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UKBL ~ Quality Drop Down Menu System

You wanted Drop down Menu's that were easy to install and edit, Well now you've got it

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Hi Guys, i've had so many messages about My "Easy Menu Tabs" and when was i going to do Dropdown Tabs, Well i've listened and now i can happily add UKBL ~ Quality Drop Down menu's to our list of modifications.

This is just so easy to edit and install, as long as you feel confident with a few simple edits and uploading a graphics file to your images directory or even your photobucket account, if you don't want to mess about uploading to your server.

UKBL ~ Quality Drop Downs sit quite happily on top of your forums accessable from all pages of the forum



They look like any bog standard Menu Nav bar but when you hover the mouse over it you'll see the dropdowns, I've uploaded a test version to my forum, Take a look for yourselves http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum

I've left the Top White Easy Men Bar in place also so you can compare both of them.

When you go over the menu bar the dropdowns should appear like in the picture below



See how the chosen links are highlighted

So now we come to the installation stage.

Download the dropdown.zip file below and open the VBOrg_Menu.txt file in notepad or any other text editor, as we need to edit a few files.

The first one we need to edit is the url of our Graphic File, So to cut a long story short we'll upload our graphic file to our Photobucket account, or any other account or image directory on your server, So firstly find

	/*"""""""" (MAIN) Container Edit Picture URL Here :-) """"""""*/	
	#qm0	
	{	
		padding:5px;
		background-image:url(http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr114/ukbusinesslive/center_tile_blue.gif);
		border-width:1px;
		border-style:solid;
		border-color:#eeeeee;
	}

and this is the line we need to edit, so that it gives us a nice gradiant blue acdcross the menu bar

background-image:url(http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr114/ukbusinesslive/center_tile_blue.gif);

Just replace the url within the brackets ( ) and thats it

Then we go and do the menu edits, You don't want your members click on your forum menu and ending up on my site :erm: So what we need to do now is change the menu links for yours, It take about 15 min's but its not hard to do, so lets do it.....

First find where our menu starts, This will be right at the bottom of the code, The HTML part of this and the first bit we need to change starts from here...

 <li><a class="qmparent" href="javascript:void(0)">MY CONTROL PANEL</a>

		<ul>
		<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/profile.php?do=editavatar" title="Edit Avatar">Edit Avatar</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/profile.php?do=editsignature" title="Edit Signature">Edit Signature</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/profile.php?do=editoptions" title="Edit Options">Edit Options</a></li>
		<li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx" ></span></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription" title="List Subscriptions">List Subscriptions</a></li>
		</ul></li>

Basically each tab is made up of a block like what you see above, You have the Main Tab Description which looks like this

<li><a class="qmparent" href="javascript:void(0)">MY CONTROL PANEL</a>

and you have all the sub links underneath and they look like this...

<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/profile.php?do=editavatar" title="Edit Avatar">Edit Avatar</a></li>

and its this one which we need to edit, basically if you want to keep the same link, all you need to do is to chasnge my url http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum to your forums URL, and thats it, your link should work for your site.

If you want to change the link altogether and put your own, then replace the full URL with one that you want and don't forget to edit the end part "Edit Avatar" as that is the title thats shown on the dropdown.

When you've finished all your editing, we need to upload this whole code to your Header Template of the Style that your Currantly using on your forum, So once you've saved your edited code, Just copy and paste directly to your Header, Go right to the end and click paste, save the template and thats it, The Graphic File which you need to upload to your server or image host is also in the zip file.

So easy and a great improvement to any VBulletin Forum

This is a Freebie for all you members on VB.org with my compliments

If anyone wants any custom menus made, Just PM me I'll help where i can, Just bear in mind a menu like this takes a good couple of hours or so, so a donation is more than welcomed

Oh almost Forgot guys,

If you like it, Please Click on Installed, as this really does motivate me to improving these hacks

UPDATE 09.02.09

Uploaded a New Zip File, Black Menu.Zip This is the same as this original except that its black for darker Websites and Forums, Instructions are the same as above, and comes complete with customised Graphics which will need to be uploaded to your /images/ directory.



UPDATE 23.02.09

For some of you Admins who prefer menu Buttons as opposed to a menu bar, i've made some buttons based on the above menu formate, You can install it by following the same instructions as the main install, Just upload the graphics and edit your menu links and thats it.

Experiment with the css to change colors width of boxes etc, Add more or as little as you want, the important thing is to have fun learning.



As always, post here if you want help i'll help where i can



Enjoy

[UKBusinessLive]

Well for the life of me i can't figure out whats happened?? if you click on the link you gave me it takes me to your forum and your menu.

The time shown on your forum is All times are GMT. The time now is 09:50 PM. which is what the time is here in the UK.

In all the menu Installations i've done i've not had any problems like this before

Is it just in the testing Default theme that its like this??? Have you tried any other styles???

Are you still seeing a blank screen apart from the header and footer???

[PGAmerica]

I am uncomfortable trying it on a style that all my users use until I can determine if it will work. However, I can give it a quick try and undo it if it does the same thing. I will let you know.

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by PGAmerica

I am uncomfortable trying it on a style that all my users use until I can determine if it will work. However, I can give it a quick try and undo it if it does the same thing. I will let you know.

Thanks perhaps a Screenshot may help me??

[PGAmerica]

OK, 1st I nuked the "Testing" style and made a new one. I pasted the code from the "non-black" version of the menu and got the same result. I then removed the code and the forums displayed perfectly.

2nd I went to the "Green and Gold" style and pasted the code at the end of the header. I got the same results as the other one. See for yourself. Go to http://www.christianfunforums.com/forums/index.php and choose the "Green and Gold" style.

As for a screenshot, it is the same as the last screencap I provided.

[UKBusinessLive]

OK This is what i see from your forum



Its working fine my end??

I can't figure out why it won't work for you???

I saw that your using vBSEO 3.2.0, Can you temporarily disable it and then try if you can view your forum???

[PGAmerica]

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I am logged in and you are not. I will check that out.

[UKBusinessLive]

UPDATE 23.02.09

For some of you Admins who prefer menu Buttons as opposed to a menu bar, i've made some buttons based on the above menu format, You can install it by following the same instructions as the main install, Just upload the graphics and edit your menu links and thats it.

Experiment with the css to change colors width of boxes etc, Add more or as little as you want, the important thing is to have fun learning.



As always, post here if you want help i'll help where i can

The Zip file is in the Download section in the first post

Enjoy

[Pvtiste]

Thanks for this menu system. I just have a quick question. When my cursor goes on the menu, it drops down for a few seconds and I don't want it to drop down that long if I don't mean to look for something in the menu. Do you know what I mean ? I want the menu to drop down and disappear very quickly if I don't stay on it. Can we do that ?

Thanks in advance !

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by Pvtiste

Thanks for this menu system. I just have a quick question. When my cursor goes on the menu, it drops down for a few seconds and I don't want it to drop down that long if I don't mean to look for something in the menu. Do you know what I mean ? I want the menu to drop down and disappear very quickly if I don't stay on it. Can we do that ?

Thanks in advance !

Hi,

at the very end of the code find this

<!-- Create Menu Settings: (Menu ID, Is Vertical, Show Timer, Hide Timer, On Click (options: 'all' * 'all-always-open' * 'main' * 'lev2'), Right to Left, Horizontal Subs, Flush Left, Flush Top) -->
<script type="text/javascript">qm_create(0,false,0,500,false,false,false,false,false);</script>

Find the 500 (In Red above) and change to 50, Then save,

That should speed up the changes

have fun

[Pvtiste]

Thanks dude ! It's perfect now
You can see : http://forum.pvtistes.net/