[HOW TO - vB4] How to Add Drop Down Navigation Items to the Navbar

[sulasno]

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never mind; I got it working

thanks to the original contributor

[ageurtse]

did someone managed to do sub - sub menu's on the navbar like in post 13
i realy need that.

[AfterWorldForum]

Great article.

Any way to get the template cached, though? I have debub mode turned on, and this template is the only one that seems to be not cached.

Thanks.

Peter.

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Hmm. I also have the problem with the navbar background not changing color when highlighted. Removing the style stuff works, but then the arrow icon dissappears.

Using IE8, but also no luck in FF.

<li class="popupmenu">
<a href="javascript://" class="popupctrl navtab" style="background:transparent url({vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/arrow.png) no-repeat {vb:stylevar right} center; padding-right: 15px"><img src="images/entropiaplanets/process.png" border="0" align="top" alt="EntropiaPlanets Tools" />&nbsp;&nbsp;EP Tools</a>
<ul class="popupbody popuphover">
		<li><a style="text-indent: 0px; color:{vb:stylevar navbar_selected_popup_body_a_Color}" href="business.php">Yellow pages</a></li>
		<li><a style="color:{vb:stylevar navbar_selected_popup_body_a_Color}" href="http://www.entropiaplanets.com/forums/vbay.php">Auction</a></li>
		<li><a style="color:{vb:stylevar navbar_selected_popup_body_a_Color}" href="http://www.entropiaplanets.com/forums/misc.php?do=cchatbox">Chat</a></li>
		<li><a style="color:{vb:stylevar navbar_selected_popup_body_a_Color}" href="http://www.entropiaplanets.com/forums/vbugs.php">Bug tracker</a></li>
		<li><a style="color:{vb:stylevar navbar_selected_popup_body_a_Color}" href="http://www.entropiaplanets.com/forums/missions.php">Mission tracker</a></li>
</ul>
</li>

[AfterWorldForum]

Found out how to get the caching working. I created a new plugin, linked it to the hook cache_templates, and used the following code to cache the template:

$cache = array_merge($cache, array('<template_name>'));

[AfterWorldForum]

Anyone got a working solution for the non-changing background colour by any chance? I have not yet managed to get that bit working.

[merk_aus]

Thanks worked brilliantly straight out of the box - have bookmarked it to add additional functionality to our site in the coming days this is absolutely brilliant.

[mordor1]

Great tutorial works fine even in 4.04

[wpeloquin]

Is there any way to make the default "Forum" navtab a dropdown, instead of adding a new tab?

I run a gaming board that hosts multiple games, guilds/clans, etc. I wish to make the Forum navtab a dropdown that i can then have the links to the various areas on the board. I followed this tutorial to create a plugin/template to help show what i am looking to do.

I figure i could remove the default "Forum" tab and replace it with the new one, but i was wondering if it can just be done on the current, default tab.

[Steph H]

Thank you! After a little trial and error, I got this to work wonderfully on our site. I appreciate the help!

[reefland]

Lynn or anyone,

Any ideas how to make this menu stay on top of a .swf file? I have a .swf advert in ad_below_navbar and the dropdown menu slides behind the advert.

Ideas welcomed.