Add-On Releases - CES Navbits Designer

CES Navbits Designer
Version: 1.4.3

*** NEWS ***
3/17/2007 - v1.4.3 released
2/25/2007 - v1.4.2 released
2/3/2007 - v1.4.0, v1.4.1 released
2/2/2007 - v1.3.0 released
1/24/2007 - v1.2.3 released
1/15/2007 - v1.2.0, v1.2.1, v1.2.2 released, screenshots updated
1/7/2007 - v1.1.0 completed - withheld due to inefficient processing
1/5/2007 - v1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3 released, screenshots added
1/4/2007 - v1.0.0 released - Custom Navbits launched

Known Issues:
- If you are a vbWiki Pro user, and you are getting a "Style has not been updated for Custom Navbits" message in your wiki, see this post: #21

What It Does:
Using a wizard in the AdminCP, allows admins to create a breadcrumb path for the vBulletin navbar that could be practically anything. This is useful for automating navbits on custom pages or anywhere else.

For example: After searching for threads or posts, vBulletin's default lastelement is always "Search Results." However, using this mod, I have been able to change it to "Search Results in Threads" and "Search Results in Posts" respectively.

Products to Install: 1
Plugins Included: 1
Files to Upload: 5
Templates to Edit: 1
Files to Edit: 2
Queries Added:* 0

*This now adds ZERO queries to modified pages, which I figure is the query count we all care about.

Mod Features:
- Add navbits for any page in the AdminCP
- Now makes use of the datastore
- Settings in vBulletin Options
- Supports relative and absolute links
- Breadcrumb can use any custom text
- Name your various custom navbit sets
- Use conditionals for further control
- Set execute priority of navbit sets with overlapping conditions
- Navbits immediately updated
- use FORUM_HOME, THIS_PAGE, WIKI_NAME as preset variables
- supports $vboptions, $vbphrase, other variables, and HTML
- Complete support for vbWiki Pro

How many more features can we add to a navbits extension?

Current Syntax:
As of v1.2.0, just fill in the form!

When using $vbulletin options or $vbphrases, do not use quotes inside the brackets:
BAD: $vbulletin->options['option']
GOOD: $vbulletin->options[option]

Tutorials:
- Introduction to creating custom navbits: Basic Tutorial
- How to exclude a parent forum from multiple subforums at once: Parentlist Tutorial

Changelog:
As of Version 1.4.3:
- fixed a warning that would occur in the AdminCP when no custom sets
had been created

As of Version 1.4.2:
- updated product dependency

As of Version 1.4.1:
- fixed a bug where the last element would be empty if script had a
custom set and the conditions returned false
- updated phrases
- fixed bug where table ces_navbits would not be removed from the
database on upgrade

Ideas for Future Versions:
- Suggestions?

Screenshots:
In order, these screenshots show the process:
1. Before Navbits Management
2. AdminCP Link
3. AdminCP Navbits Manager
4. AdminCP Navbits Designer (pre v1.4.1)
5. After Navbits Management

[thincom2000]

You're welcome. I will add a link in the first post to this tutorial in case someone else wants to do this in the future.

[thincom2000]

Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /admincp/navbits_designer.php on line 273

This is like 273:

	foreach ($ces_navbits AS $navers)

Sounds like a bug that occurs when zero custom navbits exist (which would usually be the first time you use the script, after which the error would disappear). This does not affect functionality, it's just an annoying message. If you can confirm this behavior disappeared for you once you designed your first navbits, I will include a bug fix shortly; otherwise, it may be something else.

[thincom2000]

Posted the fix for the bug mentioned above.