Additional Navbar

Dispite what category this is in it works with vBulletin 3.5. Just read the directions.

What this does is create another navbar with drop down menu?s by typing $navbar2 in any of your templates. It is just like the one that comes with vBulletin 3.

After seeing a lot of replies about users wanting another navbar besides the basic one that comes with vBulletin. I waited for someone else to write one. But no one stepped forward and wrote one. I wanted this for my site and got tired of waiting for someone else to write it. So I played around and created this one for myself. I though I would share it with everyone.

Note: If you do not want to add a separate navbar template you can also substitute the steps in 5A through 5D and insert the navbar2.txt after you have edited it the way you want and into the same places as I mentioned for the $navbar2 in your default navbar and you will not have to do any of these other steps.

I put a lot of description tags in the HTML file to help explain what everything does. Once you understand what is going on here you can removed these. With very little modifications you can add to, remove or move items around in this navbar.

1. To install this hack you will have to create a template in you ADMINCP and call it ?navbar2? and insert the contents of the attached file "navbar2.txt" into this template file. Right now it is set up for my site. So you will have to modify it to what you want in this navbar for your site.

2. Put the following command in your phpinclude_start template:

PHP Code:

eval('$navbar2 = "' . fetch_template('navbar2') . '";'); 


2A. This is for users that have vB 3.5 and up. Step 2 will not work because the phpinclude_start template no longer exist in versions 3.5 and higher. So for 3.5 users ignore step 2 and use 2A.

Plugin System
Add new Plugin

Hook Location: global_start
Title: navbar2
Plugin PHP Code:

PHP Code:

eval('$navbar2 = "' . fetch_template('navbar2') . '";'); 


3. Now put the following command in you header or what ever template where your want the new navbar to be displayed (samples of where to put them are in the attached photos and directions are in 5A, B, C, D.):

PHP Code:

$navbar2 


4. Since the template is uncached you will have an extra query on each page. To fix, open global.php
Find:

PHP Code:

// misc useful 


Add below:

PHP Code:

'navbar2', 


5A. Under current Navigation / Breadcrumb Templaters - navbar:
Find:

<!-- / nav buttons bar -->

Below that place:

$navbar2

5B. On top of forums tables:
Find:

<!-- / PAGENAV POPUP -->
</if>

Below that place:

$navbar2

5C. Under your header:
Find:

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

Above that add:

$navbar2

5D. Top of current navbar:
Find:

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

Under that add:

$navbar2

vBadvance CMPS using vB 3.5 or higher. To get this working with the homepage you will have to do the following.

Go into your ADMINCP-->vBa CPMS-->Default Setting-->Portal Output Global Variables and add navbar2 in the block there and save it.

Arcaded hack. You will need to go into your darcaded hack and edit a line. Here are the directions:
Go to you arcade/functions/functions.php
open it with a text editor:
Find:

global $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox;
global $forumjump, $timezone, $logincode, $_USEROPTIONS, $scriptpath, $admincpdir, $modcpdir, $quickchooserbits;

Replace with:

global $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox;
global $forumjump, $timezone, $logincode, $_USEROPTIONS, $scriptpath, $admincpdir, $modcpdir, $quickchooserbits, $navbar2;

[attroll]

Originally Posted by jackiereitz

okay, i'm having some problems with my navbar2. I installed it exactly as shown (5d) but when i go to my vBa main page, it doesn't show. Then when I go from there to my forums, it shows. and if i go from my forums to my vBA page again, it works, but if i go DIRECTLY to my main vBa (index) page, it still doesn't work. Plus, my extra vBa pages I've created that I wanted to display from my navbar aren't showing my new navbar either. Any idea what's wrong?

What version of VB are you running? If you are running 3.5 or higher and CMPS 2 or higher you should be able to get it working if you do what I discribed in the bottom of my hack direction titled "vBadvance CMPS using vB 3.5 or higher.".

[jackiereitz]

yes, i'm using 3.5.0. and I used what you described for that version. Like i said, it's working... but only on certain pages. any idea why that might be?
www.SonomaCountyMom.com

[attroll]

Originally Posted by jackiereitz

yes, i'm using 3.5.0. and I used what you described for that version. Like i said, it's working... but only on certain pages. any idea why that might be?
www.SonomaCountyMom.com

Kackie

I have logged onto your site and left you a PM there.

[jackiereitz]

yeah, I responded last night. Thanks for looking at it for me. Lemmi know what you think

[RichieBoy67]

I dont know why but every time I install this it centers my forumdisplay template...... I have tried almost everything. Has this happened to anyone else? I have tried all the placements...

[peterska2]

Probably coz this is for 3.0.x not 3.5.x

Try looking for a 3.5.x version and using that instead.

[attroll]

The 3.5 version is identical to this version. The only reason created it in the 3.5 section is because I got tired of asking for this one to get moved to the 3.5 area and no one moving it for me.

As for your center problem I would have to look at your site. Also you would have to see if any other hacks you have installed interfeer with it.

What is you web site?

Sorry about the spelling errors. Some day VB.org will update to the newest version and I can do some spell checking.

[attroll]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

I dont know why but every time I install this it centers my forumdisplay template...... I have tried almost everything. Has this happened to anyone else? I have tried all the placements...

What do you mean by centering your forum display template. Are you refering to the black edge around your forums. I would not call that centering. Your forums are always centered. I don't know what you would call it. But it looks like you Body color in you Main CSS is set to black. Maybe it has something to do with the hack you have installed that puts the title accross the top of the screen that says "It appears you have not yet registered with our community. To register please click here..." That would be my guess. I don't know what other hacks you have installed either.

[RichieBoy67]

It's all set now....


I have another question... Is there any way to get rid of the arrows for the drop down links?????

Thanks

You can see my navbar and you'll see what I mean and why...


www.talkandmore.net

[attroll]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

It's all set now....


I have another question... Is there any way to get rid of the arrows for the drop down links?????

Thanks

You can see my navbar and you'll see what I mean and why...


www.talkandmore.net

You must be referring to the double arrows. I would have to see your navbar2. There must be something that was edited wrong. If you send me a PM with your email address I will write to you and you can send me your navbar2.