vBAdvanced Cleaner Site Navigation Module - CSS Driven Rollovers

vBAdvanced Cleaner Site Navigation Module - CSS Driven Rollovers

What's new: Releasing the 3.5 version of this for 3.6.x.

What it does: Replace your default vBAdvanced navigation pane with a cross-browser, CSS driven rollover menu.

Time to install: 10 Minutes
Tested: IE, Firefox, Maxthon, Opera
Difficulty: Easy
Templates: 2
CSS Edit: 1
Demo: http://www.sevenstring.org

I wasn't happy with the stock look of the vBAdvanced portal navigation. It's very plain, and I personally like rollovers (if done properly) for adding a little bit of organic movement to static pages.

Here's the default CMPS on the left, and my module on the right. The screenshots don't really do it justice, for the full effect check out my website linked above. I am using it both for navigation and for the "Artist Reviews & Interviews" portal templates.

Default: This Mod:


Step 1: Create the New Module

AdminCP -> vBA CMPS -> Add Module -> Template

Module Title: Site Navigation
Column: Left Column
Display Order: 1
Active: Yes
Update All Pages: Yes
Template to Include: (adv_portal)clean_nav
Style: (Your style)

Template content is as follows:

<tr><td class="alt1"><table border="0" width="165" class="portalnav">
<tr><td bgcolor="#444444" width="100%" onclick="window.location='http://www.youdomain.tld/forum/link.php'" style="cursor:pointer; background-color:#444444" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#555555';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#444444';"><span class="portalnav">Link Description</span></td></tr>
</table></td></tr>

This is the WHOLE template. For each link you want to add, you will need to add the following line BEFORE the closing </table></td>, and edit it to the URL and description of the option that you are linking:

<tr><td bgcolor="#444444" width="100%" onclick="window.location='http://www.youdomain.tld/forum/link.php'" style="cursor:pointer; background-color:#444444" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#555555';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#444444';"><span class="portalnav">Link Description</span></td></tr>

Use Module Shell Template: Yes
Usergroups: All set to yes


Other template edits:

In my example, #444444 is my ON color, and "#555555" is my OFF color. Change these to whatever you like. I also have a fixed table width in the initial table call, here:

width="165"

Edit that accordingly to match your layout.

Step two: CSS Definitions

ACP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> (Your Style) -> Main CSS

Scroll down to Additional CSS Definitions

At the bottom, Add:

.portalnav
{
color:#FFCC00;
font: bold 10px verdana;
Text-Decoration: none;
}

.portalnav a, .portalnav a:link, .portalnav a:visited, .portalnav a:hover, .portalnav a:active {
 
text-decoration:none;
 
color: #FFCC00;
 
font: bold 10px verdana;
 }

This is for the same font and color in my demo. Change the #FFCC00 to your desired color, and edit your font CSS as desired.

Step 3: Disable your old navigation block.

ACP -> vBA CMPS -> Edit Modules -> Site Navigation

Set "Active" to No. Keep in mind that you'll have two modules named Site Navigation now, so make sure you disable the non-template driven, default module and not the one you just created.

[Jay-MOB]

is it possible to make it as a dropdown in the navbar?

[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by hinch

there's a demo on www.furious-angels.com too

however instead of creating seperate new modules for the site nav as you said I integrated it into the existing module by editing the adv_portal_navigationbits and adv_portal_navigation templates to integrate with your code

can you show us how you did that?

[redtailboa]

A tree type menu from this would be awesome!!

[frosch68]

How can i integrate a backgroundimage ?

thanks a lot

[Jason Black]

i have no idea how to install this lol....
i don't even know how to get to vbcmp or whatever that is...can you hel please

[wolf32]

Originally Posted by Jason Black

i have no idea how to install this lol....
i don't even know how to get to vbcmp or whatever that is...can you hel please

'vbcmp' is the Content Management and Portal System over at vBadvanced.com.

You'll need this CMPS to install this hack. This hack replaces the default Navigation module that comes with the CMPS.

[Stryker412]

How do I recreate the default adv_portal_navigation? I accidentally named the clean one navigation too and then deleted it not realizing it had overwritten the default one.


I can't get the clean one to show up correctly.

www.shatteredplanet.org

The links work but the look of it is off.

adv_portal_navigation is just the following:

<tr>
	<td class="$bgclass">
		$navigationbits
		$customnavigationbits
	</td>
</tr>

I use a brand new template for this, and just disable the "stock" navigation template, using mine in it's place.

[Leo Brazil]

I've just installed this mod but I'm facing some strange thing with this. The backgroungs in the links are not filled like they should.
This is the code I'm using for this template and that's pretty much the same as original.

<tr><td class="alt1"><table border="0" width="165" class="portalnav">
<tr><td bgcolor="#444444" width="100%" onclick="window.location='http://www.forum.com/link.php'" style="cursor:pointer; background-color:#444444" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#555555';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#444444';"><span class="portalnav">Ve?culos</span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#444444" width="100%" onclick="window.location='http://www.forum.com/link.php'" style="cursor:pointer; background-color:#444444" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#555555';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#444444';"><span class="portalnav">Painel do Aventureiro</span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#444444" width="100%" onclick="window.location='http://www.forum.com/link.php'" style="cursor:pointer; background-color:#444444" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#555555';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#444444';"><span class="portalnav">Acontece no Mundo A&O</span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#444444" width="100%" onclick="window.location='http://www.forum.com/link.php'" style="cursor:pointer; background-color:#444444" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#555555';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#444444';"><span class="portalnav">Turma do A&O</span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#444444" width="100%" onclick="window.location='http://www.forum.com/link.php'" style="cursor:pointer; background-color:#444444" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#555555';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#444444';"><span class="portalnav">Navega??o e Comunica??o</span></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#444444" width="100%" onclick="window.location='http://www.forum.com/link.php'" style="cursor:pointer; background-color:#444444" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#555555';" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#444444';"><span class="portalnav">Suporte T?cnico</span></td></tr>
</table></td></tr>

Any ideas of why this is happening ?

[j-n]

Thanks........