Mini Mods - Advanced Navbar Links

Author: Andrew Harmor
Version: 2.0.2
File Edits: 0
Template Edits: 2
Difficulty: Easy


Description:
You can add links or multiple menus to the navbar quickly through a form. Specify which usergroups can see each link via the permissions system.


F.A.Q.
Q: Why aren't the links showing?
A: Edit the link in your Admin CP and check the usergroup permissions

Q: All the links I made from the last version are gone
A: Go into phpmyadmin and select your vbulletin database.
Browse the table named "custom_droplinks". Change all the "catid's" with 0 to 1.
Go into your ACP --> Advanced Navbar Links --> Modify/Delete The links should show up under the first category. You can edit the links from here and select a different category to place it in.

Q: How do I get the links to appear on vBAdvanced?
A: Go into your ACP --> vBa CMPS --> Default Settings
Look for "Portal Output Global Variables". Add the following into the text area.

custom_singlelinks
custom_droplinks
custom_droplinks_cat

If you install this mod please press the "Install" button.

--Change Log--
1.0.0 - Initial Release

1.0.1 - took out the code that automatically added HTML to the navbar. I thought having it do it automatically was cool but can be annoying because you can't easily customize the class or placement

2.0.0 - Added the functionality to add multiple drop down menus

2.0.1 - Added missing table prefixes

[bandanafz1]

Hi there,

I'm struggling to get this mod installed, I am using VB 3.6.8

When I import the XML file I get database errors, these were caused for the custom_droplinks and custom_singlelinks tables. Both the tables already existed so I backed them up (despite both having zero records) and then dropped each. Importing the XML has created them again without any errors but the I am stumped by the next error:-

CREATE TABLE `custom_droplinks_cat` (
`catid` INT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY , `title` VARCHAR( 100 ) NOT NULL , `permissions` VARCHAR( 100 ) NOT NULL , `display` TINYINT( 2 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0'
) ENGINE = MYISAM ;;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'ENGINE = MYISAM' at line 6
Error Number : 1064

Apologies if this has been mentioned previously... I am looking back through the thread to try to find what the problem is - any help will be much appreciated.

DAN

[bandanafz1]

Originally Posted by bandanafz1

Hi there,

I'm struggling to get this mod installed, I am using VB 3.6.8

When I import the XML file I get database errors, these were caused for the custom_droplinks and custom_singlelinks tables. Both the tables already existed so I backed them up (despite both having zero records) and then dropped each. Importing the XML has created them again without any errors but the I am stumped by the next error:-



Apologies if this has been mentioned previously... I am looking back through the thread to try to find what the problem is - any help will be much appreciated.

DAN

I think I have fixed it, certainly the XML has imported OK...

I found this http://www.phpizabi.net/index.php?L=...barticle&id=27

That suggests for older versions of MYSQL (mine is 4.0.16) the ENGINE command is not recognised, the command TYPE should be used for backwards compatibility.

[cynthetiq]

Originally Posted by cynthetiq

Thanks alot! I haven't created my menus but

and here I was wondering why I wasn't getting any answers... I didn't finish my thought apparently.

I'm using a custom skin, navbar has been moved to the header and I followed the discussion and put one edit int he header and the other in the navbar. It works great.

what I need to now do is make sure that every time I add a new link a spacer gets added nav_div.gif.

PHP Code:

  <td class="h_nav"><a href="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="5">$vbphrase[faq]</a></td>
    <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/nav_div.gif" alt="" /></td>
  <td class="h_nav"><a href="memberlist.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[members_list]</a></td>
    <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/nav_div.gif" alt="" /></td>
  <td class="h_nav"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>
$custom_droplinks_cat
$custom_singlelinks
    <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/nav_div.gif" alt="" /></td> 


Also I need to adjust the class="" since it colorizes the added menu item. Where do I find that to edit? I've looked in the templates I can find which is just the custom_droplinks_cat, custom_singlelinks, custom_droplinks, but there is no class for me to edit there. Please see attached image for example.

Thanks

[cynthetiq]

I figured out how to do the customer_droplinks_cat and get the nav.gif there by editing that particular template. It works. I also found the class I needed to adjust and inserted it into the $custome_singlelinks as well.

Hoever, I cannot get the $custom_singlelinks since that is all that is in the custom_singlelinks template. I tried editing the XML file by adding

PHP Code:

<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/nav_div.gif" alt="" /></td> 


to the line:

 
$custom_singlelinks .= "<td class='h_nav'>$img<a href='".$slink['url']."' target='$new' title='".$slink['alt']."'>".$slink['name']."</a></td>";

Anyone know how I can add this to the $custom_singlelinks?

[Konstantinos]

links dont show up in the arcade as already mentioned

[PimvanJ]

Originally Posted by Konstantinos

links dont show up in the arcade as already mentioned

Edit the functions.php (/arcade/functions/)

Find:

function do_output($output_array)
{
global $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox,

Replace:

function do_output($output_array)
{
global $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox, $custom_singlelinks,

[Atsuko]

Hello!

I installed this plugin for headder.
I only using dropdown links.

When I install this plugin, there is no problem.
But later I back to the site, I found that the small triagles have gone,
so can not pull down the menu for the link.

Then I install the plugin again, there is no problem...

Please advice to fix this.

Thank you!

[Konstantinos]

is there any way for the hack to support javascript links . so far it doest i want to use this

javascript:openRadioStations()".

for the radio hack. any idea how to do it ?

[harmor19]

You cannot use javascript.

[Atsuko]

Hello!

I have unistalled vB Database Backup Pro, then the trouble of droplinks are fixed.

I still want to use vB Database Backup Pro, so I am happy if you give some advice for it.

One more question.

For the droplink, when I put in another site's URL, no jump to the page.
Whe the URL is same sith forum, no problem.

Please help to fix it!