vBa CMPS: Dynamic Navigation menu - all your Custom CMPS Pages

What this does: creates a Navigation menu (best as a left or right side block) which is populates automagically by the custom pages you have inserted into your CMPS. It should only show the user the pages that they have permissions to view.

Step 1: create and upload a new module modules/navmenu.php with the contents

PHP Code:

<?
// edit this var if you wish a custom name for your homepage link
$homepage_name = $vboptions[hometitle];
// end var editing
$nav_menus = $DB_site->query("SELECT pageid,name,title,userperms FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "adv_pages");
while($nav_menu = $DB_site->fetch_array($nav_menus))
{
    $title = ($nav_menu['pageid']==1) ? $homepage_name : $nav_menu['title'];
    $groupperms = explode(",",$nav_menu['userperms']);
    $membrperms = fetch_membergroupids_array($bbuserinfo);
    foreach($membrperms as $usergroup)
    {
        if(in_array($usergroup,$groupperms) && ($pagename != $nav_menu['name']))
        {
            $bgclass = exec_switch_bg(1);
            $pagename = $nav_menu['name'];
            eval('$pages_menubits .= "' . fetch_template('adv_portal_pagesmenubits') . '";');
        }
    }
}
eval('$home[$mods[\'modid\']][\'content\'] = "' . fetch_template('adv_portal_pagesmenu') . '";');
?>

Step 2: Create a new template adv_portal_pagesmenu with the contents:

<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%">
<thead>
 <tr>
  <td class="tcat">
    <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('cmps_pagesmenu')"><img id="collapseimg_cmps_pagesmenu" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_cmps_pagesmenu].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
    <span class="smallfont"><strong>$vba_options[portal_blockbullet] Navigation</strong></span>
  </td>
 </tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="collapseobj_cmps_pagesmenu" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_cmps_pagesmenu];text-align:$stylevar[left]">
$pages_menubits
</tbody>
</table>
<br />

Step 3: Create a new template adv_portal_pagesmenubits with the contents:

<tr>
	<td class="$bgclass" style="text-align:right">
		<span class="smallfont">
		<!-- edit this entry to alter the index.php if your cmps portal has a different filename -->
		<a href="$vboptions[homeurl]/index.php?$session[sessionurl]<if condition="$pagename!=home">$vba_options[portal_pagevar]=$pagename</if>" title="link to $title page">$title</a>
		</span>
	</td>
</tr>

Step 4: Create a new CMPS module, with the following settings (other than the defaults):
Module Title: Page Navigation
File To Include: navmenu.php
Templates used: adv_portal_pagesmenu, adv_portal_pagesmenubits

HTH y'all I like it

Demo <= this shows only one link available due to Guest permissions
Login with test/testicular to see the menu populate with extra pages

EDIT:// Altered the module; if you have installed this prior to now, please update the contents of your module with the edited one above.

[Mattius]

As soon as you start talking arrays i get scared, has anybody attempted to modify this script to work with submenu's or anybody out there that cares to give it a go...

[Natch]

It's more than just this script that would need to be modified: it would be your whole board setup.

What you are asking for is more of a custom job than just a "quick thing".

[Dio]

Great Hack!

Quick question, which Hack are you using for your Downloads and Uploads boxes on the main page? I have searched high and low with no luck.

[Natch]

It's the Links and Files Database here on vB.org

[soft_link]

This hack seems to be perfect for my site except that every time I set the module to be active in the left column, it changes my entire page to be one wide column. This baffles me because when I view the source code I see that the td width for this column is still intact at 175 pixels.

I am not sure where to change the code to fix this. Has anyone else had this problem or know what I am doing wrong?