PHP Code:

// misc useful 


Add below:

PHP Code:

'navbar2', 


5A. Under current Navigation / Breadcrumb Templaters - navbar:
Find:

<!-- / nav buttons bar -->

Below that place:

$navbar2

5B. On top of forums tables:
Find:

<!-- / PAGENAV POPUP -->
</if>

Below that place:

$navbar2

5C. Under your header:
Find:

<br />
<!-- breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

Above that add:

$navbar2

5D. Top of current navbar:
Find:

<!-- breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

Under that add:

$navbar2

vBadvance CMPS using vB 3.5 or higher. To get this working with the homepage you will have to do the following.

Go into your ADMINCP-->vBa CPMS-->Default Setting-->Portal Output Global Variables and add navbar2 in the block there and save it.

Arcaded hack. You will need to go into your darcaded hack and edit a line. Here are the directions:
Go to you arcade/functions/functions.php
open it with a text editor:
Find:

global $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox;
global $forumjump, $timezone, $logincode, $_USEROPTIONS, $scriptpath, $admincpdir, $modcpdir, $quickchooserbits;

Replace with:

global $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox;
global $forumjump, $timezone, $logincode, $_USEROPTIONS, $scriptpath, $admincpdir, $modcpdir, $quickchooserbits, $navbar2;

[theo]

I want to perform 5e but do not know which template to look for this code in

<!-- / breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

help??

[angelicGrace]

It is in the navbar template.

[steven s]

Originally Posted by xtreme-mobile

not found

any ideas?

I ran into this problem too.
According to
http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7565

admincp==> vba CMPS==> Default Settings==> Portal Output Global Variables==> add navbar2

[steven s]

Although the width is not correct.

Edit: problem fixed. I had an additional /div and /table tag.
I copied the code t my html editor and did a syntax check.
Amazing what you discover after a night's sleep.

[xtreme-mobile]

Originally Posted by 1996 328ti

I ran into this problem too.
According to
http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7565

admincp==> vba CMPS==> Default Settings==> Portal Output Global Variables==> add navbar2

works like a charm

cheers

dean

[attroll]

Originally Posted by 1996 328ti

I ran into this problem too.
According to
http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7565

admincp==> vba CMPS==> Default Settings==> Portal Output Global Variables==> add navbar2

Thanks for pointing that out. I will have to add that to the docs on the first page when I get a chance. I am still using CMPS V1.0.0. I have not updated to the newer version so I did not know. Thank you 1996 328ti.

[attroll]

Originally Posted by theo

I want to perform 5e but do not know which template to look for this code in

<!-- / breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

help??

It will be in your templates under:
Navigation / Breadcrumb Templaters - navbar

[theo]

ive done everything in the instructions anf followed to get the 5e result but there is still no navbar showing. any ideas?

[attroll]

Originally Posted by theo

ive done everything in the instructions anf followed to get the 5e result but there is still no navbar showing. any ideas?

The directions are right.

[attroll]

If you have

1. Created a template called 'navbar2' and have all the code in there.

2. Pu the proper command in you 'phpinclude_start template'.

3. Follow step 5D.

Then it should look like the other web site that you meantioned.