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Additional navbar with dropdowns · **Released**: 12-25-2007

After upgrading and supporting my 3.0.0 and 3.5.3 version of this hack, I have decided it was time to step into the plugin world to make this easier for people to use.

Despite what category this is in it works with vBulletin 3.0 up to the most recent version of 3.8.

What this does is create another navbar with drop down menus by typing $navbar2 in any of your templates. It is just like the navbar that comes with VB.

I put a lot of description tags in the navbar2 template that gets installed to help explain what everything does. Once you understand what is going on here you can removed these. With very little modifications you can add to, remove or move items around in this additional navbar.

Upgrade
To upgrade you will want to reimport this XML file and edit your options accordingly.

1.02

Tweak it a bit to get the border on the top of the navbar. There was not boarder on the top of the navbar in the previous version. It was not really noticeable unless you have the navbar directly below the header area.

1.01

removed the plugin with the Hook "parse_templates" because it was not need.
Added plugin with the Hook ?global_start?, this will work with, PhotoPlog, vBAdvanced, Arcade. This will alleviate having to manually add code in the php files as was required in the past.

1.00

Initial release.

To install the this
1. Download the zipped file.

2. Unzip the file.

3. Import the product-navbar2.xml into your Plugins & Products? Manage Plugins.

4. Next you will have to decide where you want the navbar2 to be displayed. I have included a few options below.

5A. Under current (original) Navigation bar:
Find:

Code:

<!-- / breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

Below that place:

Code:

$navbar2

5B. On top of forums tables:
Find:

Code:

<!-- / PAGENAV POPUP -->
</if>

Below that place:

Code:

$navbar2

5C. Top of current navbar:
Find:

Code:

<br />
<!-- breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

Above that add:

Code:

$navbar2

5D. Under your header:
Find:

Code:

<br />
<!-- breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

Below that add:

Code:

$navbar2

5E. Under VB navbar:
Find:

Code:

<!-- / nav buttons bar -->

Below that add:

Code:

$navbar2

Note:
This should now work with vBAdvance CMPS, Arcade, PhotoPlog with no other modifications. Many thanks to Mike-D for his help with this.

odln018 · #42 02-25-2008, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odln018

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be working for me. I've got a second navbar, that I created in my header. I installed this to see what it looks like, and to test how I can modify it for my needs. But I'm not sure if it's conflicting or not, as I can't see this mod at all.

I am running 3.7 b4

Still need some guidance on this.

Thanks!

Skitty · #43 02-26-2008, 10:05 PM

Great hack, thank you ! Much more elbow room now

attroll · #44 02-28-2008, 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odln018

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be working for me. I've got a second navbar, that I created in my header. I installed this to see what it looks like, and to test how I can modify it for my needs. But I'm not sure if it's conflicting or not, as I can't see this mod at all.

I am running 3.7 b4

You say you have a second navbar in your header now. Then it is obviously working if it is displaying a second navbar.

Is this working or could you explain a little more?

ArnyVee · #45 03-19-2008, 11:43 PM

Great hack. Installed and working nicely.

Can this be added to my vBadvanced 'homepage' too?

www.WaltDisneyBoards.com

Also, I'm new to this stuff....how do I edit the names of the links and where they point to?

attroll · #46 03-20-2008, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArnyVee

Great hack. Installed and working nicely.

Can this be added to my vBadvanced 'homepage' too?

www.WaltDisneyBoards.com

Also, I'm new to this stuff....how do I edit the names of the links and where they point to?

Yes it should display on you CMPS page. You will have to go into your ADMINCP--> vBa CMPS--> Default Settings and find you Portal Output Global Variablesand add this in the block navbar2.

Then double check and make sure it got added ot the home page with the page identifer of "home" and make sure that it got placed in the Portal Output Global Variables there also.

joeycano · #47 03-20-2008, 10:48 AM

How do I move "Log Out" to the top navbar???

Leo Brazil · #48 03-20-2008, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArnyVee

Can this be added to my vBadvanced 'homepage' too?

I used another mod Atroll gave me to be used as navbar3 but I've changed to be used in VbA instead of the Nagigation block that's not so good as it comes.
It did work pretty good to me.

Atroll, if you want to publish it here as an option for a VbA module I can give you all I did. 100% of credits goes to you obviously.

attroll · #49 03-20-2008, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leo Brazil

I used another mod Atroll gave me to be used as navbar3 but I've changed to be used in VbA instead of the Nagigation block that's not so good as it comes.
It did work pretty good to me.

Atroll, if you want to publish it here as an option for a VbA module I can give you all I did. 100% of credits goes to you obviously.

I would be more then happy to post it. I just sent you a PM.

Sworm · #50 03-20-2008, 04:19 PM

Hi,
i've a photoplog installed on my vB forum 3.7 RC1 ,
how can i do for showing this nav bar in the index of my photoplog?

My photoplog folder is in the same directory of the "forums" (vB folder) folder....

anybody can help me?

Leo Brazil · #51 03-20-2008, 08:06 PM

Atroll,

I've just sent you an e-mail with the VbA module. Take a look on it and try it.

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