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

[Fusion2]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

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.

Ahhh, see what I am doing is I created tabs for each of my CMS Section Categories, as a magazine or online news site would have.

When i click "Sports" or "Nightlife," it doesnt highlight the custom tab, it only highlights the Home Tab and the applicable menu item on the Section Menu widget. For SCRIPT, I am using the URL for the CMS Section.

[Sarcoth]

I'm not sure if this has been reported, but if you add a new tabs, the group permissions work great. Meaning, only the groups you set can see the tab. When you add drop-down items to that tab with permissions, the tab is now visible to other groups even if the drop-downs are not visible.

I also can't seem to be able to get the tab sub-links working. Can someone post a link to their site showing me how those are supposed to work?

[dieKetzer]

there are some bugs with the sublinks that Jhonnyf is working on.
as far as linking to multiple cms categories and so on, he is also adding the option to select tabs via URL in addition to the this_script method, which should solve that dilemma.

[Demo16]

Originally Posted by Jhonnyf

for Example, open calendar.php and you see

PHP Code:

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'calendar'); 


Open showthread.php

PHP Code:

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'showthread'); 


Open Group.php

PHP Code:

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'group'); 


That is a Identificator to know with php archive you are load

Ok so for example for an internal section this won't work. So if I create news section the Tab won't be highlighted. Is this corrrect?

[SnitchSeeker]

Originally Posted by Jhonnyf

- Ok, Title to 100 characters to TABS a MENU (more????)
- Fix Error when not have TABs
- Working to use URL (content.php?118) or URL+Parameter (content.php?118&page=1)

Something else?

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That use another kind of system, for example you should be set with forum do that the TAB be highlighted. you talk to hide categories too?

It's different to make highlighted when set a exactly URL (content.php?118) or URL+Parameter (content.php?118&page=1)

I can do that Opcion, but for the menor update (2.1) but I think that should be another hack (compatible with this mod) because I going to use extra fields in FORUM TABLE or Use another Own table

I don't understand anything you wrote (too technical for my peabrain) but I'll have to take your word for it.

Any idea how soon that could be done?

Thanks for all your work!

[volarium]

Originally Posted by New Joe

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

Agreed - it's not very often that a developer is this responsive to not only bugs, but also feature requests. It's refreshing!

[redraider]

Originally Posted by Jhonnyf

If You Open the XML file You can see
line 327

<phrase name="evbs_sstab_advanced_tab_parent" date="1264246064" username="Jhonnyf" version="2"><![CDATA[Parent Tab]]></phrase>

I think that you should be unistall and Install again...
Please, go to my forum TEST
http://www.vbsoporte.com/test/
user: betatester/123456

and say me if happen the same

I tried to go in your forum, but it seems u dont have CMS installed? because the test tab I created didnt seem to work.

I also did an uninstall and install of my product, and the two problems still happen:

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[choitz]

2.0.2 is a dream!!

[Jhonnyf]

Originally Posted by redraider

I tried to go in your forum, but it seems u dont have CMS installed? because the test tab I created didnt seem to work.

I also did an uninstall and install of my product, and the two problems still happen:

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ok, I see that I forgot to put the phrase in the Installer

Because nobody told me? I thought it was a problem only from him

[arose58]

I have installed your hack but when I delete the Home and blog page I get spanish tabs also. All I want is the "Forum" and "Whats New". I also do not see the "Tabs vbsoporte" on the ACP. Did I install something wrong? I have attached screen shots of the menu. The shot menu1 is how I would like the nav bar to look.
Thanks