Adding CMPS to vB 4.2.0 Navigation Manager

[RivaCom]

What if your cmps is the previous directory?

[ricktas]

Originally Posted by RivaCom

What if your cmps is the previous directory?

I assume you mean the next level up from the forum.
Due to how the navigation manager works at this time it's best to make a home.php in the forum and redirect the higher level (index.html) to the home.php via an .htaccess entry.

Eg: We have this...

#rewrite rules
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^ausphotography.net.au$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\/www\.ausphotography\.net\.au\/$1" [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.ausphotography.net.au$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index.htm [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/default.htm [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index.php
RewriteRule ^.*$ "http\:\/\/www\.ausphotography\.net\.au\/forum\/home.php" [R=301,L]

[thecore762]

Hey there, there is an issue with the vBadvanced module, when notifications are dismissed and browse back the notification page they still show they are there and that they havent been dismissed yet.
But if you directly view the forum.php page then it shows that you dismissed the notifications right away.

[RivaCom]

Originally Posted by ricktas

I assume you mean the next level up from the forum.
Due to how the navigation manager works at this time it's best to make a home.php in the forum and redirect the higher level (index.html) to the home.php via an .htaccess entry.

Eg: We have this...

#rewrite rules
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^ausphotography.net.au$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\/www\.ausphotography\.net\.au\/$1" [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.ausphotography.net.au$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index.htm [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/default.htm [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index.php
RewriteRule ^.*$ "http\:\/\/www\.ausphotography\.net\.au\/forum\/home.php" [R=301,L]

Would it be a problem to do the complete opposite? Make home.php redirect to domain.com/index.php ? Would that miss up anything?

[ricktas]

The problem with the navigation manager in vB4.2.0 is that paths are relative, so the Navbar goes silly when the CMPS home is not in the /forum folder.

[Janderson]

Do we have any idea of a time frame of a new version for VB 4.2? I'm not trying to be a pest to Brian, just looking for a rough idea? If anyone has heard...

Thanks

[TeknoSounds]

What's messed up again..? I'm not seeing any issues with vb4.2 and vba4.2

Navigation manager works great, was able to create a new tab for vba in it and selects just fine.

[Ramses]

Originally Posted by ricktas

- Set the Script option to adv_index

Thanks.

[jca2112]

Just upgraded to vBulletin 4.2.0 and vBAdvanced 4.2.1 and I'm not able to get vBadvanced to work with the built-in Navigation Manager.

I've read previous posts about this, including following the instructions mentioned here:

http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/show...3&postcount=18

• Set Add Navbar Link to None for the Page in vBa CMPS.
• Add (new) Tab in vB Navigation Manager.
• Set Product to vBadvanced CMPS.
• Set Title to Home.
• Set Target URL to {options.homeurl}/cmps_index.php.
• Set Tab Script(s) to adv_index.
• Set Tab as Default.

Once done, the Tab Home is created and appears in the top menu, but it is not selected. Links added to the tab do not appear -- the sub link menu below the tab is blank.

Obviously the THIS_SCRIPT "adv_index" is not being seen by the Navigation Manager in order to know to "select" the tab. I've tried creating other pages/names, changing settings, disabling the vBadvanced CMPS "Construct Navbar Tab Links" plug-in, etc. -- but have not been able to get this to work.

What am I doing wrong?

Appreciate any help/info.

[Dragonsys]

Originally Posted by ricktas

I assume you mean the next level up from the forum.
Due to how the navigation manager works at this time it's best to make a home.php in the forum and redirect the higher level (index.html) to the home.php via an .htaccess entry.

Eg: We have this...

#rewrite rules
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^ausphotography.net.au$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\/www\.ausphotography\.net\.au\/$1" [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.ausphotography.net.au$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index.htm [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/default.htm [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index.php
RewriteRule ^.*$ "http\:\/\/www\.ausphotography\.net\.au\/forum\/home.php" [R=301,L]

Or just use a php redirect, instead of a complicated .htaccess rewrite rule
put this inside your /index.php

PHP Code:

<?php

   header( 'Location: /forums/cmps_index.php' ) ;

?>

Then move your cmps inside of your forums folder.

[zascok]

I'll double this, with or with no plugin the Nav Manager doens not want to recognise vBA

Originally Posted by jca2112

Just upgraded to vBulletin 4.2.0 and vBAdvanced 4.2.1 and I'm not able to get vBadvanced to work with the built-in Navigation Manager.

I've read previous posts about this, including following the instructions mentioned here:

http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/show...3&postcount=18

• Set Add Navbar Link to None for the Page in vBa CMPS.
• Add (new) Tab in vB Navigation Manager.
• Set Product to vBadvanced CMPS.
• Set Title to Home.
• Set Target URL to {options.homeurl}/cmps_index.php.
• Set Tab Script(s) to adv_index.
• Set Tab as Default.

Once done, the Tab Home is created and appears in the top menu, but it is not selected. Links added to the tab do not appear -- the sub link menu below the tab is blank.

Obviously the THIS_SCRIPT "adv_index" is not being seen by the Navigation Manager in order to know to "select" the tab. I've tried creating other pages/names, changing settings, disabling the vBadvanced CMPS "Construct Navbar Tab Links" plug-in, etc. -- but have not been able to get this to work.

What am I doing wrong?

Appreciate any help/info.

[zascok]

Right, here is the trick, that worked for me. Don't configure the tab for menu in vB Nav manager. Instead use vBA create a tab in menu in page config. I guess there is some kind of conflict cos vBa was made to meet 4.1. but 4.2 have changed the way it works

[ibaker]

I have rolled back CMPS from v4.2.1 to 4.2 and it is working perfectly with vBulletin v4.2 PL2 using the new Navigation Menu

There is something very wrong with the CMPS 4.2.1 update

If you go to a test/development site at:
http://www.aircraftpilots.net/

You will see how the Home tab and the Aircraft tab are working perfectly with this setup:
1.jpg

However if I update it to the new CMPS v4.2.1, the CMPS tabs don't work, don't get highlighted when selected etc etc etc

I tried clean installs and the same there

[Ross L]

Is there anyway of showing pages as active? I have created numerous pages using VBA and added them to the navigation. I would like them to show as active when a member is on that page. Is there any way of doing this?

[CountRock]

Originally Posted by Lionel

That could be easily fixed. Create a plugin at
and put in it

PHP Code:

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'adv_index')
{
    $tabid = ''; 
} 


Worked great! Thank you

[gsmlover4u]

Originally Posted by ibaker

Perhaps you may find it easier in many situations by simply doing:
1. In your Homepage settings ACP -> vBa CMPS -> Edit Pages -> select Homepage and make sure Add Navbar Link = "None"
2. Open up your new Navigation Manager in vb4.2 ACP -> Settings -> Navigation Manager, and add a Tab called "Home":
Attachment 6450
NOTE:
- Ignore the auto generated "Identity"
- Enter the "Title" what you want on your Home Tab
- Enter the "Target URL" to your site home index page (i.e. the URL to your CMPS Homepage)
- Enter the "Tab Script" used by the THIS SCRIPT of your CMPS which is adv_index

3. Set your Homepage Tab as your site default:
Attachment 6451

You now have your CMPS Homepage as your site home page and a tab for it plus the ability to add CMPS pages under it using the Navigation Manager with the URL being the normal link to the page:
Attachment 6452

For any subsequent CMPS Pages that you want a Tab for you can create another Tab using the 4.2 Navigation Manager. In this example I have created one called "Aircraft" but note the "Append 'tabid' to URL" for this one is set to "YES":
Attachment 6453

Hope this helps!

work great thanks for this