[Tip] Drop Down Menu Tutorial (..for all themes)

[Malpercio]

Cool, thanks a lot for this, I'll most likely be implementing this into the next theme I build!

[bulutcini]

It looks nice thank you for sharing.

[Antechinus]

If anyone is interested I've just done a Babylon-style button menu for the 1.1.x default theme.

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=288919.msg1903911#msg1903911

[eviljesus]

Has Anyone got this to work with slickgrey theme ive been trying and havent gotten it to work right.

[Enders]

Is there a way to have this navigation bar always on top?

[[unplugged]]

Like this?

[Antechinus]

Nice trick. I like that idea.

[Enders]

Like this?

yea like that!

[[unplugged]]

The css for making the menu static looks like this:

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#static{
position: fixed;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
width: 100%;
z-index: 1000;
}

* html #static{ /*IE6 only rule, applied on top of the default above*/
position: absolute;
top: expression(document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat"? document.documentElement.scrollTop+50+"px" : body.scrollTop+50+"px");
}

Then add id="static" to the containing tag for the menu, something like <div id="static" class="your_menu_class">.....

[Paragaya]

As pointed out by SpectroPro my SMF 2 Beta fix doesn't work for SMF 2 Beta 4, so here is the solution for that version.

You will need to add the css style code to the 'style.css' file as described above by HCM in the first post. But the other edits are unecessary, as this shows you how to do the second edit and the language strings are included for the drop down bits in SMF 2 Beta 4. You will have to copy the images that are attached to that post as well.

For SMF 2 Beta 4 ONLY.

Find the 'template_menu()' function from your index.template.php. The code in the function has the html that shows your menu.

For the default theme, it looks like this:

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    echo '
    <div id="main_menu">
        <ul class="clearfix">';

    foreach ($context['menu_buttons'] as $act => $button)
    {
        echo '
            <li id="button_', $act, '">
                <a', $button['active_button'] ? ' class="active"' : '', ' title="', $act , '" href="', $button['href'], '">
                    <span', isset($button['is_last']) ? ' class="last"' : '', '>', ($button['active_button'] ? '<em>' : ''), $button['title'], ($button['active_button'] ? '</em>' : ''), '</span>
                </a>
            </li>';
    }

    echo '
        </ul>
    </div>';

Replace it with this code:

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    echo '
    <div id="menu">
        <ul class="menu">';

    //    Go through each of the main menu buttons.
    foreach ($context['menu_buttons'] as $act => $button)
    {
        echo '
            <li class="level1"><a href="', $button['href'], '" class="level1"><span><span class="title">' , $button['title'] , '</span></span></a>';
          //    Does this button have any subbuttons?
        if(!empty($button['sub_buttons']))
        {
            echo '
            <ul class="level2">';
            foreach($button['sub_buttons'] as $sub_button)
                    echo '
                <li class="level2"><a href="', $sub_button['href'], '" class="level2"><span>' , $sub_button['title'] , '</span></a></li>';
            echo '
            </ul>';
        }
        echo '
            </li>';
    }
   
    echo '
        </ul>
    </div>';

Also this css fix is required so that it works for SMF 2 Beta 4. Make sure that you have added the css from the first post in this topic before you try to make this edit.

Find this code from your 'style.css' file:

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div#menu ul.menu {
   padding-right: 1px;
   background: url('images/sep_white.png') no-repeat 100% 0;
}

Replace with this code:

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div#menu ul.menu {
   padding-right: 1px;
   background: url(images/catbg.jpg) #88A6C0 repeat-x; /* Change your mainmenu background color/image here */
}

You will have to change the css code for custom themes, but you get the idea.

Edit: Updated code, there was a xhtml error with a closing </li> tag. Thank you to antechinus for pointing it out.

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Thanks

[INamelessI]

How do you get this to work with Greenlightv1 with smf 1.1.8? I searched for '// Show the start of the tab section.' in my css file but it didnt find it. Any help please?

My site looks like this: hxxp:www.fussilet.com/index.php?theme=115 [nonactive]. Except the buttons, like the "forum' button moves to the side with a icon. Seems like he removed that icon...

[kenny1703]

I can not create my signature in this room -

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hxxp:www.bellycommoditytrading.com [nonactive] hxxp:www.bondfuturestrading.com [nonactive]

[aotcsw]

Anyone know how to integrate it with Silentwave 115 theme? SMF 1.1.8

Mine doesn't work. 

[Antechinus]

http://www.dzinerstudio.com/index.php?topic=2190.0

[KahneFan]

[off topic]

Why read the instructions when you can have so much more fun learning by parse error?
It works for me.

I read through this whole thread and this made me LOL

[/off topic]

Glad this was made into a Mod, I'll give that a go first.

Edit: the mod doesn't seem to like index.template.php on RC1

[Tyrsson]

Compare it to a Beta 4 and you will see why

[bburg5]

I added this feature to my DB_Theme and it works great, but can someone help me get the menu items to be spread out across the menu bar. they are aligned to the left and when I change it to the center, the buttons get messed up. I also added the file.

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<?php
// Version: 1.1.5; index

/* This template is, perhaps, the most important template in the theme. It
contains the main template layer that displays the header and footer of
the forum, namely with main_above and main_below. It also contains the
menu sub template, which appropriately displays the menu; the init sub
template, which is there to set the theme up; (init can be missing.) and
the linktree sub template, which sorts out the link tree.

The init sub template should load any data and set any hardcoded options.

The main_above sub template is what is shown above the main content, and
should contain anything that should be shown up there.

The main_below sub template, conversely, is shown after the main content.
It should probably contain the copyright statement and some other things.

The linktree sub template should display the link tree, using the data
in the $context['linktree'] variable.

The menu sub template should display all the relevant buttons the user
wants and or needs.

For more information on the templating system, please see the site at:
http://www.simplemachines.org/
*/

// Initialize the template... mainly little settings.
function template_init()
{
global $context, $settings, $options, $txt;

/* Use images from default theme when using templates from the default theme?
if this is 'always', images from the default theme will be used.
if this is 'defaults', images from the default theme will only be used with default templates.
if this is 'never' or isn't set at all, images from the default theme will not be used. */
$settings['use_default_images'] = 'never';

/* What document type definition is being used? (for font size and other issues.)
'xhtml' for an XHTML 1.0 document type definition.
'html' for an HTML 4.01 document type definition. */
$settings['doctype'] = 'xhtml';

/* The version this template/theme is for.
This should probably be the version of SMF it was created for. */
$settings['theme_version'] = '1.1';

/* Set a setting that tells the theme that it can render the tabs. */
$settings['use_tabs'] = true;

/* Use plain buttons - as oppossed to text buttons? */
$settings['use_buttons'] = true;

/* Show sticky and lock status seperate from topic icons? */
$settings['seperate_sticky_lock'] = true;
}

// The main sub template above the content.
function template_main_above()
{
global $context, $settings, $options, $scripturl, $txt, $modSettings;

// Show right to left and the character set for ease of translating.
echo '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"', $context['right_to_left'] ? ' dir="rtl"' : '', '><head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=', $context['character_set'], '" />
<meta name="description" content="', $context['page_title'], '" />', empty($context['robot_no_index']) ? '' : '
<meta name="robots" content="noindex" />', '
<meta name="keywords" content="PHP, MySQL, bulletin, board, free, open, source, smf, simple, machines, forum" />
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="', $settings['default_theme_url'], '/script.js?fin11"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
var smf_theme_url = "', $settings['theme_url'], '";
var smf_images_url = "', $settings['images_url'], '";
var smf_scripturl = "', $scripturl, '";
var smf_iso_case_folding = ', $context['server']['iso_case_folding'] ? 'true' : 'false', ';
var smf_charset = "', $context['character_set'], '";
// ]]></script>
<title>', $context['page_title'], '</title>';

// The ?fin11 part of this link is just here to make sure browsers don't cache it wrongly.
echo '
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="', $settings['theme_url'], '/style.css?fin11" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="', $settings['default_theme_url'], '/print.css?fin11" media="print" />';

/* Internet Explorer 4/5 and Opera 6 just don't do font sizes properly. (they are big...)
Thus, in Internet Explorer 4, 5, and Opera 6 this will show fonts one size smaller than usual.
Note that this is affected by whether IE 6 is in standards compliance mode.. if not, it will also be big.
Standards compliance mode happens when you use xhtml... */
if ($context['browser']['needs_size_fix'])
echo '
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="', $settings['default_theme_url'], '/fonts-compat.css" />';

            //eFloating Bar Mod by Ricky.
    if ($context['user']['is_guest'] && !empty($modSettings['efloatingbar_mode_guest']) && $context['current_action'] != 'login' && $context['current_action'] != 'register')
      echo '<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="', $settings['default_theme_url'], '/floating-bar-guest.js"></script>';
   
   if ($context['user']['is_logged'] && !empty($modSettings['efloatingbar_mode_logged']) && $context['current_action'] != 'login' && $context['current_action'] != 'register')
   echo'
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="', $settings['default_theme_url'], '/floating-bar-logged.js"></script>
';
   echo 
'<style type="text/css"> ',
(empty($modSettings['efloatingbar_css_enable']))? $txt['efloatingbar_css_default'] : $modSettings['efloatingbar_user_style'] , '</style>';
      //End eFloating Bar Mod


// Show all the relative links, such as help, search, contents, and the like.
echo '
<link rel="help" href="', $scripturl, '?action=help" target="_blank" />
<link rel="search" href="' . $scripturl . '?action=search" />
<link rel="contents" href="', $scripturl, '" />';

// If RSS feeds are enabled, advertise the presence of one.
if (!empty($modSettings['xmlnews_enable']))
echo '
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="', $context['forum_name'], ' - RSS" href="', $scripturl, '?type=rss;action=.xml" />';

// If we're viewing a topic, these should be the previous and next topics, respectively.
if (!empty($context['current_topic']))
echo '
<link rel="prev" href="', $scripturl, '?topic=', $context['current_topic'], '.0;prev_next=prev" />
<link rel="next" href="', $scripturl, '?topic=', $context['current_topic'], '.0;prev_next=next" />';

// If we're in a board, or a topic for that matter, the index will be the board's index.
if (!empty($context['current_board']))
echo '
<link rel="index" href="' . $scripturl . '?board=' . $context['current_board'] . '.0" />';

// We'll have to use the cookie to remember the header...
if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
{
$options['collapse_header'] = !empty($_COOKIE['upshrink']);
$options['collapse_header_ic'] = !empty($_COOKIE['upshrinkIC']);
}

// Output any remaining HTML headers. (from mods, maybe?)
echo $context['html_headers'], '

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
var current_header = ', empty($options['collapse_header']) ? 'false' : 'true', ';

function shrinkHeader(mode)
{';

// Guests don't have theme options!!
if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
echo '
document.cookie = "upshrink=" + (mode ? 1 : 0);';
else
echo '
smf_setThemeOption("collapse_header", mode ? 1 : 0, null, "', $context['session_id'], '");';

echo '
document.getElementById("upshrink").src = smf_images_url + (mode ? "/upshrink2.gif" : "/upshrink.gif");

document.getElementById("upshrinkHeader").style.display = mode ? "none" : "";
document.getElementById("upshrinkHeader2").style.display = mode ? "none" : "";

current_header = mode;
}
// ]]></script>';

// the routine for the info center upshrink
echo '
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
var current_header_ic = ', empty($options['collapse_header_ic']) ? 'false' : 'true', ';

function shrinkHeaderIC(mode)
{';

if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
echo '
document.cookie = "upshrinkIC=" + (mode ? 1 : 0);';
else
echo '
smf_setThemeOption("collapse_header_ic", mode ? 1 : 0, null, "', $context['session_id'], '");';

echo '
document.getElementById("upshrink_ic").src = smf_images_url + (mode ? "/expand.gif" : "/collapse.gif");

document.getElementById("upshrinkHeaderIC").style.display = mode ? "none" : "";

current_header_ic = mode;
}
// ]]></script>
</head>
<body>';

      //Show the efloating bar only if the MOD is enabled for Guest and Guests are not on Register or Login Pages
     if ($context['user']['is_guest'] && !empty($modSettings['efloatingbar_mode_guest']) && $context['current_action'] != 'login' && $context['current_action'] != 'register')
     {   
      echo '<div id="topbar">
<span style="float:right"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onClick="closebar(); return false"><strong>[x]</strong></a></span>
', (empty($modSettings['efloatingbar_text_guest'])) ? $txt['efloatingbar_text_guest_default'] : $modSettings['efloatingbar_text_guest'], '
</div>';
}
//Show the efloating bar only if the MOD is enabled for Members
     if ($context['user']['is_logged'] && !empty($modSettings['efloatingbar_mode_logged']) && $context['current_action'] != 'login' && $context['current_action'] != 'register')
     {   
      echo '<div id="topbar">
<span style="float:right"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onClick="closebar(); return false"><strong>[x]</strong></a></span>
', (empty($modSettings['efloatingbar_text_logged'])) ? $txt['efloatingbar_text_logged_default'] : $modSettings['efloatingbar_text_logged'], '
</div>';
}



// Show the menu here, according to the menu sub template.
template_menu_2();


echo '
<table cellspacing="6" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%">

<tr>
<td  valign="top">
<a href="'.$scripturl.'?action=forum" title=""><img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/logo.png"  alt="" />

</td>
<td  valign="top">
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="3594965">
<table>
<tr><td><input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Sponsors">Sponsors</td></tr><tr><td><select name="os0">
<option value="Bronze Sponsor">Bronze Sponsor $10.00
<option value="Silver Sponsor">Silver Sponsor $25.00
<option value="Gold Sponsor">Gold Sponsor $50.00
<option value="Platinum Sponsor">Platinum Sponsor $100.00
</select> </td></tr>
</table>
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>

</td>
</tr></table>'; 
echo '


';

// Show the menu here, according to the menu sub template.
template_menu();


// display user name
echo '
<table width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="2" >
<tr>';




// display the time



if (!empty($context['user']['avatar']))
echo '
</td>';

echo '
<td colspan="0" width="100%" valign="top" class="windowbg2"><span class="middletext">';

// If the user is logged in, display stuff like their name, new messages, etc.
if ($context['user']['is_logged'])
{
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=unread">', $txt['unread_since_visit'], '</a> <br />
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=unreadreplies">', $txt['show_unread_replies'], '</a><br />';

}
// Otherwise they're a guest - send them a lovely greeting...
else
echo $txt['welcome_guest'];

// Now, onto our second set of info, are they logged in again?
if ($context['user']['is_logged'])
{
// Is the forum in maintenance mode?
if ($context['in_maintenance'] && $context['user']['is_admin'])
echo '
<b>', $txt[616], '</b><br />';

// Are there any members waiting for approval?
if (!empty($context['unapproved_members']))
echo '
', $context['unapproved_members'] == 1 ? $txt['approve_thereis'] : $txt['approve_thereare'], ' <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=viewmembers;sa=browse;type=approve">', $context['unapproved_members'] == 1 ? $txt['approve_member'] : $context['unapproved_members'] . ' ' . $txt['approve_members'], '</a> ', $txt['approve_members_waiting'], '<br />';

// Show the total time logged in?
if (!empty($context['user']['total_time_logged_in']))
{
echo '
', $txt['totalTimeLogged1'];

// If days is just zero, don't bother to show it.
if ($context['user']['total_time_logged_in']['days'] > 0)
echo $context['user']['total_time_logged_in']['days'] . $txt['totalTimeLogged2'];

// Same with hours - only show it if it's above zero.
if ($context['user']['total_time_logged_in']['hours'] > 0)
echo $context['user']['total_time_logged_in']['hours'] . $txt['totalTimeLogged3'];

// But, let's always show minutes - Time wasted here: 0 minutes ;).
echo $context['user']['total_time_logged_in']['minutes'], $txt['totalTimeLogged4'], '<br />';
}
echo ' </span>';

}


// Otherwise they're a guest - this time ask them to either register or login - lazy bums...
else
{
echo ' </span>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="', $settings['default_theme_url'], '/sha1.js"></script>

<form action="', $scripturl, '?action=login2" method="post" accept-charset="', $context['character_set'], '" class="middletext" style="margin: 3px 1ex 1px 0;"', empty($context['disable_login_hashing']) ? ' onsubmit="hashLoginPassword(this, \'' . $context['session_id'] . '\');"' : '', '>
<input type="text" name="user" size="10" /> <input type="password" name="passwrd" size="10" />
<select name="cookielength">
<option value="60">', $txt['smf53'], '</option>
<option value="1440">', $txt['smf47'], '</option>
<option value="10080">', $txt['smf48'], '</option>
<option value="43200">', $txt['smf49'], '</option>
<option value="-1" selected="selected">', $txt['smf50'], '</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="', $txt[34], '" /><br />
<span class="middletext">', $txt['smf52'], '</span>
<input type="hidden" name="hash_passwrd" value="" />
</form>';
}

echo '
</td>
</tr>
</table>';



echo '

';





// The main content should go here.
echo '
<div id="bodyarea" style="padding: 1ex 0px 2ex 0px;">';
}

function template_main_below()
{
global $context, $settings, $options, $scripturl, $txt;

echo '
</div>';

// Show the "Powered by" and "Valid" logos, as well as the copyright. Remember, the copyright must be somewhere!
echo '

<div id="footerarea" style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1ex;', $context['browser']['needs_size_fix'] && !$context['browser']['is_ie6'] ? ' width: 100%;' : '', '">
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
function smfFooterHighlight(element, value)
{
element.src = smf_images_url + "/" + (value ? "h_" : "") + element.id + ".gif";
}
// ]]></script>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="28%" valign="middle" align="', !$context['right_to_left'] ? 'right' : 'left', '">
<a href="http://www.mysql.com/" target="_blank"><img id="powered-mysql" src="', $settings['images_url'], '/powered-mysql.gif" alt="', $txt['powered_by_mysql'], '" width="54" height="20" style="margin: 5px 16px;" onmouseover="smfFooterHighlight(this, true);" onmouseout="smfFooterHighlight(this, false);" /></a>
<a href="http://www.php.net/" target="_blank"><img id="powered-php" src="', $settings['images_url'], '/powered-php.gif" alt="', $txt['powered_by_php'], '" width="54" height="20" style="margin: 5px 16px;" onmouseover="smfFooterHighlight(this, true);" onmouseout="smfFooterHighlight(this, false);" /></a>
</td>
<td valign="middle" align="center" style="white-space: nowrap;">
', theme_copyright(), '


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</td>
<td width="28%" valign="middle" align="', !$context['right_to_left'] ? 'left' : 'right', '">
<a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" target="_blank"><img id="valid-xhtml10" src="', $settings['images_url'], '/valid-xhtml10.gif" alt="', $txt['valid_xhtml'], '" width="54" height="20" style="margin: 5px 16px;" onmouseover="smfFooterHighlight(this, true);" onmouseout="smfFooterHighlight(this, false);" /></a>
<a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer" target="_blank"><img id="valid-css" src="', $settings['images_url'], '/valid-css.gif" alt="', $txt['valid_css'], '" width="54" height="20" style="margin: 5px 16px;" onmouseover="smfFooterHighlight(this, true);" onmouseout="smfFooterHighlight(this, false);" /></a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>';

// Show the load time?
if ($context['show_load_time'])
echo '
<span class="smalltext">', $txt['smf301'], $context['load_time'], $txt['smf302'], $context['load_queries'], $txt['smf302b'], '</span>';

// This is an interesting bug in Internet Explorer AND Safari. Rather annoying, it makes overflows just not tall enough.
if (($context['browser']['is_ie'] && !$context['browser']['is_ie4']) || $context['browser']['is_mac_ie'] || $context['browser']['is_safari'] || $context['browser']['is_firefox'])
{
// The purpose of this code is to fix the height of overflow: auto div blocks, because IE can't figure it out for itself.
echo '
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[';

// Unfortunately, Safari does not have a "getComputedStyle" implementation yet, so we have to just do it to code...
if ($context['browser']['is_safari'])
echo '
window.addEventListener("load", smf_codeFix, false);

function smf_codeFix()
{
var codeFix = document.getElementsByTagName ? document.getElementsByTagName("div") : document.all.tags("div");

for (var i = 0; i < codeFix.length; i++)
{
if ((codeFix[i].className == "code" || codeFix[i].className == "post" || codeFix[i].className == "signature") && codeFix[i].offsetHeight < 20)
codeFix[i].style.height = (codeFix[i].offsetHeight + 20) + "px";
}
}';
elseif ($context['browser']['is_firefox'])
echo '
window.addEventListener("load", smf_codeFix, false);
function smf_codeFix()
{
var codeFix = document.getElementsByTagName ? document.getElementsByTagName("div") : document.all.tags("div");

for (var i = 0; i < codeFix.length; i++)
{
if (codeFix[i].className == "code" && (codeFix[i].scrollWidth > codeFix[i].clientWidth || codeFix[i].clientWidth == 0))
codeFix[i].style.overflow = "scroll";
}
}';
else
echo '
var window_oldOnload = window.onload;
window.onload = smf_codeFix;

function smf_codeFix()
{
var codeFix = document.getElementsByTagName ? document.getElementsByTagName("div") : document.all.tags("div");

for (var i = codeFix.length - 1; i > 0; i--)
{
if (codeFix[i].currentStyle.overflow == "auto" && (codeFix[i].currentStyle.height == "" || codeFix[i].currentStyle.height == "auto") && (codeFix[i].scrollWidth > codeFix[i].clientWidth || codeFix[i].clientWidth == 0) && (codeFix[i].offsetHeight != 0 || codeFix[i].className == "code"))
codeFix[i].style.height = (codeFix[i].offsetHeight + 36) + "px";
}

if (window_oldOnload)
{
window_oldOnload();
window_oldOnload = null;
}
}';

echo '
// ]]></script>';
}

echo '
</div>';

// The following will be used to let the user know that some AJAX process is running
echo '
<div id="ajax_in_progress" style="display: none;', $context['browser']['is_ie'] && !$context['browser']['is_ie7'] ? 'position: absolute;' : '', '">', $txt['ajax_in_progress'], '</div>
</body></html>';
}

// Show a linktree. This is that thing that shows "My Community | General Category | General Discussion"..
function theme_linktree()
{
global $context, $settings, $options;

echo '<div class="nav" style="font-size: smaller; margin-bottom: 2ex; margin-top: 2ex;">';

// Each tree item has a URL and name. Some may have extra_before and extra_after.
foreach ($context['linktree'] as $link_num => $tree)
{
// Show something before the link?
if (isset($tree['extra_before']))
echo $tree['extra_before'];

// Show the link, including a URL if it should have one.
echo '<b>', $settings['linktree_link'] && isset($tree['url']) ? '<a href="' . $tree['url'] . '" class="nav">' . $tree['name'] . '</a>' : $tree['name'], '</b>';

// Show something after the link...?
if (isset($tree['extra_after']))
echo $tree['extra_after'];

// Don't show a separator for the last one.
if ($link_num != count($context['linktree']) - 1)
echo '&nbsp;>&nbsp;';
}

echo '</div>';
}

// Show the menu up top. Something like [home] [help] [profile] [logout]...
function template_menu()
{
global $context, $settings, $options, $scripturl, $txt;

// Work out where we currently are.
$current_action = 'home';
if (in_array($context['current_action'], array('admin', 'ban', 'boardrecount', 'cleanperms', 'detailedversion', 'dumpdb', 'featuresettings', 'featuresettings2', 'findmember', 'maintain', 'manageattachments', 'manageboards', 'managecalendar', 'managesearch', 'membergroups', 'modlog', 'news', 'optimizetables', 'packageget', 'packages', 'permissions', 'pgdownload', 'postsettings', 'regcenter', 'repairboards', 'reports', 'serversettings', 'serversettings2', 'smileys', 'viewErrorLog', 'viewmembers')))
$current_action = 'admin';
if (in_array($context['current_action'], array('search', 'admin', 'calendar', 'profile', 'mlist', 'register', 'login', 'help', 'pm')))
$current_action = $context['current_action'];
if ($context['current_action'] == 'search2')
$current_action = 'search';
if ($context['current_action'] == 'theme')
$current_action = isset($_REQUEST['sa']) && $_REQUEST['sa'] == 'pick' ? 'profile' : 'admin';

// Are we using right-to-left orientation?
if ($context['right_to_left'])
{
$first = 'last';
$last = 'first';
}
else
{
$first = 'first';
$last = 'last';
}

// Show the start of the tab section.
echo '
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="margin-left: 0px;">
<tr>
<td class="catbg" height="32">


            <div id="menu">
               <ul class="menu">
                     
                  <li class="level1"><a href="', $scripturl, '" class="level1"><span><span class="title">' , $txt[103] , '</span></span></a></li>

                  <li class="level1"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=help" class="level1"><span><span class="title">' , $txt[119] , '</span></span></a></li>';

                  // How about the [search] button?
                  if ($context['allow_search'])
                  echo '
                                  <li class="level1"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=search" class="level1"><span><span class="title">' , $txt[182] , '</span></span></a></li>';

                  // Is the user allowed to administrate at all? ([admin])
                  if ($context['allow_admin'])
                  echo '
                                  <li class="level1"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=admin" class="level1"><span><span class="title">' , $txt[2] , '</span></span></a></li>';
                             
                  // Edit Profile... [profile]
                  if ($context['allow_edit_profile'])
                  echo '
                                  <li class="level1 parent"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=profile" class="level1 parent"><span><span class="title">' , $txt[79] , '</span></span></a>
                                  <ul class="level2">
                      <li class="level2"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=profile" class="level2"><span>' , $txt['hcm_summary'] , '</span></a></li>
                      <li class="level2"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=profile;sa=account" class="level2"><span>' , $txt['hcm_account'] , '</span></a></li>
                      <li class="level2"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=profile;sa=forumProfile" class="level2"><span>' , $txt['hcm_forumProfile'] , '</span></a></li>
                  </ul></li>';


                  // Go to PM center... [pm]
                  if ($context['user']['is_logged'] && $context['allow_pm'])
                  echo '
                                  <li class="level1 parent"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=pm" class="level1 parent"><span><span class="title">' , $txt['pm_short'] , ' ', $context['user']['unread_messages'] > 0 ? '[<strong>'. $context['user']['unread_messages'] . '</strong>]' : '' , '</span></span></a>
                                  <ul class="level2">
                      <li class="level2"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=pm" class="level2"><span>' , $txt['hcm_readmessages'] , '</span></a></li>
                      <li class="level2"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=pm;sa=send" class="level2"><span>' , $txt['hcm_sendmessage'] , '</span></a></li>
                  </ul></li>';

// New button... [Media]
                  if ($context['allow_edit_profile'])
                  echo '
                                  <li class="level1 parent"><a href="MAIN ITEM LINK" class="level1 parent"><span><span class="title">Media</span></span></a>
                                  <ul class="level2">
                      <li class="level2"><a href="http://google.com" class="level2"><span>Gallery</span></a></li>
                      <li class="level2"><a href="http://google.com" class="level2"><span>Video</span></a></li>
                      <li class="level2"><a href="http://google.com" class="level2"><span>ITEM 3</span></a></li>
                  </ul></li>';
                  
                  // The [calendar]!
                  if ($context['allow_calendar'])
                  echo '
                                  <li class="level1"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=calendar" class="level1"><span><span class="title">' , $txt['calendar24'] , '</span></span></a></li>';


                  // the [member] list button
                  if ($context['allow_memberlist'])
                  echo '
                                  <li class="level1 parent"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=mlist" class="level1 parent"><span><span class="title">' , $txt[331] , '</span></span></a>
                                  <ul class="level2">
                      <li class="level2"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=mlist" class="level2"><span>' , $txt['hcm_viewmembers'] , '</span></a></li>
                      <li class="level2"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=mlist;sa=search" class="level2"><span>' , $txt['hcm_searchmembers'] , '</span></a></li>
                  </ul></li>';

                           
                  // If the user is a guest, show [login] button.
                  if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
                  echo '
                                  <li class="level1"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=login" class="level1"><span><span class="title">' , $txt[34] , '</span></span></a></li>';
                           
                  // If the user is a guest, also show [register] button.
                  if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
                  echo '
                                 <li class="level1"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=register" class="level1"><span><span class="title">' , $txt[97] , '</span></span></a></li>';
                           
                  // Otherwise, they might want to [logout]...
                  if ($context['user']['is_logged'])
                  echo '
                      <li class="level1"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=logout;sesc=', $context['session_id'], '" class="level1"><span><span class="title">' , $txt[108] , '</span></span></a></li>';

            echo '
                            </ul>
                  </div>

</td>
</tr>
</table></center>';

}
function template_menu_2()
{
global $context, $settings, $options, $scripturl, $txt;

// Work out where we currently are.
$current_action = 'home';
if (in_array($context['current_action'], array('admin', 'ban', 'boardrecount', 'cleanperms', 'detailedversion', 'dumpdb', 'featuresettings', 'featuresettings2', 'findmember', 'maintain', 'manageattachments', 'manageboards', 'managecalendar', 'managesearch', 'membergroups', 'modlog', 'news', 'optimizetables', 'packageget', 'packages', 'permissions', 'pgdownload', 'postsettings', 'regcenter', 'repairboards', 'reports', 'serversettings', 'serversettings2', 'smileys', 'viewErrorLog', 'viewmembers')))
$current_action = 'admin';
if (in_array($context['current_action'], array('search', 'admin', 'calendar', 'profile', 'mlist', 'register', 'login', 'help', 'pm')))
$current_action = $context['current_action'];
if ($context['current_action'] == 'search2')
$current_action = 'search';
if ($context['current_action'] == 'theme')
$current_action = isset($_REQUEST['sa']) && $_REQUEST['sa'] == 'pick' ? 'profile' : 'admin';

// Are we using right-to-left orientation?
if ($context['right_to_left'])
{
$first = 'last';
$last = 'first';
}
else
{
$first = 'first';
$last = 'last';
}

// Show the start of the tab section.
   echo '
         <center><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="margin-left: 0px;">
            <tr>
               <td class="maintab_' , $first , '">&nbsp;</td>';

   // Show the [home] button.
   echo ($context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
            <td align="center" valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'home' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
               <a href="http://ffwaterfowl.com"?action=Main_Page">' , $txt[103] , '</a>
            </td>' , $current_action == 'home' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

   // Show the [Forum] button.
   echo ($current_action == 'help' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
            <td align="center" valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'help' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
               <a href="http://ffwaterfowl.com/Forum_Page.html"?action=Field_Report">' , $txt[8] , '</a>
            </td>' , $current_action == 'help' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

   // How about the [About_Us] button?
   if ($context['allow_search'])
      echo ($current_action == 'search' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
            <td align="center" valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'search' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
               <a href="http://ffwaterfowl.com/About_Us.html"?action=About_Us">' , $txt[15] , '</a>
            </td>' , $current_action == 'search' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

   // The end of tab section.
   echo '
            <td class="maintab_' , $last , '">&nbsp;</td>
         </tr>
      </table></center>';

}


// Generate a strip of buttons.
function template_button_strip($button_strip, $direction = 'top', $force_reset = false, $custom_td = '')
{
global $settings, $buttons, $context, $txt, $scripturl;

// Create the buttons...
foreach ($button_strip as $key => $value)
{
if (isset($value['test']) && empty($context[$value['test']]))
{
unset($button_strip[$key]);
continue;
}
elseif (!isset($buttons[$key]) || $force_reset)
$buttons[$key] = '<a href="' . $value['url'] . '" ' .( isset($value['custom']) ? $value['custom'] : '') . '>' . $txt[$value['text']] . '</a>';

$button_strip[$key] = $buttons[$key];
}

if (empty($button_strip))
return '<td>&nbsp;</td>';

echo '
<td class="', $direction == 'top' ? 'main' : 'mirror', 'tab_' , $context['right_to_left'] ? 'last' : 'first' , '">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="', $direction == 'top' ? 'main' : 'mirror', 'tab_back">', implode(' &nbsp;|&nbsp; ', $button_strip) , '</td>
<td class="', $direction == 'top' ? 'main' : 'mirror', 'tab_' , $context['right_to_left'] ? 'first' : 'last' , '">&nbsp;</td>';
}

?>

thanks

[Antechinus]

The css based menus rely on the float:left property. Get rid of that and they go crazy, as you found out. If you are using a fixed width you can adjust the left padding on the toolbar.

[KahneFan]

...you can adjust the left padding on the toolbar.

But then you have an unknown variable when it comes to WHO is logged in and WHICH buttons appear. You can center it for regular members, but then it won't be centered for guests and/or mods and/or admins.

[Antechinus]

One of the joys of life on the internet. Perfection is unattainable for mere humans.

Actually you could still do it by using a conditional statement in the template.