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[HOW TO - vB4] Create a New Tab in the navbar
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Here's a pretty simple method for creating a new tab in the navbar, along with a submenu to go along with it. All you need is a unique condition for when your tab will be shown. What you will be making is a plugin to create the Nav Link along with a submenu which Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, and Drop Down which then drops down and has SubLink 1, SubLink 2, and SubLink 3. This is shown below.

NOTE: This is for 4.0.x and 4.1.x. In 4.2.x, you should be using the Navigation Manager.




This article is NOT to be used just to add another link to a submenu. It is for creating the Nav Link tab along with all the submenus. Again, if all you want is to add submenus to an existing tab, then this article is NOT for you!!!

This article is also for use by users who understand the basics of conditions and can write them. The navbar is not really an easy thing to play with if you don't know what you are doing - I think even Wayne said it had issues - so don't try this if you don't understand how to write a condition.

OK, with that out of the way....

Here's the basic template for making your new tab:

Create a plugin (Plugins & Products) > Add New Plugin:
hook location - process_templates_complete *
Title - New Tab for Navbar
Execution Order - 5
(* I used to have this listed as global_state_check but then noticed vb themselves use the process_templates_complete hook location, so I changed it.)

PHP Code:
$tabselected '';
$tablinks '';
if (
THIS_SCRIPT == 'yourpage')
{
    
$vbulletin->options['selectednavtab']='unique_name';
    
$tabselected ' class="selected"';
    
$tablinks '                <ul class="floatcontainer">
                        <li><a href="link1.php">Link 1</a></li>
                            <li class="popupmenu">
                                <a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl">Drop Down</a>
                                <ul class="popupbody popuphover">
                                        <li><a href="sublink1.php">SubLink 1</a></li>
                                        <li><a href="sublink2.php">SubLink 2</a></li>
                                        <li><a href="sublink3.php">SubLink 3</a></li>
                                </ul>
                            </li>
                        <li><a href="link2.php">Link 2</a></li>
                        <li><a href="link3.php">Link 3</a></li>
                </ul> '
;


$template_hook['navtab_end'] .= '<li'.$tabselected.'><a class="navtab" href="link.php">Nav Link</a>'.$tablinks.'</li>' 
Things to take note of:

PHP Code:
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'yourpage'
Your condition MUST be unique! If you use a condition that is also going to evaluate to true for another tab, then they will both be highlighted and the wrong submenu may show up underneath.

PHP Code:
$vbulletin->options['selectednavtab']='unique_name'
The 'seletednavtab' must also be a unique name. Again, if you have two tabs with the same 'selectednavtab' name, then both tabs will be highlighted.

PHP Code:
$template_hook['navtab_end'] .= '<li'.$tabselected.'><a class="navtab" href="link.php">Nav Link</a>'.$tablinks.'</li>' 
You may use a different template_hook here - it just depends on where you want your tab to be - navtab_start and navtab_middle are also available.


ragtek also posted an article to do the same thing only using a template with the plugin - [HOW TO - vB4] Create a New Tab in the navbar (with template)



Originally posted on vb.org 2009-10-27.

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Old 11-17-2009, 03:20 PM
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Please visit http://www.pro-touring.com/forum_new...the-front-page

In the upper left on the navbar it says

* Home Page * New Products * News * Events

To the right of events I want to add *Tech of the week *Member of the month * Advertise with us

or something like that.
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Please visit http://www.pro-touring.com/forum_new...the-front-page

In the upper left on the navbar it says

* Home Page * New Products * News * Events

To the right of events I want to add *Tech of the week *Member of the month * Advertise with us

or something like that.
Then this is not the article for you. This article would help you add a whole new tab next to What's New. The sections in the CMS are added through the Section Manager. Don wrote an article (or blog, I forget) on how to do this over on vb.com
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Hmm, I am able to add sections. I have 6 or 8 of them and I added them through the control panel but they don't show at the top. Thanks! I will head over.
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How do I show links forum categories navbar? Same as forum blog cms
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How do I show links forum categories navbar? Same as forum blog cms
I don't understand what you mean.
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Lynne,

How do you add them for a certain usergroup?

Basically what I want to do is add a linked drop down for private members linking to various sections that only the private members can see, things like arcade.php, gameroom.php etc etc.

Is it...

Code:
global $template_hook;
$tabselected = '';
$tablinks = '';
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'yourpage')
{
    $vbulletin->options['selectednavtab']='private_members';
    $tabselected = ' class="selected"';
    $tablinks = '                <ul class="floatcontainer">
                        <li><a href="URL LINK">Prediction League</a></li>
                            <li class="popupmenu">
                                <a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl">Drop Down</a>
                                <ul class="popupbody popuphover">
                                        <li><a href="arcade.php">Arcade</a></li>
                                        <li><a href="gameroom.php">Gameroom</a></li>
                                        <li><a href="THE LINK TO FORUM">Forum</a></li>
                                </ul>
                            </li>
                        <li><a href="URL LINK">Gallery</a></li>
                        
                </ul> ';

}
I also want to link to external links, can I do this or am I better doing it via the bottom code
Code:
$template_hook['navtab_end'] .= '<li'.$tabselected.'><a class="navtab" href="link.php">Nav Link</a>'.$tablinks.'</li>' ;
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Please www.arenatr.com look top navbar link (Forum categories)
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Lynne,

How do you add them for a certain usergroup?

Basically what I want to do is add a linked drop down for private members linking to various sections that only the private members can see, things like arcade.php, gameroom.php etc etc.

Is it...

Code:
global $template_hook;
$tabselected = '';
$tablinks = '';
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'yourpage')
{
    $vbulletin->options['selectednavtab']='private_members';
    $tabselected = ' class="selected"';
    $tablinks = '                <ul class="floatcontainer">
                        <li><a href="URL LINK">Prediction League</a></li>
                            <li class="popupmenu">
                                <a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl">Drop Down</a>
                                <ul class="popupbody popuphover">
                                        <li><a href="arcade.php">Arcade</a></li>
                                        <li><a href="gameroom.php">Gameroom</a></li>
                                        <li><a href="THE LINK TO FORUM">Forum</a></li>
                                </ul>
                            </li>
                        <li><a href="URL LINK">Gallery</a></li>
                        
                </ul> ';

}
I also want to link to external links, can I do this or am I better doing it via the bottom code
Code:
$template_hook['navtab_end'] .= '<li'.$tabselected.'><a class="navtab" href="link.php">Nav Link</a>'.$tablinks.'</li>' ;
Thanks
If you want to add in a condition, you could do something like this for say, arcade.php to only usergroup 5,6, ad 7:
PHP Code:
    $tablinks '<ul class="floatcontainer">
                        <li><a href="URL LINK">Prediction League</a></li>
                            <li class="popupmenu">
                                <a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl">Drop Down</a>
                                <ul class="popupbody popuphover">'
;
if (
is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo567))  
{
$tablinks .= '<li><a href="arcade.php">Arcade</a></li>';
}
                                        
  
$tablinks .= '                                      <li><a href="gameroom.php">Gameroom</a></li>
                                        <li><a href="THE LINK TO FORUM">Forum</a></li>
                                </ul>
                            </li>
                        <li><a href="URL LINK">Gallery</a></li>
                        
                </ul> '

That isn't tested, but it should work. And, there is no reason you can't make external links.

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Please www.arenatr.com look top navbar link (Forum categories)
Sorry, but I still don't understand your question. That is not a vb4 site at all.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lynne View Post
If you want to add in a condition, you could do something like this for say, arcade.php to only usergroup 5,6, ad 7:
PHP Code:
    $tablinks '<ul class="floatcontainer">
                        <li><a href="URL LINK">Prediction League</a></li>
                            <li class="popupmenu">
                                <a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl">Drop Down</a>
                                <ul class="popupbody popuphover">'
;
if (
is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo567))  
{
$tablinks .= '<li><a href="arcade.php">Arcade</a></li>';
}
                                        
  
$tablinks .= '                                      <li><a href="gameroom.php">Gameroom</a></li>
                                        <li><a href="THE LINK TO FORUM">Forum</a></li>
                                </ul>
                            </li>
                        <li><a href="URL LINK">Gallery</a></li>
                        
                </ul> '

That isn't tested, but it should work. And, there is no reason you can't make external links.


Sorry, but I still don't understand your question. That is not a vb4 site at all.
Thank you very much lynne, am at a loss thou with the
Code:
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'yourpage')
Where do you get that from?
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When you create your own page, you have to define this_script
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