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;

[venomx]

Yes thats a site of mine but not the one I am currently working on. The one thats got the forum isnt open yet I am just installing all the hacks I want then Ill open it.
I moved the ushop back to the regular navbar and it works.

[The Realist]

This I have had installed for a while but I have added an additional dropdown. This new dropdown is viewable and usable by all none members which I dont want.

How can I hide this new dropdown menu from none members?

Thanks.

[rex_b]

Originally Posted by The Realist

This I have had installed for a while but I have added an additional dropdown. This new dropdown is viewable and usable by all none members which I dont want.

How can I hide this new dropdown menu from none members?

Thanks.

Set a conditional for the people you do want to see it-

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== '2' ></if>

[The Realist]

With respect, Im a follower not a leader

So I presume this code would go infront of what ever line in the menu I dont want the choosen usergroup to see or use.

IE:

FROM:

<!-- Setup for drop down menu #2 in navbar -->
<td id="dropdown2" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#dropdown2">GSM Calculators</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("dropdown2"); </script></td>
<!-- / Setup for down menu #2 in navbar-->


TO:

<!-- Setup for drop down menu #2 in navbar -->
<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== '2' ><td id="dropdown2" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#dropdown2">GSM Calculators</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("dropdown2"); </script></td></if>
<!-- / Setup for down menu #2 in navbar-->


Thanks.

Originally Posted by rex_b

Set a conditional for the people you do want to see it-

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid]== '2' ></if>

[mholtum]

I have been looking looking for and working on this exact thing! Thank you so much.. One thing, and I am sorry if this was addressed and I missed it.

I am running vb 3.0.3 with vBadvanced CMPS v1.0.0, the second navbar works fine but won't display on my portal. Is there something I missed??

[attroll]

I don't know what portal you are using. I am using CMPS.

To get this additional navbar working on the CMPS frontpage I had to go into my includes/vba_cmps_include_bottom.php and do the following:

Find:

PHP Code:

global $vboptions, $vba_options, $vbphrase, $stylevar, $bbuserinfo, $show, $pmbox; 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

global $vboptions, $vba_options, $vbphrase, $stylevar, $bbuserinfo, $show, $pmbox, $navbar2; 


Or you could have just added $navbar2 in it somewhere.

[mholtum]

I am using CMPS as well. I think that is the same one.. I got it here http://www.vbadvanced.com

[mholtum]

where is that file located? Is it an actual .php file or a template?

[mholtum]

found it, works great! Thank you

[Jaxx]

Just installed this but having an issue.

http://www.ahazi.org

if you go into the gallery, you will notice that my drop downs vanish. Not sure as to what is wrong here.

Basically, anything that is posted as:

<td id="journalnavbar" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#journalnavbar">Journal</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("journalnavbar"); </script></td>
or
<td id="usercptools" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#usercptools">$vbphrase[quick_links]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools"); </script></td>

Does not work from with in the gallery itself.

Any help?