Mini Mods - Advanced Navbar Links

Author: Andrew Harmor
Version: 2.0.2
File Edits: 0
Template Edits: 2
Difficulty: Easy


Description:
You can add links or multiple menus to the navbar quickly through a form. Specify which usergroups can see each link via the permissions system.


F.A.Q.
Q: Why aren't the links showing?
A: Edit the link in your Admin CP and check the usergroup permissions

Q: All the links I made from the last version are gone
A: Go into phpmyadmin and select your vbulletin database.
Browse the table named "custom_droplinks". Change all the "catid's" with 0 to 1.
Go into your ACP --> Advanced Navbar Links --> Modify/Delete The links should show up under the first category. You can edit the links from here and select a different category to place it in.

Q: How do I get the links to appear on vBAdvanced?
A: Go into your ACP --> vBa CMPS --> Default Settings
Look for "Portal Output Global Variables". Add the following into the text area.

custom_singlelinks
custom_droplinks
custom_droplinks_cat

If you install this mod please press the "Install" button.

--Change Log--
1.0.0 - Initial Release

1.0.1 - took out the code that automatically added HTML to the navbar. I thought having it do it automatically was cool but can be annoying because you can't easily customize the class or placement

2.0.0 - Added the functionality to add multiple drop down menus

2.0.1 - Added missing table prefixes

[rickyreter]

I am using photoplog but that would'nt effect it would it?as you can see it works 4 forums but not cmps...bloody annoying as i don't wanna uninstall it,and have sep links

[talenak]

My drop down menu disappears when I'm in the arcade and I just noticed when I click new posts it doesn't show up on the navbar when the results post.

Is there a way to fix this? Thanks!

I just noticed it only doesn't show up in my navbar if there are no new posts to display. But I'd still like it to show up! I definitely want it to show up when i'm in the arcade! Thanks for your help.

[winpro19]

Thanks for this but have a question. how do I change background? Right now it's pointing to : "misc/cat_back.gif" but I want it to point to "misc/nav_background.gif"

Let me know

Thanks

[harmor19]

Originally Posted by talenak

My drop down menu disappears when I'm in the arcade and I just noticed when I click new posts it doesn't show up on the navbar when the results post.

Is there a way to fix this? Thanks!

I just noticed it only doesn't show up in my navbar if there are no new posts to display. But I'd still like it to show up! I definitely want it to show up when i'm in the arcade! Thanks for your help.

I don't have any idea why the links won't work on those pages.

Originally Posted by winpro19

Thanks for this but have a question. how do I change background? Right now it's pointing to : "misc/cat_back.gif" but I want it to point to "misc/nav_background.gif"

Let me know

Thanks

You'll have to edit the product and change the class names.

[winpro19]

Thanks worked

[elmstr]

Great hack! Works like a charm.
Thank you.

[dealxa]

installed

super, good modification, thanks harmor19

[talenak]

Haha, Man, it's tedious scanning long threads. I'm sorry if this answer is covered. I've seen a couple posts hit on it, but nothing that really solves it.

I want to add categories to my drop down menu. Like quick links has miscellanious and user cp. just the darker colored bar.

Is there a way to do this? Thanks!

[harmor19]

There isn't a way to do this in this version.

[talenak]

Oh but there IS Harmor! I found it a little bit ago, AFTER, I posted of course.

Can I suggest you link to this post in your MOD description?

Edit to add a suggestion and pictures: For anyone who wants to add the categories using the linked to methiod, Don't add a category strip as the first to display. There is an extra space added above each manually added strip that just looks tacky if its in the #1 display order. Images attached. Also it doesn't display correctly in acp, but it doesn't harm anything. See attached images.