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Additional side navbar · **Released**: 03-20-2008

I am using this post for a test writeup for a modification I am creating on another site.

Despite what category this is in it works with vBulletin 3.0 up to the most recent version of 3.7.
What this does is create another navbar bar as a left column ny inserting $navbar3 in your navbar template.
With very little modifications you can add to, remove or move items around in this additional navbar.

To install the this
1. Download the zipped file.
2. Unzip the file.
3. Import the product-navbar3.xml into your Plugins & Products Manage Plugins.
4. In the footer template find:

PHP Code:


			
$spacer_close
<!-- /content area table -->

Below that add;

PHP Code:


			
<!-- leftside column -->
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / leftside column -->

5. In the navbar template find:

PHP Code:


			
<!-- / PAGENAV POPUP -->
</if>

Below that add:

PHP Code:


			
$navbar3

6. Upload the following file into your forum/images/misc/ directory
navbits_dash.gif
7. go into you Admincp and edit the template navbar3 to include the link you want to include in it.

Using this with CMPS
This xml file will work only on CMPS 3.0.0 it will not work on any of the previous RC versions.

If you would like to include this navbar3 on the front page of your CMPS you can import the following file "cmps_navbar3" through your Admincp--> vBa CMPS--> Download/Upload Module.

In adminCP - vBA CMPS Settings - Main Settings - Portal Output Global Variables type navbar3

You'll need to disable the original Navigation mudule or you're gonna have two of them on the page.

Thanks go out to Leo Brazil for creating the CMPS module.

HaS?R · #92 01-28-2009, 04:20 PM

Thanks.

dmknights · #93 01-28-2009, 06:08 PM

now this looks good.
will try this later

GrendelKhan{TSU · #94 01-29-2009, 07:54 AM

wow. soooo gunna try this out!

anyone know if it works with 3.8.x?

Leo Brazil · #95 01-29-2009, 10:43 AM

It works great on 3.8.0 and even CMPS module does

May be you'll have to change Forums width to look as you wish but it does work good.

Azonaco · #96 02-02-2009, 03:02 AM

How do I exclude this from being shown on forum home and user cp?

MindFixxer · #97 04-02-2009, 11:19 AM

Installed and functional in less than two minutes!

Much thanks!

MTGDarkness · #98 04-29-2009, 09:51 AM

Say I want to make this collapsible (see this theme for details). Any idea how I would do that?

MindFixxer · #99 05-27-2009, 12:24 PM

Just in case anyone wants to use this with 3.8.2, I just went through a few frustrating hours trying to get it to work with a certain theme. After doing some reading through the last 7 pages, and some experimenting, I got it to work nicely. (Which is no surprise, since the author of the product did a great job of making it.)

I just wanted the extra space on the front page. And after reading some of the posts in this thread, I went and read the advice offered here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....7&postcount=32

Problem was, he wasn't very clear on just how he did it. So, hopefully, this will help out someone else if they are ever stuck.

First, I made sure that all instructions for a normal install were followed, with one exception noted below. Then, as suggested in the above post, I went to the style manager and began to edit the template: Footer >> FORUMHOME

The only variation from the original instructions was that, instead of placing $navbar4 in the Navbar template (as said in the instructions) I placed it only in the FORUMHOME template.

The part where I placed it looks like this:

HTML Code:

</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar
$navbar4
<if condition="$show['guest']">

End result: It works and looks great on just the front page.

Many thanks to the author of the code! :up:

doubleclick · #**100** 02-22-2010, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bgodbout

Thank you for the quick responses.

I finally found a solution. I was unable to get the sidebar to display correctly in the threads BUT I moved the sidebar to the FORUMHOME template to only be showed on the forums home page which works out quite nice and displays perfectly. We have decided to use it as a extra area instead of a navigation replacement.

**NOTE** if you decide to do this as well you need to add a </table> tag at the beginning of the footer so it doesn't knock it out of line.

I tried this on my forum, adding navbar2 to just FORUMHOME and adding the </table> tag at the beginning of the footer. It looks great on Internet Explorer 6 and 8, but in Firefox 3.6 the right colum is too wide, as is the footer.

Can't where to control this so the whole right side aligns correctly. Any clues?

webnsn · #**101** 11-07-2015, 03:11 PM

how to do this step

6. Upload the following file into your forum/images/misc/ directory
navbits_dash.gif

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