How to get the "Home" button to work

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GOHQ

New Member
Well, i been adding and taking buttons from the nav bar with ease thank to Gg but now im stuck on the last button, i want this button to not link to the /forums/ direcotry i was it to lead to www.mysite.com <-- (Thats not my site, just using it as a example.)

But i have tried a few things and it dont work, any ideas?

Also how do you make it so guests and members can see certain buttons?
 
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GgAcE

New Member
GOHQ said:
Well, i been adding and taking buttons from the nav bar with ease thank to Gg but now im stuck on the last button, i want this button to not link to the /forums/ direcotry i was it to lead to www.mysite.com <-- (Thats not my site, just using it as a example.)

But i have tried a few things and it dont work, any ideas?

Also how do you make it so guests and members can see certain buttons?
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Gg to the rescue!!!

What is the button link now ?

Also, I beleive this is predefined in your admin CP under your site options.

It asks you to set your URL. You set your forums URL as www.yoursite.com/forum. Most likely vbulletin has that home link set in as some sort of block like [$siteurl].

Just shoot me your coding again & I should be able to make the switch =)

Remember to back it up!

Your friend
~Gg
 
G

GOHQ

New Member
If im right i think you mean the code i got for the home button at the moment. So here it is.

Code: 
href="index.php$session[sessionurl_q]">Home</a></td>
		<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a

But it sends me to www.mysite.com/forums/index.php
All i need for this button is a way to get the /forums
out of the way, but i tried some stuff and it aint working.

And yes when i installed VB i installed it to the /forums/ directory.
 
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GgAcE

New Member
GOHQ said:
If im right i think you mean the code i got for the home button at the moment. So here it is.

Code: 
href="index.php$session[sessionurl_q]">Home</a></td>
		<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a

But it sends me to www.mysite.com/forums/index.php
All i need for this button is a way to get the /forums
out of the way, but i tried some stuff and it aint working.

And yes when i installed VB i installed it to the /forums/ directory.
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This is VERY simple to fix. The reason why it didn't work when you tried it before is because I am 100% sure you didn't add "http://" to your link.

So to fix this simply do:

Code: 
href="http://www.YOURSITE.com">Home</a></td>

without adding http the vbulletin is told to open the site up at "your link"/the link you entered. So for example. Without HTTP the link would look like

www.yoursite.com/forum/www.yoursite.com

When you add HTTP it tells Vbulletin to REMOVE your portion of the code & only add the adjacent link.

Best of luck!

Your friend
~Gg
 
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GgAcE

New Member
psilocybin said:
Check your settings in the ACP - vBulletin Options - Site Name/ URL/ Contact Details

Change the path to your forums and homepage there and see if that helps.
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We already determined that his path will need to be "/forum". He simply wants to change the button so it shoots him to his websites index page instead.
 
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Psilocybin_vbulletin3_import6855

New Member
GOHQ said:
If im right i think you mean the code i got for the home button at the moment. So here it is.

Code: 
href="index.php$session[sessionurl_q]">Home</a></td>
		<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a

But it sends me to www.mysite.com/forums/index.php
All i need for this button is a way to get the /forums
out of the way, but i tried some stuff and it aint working.

And yes when i installed VB i installed it to the /forums/ directory.
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You can try adding the complete link to your code like

Code: 
href="http://www.mysite.com">Home</a>

or replace:

Code: 
"index.php$session[sessionurl_q]"

with:

Code: 
"$vboptions[homeurl]?$session[sessionurl]"

I think that should work. ;)
 
G

GgAcE

New Member
psilocybin said:
You can try adding the complete link to your code like

Code: 
href="http://www.mysite.com">Home</a>

or replace:

Code: 
"index.php$session[sessionurl_q]"

with:

Code: 
"$vboptions[homeurl]?$session[sessionurl]"

I think that should work. ;)
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Adding:

Code: 
[CODE]"$vboptions[homeurl]?$session[sessionurl]"
[/CODE]

Would simply take him to the forums homepage right?

I assume his forum is installed at yoursite.com/forum & he simply wants home to be yoursite.com.

Adding the session URL will add the /forum link back to it.
 
G

GOHQ

New Member
Well there now i know how to make links like that, but now i notice when i logout i don't see some of the buttons i added like Home,Forums is there a way to make it so guests can see them aswell?
 
G

GgAcE

New Member
GOHQ said:
Well there now i know how to make links like that, but now i notice when i logout i don't see some of the buttons i added like Home,Forums is there a way to make it so guests can see them aswell?
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Do you have any <if> or other tags sourrounding the links? I assume you changed member only links.
 
G

GOHQ

New Member
This is all it is.

Code: 
href="http://www.mysite.com">Home</a></td>
			<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a

I don't know what to remove so ill wait.
 
G

GgAcE

New Member
GOHQ said:
This is all it is.

Code: 
href="http://www.mysite.com">Home</a></td>
			<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a

I don't know what to remove so ill wait.
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Their is some <If> tags before & after that somewhere.
 
G

GOHQ

New Member
Since im still new to this, here is a copy of my header template.
I personally think its the codition=member thing you are talking about.

Code: 
<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<!-- <div class="side_borders"> -->
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" class="tborder">
<tr>
	<td align="center" valign="top">

<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr class="header_bg">
	<td align="$stylevar[align=left]" valign="middle"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>

	
		<td align="$stylevar[align=right]" id="header_right_cell">
        <if condition="$ad_location['ad_header_logo']">$ad_location[ad_header_logo]<else />&nbsp;</if>
    </td>
		
	
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="34" colspan="2" class="vb_navigation">

<!-- nav buttons bar -->

	<table  cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"  align="left" class="vb_navigation">
	<tr align="center">
		<if condition="$show['member']">
			<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a
href="http://MYSITE.C0M/index.php">Home</a></td>
			<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a 
href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[user_cp]</a></td>
		</if>
		<if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
			<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[register]</a></td>
		</if>
 $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]
<if condition="$vbulletin->products['vbprojecttools']"><td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="project.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[projects]</a></td></if>
<if condition="$vbulletin->products['vbblog']"><td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="blog.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[blogs]</a></td></if>
		<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="5">$vbphrase[faq]</a></td>
		<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="memberlist.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[vb_members_list]</a></td>
		<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>
		<if condition="$show['popups']">		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[vb_new_posts_nav]</a></td>
				<else />
				<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[vb_todays_posts]</a></td>
				</if>
				<td id="navbar_search" width="78" height="34" class="css_nav"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search]</a> <if condition="$show['quicksearch']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("navbar_search", 1); </script></if></td>
			</if>
			<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td id="usercptools" width="78" height="34" class="css_nav"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#usercptools">$vbphrase[vb_quick_links]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools", 1); </script></td>		
			</if>
		<else />		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
				<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4">$vbphrase[search]</a></td>
				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
				<else />
				<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
				</if>
			</if>
			<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td>
			<if condition="$show['member']">			
				<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="#" onClick="window.open('misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=buddylist&focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=250,height=300'); return false;">$vbphrase[open_buddy_list]</a></td>			
			</if>			
		</if>
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_right]
		<if condition="$show['member']">
			<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]')">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>
		</if>
		<td width="8" height="34" align="left"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/nav_final.gif" width="8" height="34" alt="" border="0" /></td>
	</tr>
	</table>

<!-- / nav buttons bar -->
</td></tr>
</table>
<!-- /logo -->

<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open

$_phpinclude_output
$ad_location[ad_header_end]
 
G

GgAcE

New Member
Changed. Their was "If condition show member" tags before. Remember if you remove an <if> tag you also need to remove the first </if> tag that shortly follows as this tells anything in between to follow that condition.


Code: 
<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<!-- <div class="side_borders"> -->
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" class="tborder">
<tr>
	<td align="center" valign="top">

<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr class="header_bg">
	<td align="$stylevar[align=left]" valign="middle"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>

	
		<td align="$stylevar[align=right]" id="header_right_cell">
        <if condition="$ad_location['ad_header_logo']">$ad_location[ad_header_logo]<else />&nbsp;</if>
    </td>
		
	
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="34" colspan="2" class="vb_navigation">

<!-- nav buttons bar -->

	<table  cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"  align="left" class="vb_navigation">
	<tr align="center">
					<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a
href="http://MYSITE.C0M/index.php">Home</a></td>
			<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a 
href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[user_cp]</a></td>
		
		<if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
			<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[register]</a></td>
		</if>
 $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]
<if condition="$vbulletin->products['vbprojecttools']"><td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="project.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[projects]</a></td></if>
<if condition="$vbulletin->products['vbblog']"><td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="blog.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[blogs]</a></td></if>
		<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="5">$vbphrase[faq]</a></td>
		<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="memberlist.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[vb_members_list]</a></td>
		<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>
		<if condition="$show['popups']">		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[vb_new_posts_nav]</a></td>
				<else />
				<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[vb_todays_posts]</a></td>
				</if>
				<td id="navbar_search" width="78" height="34" class="css_nav"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search]</a> <if condition="$show['quicksearch']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("navbar_search", 1); </script></if></td>
			</if>
			<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td id="usercptools" width="78" height="34" class="css_nav"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#usercptools">$vbphrase[vb_quick_links]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools", 1); </script></td>		
			</if>
		<else />		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
				<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4">$vbphrase[search]</a></td>
				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
				<else />
				<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
				</if>
			</if>
			<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td>
			<if condition="$show['member']">			
				<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="#" onClick="window.open('misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=buddylist&focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=250,height=300'); return false;">$vbphrase[open_buddy_list]</a></td>			
			</if>			
		</if>
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_right]
		<if condition="$show['member']">
			<td width="78" height="34"  class="css_nav"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]')">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>
		</if>
		<td width="8" height="34" align="left"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/nav_final.gif" width="8" height="34" alt="" border="0" /></td>
	</tr>
	</table>

<!-- / nav buttons bar -->
</td></tr>
</table>
<!-- /logo -->

<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open

$_phpinclude_output
$ad_location[ad_header_end]
 
G

GOHQ

New Member
The part that says "login.php" im not to sure on how to change it so its "MYSITE.C0M/forums/login.php since theres all that code around it, could you do it for me?
 
G

GgAcE

New Member
GOHQ said:
The part that says "login.php" im not to sure on how to change it so its "MYSITE.C0M/forums/login.php since theres all that code around it, could you do it for me?
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Oooops I know this is old but hey you may come looking for this again, you do NOT need to add anything their. Yoursite.com/forums will automatically add itself to the link.

Hope you didn't do any crazy edits since I missed your post >.<
 
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