[HOW TO - vB4] Create a New Tab in the navbar

[Lynne]

You need to use php in a plugin. {vb:template stuff} is not php. You need to use actual $variables.

[pedrossi]

Originally Posted by Lynne

You need to use php in a plugin. {vb:template stuff} is not php. You need to use actual $variables.

How can I get the results from the {vb:template stuff} into a PHP variable then? Or, how can I use PHP to figure out what the user's ID is? Still new to vb modding...

[Lynne]

If you look in the php code, then you will see how to call out stuff using php. If you want *your* userid, then it would be $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'].

[pedrossi]

Thanks, that worked!

Now to make it so that only logged in users can see the tab. I'm assuming $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] returns either empty or '0' if the user isn't logged in, so an if statement should do the job (hopefully) =)

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In case anyone is interested, here is the code to add to a new vBulletin plugin which will create a conditional navbar tab. If the user is logged in, it displays a tab linking to his profile. If not, it displays a tab linking to the registration page (register.php).

Thanks Cellarius and Lynne for helping me figure it out!

PHP Code:

$tabselected = '';
$tablinks = '';
$tabselected_nolog = '';
$tablinks_nolog = '';
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'member')
{
    $vbulletin->options['selectednavtab']='my_profile';
    $tabselected = ' class="selected"';
    $tablinks = '                <ul class="floatcontainer">
                         <li><a href="private.php">Inbox</a></li>
                        <li><a href="profile.php?do=editprofile">Edit Profile</a></li>
                        <li><a href="profile.php?do=editoptions">Account Settings</a></li>
                        <li><a href="profile.php?do=privacy">Privacy Settings</a></li>
                                 </ul> ';

} 
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'register')
{
    $vbulletin->options['selectednavtab']='sign_up';
    $tabselected_nolog = ' class="selected"';
}

$userid = $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];

if($userid == 0)
{
    
    $template_hook['navtab_start'] .= '<li'.$tabselected_nolog.'><a class="navtab" href=    "register.php">Sign Up</a>'.$tablinks_nolog.'</li>' ;
    
}else if($userid > 0){

$template_hook['navtab_start'] .= '<li'.$tabselected.'><a class="navtab" href=    "member.php?'.$userid.'">My Profile</a>'.$tablinks.'</li>' ;

} 


[Boofo]

Thank you, Lynne, for the well thought out article. I have been trying to figure this out for 2 days now. You made it easy, young lady.

For anyone interested, here is all you need to make a W3C button that will check the markup validation for whatever page of the site you are currently on.

PHP Code:

$template_hook['navtab_end'] .= '<li><a class="navtab" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer" target="_blank">W3C</a></li>'; 


[pedrossi]

So I added a link to the user's private message inbox as a sublink to my new tab, but when I click on that it activates the "forum' tab instead of the new tab. Any ideas on what files I have to modify to get the new tab to be activated instead of the forum tab? I'm guessing I need to find a certain condition and change it?

[Boofo]

It should stay with the new tab when it is clicked. Does the tab itself stay selected when you click it?

[pedrossi]

Originally Posted by Boofo

It should stay with the new tab when it is clicked. Does the tab itself stay selected when you click it?

Yep, it does. I'm thinking it has to do with all that THIS_SCRIPT business, and that there is piece of code that's telling the Forum tab to select itself if I am on the inbox page... but I need to find that piece of code and change it so that it instead selects the New Tab. I could be wrong, though...

I'm thinking I could add a condition to the plugin that says the new tab should be selected if THIS_SCRIPT is the inbox, but that would create a conflict and both the new tab and the forum tab would select themselves, causing a big mess.

[Boofo]

Any sub-link you add needs to be under the navbar button you want to user it with. Like you did with the My Profile code.

[pedrossi]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Any sub-link you add needs to be under the navbar button you want to user it with. Like you did with the My Profile code.

Here's what I've got right now:

http://cl.ly/20PD


When I click the "My Profile" tab, it becomes selected and it shows the right sub-links. "Career Talk" is what I have renamed my "Forum" tab to.

When I click on the sub-link "Inbox", though, it takes the user to the private messages page, but now the "Career Talk" tab becomes selected:

http://cl.ly/20N6

And here is my code:

PHP Code:

$tabselected = '';
$tablinks = '';
$tabselected_nolog = '';
$tablinks_nolog = '';
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'member')
{
    $vbulletin->options['selectednavtab']='my_profile';
    $tabselected = ' class="selected"';
    $tablinks = '                <ul class="floatcontainer">
                         <li><a href="private.php">Inbox</a></li>
                        <li><a href="profile.php?do=editprofile">Edit Profile</a></li>
                        <li><a href="profile.php?do=editoptions">Account Settings</a></li>
                        <li><a href="profile.php?do=privacy">Privacy Settings</a></li>
                                 </ul> ';

} 
if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'register')
{
    $vbulletin->options['selectednavtab']='sign_up';
    $tabselected_nolog = ' class="selected"';
}

$userid = $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'];

if($userid == 0)
{
    
    $template_hook['navtab_start'] .= '<li'.$tabselected_nolog.'><a class="navtab" href=    "register.php">Sign Up</a>'.$tablinks_nolog.'</li>' ;
    
}else if($userid > 0){

$template_hook['navtab_start'] .= '<li'.$tabselected.'><a class="navtab" href=    "member.php?'.$userid.'">My Profile</a>'.$tablinks.'</li>' ;

} 


I'm slowly getting there, just need a push in the right direction