Forum Home Enhancements - Minitabbars 3.7 *** Tabs & Dropdown menus

What this mod does is allows admins to add custom tabbars to Forumhome,,,Gallery or CMPS navbar templates... With customization you can also add it to other areas of your site...

ATTENTION:
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Before installing or updating,,, download and read tutorial...

Primary setup consists of uploading minitabs images folder to your forum images folder...

FIXED CMPS with better dropdown options

1. If you want to add to your CMPS,,, You must upload minitabs images folder to your domain root...
2. http://yoursite.com/images/minitabbar/
3. Goto CMPS and open main options / global varible...>>> Add $var $minitabbar1 or minitabbar1 so that it will show on frontpage...save...

If you want to add to your Gallery,,, You must upload minitabs images folder to your gallery root...
http://yoursite.com/gallery/images/minitabs/

If you want to add to your Forum,,, You must upload minitabs images folder to your Forum root...
http://yoursite.com/forums/images/minitabs/

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Step {2}

Goto Admincp and open products and install xml plugin with admin options on/off...

Goto vbsettings at top of admincp and find Minitabs and open...

• View options and setup URL's
• View options and setup Tooltip text
• View options and setup Name of each tabbar
• View options and setup CSS color of text
• View options and setup Color type of tabbar from over 30 colors
• View options and setup Font family type
• View options and setup Font size
• View options and setup Hover color link text
• View options and setup No hover color link text

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Step {3}

Goto vbsettings at top of admincp and find Minitabbars and open...

Setup correct path so that your images will show correctly...

images/minitabs/spacer.gif = http://yoursite.com/forums/images/minitabs/spacer.gif

Place main images folder {{{ minitabs }}} = http://yoursite.com/forums/images/minitabs/

Place main images folder {{{ minitabs }}} = http://forums/images/minitabs/yoursite.com/

Second option may need customization to xml...

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Step {4}

Popups? This mod uses the default vbulletin dropdown menu...
Some of my other mods don't work well with vbulletin default dropdown menus... other type {Chrome}?

Adding popups code to text window...
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UPDATED Dropdowns to work on all TEN minitabbars
added the ability to turn on/off all eight dropdowns...
added the ability to control register and ID names on all TEN dropdowns...

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demo dropdown menu code that works with all TEN minitabbars ... 
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<!-- Minitabbars POPUP MENUS -->

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_frontpage_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">Showcase</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="/gallery/index.php?$session[sessionurl_q]">Newest Articles</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="/gallery/index.php?$session[sessionurl_q]">Members News</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_chat_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">Site Updates</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=1$session[sessionurl_q]">ChatBox</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=2$session[sessionurl_q]">Hottest Chat</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_forums_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">Site Updates</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=1$session[sessionurl_q]">Latest Posts</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=2$session[sessionurl_q]">Ask Staff</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_gallery_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">Site Updates</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=1$session[sessionurl_q]">Gallery News</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=2$session[sessionurl_q]">Latest Pics</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_downloads_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">Site Updates</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=1$session[sessionurl_q]">Hotest uploads</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=2$session[sessionurl_q]">Hottest downloads</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_news_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">Site Updates</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=1$session[sessionurl_q]">News</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=2$session[sessionurl_q]">Announcements</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_albums_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">Site Updates</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=1$session[sessionurl_q]">Member Albums</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=2$session[sessionurl_q]">Hottest Albums</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_updates_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">Site Updates</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=1$session[sessionurl_q]">Site updates</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=2$session[sessionurl_q]">vBulletin updates</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_staff_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">Staff</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=1$session[sessionurl_q]">Meetings</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=2$session[sessionurl_q]">Promotions</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_private_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">VIP</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=1$session[sessionurl_q]">Payed Subs</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=2$session[sessionurl_q]">Join Groups</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

<!-- / Minitabbars POPUP MENUS -->

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Step {5}


Last,,, add $minitabbar1 to NAVBAR template at top under <br/>... save
Goto CMPS global/Main and add $minitabbar1 or minitabbar1 and $minitabbarpopups or minitabbarpopups to global/main and save...


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Ver...>>> 0.1.3

• Added custom images insert tabbars...
• Added total of 10 tabbars...
• Added tutorial to help with install...

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Ver...>>> 0.1.4

• Cleaned up code to 75%...
• Fixed on/off options...

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Ver...>>> 0.1.5

• Added usergroups on 9th & 10th tabbars...
• Added dropdowns on/off per tabbar...
• Fixed dropdown links *** Turn off if using main link...

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Ver...>>> 0.1.6

• Fixed CMPS links *** setup global $var...
• Cleaned house in Html & PHP @ 90%...

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Overwrite with new 0.1.6 ver....

If Overwrite causes issues,,, Uninstall ^ Re-install...

[kaptanblack]

Thanks, very nice

[gwerzal]

Sweet trying it out now

[smartwulf]

thank you so much, very sweet!

[therogueforums]

Interesting concept. Downloaded, and will be testing tomorrow.

[tmiland]

Here are som nice tabs for you all

[G-man561]

thanks! Hopefully, this will look good on my site!

[raagaswaram]

can it work on 3.6.8

[TrikkeTalk]

Hi,

Works brilliant, even on 3.6.8, with one exeption, can't get it to work on my VBA portal page. What am I doing wrong?

Never mind, I forgot to add minitabbar1 to the VBA "Output Global Variables" , problem solved!!!

So, this Mod works just fine, also on 3.6.8

[Zaiaku]

I wont be using this for my boards mainly becuase I not a big fan of all the colors but think this is a really nice mod.