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UKBL ~ Quality Drop Down Menu System
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Released: 01-28-2009 Last Update: 02-22-2009 Installs: 155
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UKBL ~ Quality Drop Down Menu System

You wanted Drop down Menu's that were easy to install and edit, Well now you've got it

Live Demo

http://www.aboxcafe.com/index.php

http://www.wheelsbd.com/

Compatible with almost ALL Browsers.

Hi Guys, i've had so many messages about My "Easy Menu Tabs" and when was i going to do Dropdown Tabs, Well i've listened and now i can happily add UKBL ~ Quality Drop Down menu's to our list of modifications.

This is just so easy to edit and install, as long as you feel confident with a few simple edits and uploading a graphics file to your images directory or even your photobucket account, if you don't want to mess about uploading to your server.

UKBL ~ Quality Drop Downs sit quite happily on top of your forums accessable from all pages of the forum



They look like any bog standard Menu Nav bar but when you hover the mouse over it you'll see the dropdowns, I've uploaded a test version to my forum, Take a look for yourselves http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum

I've left the Top White Easy Men Bar in place also so you can compare both of them.

When you go over the menu bar the dropdowns should appear like in the picture below



See how the chosen links are highlighted

So now we come to the installation stage.

Download the dropdown.zip file below and open the VBOrg_Menu.txt file in notepad or any other text editor, as we need to edit a few files.

The first one we need to edit is the url of our Graphic File, So to cut a long story short we'll upload our graphic file to our Photobucket account, or any other account or image directory on your server, So firstly find

Code:
	/*"""""""" (MAIN) Container Edit Picture URL Here :-) """"""""*/	
	#qm0	
	{	
		padding:5px;
		background-image:url(http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr114/ukbusinesslive/center_tile_blue.gif);
		border-width:1px;
		border-style:solid;
		border-color:#eeeeee;
	}
and this is the line we need to edit, so that it gives us a nice gradiant blue acdcross the menu bar

Code:
background-image:url(http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr114/ukbusinesslive/center_tile_blue.gif);
Just replace the url within the brackets ( ) and thats it

Then we go and do the menu edits, You don't want your members click on your forum menu and ending up on my site :erm: So what we need to do now is change the menu links for yours, It take about 15 min's but its not hard to do, so lets do it.....

First find where our menu starts, This will be right at the bottom of the code, The HTML part of this and the first bit we need to change starts from here...

Code:
 <li><a class="qmparent" href="javascript:void(0)">MY CONTROL PANEL</a>

		<ul>
		<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/profile.php?do=editavatar" title="Edit Avatar">Edit Avatar</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/profile.php?do=editsignature" title="Edit Signature">Edit Signature</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/profile.php?do=editoptions" title="Edit Options">Edit Options</a></li>
		<li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx" ></span></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription" title="List Subscriptions">List Subscriptions</a></li>
		</ul></li>
Basically each tab is made up of a block like what you see above, You have the Main Tab Description which looks like this

Code:
<li><a class="qmparent" href="javascript:void(0)">MY CONTROL PANEL</a>
and you have all the sub links underneath and they look like this...

Code:
<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/profile.php?do=editavatar" title="Edit Avatar">Edit Avatar</a></li>
and its this one which we need to edit, basically if you want to keep the same link, all you need to do is to chasnge my url http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum to your forums URL, and thats it, your link should work for your site.

If you want to change the link altogether and put your own, then replace the full URL with one that you want and don't forget to edit the end part "Edit Avatar" as that is the title thats shown on the dropdown.

When you've finished all your editing, we need to upload this whole code to your Header Template of the Style that your Currantly using on your forum, So once you've saved your edited code, Just copy and paste directly to your Header, Go right to the end and click paste, save the template and thats it, The Graphic File which you need to upload to your server or image host is also in the zip file.

So easy and a great improvement to any VBulletin Forum

This is a Freebie for all you members on VB.org with my compliments

If anyone wants any custom menus made, Just PM me I'll help where i can, Just bear in mind a menu like this takes a good couple of hours or so, so a donation is more than welcomed

Oh almost Forgot guys,

If you like it, Please Click on Installed, as this really does motivate me to improving these hacks

UPDATE 09.02.09

Uploaded a New Zip File, Black Menu.Zip This is the same as this original except that its black for darker Websites and Forums, Instructions are the same as above, and comes complete with customised Graphics which will need to be uploaded to your /images/ directory.



UPDATE 23.02.09

For some of you Admins who prefer menu Buttons as opposed to a menu bar, i've made some buttons based on the above menu formate, You can install it by following the same instructions as the main install, Just upload the graphics and edit your menu links and thats it.

Experiment with the css to change colors width of boxes etc, Add more or as little as you want, the important thing is to have fun learning.



UPDATE: 26th April 2009

Centering the Menu so that it appears central


There has been much debate about trying to centralise the menu tabs, I didn't want to edit the code too much as this would make a mess of it in different browsers, However i've found that there is a way

The easiest way to center menu content is to place it inside of a center aligned table, as shown below:

Code:
<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 align="center"><tr><td>

----[ your menu structure]----

</td></tr></table>
This way the menu tabs will appear central in all browsers.

Hope this helps :up:



Enjoy

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File Type: zip Dropdown.zip (42.8 KB, 1109 views)
File Type: zip Black Menu.zip (15.7 KB, 647 views)
File Type: zip Blue Button.zip (17.2 KB, 441 views)

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File Type: png menu1.png (19.0 KB, 0 views)
File Type: png menu2.png (19.9 KB, 0 views)
File Type: png black.png (11.0 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg blue button.jpg (15.5 KB, 0 views)

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Hey Buddy

Glad you liked the centre tip, Not sure what to say about why the bar hasn't extended

You could try and make the bottons a bit wider to compensate??

Hmm didnt realy want to make them wider i have one more to add also

Where is the best place to add the center Code i might of cocked up somewhere

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You add this at the very begining

Code:
<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 align="center"><tr><td>
then your menu bar code

Then this at the end

Code:
</td></tr></table>
That should do it
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You add this at the very begining

Code:
<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 align="center"><tr><td>
then your menu bar code

Then this at the end

Code:
</td></tr></table>
That should do it
Aye thats what i did am so unluck with this mod
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Marked as Installed, Nominated, 5 star.

Thanks UK, this is a great snippet of code and will make my life a lot easier, especially integrated with vba with navbar turned off. I'm working on a new site and to have those great links + garage / arcade / photo's / etc. all available just under the logo really is a nice bonus. Great work, much appreciated!
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not really a support question since you helped me out previously, but more of a suggestion needed from you.

if you check out my forum, i used your spiffy little drop down menu and also kept the navbar. however, the more i look back at my forum, the more i ignore the drop down menu and my eye goes to the navbar menu instead. do you have any suggestions on how i can make the drop down menu as the 1st menu people see as opposed to the navbar menu? i'd like to keep the navbar as kind of a "quick links" menu, but i will also be putting everything from the navbar onto the drop down menu as well (kind of like duplicating). for example the itrader will eventually be placed into the drop down menu as well.

basically, i would like some suggestions on what templates i can manipulate to make the drop down menu stand out more. i'm open to ideas.

thanks

edit: btw, i nominated this mod. i absolutely love it, just need ideas to make it stand out more so than the navbar menu.
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shinng,

You can remove the navbar altogether and use it in it's place. That's how I have it on my site.

http://www.waltdisneyboards.com/forums.php
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shinng,

You can remove the navbar altogether and use it in it's place. That's how I have it on my site.

http://www.waltdisneyboards.com/forums.php
i'd like to consider both options.

option 1: i do what you did and remove the navbar completely. if i were to go that route, how would i do that? i guess i could look through all the past pages, but perhaps you have it all organized in one location?

option 2: if i wanted to keep the navbar as a sort of "quick links", then it goes back to my original inquiry about how to make it stand out.
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i'd like to consider both options.

option 1: i do what you did and remove the navbar completely. if i were to go that route, how would i do that? i guess i could look through all the past pages, but perhaps you have it all organized in one location?

option 2: if i wanted to keep the navbar as a sort of "quick links", then it goes back to my original inquiry about how to make it stand out.
I have Quick Links on my site with this mod mate so you can use this mod and get rid of the old one

http://www.myanimeisland.com/index.php

Its quite easy as ArnyVee and his Brill site says
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I have Quick Links on my site with this mod mate so you can use this mod and get rid of the old one

http://www.myanimeisland.com/index.php

Its quite easy as ArnyVee and his Brill site says
very nice, i really like what you did with the menu and actually the entire forum overall. very clean, organized, and easy on the eye.

couple questions for you:
1. how did you put a space between your banner and the menu? you see how mine doesn't have spacing in between?
2. is there a way you can possibly list the mods you used whether template mods or plugins? if you can't/don't want to list all, how about the names of the mods to do these - rotating banner at the header, "ads by google" directly below the breadcrumb, changing the user information in each post to the left as opposed to the default in the right hand corner.

thanks again to you and ArnyVee, i'm almost convinced in taking out the navbar completely. i'm just worried that if i do take it out, i'll mess up my template.
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shinng,

Be sure to copy your navbar code and save it in a text file before starting to mess around with it in case you need to go back to it and try again

I went ahead and found the thread that I used for guidance in removing the actual navbar. Here it is....

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=179238

....good luck with it and let us know if you need any other pointers! Lots of great people in this community that will help you get to where you need to! :up:
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