$navbits - where is it ?

[George L]

in the navbar template beta 3,

<img src="{imagesfolder}/vb_bullet.gif" align="absmiddle"> <normalfont><b><a href="index.php?s=$session[sessionhash]">$bbtitle</a>
<br> &nbsp; &gt; $navbits</b>
</normalfont>

there is a variable $navbits

where can i edit $navbits

so i can put a line break between the forum title and thread subject title ?

[wajones]

Seems it's a var assigned in the calendar.php to templates nav_linked, nav_joiner and nav_linkoff, maybe other places ???

[Kier]

$navbits isn't a template, it's a variable built from a bread-crumb style list of links, separated by the navjoiner template.

Hope that helps

[George L]

Originally posted by Kier
$navbits isn't a template, it's a variable built from a bread-crumb style list of links, separated by the navjoiner template.

Hope that helps

that went right over my head

[Kier]

Okay, let's start from the top - we have the navbar template, which contains the vBulletin tick and the name of the forum, followed by the $navbits variable...

Like this:

<img src="images/vb_bullet.gif" align="middle">
<normalfont><b><a href="index.php?s=$session[sessionhash]">$bbtitle</a> &gt;
[b]$navbits[/b]</b></normalfont>

The $navbits part is created by the makenavbar(..) function in admin/functions.php, so that's what you would need to edit if you wanted to alter the appearence of the $navbits part...

Any clearer yet?

[George L]

thanks kier

that was clear enough

suggestion for beta 4 and beyond: why not make the navbit a template for us

[TWTCommish]

Hi Kier,

Thanks for the explanation. I'm pretty sure I follow, but after looking at the functions.php file, I still can't figure out what I'm doing exactly. I'm trying to add a class to the links in the breadcrumb...but it seems as if the links themselves are generated elsewhere.

Thanks for the link as well, eva.

[George L]

Originally posted by TWTCommish
Hi Kier,

Thanks for the explanation. I'm pretty sure I follow, but after looking at the functions.php file, I still can't figure out what I'm doing exactly. I'm trying to add a class to the links in the breadcrumb...but it seems as if the links themselves are generated elsewhere.

Thanks for the link as well, eva.

yeah i looked into functions.php and couldn't understand it either (then again i don't know php )

[TWTCommish]

Any advice for us Kier? I'm desperate! My links look terrible right now.

[Kier]

i'll write a little tutorial for you guys shortly

[George L]

Originally posted by Kier
i'll write a little tutorial for you guys shortly

thanks so even in beta 4.1 there is no change to templates for this navbits ?

[Kier]

There is now a template to edit.

the template is called nav_linkon and contains

<a href="$nav_url">$nav_title</a>

if you want to apply a CSS style to it, simply define the style in the headinclude template, something like this:

.mynavclass { font-family: tahoma; font-size: 72pt }

then edit the nav_linkon template to look like this:

<a href="$nav_url" class="mynavclass">$nav_title</a>

That should solve your problems, and no PHP scripting needed

The corresponding template for non-link elements of $navbits is (funnily enough) nav_linkoff.

i don't recommend that you use the style definition example values i posted here... hehe

[George L]

thanks kier !!!