Additional Navbar

Dispite what category this is in it works with vBulletin 3.5. Just read the directions.

What this does is create another navbar with drop down menu?s by typing $navbar2 in any of your templates. It is just like the one that comes with vBulletin 3.

After seeing a lot of replies about users wanting another navbar besides the basic one that comes with vBulletin. I waited for someone else to write one. But no one stepped forward and wrote one. I wanted this for my site and got tired of waiting for someone else to write it. So I played around and created this one for myself. I though I would share it with everyone.

Note: If you do not want to add a separate navbar template you can also substitute the steps in 5A through 5D and insert the navbar2.txt after you have edited it the way you want and into the same places as I mentioned for the $navbar2 in your default navbar and you will not have to do any of these other steps.

I put a lot of description tags in the HTML file to help explain what everything does. Once you understand what is going on here you can removed these. With very little modifications you can add to, remove or move items around in this navbar.

1. To install this hack you will have to create a template in you ADMINCP and call it ?navbar2? and insert the contents of the attached file "navbar2.txt" into this template file. Right now it is set up for my site. So you will have to modify it to what you want in this navbar for your site.

2. Put the following command in your phpinclude_start template:

PHP Code:

eval('$navbar2 = "' . fetch_template('navbar2') . '";'); 


2A. This is for users that have vB 3.5 and up. Step 2 will not work because the phpinclude_start template no longer exist in versions 3.5 and higher. So for 3.5 users ignore step 2 and use 2A.

Plugin System
Add new Plugin

Hook Location: global_start
Title: navbar2
Plugin PHP Code:

PHP Code:

eval('$navbar2 = "' . fetch_template('navbar2') . '";'); 


3. Now put the following command in you header or what ever template where your want the new navbar to be displayed (samples of where to put them are in the attached photos and directions are in 5A, B, C, D.):

PHP Code:

$navbar2 


4. Since the template is uncached you will have an extra query on each page. To fix, open global.php
Find:

PHP Code:

// misc useful 


Add below:

PHP Code:

'navbar2', 


5A. Under current Navigation / Breadcrumb Templaters - navbar:
Find:

<!-- / nav buttons bar -->

Below that place:

$navbar2

5B. On top of forums tables:
Find:

<!-- / PAGENAV POPUP -->
</if>

Below that place:

$navbar2

5C. Under your header:
Find:

<br />
<!-- breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

Above that add:

$navbar2

5D. Top of current navbar:
Find:

<!-- breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

Under that add:

$navbar2

vBadvance CMPS using vB 3.5 or higher. To get this working with the homepage you will have to do the following.

Go into your ADMINCP-->vBa CPMS-->Default Setting-->Portal Output Global Variables and add navbar2 in the block there and save it.

Arcaded hack. You will need to go into your darcaded hack and edit a line. Here are the directions:
Go to you arcade/functions/functions.php
open it with a text editor:
Find:

global $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox;
global $forumjump, $timezone, $logincode, $_USEROPTIONS, $scriptpath, $admincpdir, $modcpdir, $quickchooserbits;

Replace with:

global $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox;
global $forumjump, $timezone, $logincode, $_USEROPTIONS, $scriptpath, $admincpdir, $modcpdir, $quickchooserbits, $navbar2;

[Red Blaze]

Wow, thanks for sharing this, I'll install this soon.

[Tim Wheatley]

Couldn't you just edit the existing navbar template??

http://forum.rscnet.org

[assassingod]

Nice idea, however since the template is uncached you will have an extra query on each page. To fix, open global.php

PHP Code:

    // misc useful 


add below

PHP Code:

    'navbar2', 


[gmarik]

simple but nice

[neocorteqz]

Originally Posted by Tim Wheatley

Couldn't you just edit the existing navbar template??

http://forum.rscnet.org

Yes, but some may want addtional space, as not to clutter the existing navbar. I have a few custom additions to mine, and I have even added some stuff to the Quick Links drop down menu, but If i were to add more, it would start looking kinda cluttered. IMO.

[ChurchMedia]

Brilliant simplicity! I had to disable my java-menu because it was conflicting with the vB menus. Now I can add them back in. Thanks so much!!

[attroll]

Originally Posted by assassingod

Nice idea, however since the template is uncached you will have an extra query on each page. To fix, open global.php

PHP Code:

    // misc useful 


add below

PHP Code:

    'navbar2', 


Thank you for pointing this out. I have added it to the instructions in the first post.

[Holidazed]

This is awesome! I am using it now at http://www.dkdrpg.com

Thank you

~installs

[Vigile]

Originally Posted by assassingod

Nice idea, however since the template is uncached you will have an extra query on each page. To fix, open global.php

PHP Code:

    // misc useful 


add below

PHP Code:

    'navbar2', 


Sorry for taking off topic here, but what is the difference (value) between uncached and cached templates? I understand that the query doesnt load on each load, but why doesnt it, I guess thats the question... does it load the tempalte on the local enduser pc?

[Rick Sample]

I really want this hack, but can someone show me how I would find and add the navbar like this site has it: (you see how its directly above the login and is the same size? http://www.rs25.com


I hope one of you could help me out on this