Forum Home Enhancements - Dropdown Menu box for Links/Urls

As a result of this post https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...82#post1697782

I've come up with a small modification that will allow admins to include a small dropdown box in the forum discription. With this mod you will be able to add a few or hundreds of urls and links without filling up your forum.




This is really easy, all you need to do is to copy the following code to notepad on your PC and save it as subnav.js

function go_nav() {
	
  if (document.getElementById && document.createTextNode) {	
	
	var user_link = document.getElementById("my_links").value;	
    
	window.location = user_link;
	
	return false;
	
  }
  
}

or you can just download the zip file

then you need to upload the subnav.js file to your forums root directory.

The next stage is the code where you edit your urls etc...

<div id="drop_box_nav">
<form action="#" onsubmit="return go_nav();">
<select name="my_links" id="my_links">
  <option value="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk">UKBusinesslive Store</option>
  <option value="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/topsite">Topsite</option>
  <option value="http://www.google.com">Google</option>
  <option value="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/links/">UKBL Links</option>
</select>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
<input type="submit" name="sub_nav" id="sub_nav" value="Go to URL" />
</form>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="subnav.js"></script>

Within that code you need to edit your urls and description in the option values

 <option value="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk">UKBusinesslive Store</option>

I've only done 4 in the above but you can add as little or as many as you need by simply adding more option values as in the code above.

Once you've saved your edit, you can upload it to a forum, what i did was to create a new forum called "Quick Links" and then paste all of that code into the Forum Description.

Thats all there is to it, Feel free to experiment with this and remember to post a link here if you want to show off your new dropbox.

Enjoy



*****************************UPDATE*************** *******************
4th Jan 2009

Please find below an .xml file, This is the Menubox done within a Module for vBa

It's the actual module with the default url still in place. (You need to edit these - Unless you want a link to my site )
Anyone with vBa3 can upload it via the vBa control panel.
Lower versions of vBa may need to edit the .xml file.
REMEMBER you still need to upload the subnav.js file to your forum root

Many Thanks to Mal for this Code

Enjoy
*****************************UPDATE*************** *******************

12 January 2009

To Open in new Browser Window

To get the link to open in a new browser window, what you do is add the target="_blank" attribute to your link tag, like this in your Menu Links area

<option value="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk" target="_blank">UKBusinesslive Store</option>

If you do that to the ones that you want to open in a new window, then you don't navigate away from your site

[blind-eddie]

Originally Posted by lenzo

Can you take this one step further and set up user defined links that you add to the drop down menu?

I tried getting someone to do this before with no luck (see the link below).

http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30095

I enclosed the same file, so you can try it out. If you can get it working properly, you can release it as a mod with my permission. I just need someone to take it to the next step. Anybody out there that can do it...

I have tried many time to do what you are trying to do, but I couldn't write a product for it.
So I made mine with manual edits. Works for me & you can easily easily add it as a vba template module. Try to get it to work with what you have, Good Luck

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=185071




By the way, UKBusinessLive, Thank you for this add on, it will come in handy.

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by blind-eddie

By the way, UKBusinessLive, Thank you for this add on, it will come in handy.

Your welcome

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by RedeemedWarrior

anyway this could be used to allow multiple dropdowns?

like for several sections

You can use it in as many forums as you want, You can create a quick link box at the top of each forum if you wanted to

[RedeemedWarrior]

Originally Posted by UKBusinessLive

You can use it in as many forums as you want, You can create a quick link box at the top of each forum if you wanted to

really? when i tried it they appear to be working yet when you hit go it goes to only the first link on the first menu

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by RedeemedWarrior

really? when i tried it they appear to be working yet when you hit go it goes to only the first link on the first menu

Hi

Are you sure you have the correct Menu entries

select name="my_links" id="my_links">
  <option value="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk">UKBusinesslive Store</option>
  <option value="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/topsite">Topsite</option>
  <option value="http://www.google.com">Google</option>
  <option value="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/links/">UKBL Links</option>

Just make sure you have them as shown or send them to me in a PM and i'll take a look for you, I'm not gonna rest tonight until your Sorted

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by RedeemedWarrior

really? when i tried it they appear to be working yet when you hit go it goes to only the first link on the first menu

Did you manage to get it working?? RedeemedWarrior??

[SpeedyHire]

shame it dont open in a new window, as it takes you waya from your forums
nice work still

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by SpeedyHire

shame it dont open in a new window, as it takes you waya from your forums
nice work still

Hi Speedy

There always a fix buddy, never give up

To get the link to open in a new browser window, what you do is add the target="_blank" attribute to your link tag, like this in your Menu Links area

<option value="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk" target="_blank">UKBusinesslive Store</option>

If you do that to the ones that you want to open in a new window, then you don't navigate away from your site



Enjoy :up:

[TimberFloorAu]

could be worth for SEO reasons adding the attribute title

so

<option value="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk" target="_blank" title="UkBusinessLive Online Store">UKBusinesslive Store</option>

[UKBusinessLive]

Nice

:up::up::up: