Forum Display Enhancements - Easy Navbar Links

Description:
This template edit displays quick and easy links to your navigation.

Installation Time: Less than 1 minute

I got the inspiration from "yoyoyoyo" who made a similar mod for 3.6.8. Although his might work fine for this also, I decided to alter it a bit and cleaned up some code.

I did PM yoyoyoyo to use a variation of his hack but, since he has not been online since September 2008, I can't get a response.

Since yoyoyoyo came up with this type of template edit, all the credit goes to him.

Here is the mod from yoyoyoyo for version 3.6.8:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=160642

Template Edit:

Styles and Templates > Style Manager > Your Style > Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates > Navbar:

In the Navbar find:

<!-- breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

Above it add:

<!-- Navbar Links -->
<div align="center">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top-width:1px">
<tr align="center">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://url.com">Your Title</a></td>
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://url.com">Your Title</a></td>
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://url.com">Your Title</a></td>
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://url.com">Your Title</a></td>
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://url.com">Your Title</a></td>
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://url.com">Your Title</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<!-- / Navbar Links -->

Then click Save and Reload!

Done!

OPTIONAL:

If you want to show a link only to members use this:

<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://url.com">Link Title Goes Here</a></td>
</if>

If you want to show a link only to members, and a different link to guests use this:

<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://url.com">Member Link Title Goes Here</a></td>
<else />
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://url.com">Guest Link Title Goes Here</a></td>
</if>

To make the link open in a new window use this URL instead:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://url.com" target="_blank">Link Title Goes Here</a></td>

To make the link(s) only visible to certain usergroups use this:

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, X, Y, Z)">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://url.com">Link Title Goes Here</a></td>
</if>

Substitute X, Y, Z with the ID numbers of the groups that you want to allow to see the link. If you only want one usergroup to be able to see the link then use: $bbuserinfo, X and substitute X with the ID number of the group that you want to allow to see the link.

Of Course you want to change the URL's to your site URL and direct the link to any site or feature you want for your site.

Any problems, let me know.

Make sure if you use this template edit to CLICK INSTALL.

[cybergas]

Sure!, you can test it on this forum!

I remember to see on some forums I registered back ago -among the hundred of them- on the Nav Bar 2 different buttons: My Replies or/and My threads.
Some forums had this both, some others just 1 of them.

When putting mouse over the buttons on my replies the button link showed the URL:
www.example.com/forum/search.php?do=process&showposts=0&exactname=1&sear chuser=cybergas


For this forum with YOUR user it will be: (copy and paste, links are no parsed )

My Replies (your replies on this case):

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/search.php?do=process&showposts=0&exactname=1&sear chuser=Warden-B-

My Threads (yours on this case):

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/search.php?do=process&showposts=0&starteronly=1&ex actname=1&searchuser=Warden-B-


As you might notice, this is a dynamically created query with each specific authenticated user once is on the Nav Bar button, this has to work for ALL the users, that's why I need to now the parameters to create the USER specific that will be the user clicking on the button.

I have seen this also at phpbb boards is it call "View my posts" button and does the same, a search query but with different variables than vBulletin.

Hope we can figure this, thanks for your interest!

[Llandy]

Great mod. Quick and easy install.

[z0diac]

For some reason my vb3.8 isn't showing the changes. My navbar template from very first line starts like this:

<br />

<!-- Navbar Links -->
<div align="center">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top-width:1px">
<tr align="center">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://www.ontariostorms.com/misc.php?do=cybtpimx">Top Posters</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<!-- / Navbar Links -->


<!-- breadcrumb, login, pm info -->
...etc.etc.etc...


The part in bold is the link to the "Top Posters" which is also available from the QuickLinks pulldown. But it's not showing up. ???

http://www.ontariostorms.com (is the site I've edited where I want the link in navbar)

[kjsmith84]

works great- any way to do a Drop Down Menus with these?

[SuperTaz]

Originally Posted by kjsmith84

works great- any way to do a Drop Down Menus with these?

Please refer to this article for drop-downs.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=122523

[angeljs]

I can't believe I've used vBulletin for so long but never tried this mod! Thank you!

[SuperTaz]

Edited some text, but not the mod itself.

[Antidepresiv]

Hello super Taz, i managed to get this mod working for vb4, replaced the default navbar links with this mod, however i can't seem to get the combined two mods working, i get errors, smting about fetch template.. Could you help me plz with this one?
I can't find this when i'm instaling his mod <!-- / NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->, so i don't know where to add this $custom_droplinks. Thanks!

Best Regards,
Antidepresiv

[SuperTaz]

Sorry I could not get to your post sooner. I am mostly on the 4.0 series part now and will provide limited support for the 3.x series. But, if you want this mod to work for 4.0, use my mod here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228492

[farazfaraz]

~installed~
Thank you.