[cXF] Style Variations in Navigation 1.4.0

[BassMan]

Yes, the behaviour has changed. From the update notes:

changed the behaviour to open in an overlay window instead of a drop-down menu

 

[Abu Abdullah]

Yes, the behaviour has changed. From the update notes:

I prefer the previous behavior, and I believe many users share this sentiment due to its familiarity and native feel.

Currently, it feels like we are using XF 2.2.

 

[javakhir]

yes agree. drop down menu was fine, should leave that option as well

 

[BassMan]

BassMan updated [cXF] Style Variations in Navigation with a new update entry:

1.4.0

• the drop-down menu on icon click is back (it was an issue with the XenForo bug: Fixed - Second style variation causes icon to be removed)

NOTE: update to XenForo 2.3.6 and this add-on to the latest version to fix the problem

View attachment 318983

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Abu Abdullah]

After switching any styles, I noticed that the icon would not show until a reload.

 

[BassMan]

NOTE: update to XenForo 2.3.6 and this add-on to the latest version to fix the problem

 

[Abu Abdullah]

Apologise for that.
Thanks.

 

[dutchbb]

Would an overlay not be a better option because of this? Or with option to hide from guests.

XF 2.3 Thread '3k+ 'Blocked due to other 4xx issue' in Google Search Console'

Aug 28, 2024

They appeared after I upgraded to 2.3.2 about a month ago.
All of them are these types:
domain/misc/style-variation?reset=1&t=1724763460%2Cad52e9ce6de9c6b628dd7feaac79357a
or
domain/misc/style-variation?variation=default&t=1724762134%2C9ac39b17ff1a324c9d0afeefa19a8472
or
domain/misc/style-variation?variation=alternate&t=1724762133%2Cea0e99e67f692418bd180af747492fed

Where are those links? Pages are not indexed, so Google doesn't show referring pages.
Why those links are there if they lead to closed doors?
How to fix that?

• Anatoliy
• Replies: 52
• Forum: Troubleshooting and problems

K

Thread 'Google tries to crawl links from style variation chooser menu'

Jan 28, 2025

We nofollow the links and noindex the pages. Google doesn't listen or care. There's not a whole lot more that we can do out of the box, but blocking the pages via robots.txt should help.

This does not really help:
If crawling is blocked via robots.txt Google still indexes those pages without crawling even though the links are nofollow.

What could help:
Don't use links for live switching; either omit href in this case or do not use <a> at all.
Live switching is done via JS exclusively, so those links are not required...

• Kirby
• Replies: 1
• Forum: Bug reports

• 

 

[BassMan]

Would an overlay not be a better option because of this? Or with option to hide from guests.

XF 2.3 Thread '3k+ 'Blocked due to other 4xx issue' in Google Search Console'

Aug 28, 2024

They appeared after I upgraded to 2.3.2 about a month ago.
All of them are these types:
domain/misc/style-variation?reset=1&t=1724763460%2Cad52e9ce6de9c6b628dd7feaac79357a
or
domain/misc/style-variation?variation=default&t=1724762134%2C9ac39b17ff1a324c9d0afeefa19a8472
or
domain/misc/style-variation?variation=alternate&t=1724762133%2Cea0e99e67f692418bd180af747492fed

Where are those links? Pages are not indexed, so Google doesn't show referring pages.
Why those links are there if they lead to closed doors?
How to fix that?

• Anatoliy
• Replies: 52
• Forum: Troubleshooting and problems

K

Thread 'Google tries to crawl links from style variation chooser menu'

Jan 28, 2025

We nofollow the links and noindex the pages. Google doesn't listen or care. There's not a whole lot more that we can do out of the box, but blocking the pages via robots.txt should help.

This does not really help:
If crawling is blocked via robots.txt Google still indexes those pages without crawling even though the links are nofollow.

What could help:
Don't use links for live switching; either omit href in this case or do not use <a> at all.
Live switching is done via JS exclusively, so those links are not required...

• Kirby
• Replies: 1
• Forum: Bug reports

• 

I'm following those threads and will change the behaviour if needed.

 

[tonmo]

Works nicely. Ability to hide from guests would be ideal!