End-User Options - Global "New Thread" Button in Navbar

This mod adds a New Thread button or link to the navbar so that your users can start a new thread with two clicks from anywhere on the forums. First they click New Thread, then they click on the forum they want to post in. The hierarchical list of forums should respect all forum permissions, and forums where the user can post are shown as a link.

Features:

• Show/hide large New Thread button (Settings in the Global New Thread Button Options group)
• Show large New Thread button as Text or the default vB New Thread button () (added v1.1)
• Show/hide navbar New Thread link
• Show/hide forum descriptions on the listing of forums
• All HTML is in templates (scroll down to the temlates that start with gntb_)
• All language is in phrases (they all start with gntb_)
• The product can be enabled/disabled in the Product Manager, rather than adding the extra overhead of an on/off switch in the options
• Easy installation: Import the products XML file

[XYZ1234]

How do I remove link from Navbar? Looks absolutely terrible on my theme,
www.irishrepublican.net


EDIT - Dont worry, using older version of hack.

[Jase2]

It can be removed by goin' to:

ACP --> vBulletin Options --> vBulletin Options --> Global New Thread Button Options --> Show Large New Thread Button --> No

I just have mine in the sidebar, as a link "Post A New Question". See: http://www.techsupportteam.org/forum/

[sockwater]

Originally Posted by brasolino

can i use this mod on 3.6.10 pl2 ?

I don't see any reason it wouldn't work for 3.6.10. Can you give it a try and post back here to let us know how it went?

Originally Posted by macc

i updated hack and can not get this image (newthread.gif) to display on navbar ...

It links to the default location for newthread.gif. If you have an image somewhere else, just edit the gntb_newthreadbutton template, and change $stylevar[imgdir_button]/newthread.gif to the URL to your image. Also, be sure you enable both Show Large New Thread Button and Show Large Button as Image in the settings.

Originally Posted by Jase2

Any chance you could add a line break between each forum name ?

Sure, edit the gntb_forumbit template and add a <br /> right before the closing list tag </ul>.

Originally Posted by Daithi

How do I remove link from Navbar? Looks absolutely terrible on my theme,
www.irishrepublican.net

Use the options (Global New Thread Button Options), where you can enable/disable both the navbar link and/or the navbar button (to the left of the breadcrumbs.) BTW, I look at your site, and I don't think it looks bad. But I guess it's subjective.

[Jase2]

Thanks! Was a little unsure on which template to edit LOL.

[PoetJA-1975]

I can't believe this! Out of the 1st 3 posts - 2 were complaints - THAT SUX!
Anyway - thanx to the modification author SOCKWATER for sharing - I'd actually installed a similar mod that had the dropdown - was for 3.6.x and apparently the author isn't interested in making it compatible with the 3.7 series - Anyway... Thanx so much for the sharing

Jacquii.

[PoetJA-1975]

Just a suggestion on possible button placement:

Find in navbar template:

<div class="navbar" style="font-size:21px;padding-left:6px;"><strong>$vboptions[bbtitle]</strong></div>
		</if>
	</td>

Add directly below:

<!-- Global "New Thread" Button -->
 <td class="alt1">
<div align="center"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/newthread.php" title="Post A New Thread"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/newthread.gif"></a></div></td>
       <!-- / Global "New Thread" Button -->

Puts the button right to the left of "Logged in as ...." info - Up close and personal :P
Thanx again for the modification SOCKWATER - I was certainly looking for something just like this

Jacquii.



ps - apologies for my "loudness" in the previous post :blush:

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by sockwater

you'd be adding at least one query (I think) to *every* pageview on your site.

Not if you use AJAX...

[TheInsaneManiac]

Originally Posted by sockwater

My original intention was to have the current "button" as an example, and you can edit the gntb_newthreadbutton template and make it look any way you want.

Bluidkiti PMed me with a suggestion and what they did on their board, which is to use the default vB New Thread image (). I have now included this as an option in the product. Just download and reinstall.

Awesome! Installed

[Super Jinni]

Originally Posted by sockwater

I'm going to look into the option of making it a popup menu as well. If it doesn't add a lot of overhead to all pageviews, it's a good idea.

I think that will be really great

thanks for taking that into consideration

[elmati]

really nice! thanks m8!