[HOW TO - vB4] Create a New Tab in the navbar (with template)

[ultimategeek]

Originally Posted by ragtek

I know that lynne allready postet an article, but here's a other way:

This tutorial will show you, how to add own links to your navbar.
(In the tutorial i'll use the code for my news add-on)


1. create a template (ragtek_news_navbar)

<vb:if condition="$vboptions['selectednavtab'] == 'ragteknews'">
<li class="selected">
    <a class="navtab" href="news.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase ragtek_news}</a>
<ul class="floatcontainer">
<li><a href="#">#</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<vb:else />
<li><a class="navtab" href="news.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase ragtek_news}</a></li>
</vb:if>

2. Create a plugin at the hook process_templates_complete

PHP Code:

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'xxx')  // also defined('ragteknews') possible
{
//set selected tab
    $vbulletin->options['selectednavtab'] = 'ragteknews';
}
// add the "subtemplate" to the navbartemplate
$template_hook['navtab_middle'] .= vB_Template::create('ragtek_news_navbar')->render(); 


As you see, i've defined "ragteknews" on my news.php page.If ragteknews is defined, $vbulletion->options['selectednavtab'] will be set to ragteknews.
Thats important because where using a condition in the template:

<vb:if condition="$vboptions['selectednavtab'] == 'ragteknews'">

Hi, very new to this so i have to ask, where do you do this?

[davis31b]

Everything turns out good.. just have one issue (see screenshot).. I added both tabs, "auction" & "news". When I click news, only the news tab is selected which is what it is supposed to do, however when i select auction, both news & auction are selected..

very strange, any ideas?

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by davis31b

Everything turns out good.. just have one issue (see screenshot).. I added both tabs, "auction" & "news". When I click news, only the news tab is selected which is what it is supposed to do, however when i select auction, both news & auction are selected..

very strange, any ideas?

Is this part unique for each?

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'xxx')  // also defined('ragteknews') possible 
{ 
//set selected tab 
    $vbulletin->options['selectednavtab'] = 'ragteknews'; 
} 

[davis31b]

Yes, I have made sure that neither plugins or templates has anything similar, each are using unique templates and plugins.

When I click the "Auction" link both are selected, but when I click "New" only news is selected, so I was thinking that something was wrong with the auction template or plugin, but I can't find anything wrong since it was not unique. Thanks.

[nasko]

Ok, I red the entire thread but didn`t find solution for my problem.

The tab is successfully displayed on my forum navbar, but when I am on the homepage which is CMS I don`t see my new tab, only the default ones: Home, Forum, Blogs, What's New?

Any help ?

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by davis31b

Yes, I have made sure that neither plugins or templates has anything similar, each are using unique templates and plugins.

When I click the "Auction" link both are selected, but when I click "New" only news is selected, so I was thinking that something was wrong with the auction template or plugin, but I can't find anything wrong since it was not unique. Thanks.

You'll need to post your code for both so we can see it.

Originally Posted by nasko

Ok, I red the entire thread but didn`t find solution for my problem.

The tab is successfully displayed on my forum navbar, but when I am on the homepage which is CMS I don`t see my new tab, only the default ones: Home, Forum, Blogs, What's New?

Any help ?

Are you using a different style on the CMS section?

[Dax IX]

Excellent tutorial!

I have a question about using this with vBa CMPS...I'd like the subnav links to be the various pages of my vBa CMPS. Basically I want the links in the Site Navigation module to show in my navbar.

I've pieced a few things together, but obviously I've done something horribly wrong as they aren't working...

I basically just copied and pasted code, so some of this code is not playing well with other parts. I just need to figure out where I need to change things...

Here's my plugin code:

PHP Code:

$navigationbits = array();

if (!empty($vbulletin->adv_portal_page))
{
    $navpages = array_keys($vbulletin->adv_portal_page);
}

if (!empty($mod_options['portal_navigation_excludepages']))
{
    $navpages = array_diff($navpages, $mod_options['portal_navigation_excludepages']);
}

($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('vba_cmps_module_navigation_start')) ? eval($hook) : false;

if (!empty($navpages))
{
    eval('$mod_options[\'portal_navigation_mark1\'] = "' . addslashes($mod_options['portal_navigation_mark1']) . '";');
    eval('$mod_options[\'portal_navigation_mark2\'] = "' . addslashes($mod_options['portal_navigation_mark2']) . '";');

    foreach ($navpages AS $npageid)
    {
        $npage =& $vbulletin->adv_portal_page[$npageid];

        if (!array_intersect($vbulletin->userinfo['usergrouparray'], $npage['userperms']))
        {
            continue;
        }

        if ($npage['level'] <= 1)
        {
            $navigationbits[$npageid]['navmark'] = $mod_options['portal_navigation_mark1'];
        }
        else
        {
            $navigationbits[$npageid]['navmark'] = str_repeat('&nbsp;', (intval($npage['level'] - 1))) . $mod_options['portal_navigation_mark2'];
        }

        $navigationbits[$npageid]['link'] = $vba_options['portal_homeurl'] . ($npage['name'] != 'home' ? '?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . $vba_options['portal_pagevar'] . '=' . $npage['name'] : '');
        $navigationbits[$npageid]['title'] = ($npageid == $pages['pageid']) ? '<strong>' . $npage['title'] . '</strong>' : $npage['title'];

        ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('vba_cmps_module_navigation_def_pagebits')) ? eval($hook) : false;
    }
}

// Additional pages
$customnavigationbits = array();

if (!empty($mod_options['portal_navigation_addpages']))
{
    foreach ($mod_options['portal_navigation_addpages'] AS $key => $navlinks)
    {
        $customnavigationbits[$key]['title'] = $navlinks['text'];
        eval('$customnavigationbits[$key][\'link\'] = "' . addslashes($navlinks['link']) . '";');

        if ($navlinks['level'] <= 1)
        {
            $customnavigationbits[$key]['navmark'] = $mod_options['portal_navigation_mark1'];
        }
        else
        {
            $customnavigationbits[$key]['navmark'] = str_repeat('&nbsp;', intval($navlinks['level'] - 1)) . $mod_options['portal_navigation_mark2'];
        }

        ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('vba_cmps_module_navigation_cus_pagebits')) ? eval($hook) : false;
    }
}

($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('vba_cmps_module_navigation_end')) ? eval($hook) : false;

$templater = vB_Template::create('portal_navbar');
$templater->register('customnavigationbits', $customnavigationbits);
$templater->register('navigationbits', $navigationbits);
$home["$mods[modid]"]['content'] = $templater->render();


if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'adv_index')  // also defined('ragteknews') possible
{
//set selected tab
    $vbulletin->options['selectednavtab'] = 'portal';
}
// add the "subtemplate" to the navbartemplate
$template_hook['navtab_start'] .= vB_Template::create('portal_navbar')->render(); 


(with parts taken directly from the navigation.php module code)

and my template code:

<vb:if condition="$vboptions['selectednavtab'] == 'portal'">
<li class="selected">
    <a class="navtab" href="/index.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">Home</a>
<ul class="floatcontainer">
    <vb:each from="navigationbits" value="page">
        <li>{vb:raw page.navmark} <vb:if condition="$page['link']"><a href="{vb:raw page.link}">{vb:raw page.title}</a><vb:else />{vb:raw page.title}</vb:if></li>
    </vb:each> 
       <vb:each from="customnavigationbits" value="page">
        <li>{vb:raw page.navmark} <vb:if condition="$page['link']"><a href="{vb:raw page.link}">{vb:raw page.title}</a><vb:else />{vb:raw page.title}</vb:if></li>
    </vb:each></ul>
</li>
<vb:else />
<li><a class="navtab" href="/index.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">Home</a></li>
</vb:if>

(with parts taken from the adv_portal_navigation template)

Where am I going wrong?
(I'm obviously NOT a coder...)

[Assopoker]

the better the more complex ?

[Dax IX]

Best way possible, please.

[Nocturnal222]

is this safe? no security holes?