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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 05-20-2010, 03:27 AM
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I don't know if it would be easier to manage. On my site, I only want to add one or two more tabs and so it's no problem for me to do it the way everything is currently set up. I find it pretty simple the way it is, so I've never looked into an 'easier' method.
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Now that I've gone through all of the work, I hope this helps someone on here. A while back, I created two new tabs (Home and Groups) over at http://www.drzforums.com, and just replicated the navlinks from the Forums navtab. The result was a set of broken links for visitors, since some of the navlinks require registration.

Today, I converted the navlinks conditional statements from the vB-specific HTML found in navheader, into the PHP required for a plug-in. Here is the plug-in code for my Groups tab:

PHP Code:
$tabselected = '';
$tablinks = '';
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'group')
{
    $vbulletin->options['selectednavtab']='navtablabel_groups';
    $tabselected = ' class="selected"';
    $tablinks = '<ul class="floatcontainer">'.$template_hook['navbar_start'];

    if ($show['searchbuttons']) {
        if ($show['member'])
            $tablinks .= '<li><a href="search.php?'.$session['sessionurl'].'do=getnew&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post">'.$vbphrase['new_posts_nav'].'</a></li>';
        else
            $tablinks .= '<li><a href="search.php?'.$session['sessionurl'].'do=getdaily&amp;contenttype=vBForum_Post">'.$vbphrase['todays_posts'].'</a></li>';
    }

    $tablinks .= $template_hook['navbar_after_getnew'];

    if ($show['pmmainlink'])
        $tablinks .= '<li><a href="private.php'.$session['sessionurl_q'].'" rel="nofollow">'.$vbphrase['private_messages'].'</a></li>';

    $tablinks .= $template_hook['navbar_after_pm'].'<li><a rel="help" href="faq.php'.$session['sessionurl_q'].'" accesskey="5">'.$vbphrase['faq'].'</a></li>'.$template_hook['navbar_after_faq'].'<li><a href="calendar.php'.$session['sessionurl_q'].'">'.$vbphrase['calendar'].'</a></li>'.$template_hook['navbar_after_calendar'].'<li class="popupmenu"><a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl" accesskey="6">'.$vbphrase['community'].'</a><ul class="popupbody popuphover">'.$template_hook['navbar_community_menu_start'];

    if ($show['quick_links_groups'])
        $tablinks .= '<li><a href="group.php'.$session['sessionurl_q'].'">'.$vbphrase['social_groups'].'</a></li>';

    if ($show['quick_links_albums'])
        $tablinks .= '<li><a href="album.php'.$session['sessionurl_q'].'">'.$vbphrase['pictures_and_albums'].'</a></li>';

    if ($bbuserinfo['userid']) {
        $tablinks .= '<li><a href="profile.php?'.$session['sessionurl'].'do=buddylist">';

        if ($show['friends_and_contacts'])
            $tablinks .= $vbphrase['contacts_and_friends'];
        else
            $tablinks .= $vbphrase['contacts'];

        $tablinks .= '</a></li>';
    }

    if ($show['memberslist'])
        $tablinks .= '<li><a href="memberlist.php'.$session['sessionurl_q'].'">'.$vbphrase['members_list'].'</a></li>';

    $tablinks .= $template_hook['navbar_community_menu_end'].'</ul></li>'.$template_hook['navbar_after_community'].'<li class="popupmenu"><a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl">'.$vbphrase['forum_actions'].'</a><ul class="popupbody popuphover"><li><a href="forumdisplay.php?'.$session['sessionurl'].'do=markread">'.$vbphrase['mark_forums_read'].'</a></li>';

    if ($show['member'])
        $tablinks .= '<li><a href="profile.php?'.$session['sessionurl'].'do=editoptions">'.$vbphrase['edit_options'].'</a></li><li><a href="profile.php?'.$session['sessionurl'].'do=editprofile">'.$vbphrase['edit_your_details'].'</a></li>';

    $tablinks .= '</ul></li><li class="popupmenu"><a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl" accesskey="3">'.$vbphrase['quick_links'].'</a><ul class="popupbody popuphover">';

    if ($show['member']) {

        if ($show['member'])
            $tablinks .= '<li><a href="subscription.php'.$session['sessionurl_q'].'" rel="nofollow">'.$vbphrase['subscribed_threads'].'</a></li>';

        $tablinks .= '<li><a href="javascript://" onclick="window.open(getBaseUrl() + \'misc.php?'.$session['sessionurl'].'do=buddylist&amp;focus=1\',\'buddylist\',\'statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=250,height=300\'); return false;">'.$vbphrase['open_contacts'].'</a></li>';

        if ($vboptions['forumleaders']) {
            $tablinks .= '<li><a href="showgroups.php'.$session['sessionurl_q'].'" rel="nofollow">';

            if ($vb_suite_installed)
                $tablinks .= $vbphrase['view_site_leaders'];
            else
                $tablinks .= $vbphrase['view_forum_leaders'];

            $tablinks .= '</a></li>';

        }

    }

    $tablinks .= $template_hook['navbar_quick_links_menu_pos1'].$template_hook['navbar_quick_links_menu_pos2'].$template_hook['navbar_quick_links_menu_pos3'];

    if ($show['wollink'])
        $tablinks .= '<li><a href="online.php'.$session['sessionurl_q'].'">'.$vbphrase['whos_online'].'</a></li>';

    $tablinks .= $template_hook['navbar_quick_links_menu_pos4'].'</ul></li>'.$template_hook['navbar_end'].'</ul></li>';
} 

$template_hook['navtab_middle'] .= '<li'.$tabselected.'><a class="navtab" href="group.php">Groups</a>'.$tablinks.'</li>' ; 
Enjoy!
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how do you check permissions at that hook?

$cando = $permissions['myproduct'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp['myproduct']['cando'] ? true : false;

is not doing anything.

edit ... found answer in blogs
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Thanks. Using this for one of my subforums (kind of like the tabs here at vB.org). However, instead of forumdisplay.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}2-Main-Forum I would like to generate 2-Main-Forum using the vBulletin link generator so it takes the current rewrite rules into consideration. Any ideas how I would do that?
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Lynne can this be used to make a simple navtab with out the drop down and sub links in the lower navbar ?

thanks
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Lynne can this be used to make a simple navtab with out the drop down and sub links in the lower navbar ?

thanks
I would guess you could leave the submenu (and thus dropdown) out of it.
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I cannot seem to get the plugin to accept a userid in the menu. I'm probably overlooking something obvious, but here's my code:

Code:
$tablinks .= '<li><a href="tracker.php?'. $session['sessionurl'] . '&do=search&userid=' . 
$bbuserinfo['userid'] . '">
In the page defined in the plugin (tracker), I do have the line to include the vB stuff:

Code:
require_once('./global.php');
I tried putting an if ($bbuserinfo[userid]) block around the statement above, but that doesn't show any links. I even tried adding a $vbulletin->bbuserinfo in front of it, but again, no luck.

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong or overlooking?

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Try

Code:
$tablinks .= '<li><a href="tracker.php?'. $session['sessionurl'] . '&do=search&userid=' .$vbulletin->userinfo[userid]. '">
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lynne View Post
Try

Code:
$tablinks .= '<li><a href="tracker.php?'. $session['sessionurl'] . '&do=search&userid=' .$vbulletin->userinfo[userid]. '">
You are wise in the ways of plugins, Lynne Much obliged :hattip:
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