Administrative Tools Dropdown

Administrative Tools Dropdown Menu

What it does: Adds a dropdown menu visible only to the Administrator group for Admin tools and related links.

Time to install: 5 Minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Templates: 1
Phrases: 1

Step 1:

AdminCP -> Languages & Phrases -> Phrase Manager -> Add New Phrase
Phrase Type: Global
Product: vBulletin
Varname: navadmin
Text: Admin Tools

Step 2:

Style & Templates -> Style Manager -> (Your Style) -> Edit Templates -> Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates -> navbar

Find:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>

Add AFTER:

<!-- Admin Menu -->
<if condition="$show['admincplink']">
	<if condition="$show['popups']">
	<!-- start vBMenu control element -->
        	<td class="vbmenu_control" id="AdminMenu">
	        <a STYLE="text-decoration:none" href="#">$vbphrase[navadmin]</a>
        	<script type="text/javascript">
	        <!--
	        vbmenu_register("AdminMenu");
        	//-->
	        </script>
	        </td>   
	<!-- end vBMenu control element -->
          </if>
</if>
<!-- /Admin Menu -->

Find:

<!-- / NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->

Add ABOVE:

<!-- Admin Tools Menu Element -->
<if condition="$show['admincplink']">
	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="AdminMenu_menu" style="display:none">
		<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
		<tr><td class="thead">Admin Tools</span></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://option1">First Option</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://option2">Second Option</a></td></tr>
	        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://option3">Third Option</a></td></tr>
	        </table>
	</div>
</if>
<!-- /Admin Tools Menu Element -->

Change http://option1/2/3 to the full URL of the option you'd like to link. For example, if you wanted to put a link to the AdminCP in the dropdown, the code would be:

<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://www.yourdomain.tld/forum/admincp/index.php">Admin CP</a></td></tr>

"First/Second/Third Option" is simply the text displayed in the dropdown, edit it to suit whatever it is you're linking to. I personally don't use this for the AdminCP, but I find it useful for linking to PSIStats, Moderator Statistics and my VPS Server's Control Panel.

Screenshot attached.

Please Click if you are using this. Thanks!

[Trana]

The last one looks the cleanest.

Thanks again!

Anytime.

[high]* Guest210212002 eyes the install button[/high]

[Snake]

Oh lovely!

[GatorV]

<!-- Admin Tools Menu Element -->
	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="AdminMenu_menu" style="display:none">
		<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
		<tr><td class="thead">Admin Tools</span></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://option1">First Option</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://option2">Second Option</a></td></tr>
	        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://option3">Third Option</a></td></tr>
	        </table>
	</div>
<!-- /Admin Tools Menu Element -->

Won't this enable too see the links if they view source code, no matter what usergroup are no?

I ask this because I installed this to put a dropdown to some special search tools, and if anyone does right click and view source can get the links...

That's a great point, and wrapping the bottome code in a conditional is something I overlooked, thank you! This is a better way to do it.

Original post is updated with the new code.

To fix your existing navbar template:

Find:

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(7))">

Replace with:

<if condition="$show['admincplink']">

Find:

<!-- Admin Tools Menu Element -->

Add Below:

<if condition="$show['admincplink']">

Find:

<!-- /Admin Tools Menu Element -->

Add above:

</if>

[Luggruff]

hmm, now that the <if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(7))"> and such is gone, and I suck at coding.. how can I set more than the admin usergroup?
Like if I want it to show for moderators too.. (6 and 7)?
Or if I want a seperate menu for mods and one for admins?

Edit: Fixed.

Just replaced the <if condition="$show['admincplink']"> with <if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(7))"> again. No one can see the code anyways now. Just the <!-- Admin content menu --> but nothing in between.

[Omranic]

nice