Forum Display Enhancements - Tabs Add System for vBulletin 4 (sstab advanced)

Review:
This mod allows you to easily add and remove tabs on the navigation bar using the adminCP. Tabs can appear as "selected" after being clicked, automatically deselecting the other tabs.
You also have the option of indicating which groups are allowed and not allowed to see the tabs via usergroup id.
Tabs may operate as normal select tabs, as drop-down menus. or as links to external sites.

The Hack only use 1 SQL sentence to create All the Menu, no Template edition

This Hack allows you to create tabs at the bar of vBulletin 4.0

Installation:
- Upload all files in the UPLOAD folder to the root of the forum
- Import the product 'product-evbs_sstab_advanced.xml'
- Configure and manage your tabs in the "Tabs vbSoporte" menu in AdminCP
- Do not forget to "Allow Overwrite" if you are Updating to 2.0

20-01-10: ver 1.0

• Create Tabs in vBulletin 4

23-01-10: ver 2.0

• Create/Manager Tabs Drop Down
• Create/Manager Sublinks for Tabs
• Option to Disable FORUM, HOME, BLOG, WHAT'S NEW Defaults vBulletin Tabs and not delete their sublinks menu
• Phrases in native English and all phrases are in variables
• Code with new algorithm for better performance
• Spanish Language (sstab_advanced_spanish.xml)

23-01-10: ver 2.0.1

• Fix some bugs
• Work with vBadvanced CMPS Menu

23-01-10: ver 2.0.2

• Fix menu Tab mix problem
• Define some Rules:
  1. If TABS is a menu -> No process Sublink
  2. If MENU TAB no have Item -> No Process

27-01-10: ver 2.0.3

• Change Title Size from 20 to 50 characters
• Fix Error when not have Tabs
• Add 2 phrases that I forgot to include in the last version
• Fix Groups Permission when is a TAB MENU or TAB with SUBLINK
• Add MultiScript
• Option to TABMODE (THIS_SCRIPT, URL,URL_PARAMETER) Please, READ POST #2
• membergroup with a list and checkbox (option to SET Colums in Config)

12-May-10: ver 2.0.4 (Compatible with vB 4.0.3)

• Fix What's News
• Add Option to ser Imagen to tabs
• Credits in footer can be disable from Option Panel
• Fix Calendar problem
• Fix Option to URL_PARAMETER

19-Jan-11: ver 2.0.5 (Compatible with vB 4.1.1)

• Fix All Hide Options
• Allow to use Phrase as Titles (RULES)
  • If the "Phrase Variable Name" don't exist, them use the TITLE

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About URL_PARAMETER
To use this Option only Write the Part that Always repeat, por example for this URLs:

1. http://x.com/showthread.php?1-Nuevo (Main thread)
2. http://x.com/showthread.php?1-Nuevo&p=13#post13 (Post in thread)
3. http://x.com/showthread.php?1-Nuevo/page2 (One page of thread)

You Only Set:

1. Tab Label = Any Name
2. URL = http://x.com/showthread.php?1-Nuevo (or only http://x.com/showthread.php?1- that have the ID of thread)
3. Tab mode: URL_PARAMETER

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About Phrases as TITLES
When you create a New Element (Tab, menu, etc) You see a box to put only the variable Phrase name


To create New Phrase go to
Languages & Phrases -> Phrase Manager -> Add New Phrase
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Special Thank to
vB Style Taught me about new the CSS system and help me using CSS standards
dieKetzer Betatester and Translator to native English Language

Observation:

• This Hack is FULL AUTO-TEMPLATE but need the default NAVBAR template to work
• This Hack have copyright ad at the bottom of the page (if you use this)

Spanish Version, (Version en Espa?ol, mi lenguaje Primario ) -> Tabs Add System for vBulletin 4 (sstab advanced)

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How to Add Variables Like userid:
if you need to use vBulletin variables to make URL like http://myurl.com/?u={userid} see this Post
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1031

[volarium]

Suggestion for a future release: Allow multiple entries in the THIS_SCRIPT field.

On my site, I use PhotoPost. The index.php of PhotoPost is THIS_SCRIPT = "ppindex". However, there are also sub-sections of PhotoPost. For example, showphoto.php is THIS_SCRIPT = "showphoto". So in this example, I would like to enter both "ppindex" and "showphoto" into the field THIS_SCRIPT so that the tab will be highlighted as I move around within PhotoPost.

Would this be a difficult feature to add?

[dieKetzer]

1. have your vb zip installation unzipped somewhere on your hard drive
2. what page are you linking to?;lets assume its calendar.php... open your local copy of that page and look for the 'this_script' line of code, ie define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'calendar');
its normally toward the top of the script.
3. enter calendar into the buttons 'this_script' info.

the button will appear selected whenever a page is loaded that declares define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'calendar');

Originally Posted by New Joe

I still don't understand how to make the Tabs so they are highlighted to where you are.
When I click on a new Tab I have made, the 'Forum' tab is highlighted instead of the newly made Tab.

[New Joe]

Thanks dieKetzer

[Skyrider]

Yea, I'm curious myself how THIS_SCRIPT works exactly.

PS, found a bug:
It won't hide the main tab when I use "Groups Allowed to see TAB".. It hides the subcategories from users, but it doesn't hide the main menu tab. And yes, I've set the groups allowed in the main tab (not in the submenu) and it still refuses to hide it.

[tazattitude]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

PS, found a bug:
It won't hide the main tab when I use "Groups Allowed to see TAB".. It hides the subcategories from users, but it doesn't hide the main menu tab. And yes, I've set the groups allowed in the main tab (not in the submenu) and it still refuses to hide it.

I read through every post to see if something was mentioned like this, and the VERY LAST post lol

Anyway, yes, I can second this one.
I have a special "Admin" tab with about 10 submenu links. I have both the tab and submenu links set so only "admin usergroup" can see and all other usergroups cannot see. The submenu links hide fine, but the main tab does not.

Thanks! Great mod!

[Jhonnyf]

Originally Posted by volarium

Suggestion for a future release: Allow multiple entries in the THIS_SCRIPT field.

On my site, I use PhotoPost. The index.php of PhotoPost is THIS_SCRIPT = "ppindex". However, there are also sub-sections of PhotoPost. For example, showphoto.php is THIS_SCRIPT = "showphoto". So in this example, I would like to enter both "ppindex" and "showphoto" into the field THIS_SCRIPT so that the tab will be highlighted as I move around within PhotoPost.

Would this be a difficult feature to add?

Ok, multi-script field for the next version.

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Yea, I'm curious myself how THIS_SCRIPT works exactly.

PS, found a bug:
It won't hide the main tab when I use "Groups Allowed to see TAB".. It hides the subcategories from users, but it doesn't hide the main menu tab. And yes, I've set the groups allowed in the main tab (not in the submenu) and it still refuses to hide it.

Checking that bug

[New Joe]

You are great with support for this mod, well done:up:

[Fusion2]

Not sure if already addressed, but the sublinks arent showing on my side.

I created the tabs, added sublinks which show the correct tabs as parents. But, it displays the default CMS sublinks, even if i disable the CMS sublinks.

Also my tabs arent highlighting when clicks.

Otherwise the product works great. But, i am gonna leave disabled until those two items are resolved.

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by Fusion2

Not sure if already addressed, but the sublinks arent showing on my side.

I created the tabs, added sublinks which show the correct tabs as parents. But, it displays the default CMS sublinks, even if i disable the CMS sublinks.

Also my tabs arent highlighting when clicks.

Otherwise the product works great. But, i am gonna leave disabled until those two items are resolved.

Don't know about the first one, but the second one is related to the SCRIPT tab when adding new menu's. Haven't figured out how they work yet. The menu's are working just fine for me, so I don't see a reason why it shouldn't work for you.

[Fusion2]

A few more wish items:

1. If you add enough tabs, the tabs overlap with the search field. Need a fix to prevent this.

2. If you add enough tabs, the tabs rollover to the second line, which overlaps with the navlinks. Need a fix to prevent this.

3. It would be nice if you could re-order and rename the default tabs (blog, home etc.) from this mod, as you are able to hide them.

4. For people with long tier-1 menus. It would be great if you could automatically create a second level to the tab menu, and decide which tabs appear on level 1 or level 2; rather then this overlap with the navlinks menu