Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Navigation Manager Enhancements

This Add-on enhances the functionality of the Navigation Manager (vBulletin 4.2.0 Alpha 1 or higher) in various ways.

• Change parent of a node on edit
• Select "Additional Parents" for a Link or Menu
  This allows a Link or Menu to appear on multiple Tabs
• Select Usergroups that are Allowed/Not allowed to see an item
• Set the title attribute for links
• Set the target attribute for links
• Make links nofollow
• Add links to articles Tab
• Select CMS sections for tabs
  This allows you to select a tab based on the CMS section the user is currently navigating on
• Add Headings in Menus
• Add raw HTML items to Menus
• Select Style(s)
  If selected, the item will only be displayed in the selected styles
• Add parent tab ID to links
• Add a Dropdown-Menu to a Tab
• Direct link to phrase
• Set URL component for each item

Planned Features
These features are planned for a later release

• Code Cleanup & Refactoring
• Documentation (!)
• Dynamic content items
• Inputs to directly change translations when editing an item

[odln018]

I am so frustrated with these blasted navbar managers. I cannot seem to get the thing to do what I want.

Even something basic such as the following:

Created a tab called "Arcade", pointed it to Arcade.php, but when I click on it, it goes to the page, but does not highlight the tab.

Second, I created a menu under "forum", called "Admin Tools", added Admincp to it, none of it shows up. I ensured permissions.

Would appreciate any assistance.

[hsoen]

Can this Add-On solve the problem of overlapping nav link menu of Forum tab with iTrader tab for vBulletin 4.2.0?

[aae55555]

Originally Posted by odln018

I am so frustrated with these blasted navbar managers. I cannot seem to get the thing to do what I want.

Even something basic such as the following:

Created a tab called "Arcade", pointed it to Arcade.php, but when I click on it, it goes to the page, but does not highlight the tab.

Enter the appropriate "THIS_SCRIPT" value in the navigation manager for that specific tab. In the "Scripts" text field.

If there is no THIS_SCRIPT value on that page, you must add it to the page first using the following syntax as an example:

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'arcade');

Then add "arcade" to the THIS_SCRIPT section ( In the "Scripts" text field.) in Nav Manager. Hope that helps, or at least helps you to do further research.

[Andreas]

Can this Add-On solve the problem of overlapping nav link menu of Forum tab with iTrader tab for vBulletin 4.2.0?

That sounds like this Add-on is not compatible with vBulletin 4.2, eg. does not use the Navigation Manager.
Solution:
Wait for an update or disable the affected Plug-in and re-create the navigation in Navigation Manager.

Created a tab called "Arcade", pointed it to Arcade.php, but when I click on it, it goes to the page, but does not highlight the tab.

This is the expected behaviour.

The system does not know that it should highlight the tab when the link is accessed.

There are several ways to achieve what you want

• Set Append Tab id = Yes
  This changes to link to arcade.php?tabid=<X>.
  When the link is clicked the tabid is recoginzed and the tab does get highlighted
  Pro: Very easy
  Con: You are affectivtely creating duplicated content and it will only work for the tab link itself, if there are links within the tab and the user clicks it the tab will not active
• Set the script id for the tab
  Pro: No duplicate content, the tab also becomes active if a user accesses arcade.php another way
  Con: You have to find out the THIS_SCRIPT constant for arcade.php it will only work for the tab link itself, if there are links within the tab and the user clicks it the tab will not active
• Add some Plug-ins to handle tab activation
  Pro: This is the best solution and will also work for links within the tab if coded accordingly
  Con: You will need programming knowledge

[odln018]

Originally Posted by aae55555

Enter the appropriate "THIS_SCRIPT" value in the navigation manager for that specific tab. In the "Scripts" text field.

If there is no THIS_SCRIPT value on that page, you must add it to the page first using the following syntax as an example:


Then add "arcade" to the THIS_SCRIPT section ( In the "Scripts" text field.) in Nav Manager. Hope that helps, or at least helps you to do further research.

Great - all set there! Thank you.

Next question:

I'm wanting to have a separate tab, that's essentially a "placeholder" for links.

So, I'd have a tab called "Special Access", then I would have two links for "Jukebox", and "Library".

What I can't figure out is the url. It doesn't have a specific page, and if it requires one, I don't know what I would need to make to create one.

[aae55555]

Originally Posted by odln018

Great - all set there! Thank you.

Next question:

I'm wanting to have a separate tab, that's essentially a "placeholder" for links.

So, I'd have a tab called "Special Access", then I would have two links for "Jukebox", and "Library".

What I can't figure out is the url. It doesn't have a specific page, and if it requires one, I don't know what I would need to make to create one.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228112

[odln018]

Thank you, I've made more progress.

My last question (I hope), is that I can't make the tab highlight for some reason.

Screenshots enclosed.

[Boofo]

Andreas,

How do we add a heading and have it still show in a mod if they don't have your mod here installed?

This works with your mod installed:

'navtype'  => 'heading',

But it doesn't work if your mod is disabled or not installed.

[Andreas]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Andreas,

How do we add a heading and have it still show in a mod if they don't have your mod here installed?

That is not possible, sorry.

[Boofo]

So, unless they have this mod installed, too, then we need to go another route.