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

[GeorgeB85]

thanks for the update. Much appreciated!

[Jhonnyf]

Originally Posted by skor

- All the default sub menu links disappeared for that section. Whether I use "use menu from homepage" or "use the sections I choose below", the links under the tabs do not show up.

Yes, because Each Tab have their own sublink, if I activate the sublink of the CMS then the HOME TABS activate too

Originally Posted by skor

- So I figured I would create tab sub links for the tab. But when I do this, it breaks the highlight feature so that if I click the tab, the Home tab highlights and not the selected tab.

Not understand, check MP

Originally Posted by skor

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or I upgraded improperly? I uploaded the files from 2.0.3 and overwrote the previous versions. Then I imported the xml file with overwrite set to yes.

No, maybe you it's a bug, only check and see

Originally Posted by skor

Thank you for the time you've spent on this great mod!

thank you

[trilOByte]

Thanks for the update.

Unfortunately, I am still having issues with the wrong tab highlighted.

I'm using a couple of additional tabs, no submenus, to point to filtered searches. Both the new tabs point to search.php as does "What's New". How do I configure the THIS_SCRIPT value so I get the correct tab highlighted?

[Jhonnyf]

Originally Posted by trilOByte

Thanks for the update.

Unfortunately, I am still having issues with the wrong tab highlighted.

I'm using a couple of additional tabs, no submenus, to point to filtered searches. Both the new tabs point to search.php as does "What's New". How do I configure the THIS_SCRIPT value so I get the correct tab highlighted?

Example of your URL that you set?

[trilOByte]

Originally Posted by Jhonnyf

Example of your URL that you set?

I'm using these two....

search.php?do=getdaily&contenttype=vBForum_Post&ex clude=27,35,59,76,84,85

search.php?do=getdaily&contenttype=vBForum_Post&in clude=27,35,59,76,84,85

What's New also calls search.php and as far as I can tell, all three use THIS_SCRIPT=search. So how do I get the correct tab to highlight?

[Sleeter]

Love this mod. Thank you very much.

I am having two issues.

1. None of my "Tab Sub Links" are showing up under the nav bar.
2. The border on the bottom of the tab nav bar disappears when selecting on one of the custom tabs I made. It is there for all other tabs.
3. The tab font changes when rolled over with the mouse but the color of the tab does not change.

[civil78]

Excellent Mod... it's something that missing from new VB4 ...

One suggestion, can you make it to support Localization... for example to take the name of menu from Languages & Phrases with the vbphrase varname.

For example like this...
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[Jhonnyf]

Originally Posted by trilOByte

I'm using these two....

search.php?do=getdaily&contenttype=vBForum_Post&ex clude=27,35,59,76,84,85

search.php?do=getdaily&contenttype=vBForum_Post&in clude=27,35,59,76,84,85

What's New also calls search.php and as far as I can tell, all three use THIS_SCRIPT=search. So how do I get the correct tab to highlight?

It's because both URL are change to search.php?searchid=ID_SEARCH and if you use THIS_SCRIPT both are always the same value, and you can't use URL because this is lost when return the results.

I will make that for the next minor update, select forum to highlight by forum

Originally Posted by Sleeter

Love this mod. Thank you very much.

I am having two issues.

1. None of my "Tab Sub Links" are showing up under the nav bar.
2. The border on the bottom of the tab nav bar disappears when selecting on one of the custom tabs I made. It is there for all other tabs.
3. The tab font changes when rolled over with the mouse but the color of the tab does not change.

Checking.....

Originally Posted by civil78

Excellent Mod... it's something that missing from new VB4 ...

One suggestion, can you make it to support Localization... for example to take the name of menu from Languages & Phrases with the vbphrase varname.

For example like this...
Attachment 111280

For the Next Version

[trilOByte]

Originally Posted by Jhonnyf

It's because both URL are change to search.php?searchid=ID_SEARCH and if you use THIS_SCRIPT both are always the same value, and you can't use URL because this is lost when return the results.

I will make that for the next minor update, select forum to highlight by forum

That would be great, thank you.

[ysam]

Superb Mod. Some minor issue, not important is that when I select "Menu Tabs" I get the list of all my Menu Tabs but for two of them it displays 2 times.. tabid 4 and tabid 7.. Both tabs are menu tabs. Other than that it's perfect..

Thank you!