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

[shane greer]

I have tried to install it in a couple of different threads. See my forum.

www.thefewgoodmen.com/FGMForum

The links from the first drop down are replicating int he second drop down.

[UKBusinessLive]

Hi Shane,

You seem to still show my discriprtions to my sites as in the demo in the second link menu, but as you say they are pointing to the 1st link menu items?? Are you making sure you've edited the Menu Links correctly ??

Not sure what else it could be, have you tried it in a different forum category to see if that works?? I can't really see a problem with it not working directly below anotherone, they are two seperate forums

[shane greer]

I moved it to a different section completely and it still sends me to the links from the first drop down.

In the second links I added it as you had laid out with your pre-programmed links and they still changed to my links from my first drop down menu.

I have removed the second drop down until we can find a solution.

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by shane greer

I moved it to a different section completely and it still sends me to the links from the first drop down.

In the second links I added it as you had laid out with your pre-programmed links and they still changed to my links from my first drop down menu.

I have removed the second drop down until we can find a solution.

Thanks shane, pehaps the javascript is getting confused with two examples running in the same page

Why don't you add some tabs to the top of your forum and add the extra content there??

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=200686

[shane greer]

Ok thanks anyway.

[rapidphim]

Instead of having all subforum listed, can we use this hack to drop down all subforum(s)?

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by rapidphim

Instead of having all subforum listed, can we use this hack to drop down all subforum(s)?

Sure :up:

[rapidphim]

the process of doing that is the same as above instruction?

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by rapidphim

the process of doing that is the same as above instruction?

Sure just add your sub forums urls

[simoncauchi]

Installed. Thankyou