Administrative Tools Dropdown

Administrative Tools Dropdown Menu

What it does: Adds a dropdown menu visible only to the Administrator group for Admin tools and related links.

Time to install: 5 Minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Templates: 1
Phrases: 1

Step 1:

AdminCP -> Languages & Phrases -> Phrase Manager -> Add New Phrase
Phrase Type: Global
Product: vBulletin
Varname: navadmin
Text: Admin Tools

Step 2:

Style & Templates -> Style Manager -> (Your Style) -> Edit Templates -> Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates -> navbar

Find:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>

Add AFTER:

<!-- Admin Menu -->
<if condition="$show['admincplink']">
	<if condition="$show['popups']">
	<!-- start vBMenu control element -->
        	<td class="vbmenu_control" id="AdminMenu">
	        <a STYLE="text-decoration:none" href="#">$vbphrase[navadmin]</a>
        	<script type="text/javascript">
	        <!--
	        vbmenu_register("AdminMenu");
        	//-->
	        </script>
	        </td>   
	<!-- end vBMenu control element -->
          </if>
</if>
<!-- /Admin Menu -->

Find:

<!-- / NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->

Add ABOVE:

<!-- Admin Tools Menu Element -->
<if condition="$show['admincplink']">
	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="AdminMenu_menu" style="display:none">
		<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
		<tr><td class="thead">Admin Tools</span></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://option1">First Option</a></td></tr>
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://option2">Second Option</a></td></tr>
	        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://option3">Third Option</a></td></tr>
	        </table>
	</div>
</if>
<!-- /Admin Tools Menu Element -->

Change http://option1/2/3 to the full URL of the option you'd like to link. For example, if you wanted to put a link to the AdminCP in the dropdown, the code would be:

<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://www.yourdomain.tld/forum/admincp/index.php">Admin CP</a></td></tr>

"First/Second/Third Option" is simply the text displayed in the dropdown, edit it to suit whatever it is you're linking to. I personally don't use this for the AdminCP, but I find it useful for linking to PSIStats, Moderator Statistics and my VPS Server's Control Panel.

Screenshot attached.

Please Click if you are using this. Thanks!

[Allan]

Nice idea

[Lizard King]

Just a quick question what is different then regular dynamic pop-up menus ?

Nothing

Originally Posted by Lizard King

Just a quick question what is different then regular dynamic pop-up menus ?

Nothing

Well if you want to nitpick, the difference is the conditional, and the fact that I didn't see anything like this posted on here.

Not every hack has to be revolutionary dude. I find this handy, so I took the time to post it up and share it with the community. If this makes one single person's life easier, my time spent putting it together was well spent.

[Tony G]

Thanks for sharing your mod. Could you also attach your instructions in a .txt file? Thanks.

[TTG]

Simple but useful, thanks Chris-777
Clicked install

Originally Posted by Tony G

Thanks for sharing your mod. Could you also attach your instructions in a .txt file? Thanks.

Whoops! Pardon that, edited.

[Trana]

This is a great mini hack for those of us that can't do any of our own code.

I am using this as an option in my existing drop downs in order to get to my Administration forum:

<!-- Admin Menu -->
<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(7))">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=3">Administration</a>
</td></tr>
</if>
<!-- /Admin Menu -->

However, it only works for members who are ONLY in the Moderator group (#7). It doesn't seem to work for the accounts that are both Admins and Moderators (6+7). Is there any way to fix this?

Thanks!

Yep, change:

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(7))">

To:

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(6, 7))">

You can do it this way as well. I only use the array because of personal preference.

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6 OR $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 7">

or

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 7)">