XF 2.0 Public Navigation - Doco incomplete

[limboclub]

The section on adding and editing public navigation seems incomplete:

Navigation | Manual | XenForo

End-user documentation for XenForo

xenforo.com

For the Basic type, how do we use:

Display condition and Extra attributes

Display Condition - do we use full template conditionals? e.g:
<xf:if is="$template != 'forum_list'">
Or just something like:
$template != 'forum_list'

Extra Attributes
What are the options? What inputs are acceptable here?

 

[limboclub]

Worked out Display Condition - thanks

Still not sure on Extra Attributes.

Nor why there is no Display Condition for anything other than "Basic" type Public Nav.

 

[limboclub]

And of course wrong board again - can anyone move this thread to QUestions and Support?

 

[Mike]

Just to be clear for anyone that reads this, the condition is just the condition part (which in our template code is known as the "expression syntax").

Extra attributes refers to extra HTML attributes to add on the output tag. This can be whatever you want/need, though most commonly, it's just to open a link in a new window (or perhaps an overlay).

 

[limboclub]

Just to be clear for anyone that reads this, the condition is just the condition part (which in our template code is known as the "expression syntax").

Extra attributes refers to extra HTML attributes to add on the output tag. This can be whatever you want/need, though most commonly, it's just to open a link in a new window (or perhaps an overlay).

These are marked Screen Name and Value - can you give examples of each? Screen Name does not ring a bell as an HTML attribute.

 

[Paul B]

For example, this is to have the link open in an overlay (mark forums read in this case):

 

[tafreehm]

For example, this is to have the link open in an overlay (mark forums read in this case):

View attachment 192299

Thanks. Can you give an example of display condition too please?

 

[Mike]

These are marked Screen Name and Value - can you give examples of each? Screen Name does not ring a bell as an HTML attribute.

I presume you've changed the name phrase to "Screen Name" -- you can see in Brogan's screenshot that the default placeholders there are just Name/Value.

 

[limboclub]

I presume you've changed the name phrase to "Screen Name" -- you can see in Brogan's screenshot that the default placeholders there are just Name/Value.

Yes because the occasional user was typing in their real name as their screen name during registration.

It's a bit bizarre that phrases aren't contextual, but I suppose we will have to make do. We're still finding many of these trips and traps and no documentation to speak of, or incomplete documentation in this case.

 

[Ben44]

I've read this and done searches but I haven't a clue what you are all talking about.
I want to add a navigation button but the Xenforo Manual is of no help at all.

Can someone please tell me what is the 'Display condition' and what I put in there
and the same for the 'Extra attributes' ?

 

[Ozzy47]

You don't have to put anything there unless you want to.

 

[Ben44]

But it comes up "Please enter a value using only a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and _ characters. " if I don't ?
Though it doesn't actually say where the value should be entered.

I don't actually know what "Display condition" means, there is no explanation or example in the Manual.

 

[Paul B]

But it comes up "Please enter a value using only a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and _ characters. " if I don't ?

Which page is that happening on?
I can't reproduce that at all when creating a new navigation entry.

This is all you need to do a for a new main nav tab.


That results in this:

Create a XenForo demo

42b3e390db80c6f6.demo-xenforo.com

 

[Ben44]

That's the page, the Edit navigation
I'm trying to put a link into the Link box to an external url and it open in a new tab.

It does it on my old site which I'm moving across manually as I don't know any other way to do it., well, not clever enough.

My other site which I will close as soon as I have moved everything over is https://theplymouthlink.com and the Tab link
that works is the 'Daily Quiz'. I would copy what it says in there but the Edit navigation is different on v2.1.3 than it is on
my old site v2.0.9.



Sorry about the cross posting, I came across this thread long after I started the other one.

 

[Ben44]

There must be someone out there who can help, who knows how to make a link open in another window or tab ??

 

[Ozzy47]

target _blank

 

[Ben44]

Hi Ozzy

Using the BBC.co.uk as a test link, I copied your example exactly but I get an 'Oops'

Is there something I have missed ?

 

[Paul B]

The link URL is incorrect - for external URLs just enter it as is.

The display condition is incorrect - remove that.

 

[Ben44]

Ok, I've got it. Don't wrap the link in anything and leave the 'Display condition' blank and it works by opening the link in
a new window.

 

[Ben44]

Thanks Brogan, I saw your post after I entered mine