Miscellaneous Hacks - Multiple Navbars

There is always a demand for increased navigation from your vB Board. This modification has been tested on 3.6.x, 3.7.x and 3.8.x

Hardcoding a menu is the best way to add the increased functionaility, without adding server load and queries. This template modificiation explains how to add additional simple navbars to your website. By utilising exisitng vB code from within the Navbar template, the menu will appear on all pages, including in add-ons such as vBa and Photoplog and Photopost.


A working expample can be found at Midlands Weather Forum

The basis of the navigation bar (refered to as the 'Main Code') is as follows:

<!-- nav2 buttons bar by Optrex-->
 
<div align="center">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top-width:0px">
<tr align="center">
 
 
<!--compile your links within this space, using the section types below -->
 
 
</tr>
</table>
</div>
 
<!-- / nav2 buttons bar by Optrex-->

To create a link visible to all usergroups add this code to replace the green section of the main code (above):

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://www.yoururlhere.com" >Title of your link</a></td>

To create a link visible only to members add this code to replace the green section of the main code (above):

<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://www.yoururlhere.com" >Title of your link</a></td>
</if>

Placement is recommended above your existing navbar, due to the "drop down" lists.

Find the following line in your navbar template and place your compiled code above it.

<!-- nav buttons bar -->
<div align="center">

[Al-Fateh]

this is one of the best mods

[midirtrider]

Thanks for the info.. this is a great mod!

And something I deffiantly am glad I learned!

[AllenMead]

A silly question, but how do I get the new links I've added to the additional nav bar to line up to the left and not centred as I haven't got that many extra links can be seen here here

Excellent mod!

[optrex]

AllenMead, in the 4th line of code change <tr align="center"> to <tr align="left">

[alawee.blawee]

it doesn't work with the DJ Fluid style

hehe

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...=1#post1110105

[optrex]

It would be very easy for me to say its a bug in that hack, especially as its not been updated since RC, but as I don't have it installed, if you want to pm me some template information, I'll take a look.

I am assuming the skin uses the parent navbar, rather than relying on its own - ie when you look at the templates in style DJ, the navbar template is yellow not red?

[optrex]

Originally Posted by alawee.blawee

it doesn't work with the DJ Fluid style
hehe
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...=1#post1110105

It does work, having just installed that skin in the fluid mode, it works fine. Like I say, you just need to modify the correct template for that style.

[alawee.blawee]

Sir If you look at the pic you put you are gonna see that some options came twice
like by example User Cp

can we make anything different and pass this problem?

[optrex]

That is because the designer of the skin has placed his navigation in the header. Just remove that part of code from the header template, or refer back to the person who made the skin for more advice.

[alawee.blawee]

ok thanx

let's wait for the Designer he might help us i hope

regards