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

[trilOByte]

Originally Posted by khuhner

I have 2 calendars on my site, one is public for everyone, and one is for specfic groups. I would like to have two seperate tabs each with equivilant items as sub links, i.e. Add Event, View Week, View Month, View Year. I entered both sets of sub links, however when I click on the second calendar tab, this mod shades the Main Calendar.

Any ideas on configuring these to make it work? What do I set for THIS_SCRIPT for the second calendar? Should I choose a different value such as URL or URL_PARAMETER?

Essentially I'd like 2 distinct tabs both pointing to one calendar and all sub links work for the respective calendar.

Kurt

This cant be done at the moment. None of the navbar tab mods or even hand coding new tabs will accomplish this. The problem is THIS_SCRIPT needs to be unique for each tab and if you have 2 tabs both using calendar.php then you have 2 tabs using the same THIS_SCRIPT id. This means you get errors with which tab is highlighted. Setting it as a url will not work, because it's still an internal page. I believe the only way round this at the moment is to create a "wrapper" with a unique THIS_SCRIPT id and embedding your customised calendar php code within it - effectively creating a brand new php file for each calendar.

If you find a solution, let me know because I'm trying to accomplish something similar with search.php.

[blake247]

Originally Posted by Griffin80

Anyway to make the dropdown box tab have the same hover effect as the other tabs?

I'd like to know as well.

[sticheno]

I have what seems like a pretty unusual problem. On only the Groups page, the tab I've named "Message Boad" appears twice, and it's twice only on this page and only once on all other pages. There's only once instance of it in the tab setup. This is causing the navigation to push so far to the right on that page that it hoses the search box and then hides all of the navigation bar below it--I can see what should be there in the source code. Why on only the Social Groups page this doesn't make sense to me. Perplexed. Any suggestions? Oh, and it's this way in my default style as well if I switch between my custom style and the default.

And by the way, excellent product.

Addendum: If I activate the regular Foum tab (renamed Message Board) and remove my Message Board tab, this replication ceases on all pages, however, the navigation below the tabs is still missing on only the groups page.

Addendum: I'm noticing both tabs on the far right are also highlighted, and this is only on the groups page. The far right is a "Home" button. If I remove that from the tabs then only one tab is highlighted, the Social Groups tab, but the navigation is still missing in the row below.

Final addendum. Problem solve. Appears the URL field did not like my using a full URL for the address of the tab.

Disregard

[Rob F]

Afraid I'm now having issues with this mod too.

If I create 1 new tab - everything works fine.
If I then create another new tab to function as a menu - things still work ok.

BUT! If I create a second tab, internally linked, then the 1st tab works fine but when I click the second tab the first additional tab stays highlighted. I've tried all different means of THIS_SCRIPT, URL, URL_PARAMETER etc - just cannot get it to function correctly.

Still have it installed, but it means that if I need to add more tabs in future I may have to uninstall and go with a different mod unless this one gets updated to address the issue

[CCux]

Removed plugin because the footer is absolutely inacceptable! Sorry guy.

[DeviantFlash]

Where do you see the footer?
I dont have it on mine.

[Pro-eSports.com]

Does this mod allow sub-links or a dropdown menu?

[carrlos]

Originally Posted by DeviantFlash

Where do you see the footer?
I dont have it on mine.

Log out and check the footer. It's there.

See Post #277 to remove.

[choitz]

Has this mod now stopped being updated? Started off amazing... but then the logged out footer thing, and nothing since - 95% there, about to offer giving some cash and now disappearing act. Anyone got a better version, or explanation of how to write custom tabs without a mod?

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by SnitchSeeker

I hope those of you who remove the link will at least support the developer by donating via Paypal. After all, he does not get paid for this and there are in fact inferior products out there that do this same thing and CHARGE for it. I bumped into one that wanted $30 PLUS $15 to remove the link to their page.

I am assuming that is my product that you are talking about, and I hope you were not implying that that my product is an inferior product, as it most certainly is not.

It does everything this hack does (and every other free tab hack here), it does it without any bugs/problems and it has features no free tab hack released here has (such as catering for submenu links, multi-language text support and more).