The $show['popups'] Conditional 
Some web browsers lack the ability to use the vBMenu system.

In order to prevent these browsers from attempting to initialize menus that they can't use, a special template conditional is used.

$show['popups']

By surrounding all vBMenu controls and popups in a conditional that checks the value of $show['popups'], Javascript errors can be avoided, and alternative HTML can be shown to browsers that can't use popups.

For example:
<if condition="$show['popups']">

    <!-- content here is for browsers that
    are able to use the vBMenu system -->
    
<else />

    <!-- content here is shown to browsers
    that are unable to use vBMenu popups -->
    
</if>
Colin 20th May 2005, 12:41am
This conditional also is used when you disable the vBMenu System (see a bit further down).