Additional Navbar

Dispite what category this is in it works with vBulletin 3.5. Just read the directions.

What this does is create another navbar with drop down menu?s by typing $navbar2 in any of your templates. It is just like the one that comes with vBulletin 3.

After seeing a lot of replies about users wanting another navbar besides the basic one that comes with vBulletin. I waited for someone else to write one. But no one stepped forward and wrote one. I wanted this for my site and got tired of waiting for someone else to write it. So I played around and created this one for myself. I though I would share it with everyone.

Note: If you do not want to add a separate navbar template you can also substitute the steps in 5A through 5D and insert the navbar2.txt after you have edited it the way you want and into the same places as I mentioned for the $navbar2 in your default navbar and you will not have to do any of these other steps.

I put a lot of description tags in the HTML file to help explain what everything does. Once you understand what is going on here you can removed these. With very little modifications you can add to, remove or move items around in this navbar.

1. To install this hack you will have to create a template in you ADMINCP and call it ?navbar2? and insert the contents of the attached file "navbar2.txt" into this template file. Right now it is set up for my site. So you will have to modify it to what you want in this navbar for your site.

2. Put the following command in your phpinclude_start template:

PHP Code:

eval('$navbar2 = "' . fetch_template('navbar2') . '";'); 


2A. This is for users that have vB 3.5 and up. Step 2 will not work because the phpinclude_start template no longer exist in versions 3.5 and higher. So for 3.5 users ignore step 2 and use 2A.

Plugin System
Add new Plugin

Hook Location: global_start
Title: navbar2
Plugin PHP Code:

PHP Code:

eval('$navbar2 = "' . fetch_template('navbar2') . '";'); 


3. Now put the following command in you header or what ever template where your want the new navbar to be displayed (samples of where to put them are in the attached photos and directions are in 5A, B, C, D.):

PHP Code:

$navbar2 


4. Since the template is uncached you will have an extra query on each page. To fix, open global.php
Find:

PHP Code:

// misc useful 


Add below:

PHP Code:

'navbar2', 


5A. Under current Navigation / Breadcrumb Templaters - navbar:
Find:

<!-- / nav buttons bar -->

Below that place:

$navbar2

5B. On top of forums tables:
Find:

<!-- / PAGENAV POPUP -->
</if>

Below that place:

$navbar2

5C. Under your header:
Find:

<br />
<!-- breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

Above that add:

$navbar2

5D. Top of current navbar:
Find:

<!-- breadcrumb, login, pm info -->

Under that add:

$navbar2

vBadvance CMPS using vB 3.5 or higher. To get this working with the homepage you will have to do the following.

Go into your ADMINCP-->vBa CPMS-->Default Setting-->Portal Output Global Variables and add navbar2 in the block there and save it.

Arcaded hack. You will need to go into your darcaded hack and edit a line. Here are the directions:
Go to you arcade/functions/functions.php
open it with a text editor:
Find:

global $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox;
global $forumjump, $timezone, $logincode, $_USEROPTIONS, $scriptpath, $admincpdir, $modcpdir, $quickchooserbits;

Replace with:

global $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox;
global $forumjump, $timezone, $logincode, $_USEROPTIONS, $scriptpath, $admincpdir, $modcpdir, $quickchooserbits, $navbar2;

[NJChins]

You won't even have to check for me. My friend figured out that I had put $navbar2 at the bottom of the header template.

Thanks!!

[attroll]

No problem. Glad you got it figured out.

[sully02]

Hate to beat a dead horse, but I appear to have a problem with the table borders in the upper navbar, as you can see: http://www.sports-boards.net/index.php?

I'm currently looking through the templates to see how I can fix it, but if anybody knows how off the top of their head, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[attroll]

Originally Posted by sully02

Hate to beat a dead horse, but I appear to have a problem with the table borders in the upper navbar, as you can see: http://www.sports-boards.net/index.php?

I'm currently looking through the templates to see how I can fix it, but if anybody knows how off the top of their head, I'd greatly appreciate it.

What is your problem. It looks fine to me.

[sully02]

Maybe it's just my browser, but it's an appearance issue. I can see the lines in between the columns, I have a thick blue border below the upper navbar, and there is no border at the top at all.

[chrisvonc]

He is having the same issue I was from Post #33 . I dont exactly recall what it was that fixed me up but I think it was:
AdminCP > Style Manager > Edit the Main CSS > Table Border > Extra CSS Attributes. If I am not mistaken, that controls the space where you are seeing the extra Blue (#0B198C) line. Try changing that as well as the PX.

[Caiman]

Installed with ease. Thanks

[venomx]

Hey where do we add $navbar2 so it appears right above the Welcome panel?

[venomx]

Ok I got a problem... I am using this and my uShop drop down is in there but nothing shows under the History link.. Action and everything below it is missing. Any ideas?

[attroll]

Originally Posted by venomx

Ok I got a problem... I am using this and my uShop drop down is in there but nothing shows under the History link.. Action and everything below it is missing. Any ideas?

Is this your web site? http://www.venomx.com/

I was trying to look at your site and see what you were talking about but this does not seem to be your site. I am confused as to what you mean by History Link?