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UKBL ~ Quality Drop Down Menu System
Developer Last Online: Feb 2012 
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 Live Demo http://www.aboxcafe.com/index.php http://www.wheelsbd.com/ 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
and this is the line we need to edit, so that it gives us a nice gradiant blue acdcross the menu bar
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  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...
Basically each tab is made up of a block like what you see above, You have the Main Tab Description which looks like this
and you have all the sub links underneath and they look like this...
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.  UPDATE: 26th April 2009 Centering the Menu so that it appears central There has been much debate about trying to centralise the menu tabs, I didn't want to edit the code too much as this would make a mess of it in different browsers, However i've found that there is a way The easiest way to center menu content is to place it inside of a center aligned table, as shown below:
This way the menu tabs will appear central in all browsers. Hope this helps  Enjoy Download Now Only licensed members can download files, Click Here for more information. Screenshots
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#61
09 Feb 2009, 16:48
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you are the best! I will reply back with my sites link with the menu setup once I am done.
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#62
09 Feb 2009, 16:51
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Originally Posted by Tauhid
Thanks, You can replace the yellow with your sites Green, Its just that i didn't get much time to copy your hex colors.
You've got a great site, hope the menu's work for you Don't forget to click installed if your happy Take care
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Last edited by UKBusinessLive; 09 Feb 2009 at 16:57.
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#63
09 Feb 2009, 19:39
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thanks for this great hack, my members are absolutely loving it. no complaints so far. even in the cell phone, this seems like a better navigation system. I would recommend vbulletin to adapt this feature in the near future for their default menus. love it!
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#64
09 Feb 2009, 21:55
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Originally Posted by Tauhid
Thanks
It does look great on your site, have added your site to my demo list on the first post. Thanks
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#65
10 Feb 2009, 19:29
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Installed
I would recommend this to anyone that wants to add a dropdown menu, its dead easy to use and pure genius how it works. Great work UKBL!
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#66
10 Feb 2009, 19:56
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Originally Posted by Powlo
Thanks Powlo,
Glad you enjoyed it
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#67
11 Feb 2009, 17:14
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One thing though... How can i center the tabs on the page? They are currently left justified which looks great on a 100% width style but not so great if its a fixed width style with a full width header.
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#68
11 Feb 2009, 17:43
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Originally Posted by Powlo
Its best not to center the tabs as thios will mess up on different screen resolutions, I did a menu for a guy who wanted his tabs centrered and in Firefox he was showing two rows of tabs.
I will tell you how to do it but you need to tell me which one your using the blue or the black, then you can test it yourself
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#69
11 Feb 2009, 19:05
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It was the blue that ive used. Thanks UKBL
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#70
13 Feb 2009, 18:32
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i am using the black one and i must say it is a brilliant hack.
but i would also like to know how to center the tabs as when you look at my site, www.uwclan.co.uk, you can see a space on the right hand side. if i put another tab in there to attempt to fill the space on the right, it goes on a new line underneath on the left hand side, under the first one. so i would like to get it so the spacing on either sid of the first and last tab is the same. many thanks No members have liked this post.
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#71
13 Feb 2009, 20:02
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Originally Posted by a marked man 70
Thanks
You will need to edit the Padding in the CSS part of the code, Try changing in steps of 10px, Not sure which one it woiuld be without looking at the code, but a quick way would be to do a printout of the code you have and go through the css and change the padding dimensions, ifit don't work change it back. The reason i don't do them central is the fact that if someone is viewing with a differnt resolution, then it will throw the menus out, likewise in a different browser. The way they are made makes them fully compatible with all browsers and resolutions and fully validated, by editing you could lose one or more of those. Just take it easy, do what you think you would be happy with
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#72
14 Feb 2009, 15:21
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Excellent add-on!
I'm getting only one "complaint" from my members though. They would like to reduce the "hang time". I have to admit it is currently annoying me a bit as well. Moving the cursor over the tabs triggers the drop down menu (which is great!) but then the menu "hangs" for a few seconds longer once the cursor is moved away. Any way to adjust the code so the drop down menu goes away as soon as the cursor is moved off of it? I know... it seems petty and truly, I am already almost used to it but some of my members can't seem to get past it. Thanks in advance
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#73
14 Feb 2009, 16:09
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Originally Posted by SashaCPF
Hi SashaCPF
Thanks for the kind words, i understand that perhaps member may get a bit funny about the menu delay but depending on how complicated menus can be i've set the default speed at half a sec (500 millisec's) you can adjust this at the end of the menu code
Just change the red 500 for 200 or even 100, that will make it quicker, let me know how you got on Remember, Lets keep them Members happy Have a Great Weekend
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#74
14 Feb 2009, 16:44
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SWEET!!
Adjusted to 100 and even *I* am happy now!!! Thanks MUCH!!
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#75
14 Feb 2009, 16:58
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Originally Posted by SashaCPF
No worries buddy, Now the whole world can be happy
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