The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

Users Can create their own drop down list in navbar · **Released**: 12-15-2004

This hack is part of Lesson #6 of my Using the PHPINCLUDE_START template" tutorial thread. It is presented here individually. While techinically a user feature, it is put here with mini-mods since it requires no code edits. Instead you have 2 template edits: navbar and phpinclude_start. You must also add a user profile field.

For a more complete explaination of the code please visit the tutorial thread.

AND NOW THE HACK...

To begin create a user profile field that is multiple text lines and has a character limit of at least 2000. Note the user profile field # the system assigns to the new field - you'll need it below.

Once you do that crack into your navbar and look for this code:

HTML Code:

			<!-- nav buttons bar -->
				<div align="center">
					<table class="thead" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
						<tr align="center">
							<if condition="$show['popups']">

Immediately after add.

HTML Code:

								<if condition="!empty($mylinks)">
									<td id="mylinks" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#mylinks">My Links</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("mylinks"); </script></td>		
								</if>

Next look for this code in the navbar

HTML Code:

	<!-- / NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->

Immediately above it insert the following code

HTML Code:

<if condition="!empty($mylinks)">
<!-- My Links Menu -->
	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="mylinks_menu" style="display:none"> 
 		<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0"> 
			$mylinks
		</table> 
	</div>
<!-- /My Links -->
</if>

Now insert the following into PHPINCLUDE_START at either the very start or the very end.

PHP Code:


			
if (!empty($bbuserinfo['fieldX']))

    {

    require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');

    $mylinks = parse_bbcode2($bbuserinfo['fieldX'], 0, 0, 0, 1);

    $mylinks = str_replace('<br />', '', $mylinks);

    $mylinks = str_replace('</a>', '</a></td></tr>', $mylinks);

    $mylinks = str_replace('<a', '<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a', $mylinks);    

    }

You will need to plug the correct user profile field # into the spot occupied by "fieldX" above. So if your new profile field created above was field #9 you'd refer to $bbuserinfo['field9']

And with that you're done. Enjoy.

Compatibility Note
If you are running a version of vbulletin prior to version 3.0.3 you'll need to run a database query in order to have field lengths longer than 250 characters. This query is:

ALTER TABLE userfield MODIFY COLUMN fieldX TEXT

You'll need to change fieldX to the field# appropriate to your forums.

Michael Morris · #42 02-14-2005, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikexxx

If i use this link:

PHP Code:


			
[url=http://www.vbulletin.com/search.php?do=getdaily&days=7]7 Dagen[/url]

This is the link when i use it:

PHP Code:


			
http://www.vbulletin.com/search.php?do=getdaily&amp;days=7

The & (replaced by: &amp

is not in the link. Is there a solution for this?

I've never ran into this problem from the parser. You might try replacing the & with & in the original link.

neocorteqz · #43 02-14-2005, 04:48 AM

very nice hack. Not sure if i'm going to install it yet or not. But very nice work.

OrangeFlea · #44 02-14-2005, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Morris

Check to make sure there isn't a parse error in your PHPINCLUDE_START template. To do this, put this in your footer.

$phpinclude_output

Then, if there's a parse error, it will appear in your footer.

Just did that. There's no parse error. Is there anything specific that I can paste here that will provide you some information?

Michael Morris · #45 02-14-2005, 04:59 PM

Go ahead and cut & paste your copy of the code and I'll see if I can spot an error.

OrangeFlea · #46 02-14-2005, 05:51 PM

phpinclude_start

Code:

if (!empty($bbuserinfo['field6'])) 
    { 
    require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php'); 
    $mylinks = parse_bbcode2($bbuserinfo['field6'], 0, 0, 0, 1); 
    $mylinks = str_replace('<br />', '', $mylinks); 
    $mylinks = str_replace('</a>', '</a></td></tr>', $mylinks); 
    $mylinks = str_replace('<a', '<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a', $mylinks);     
    } 
ob_start(); 
@require("http://www.realmofinfamy.com/chat/info.php"); 
$chatwho = ob_get_contents(); 
ob_end_clean();

ob_start(); 
echo file_get_contents("http://www.realmofinfamy.com/chat/people.php"); 
$cnum = ob_get_contents(); 
ob_end_clean();

Navbar

Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function log_out()
{
	ht = document.getElementsByTagName("html");
	ht[0].style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(grayscale=1)";
	if (confirm('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]'))
	{
		return true;
	}
	else
	{
		ht[0].style.filter = "";
		return false;
	}
}
//-->
</script>

<br />

<!-- breadcrumb, login, pm info -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="alt1" width="100%">
		<if condition="is_array($navbits)">
			<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
			<tr valign="bottom">
				<td><a href="#" onclick="history.back(1)"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_start.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_back]" border="0" /></a></td>
				<td>&nbsp;</td>
				<td width="100%"><span class="navbar"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php?$session[sessionurl]" accesskey="1">$vboptions[bbtitle]</a></span> $navbits[breadcrumb]</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td class="navbar" style="font-size:10pt; padding-top:1px" colspan="3"><a href="$scriptpath"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_finallink.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reload_this_page]" border="0" /></a> <strong>$navbits[lastelement]</strong></td>
			</tr>
			</table>			
		<else />
			<div class="navbar" style="font-size:10pt"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php?$session[sessionurl]" accesskey="1"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_start.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> <strong>$vboptions[bbtitle]</strong></div>
		</if>
	</td>	
	
	<if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid']">
	
		<td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
		<div class="smallfont">
			<!--<span style="float:$stylevar[right]">[<a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;u=$bbuserinfo[userid]" onclick="return log_out()">$vbphrase[log_out]</a>]</span>-->
			<strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[welcome_x]</phrase></strong><br />
			<phrase 1="$pmbox[lastvisitdate]" 2="$pmbox[lastvisittime]">$vbphrase[last_visited_x_at_y]</phrase>
			<if condition="$show['pmstats']"><br /><phrase 1="$vbphrase[unread_x_nav_compiled]" 2="$vbphrase[total_x_nav_compiled]" 3="$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[private_messages_nav]</phrase></if>
		</div>
		</td>
		
	<else />
		
		<td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap" style="padding:0px">
			
		<!-- login form -->
		<form action="login.php" method="post" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password,vb_login_md5password,vb_login_md5password_utf)">
		<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js"></script>
		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
		<tr>
			<td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[username]</td>
			<td><input type="text" class="button" name="vb_login_username" id="navbar_username" size="10" accesskey="u" tabindex="1" value="$vbphrase[username]" onfocus="if (this.value == '$vbphrase[username]') this.value = '';" /></td>
			<td class="smallfont" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="cb_cookieuser_navbar"><input type="checkbox" name="cookieuser" value="1" tabindex="3" id="cb_cookieuser_navbar" accesskey="c" checked="checked" />$vbphrase[remember_me]</label></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[password]</td>
			<td><input type="password" class="button" name="vb_login_password" size="10" accesskey="p" tabindex="2" /></td>
			<td><input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[log_in]" tabindex="4" title="$vbphrase[enter_username_to_login_or_register]" accesskey="s" /></td>
		</tr>
		</table>
		<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
		<input type="hidden" name="do" value="login" />
		<input type="hidden" name="forceredirect" value="1" />			
		<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password" />
		<input type="hidden" name="vb_login_md5password_utf" />
		</form>
		<!-- / login form -->
			
		</td>
		
	</if>	
	
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

<!-- nav buttons bar -->
<div align="center">
	<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top-width:0px">
	<tr align="center">	
		<!--<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php?$session[sessionurl]">Home</a></td>-->
		
		<if condition="$show['member']">
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="usercp.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[user_cp]</a></td>
		</if>



		<if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="register.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[register]</a></td>
		</if>

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="arcade.php?$session[sessionurl]">Arcade</a></td>

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://www.realmofinfamy.com/chat/flashchat.php" target=_roichat>RoI Chat ($cnum online)</a></td>



<td id="journalnavbar" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#journalnavbar">RoI Blog</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("journalnavbar"); </script></td>
		

		<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="memberlist.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[members_list]</a></td>
				<if condition="$show['popups']">
<if condition="!empty($mylinks)">
									<td id="mylinks" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#mylinks">My Links</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("mylinks"); </script></td>		
								</if>		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
				<else />
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
				</if>
				<td id="navbar_search" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]" accesskey="4">$vbphrase[search]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("navbar_search"); </script></td>
			</if>
<td id="amazon_navbar_search" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#"><FONT COLOR="#ffff00">Shop with RoI</font></a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("amazon_navbar_search"); </script></td>
			<if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid']">
				<td id="usercptools" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#usercptools">$vbphrase[quick_links]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools"); </script></td>		
			</if>
		<else />		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]" accesskey="4">$vbphrase[search]</a></td>
				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
				<else />
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
				</if>
			</if>
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td>


			<if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid']">			
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#" onclick="window.open('misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=buddylist&amp;focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=250,height=300'); return false;">$vbphrase[open_buddy_list]</a></td>			
			</if>			
		</if>
		<if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid']">
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;u=$bbuserinfo[userid]" onclick="return log_out()">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>
		</if>
	</tr>
	</table>
</div>
<!-- / nav buttons bar -->

<br />
<br />

<if condition="$show['popups']">
<!-- NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->
	
	<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
	<!-- header quick search form -->
	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_search_menu" style="display:none">
		<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
		<tr>
			<td class="thead">$vbphrase[search_forums]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
			<form action="search.php" method="post">
				<input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />
				<input type="hidden" name="showposts" value="0" />
				<input type="text" class="bginput" name="query" size="20" />$gobutton<br />
			</form>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]" accesskey="4">$vbphrase[advanced_search]</a></td>
		</tr>
		</table>
	</div>
	<!-- / header quick search form -->
	</if>
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="amazon_navbar_search_menu" style="display:none">
        	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
			<!-- Amazon.com Search Start -->
			<tr>
				<td class="thead">Amazon Search</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
					<form action="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search">
						<input type="text" class="bginput" name="keyword" size="20" />$gobutton<br />
						<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="blended" /> 
						<input type="hidden" name="tag" value="realmofinfamy-20" /> 
					</form>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td style="background-color:#000;" height="40" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/realmofinfamy-20"><img src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/build-links/ap-search-logo-126x32.gif" height="36" border="0" width="126" /></a></td>
			</tr>
			<!-- Amazon.com Search End -->
			</table>
		</div>

	<if condition="$show['member']">
	<!-- user cp tools menu -->
	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="usercptools_menu" style="display:none">
		<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
		
		<tr><td class="thead">$vbphrase[quick_links]</td></tr>		
		<if condition="$vboptions['enablesearches']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td></tr></if>
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="#" onclick="window.open('misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=buddylist&amp;focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=250,height=300'); return false;">$vbphrase[open_buddy_list]</a></td></tr>
				
		<tr><td class="thead"><a href="usercp.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[user_control_panel]</a></td></tr>
		<if condition="$show['siglink']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editsignature">$vbphrase[edit_signature]</a></td></tr></if>
		<if condition="$show['avatarlink']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editavatar">$vbphrase[edit_avatar]</a></td></tr></if>
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editprofile">$vbphrase[edit_profile]</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editoptions">$vbphrase[edit_options]</a></td></tr>
		
		<tr><td class="thead">$vbphrase[miscellaneous]</td></tr>
		<if condition="$show['pmstats']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[private_messages]</a></td></tr></if>
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[subscribed_threads]</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[my_profile]</a></td></tr>
		<if condition="$show['wollink']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="online.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[whos_online]</a></td></tr></if>
		
		</table>
	</div>
	<!-- / user cp tools menu -->
	</if>
<if condition="!empty($mylinks)">
<!-- My Links Menu -->
	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="mylinks_menu" style="display:none"> 
 		<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0"> 
			$mylinks
		</table> 
	</div>
<!-- /My Links -->
</if>
<!-- / NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="journalnavbar_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="thead" align="center">Blog Links</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="journal.php">Blogs Index</a></td>
</tr>
<if condition="$bbuserinfo!=0">
<tr>
<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="journal.php?do=gotomyjournal">My Blogs</a></td>
</tr>
</if>
</table>
</div>
</if>

mikexxx · #47 02-17-2005, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Morris

I've never ran into this problem from the parser. You might try replacing the & with & in the original link.

Nope, then I get this:

search.php?do=getdaily&amp;days=7

Michael Morris · #48 02-17-2005, 09:21 PM

Weird. I'm not sure how to dodge that problem.

havefun · #49 03-15-2005, 04:39 PM

thanks, works find

Dennis Olson · #50 03-16-2005, 05:14 PM

I have the same problem with "&". vB3.0.3.

The link syntax is normal in the UserCP, but when being parsed in the drop-down, the replacement occurs.

Dennis Olson · #51 03-16-2005, 08:38 PM

Replace this code:

$mylinks = parse_bbcode2($bbuserinfo['fieldX'], 0, 0, 0, 1);

with this:

$mylinks = parse_bbcode2($bbuserinfo['fieldX'], 1, 0, 0, 1);

Problem solved.

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.10933 seconds Memory Usage 2,353KB Queries Executed 26 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (2)bbcode_code (4)bbcode_html (3)bbcode_php (3)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)modsystem_post (1)navbar (6)navbar_link (120)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (4)pagenav_pagelink (11)post_thanks_box (11)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (11)post_thanks_postbit_info (10)postbit (11)postbit_onlinestatus (11)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
Messages:

The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

It is not a VB3 engine, just a parsed copy!