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UKBL ~ Quality Drop Down Menu System

You wanted Drop down Menu's that were easy to install and edit, Well now you've got it

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Compatible with almost ALL Browsers.

Hi Guys, i've had so many messages about My "Easy Menu Tabs" and when was i going to do Dropdown Tabs, Well i've listened and now i can happily add UKBL ~ Quality Drop Down menu's to our list of modifications.

This is just so easy to edit and install, as long as you feel confident with a few simple edits and uploading a graphics file to your images directory or even your photobucket account, if you don't want to mess about uploading to your server.

UKBL ~ Quality Drop Downs sit quite happily on top of your forums accessable from all pages of the forum



They look like any bog standard Menu Nav bar but when you hover the mouse over it you'll see the dropdowns, I've uploaded a test version to my forum, Take a look for yourselves http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum

I've left the Top White Easy Men Bar in place also so you can compare both of them.

When you go over the menu bar the dropdowns should appear like in the picture below



See how the chosen links are highlighted

So now we come to the installation stage.

Download the dropdown.zip file below and open the VBOrg_Menu.txt file in notepad or any other text editor, as we need to edit a few files.

The first one we need to edit is the url of our Graphic File, So to cut a long story short we'll upload our graphic file to our Photobucket account, or any other account or image directory on your server, So firstly find

	/*"""""""" (MAIN) Container Edit Picture URL Here :-) """"""""*/	
	#qm0	
	{	
		padding:5px;
		background-image:url(http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr114/ukbusinesslive/center_tile_blue.gif);
		border-width:1px;
		border-style:solid;
		border-color:#eeeeee;
	}

and this is the line we need to edit, so that it gives us a nice gradiant blue acdcross the menu bar

background-image:url(http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr114/ukbusinesslive/center_tile_blue.gif);

Just replace the url within the brackets ( ) and thats it

Then we go and do the menu edits, You don't want your members click on your forum menu and ending up on my site :erm: So what we need to do now is change the menu links for yours, It take about 15 min's but its not hard to do, so lets do it.....

First find where our menu starts, This will be right at the bottom of the code, The HTML part of this and the first bit we need to change starts from here...

 <li><a class="qmparent" href="javascript:void(0)">MY CONTROL PANEL</a>

		<ul>
		<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/profile.php?do=editavatar" title="Edit Avatar">Edit Avatar</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/profile.php?do=editsignature" title="Edit Signature">Edit Signature</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/profile.php?do=editoptions" title="Edit Options">Edit Options</a></li>
		<li><span class="qmdivider qmdividerx" ></span></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription" title="List Subscriptions">List Subscriptions</a></li>
		</ul></li>

Basically each tab is made up of a block like what you see above, You have the Main Tab Description which looks like this

<li><a class="qmparent" href="javascript:void(0)">MY CONTROL PANEL</a>

and you have all the sub links underneath and they look like this...

<li><a href="http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum/profile.php?do=editavatar" title="Edit Avatar">Edit Avatar</a></li>

and its this one which we need to edit, basically if you want to keep the same link, all you need to do is to chasnge my url http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum to your forums URL, and thats it, your link should work for your site.

If you want to change the link altogether and put your own, then replace the full URL with one that you want and don't forget to edit the end part "Edit Avatar" as that is the title thats shown on the dropdown.

When you've finished all your editing, we need to upload this whole code to your Header Template of the Style that your Currantly using on your forum, So once you've saved your edited code, Just copy and paste directly to your Header, Go right to the end and click paste, save the template and thats it, The Graphic File which you need to upload to your server or image host is also in the zip file.

So easy and a great improvement to any VBulletin Forum

This is a Freebie for all you members on VB.org with my compliments

If anyone wants any custom menus made, Just PM me I'll help where i can, Just bear in mind a menu like this takes a good couple of hours or so, so a donation is more than welcomed

Oh almost Forgot guys,

If you like it, Please Click on Installed, as this really does motivate me to improving these hacks

UPDATE 09.02.09

Uploaded a New Zip File, Black Menu.Zip This is the same as this original except that its black for darker Websites and Forums, Instructions are the same as above, and comes complete with customised Graphics which will need to be uploaded to your /images/ directory.



UPDATE 23.02.09

For some of you Admins who prefer menu Buttons as opposed to a menu bar, i've made some buttons based on the above menu formate, You can install it by following the same instructions as the main install, Just upload the graphics and edit your menu links and thats it.

Experiment with the css to change colors width of boxes etc, Add more or as little as you want, the important thing is to have fun learning.



As always, post here if you want help i'll help where i can



Enjoy

[UKBusinessLive]

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[valdet]

Gerry, this is great.

Thanks.

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by valdet

Gerry, this is great.

Thanks.

Thank you Valdet,
Hope you enjoy using it

[UKBusinessLive]

Quick Update

Ok guys just a quick update on browser support and and a few specs which i'm sure you'll be deleghted with...

The menu's are fully compatible with every one of the leading browsers,

IE - v5: (Limited)
IE - v5.5,
IE - v6:
IE - v7:
IE - v8:
Firefox - All:
Mozilla - All:
Netscape - v6 & up:
Opera - v6 & Up:
Safari - All:
Goolge (Chrome):

The Code is 100% Pure CSS with optional JavaScript add-on's, now if your worried that a browser may have javascript disabled, fear not, as this is capable of functioning in browsers with their JavaScript disabled

The code is very easy to edit as its just pure CSS with each section identified, The menu links are simple HTML menu links and can have html mark up included, you won't get confused between the two.

For customised jobs and perhaps a different kind of menu, i can create a new one which will compliment your site, each one takes about 1 to 2 hours work, so a small donation would be appriacated Just PM me and i'll help where i can.

Now everyone can have Top quality Dropdowns on their site

[UKBusinessLive]

UPDATE 09.02.09

Uploaded a New Zip File, Black Menu.Zip This is the same as this original except that its black for darker Websites and Forums, Instructions are the same as above, and comes complete with customised Graphics which will need to be uploaded to your /images/ directory.



Enjoy

[PGAmerica]

This looks very slick, thank you.

Question: How do I modify this so that some of the menu options are NOT drop-downs? For example, on your website, you have the "Portal Home" drop-down menu. What if I wanted to have no drop-down there at all and just have the "Portal Home" be a link to the homepage?

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by PGAmerica

This looks very slick, thank you.

Question: How do I modify this so that some of the menu options are NOT drop-downs? For example, on your website, you have the "Portal Home" drop-down menu. What if I wanted to have no drop-down there at all and just have the "Portal Home" be a link to the homepage?

Hello PGAmerica,

To just use a tab as a click option as oppose to a dropdown see the start of each tab as below

<li><a class="qmparent" href="javascript:void(0)">MY CONTROL PANEL</a>

and change the javascript:void(0) for the url of your choice, so to turn a tab to point to your home page you would do something like this (keeping it inside the " " )

<li><a class="qmparent" href="www.mywebsite.com/home.php">HOME</a>

Don't forget to delete all the unused submenu links below or you could just cut and paste the above example to your menu links in the html part of the code (right at the bottom!)

Give me a shout if you get stuck

[PGAmerica]

OK, I figured out the answers to the earlier questions. To remove the drop-down from on of the menu options, I replaced "<a class="qmparent" href="javascript:void(0)">" with "<a class="qmparent" href="/">Home</a>" or whatever other link I want. I also removed the <ul> drop-down options that were under the menu item.

I have it working, however, whenever I paste the code at the end of my header, the menu displays fine, but the rest of page does not show up at all. Look at my screencap. The forums are supposed to be between the new menu and the "style selection" options.

Ideas?

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by PGAmerica

OK, I figured out the answers to the earlier questions. To remove the drop-down from on of the menu options, I replaced "<a class="qmparent" href="javascript:void(0)">" with "<a class="qmparent" href="/">Home</a>" or whatever other link I want. I also removed the <ul> drop-down options that were under the menu item.

I have it working, however, whenever I paste the code at the end of my header, the menu displays fine, but the rest of page does not show up at all. Look at my screencap. The forums are supposed to be between the new menu and the "style selection" options.

Ideas?

Can't see very well from that pic, can you PM me a link?? and include the code that you've pasted and i'll check it for you