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Additional navbar with dropdowns · **Released**: 12-25-2007

After upgrading and supporting my 3.0.0 and 3.5.3 version of this hack, I have decided it was time to step into the plugin world to make this easier for people to use.

Despite what category this is in it works with vBulletin 3.0 up to the most recent version of 3.8.

What this does is create another navbar with drop down menus by typing $navbar2 in any of your templates. It is just like the navbar that comes with VB.

I put a lot of description tags in the navbar2 template that gets installed 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 additional navbar.

Upgrade
To upgrade you will want to reimport this XML file and edit your options accordingly.

1.02

Tweak it a bit to get the border on the top of the navbar. There was not boarder on the top of the navbar in the previous version. It was not really noticeable unless you have the navbar directly below the header area.

1.01

removed the plugin with the Hook "parse_templates" because it was not need.
Added plugin with the Hook ?global_start?, this will work with, PhotoPlog, vBAdvanced, Arcade. This will alleviate having to manually add code in the php files as was required in the past.

1.00

Initial release.

To install the this
1. Download the zipped file.

2. Unzip the file.

3. Import the product-navbar2.xml into your Plugins & Products? Manage Plugins.

4. Next you will have to decide where you want the navbar2 to be displayed. I have included a few options below.

5A. Under current (original) Navigation bar:
Find:

Code:

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

Below that place:

Code:

$navbar2

5B. On top of forums tables:
Find:

Code:

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

Below that place:

Code:

$navbar2

5C. Top of current navbar:
Find:

Code:

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

Above that add:

Code:

$navbar2

5D. Under your header:
Find:

Code:

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

Below that add:

Code:

$navbar2

5E. Under VB navbar:
Find:

Code:

<!-- / nav buttons bar -->

Below that add:

Code:

$navbar2

Note:
This should now work with vBAdvance CMPS, Arcade, PhotoPlog with no other modifications. Many thanks to Mike-D for his help with this.

Alex@Mk3OC · #72 05-23-2008, 12:47 AM

I want to get this to display right at the top of my forums above my header, but can't figure out where i need to put it? Any help greatly appreciated

attroll · #73 05-29-2008, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex@Mk3OC

I want to get this to display right at the top of my forums above my header, but can't figure out where i need to put it? Any help greatly appreciated

What are you calling you forums header? If I understand correctly I think you mean 5B as shown in the attachments that I have included in the first post of this thread.

attroll · #74 05-29-2008, 05:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trickle

How about a hint to get it to show up when I click on the new post link when there isn't any new posts?

Thanks

I have to admint that I have tried to figure out how to do this and I am stumped. If anyone can figure this out please let me know and I will include it in an update.

Alex@Mk3OC · #75 05-30-2008, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by attroll

What are you calling you forums header? If I understand correctly I think you mean 5B as shown in the attachments that I have included in the first post of this thread.

I'm calling the logo at the top left of the forums my header. I want the navbar right at the very top of the page

attroll · #76 05-30-2008, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex@Mk3OC

I'm calling the logo at the top left of the forums my header. I want the navbar right at the very top of the page

If you want it at the very top of your page.

Go to your header template and find:
<a name="top"></a>

After that put:
$navbar2

dt_truck11 · #77 05-31-2008, 12:39 AM

*installed*

DawnsWebDesigns · #78 06-01-2008, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by attroll

Did you try doing this?

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.

I had the same problem with both my arcade & my CMPS home page. Thanks for the help you all. These things worked perfectly.

AnjX · #79 06-01-2008, 12:48 PM

Erm i get this on new thread....
Any fixes? please
Thanks =]
Btw, works perfectly for everything else, wonderful modification

UK-Biker · #80 06-07-2008, 02:00 PM

attroll

Is there a way to switch the navbar and your navbar2 so the default navbar is above and navabr2 is below.

Ie; so they are the reverse of what is shown is screenshot 'D'.

Thanks

badblu01 · #81 06-07-2008, 10:22 PM

is it possible to creat a navbar with just the login / logout link and register link

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