Add Menu Buttons with placement

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Browser Tested: IE and FF
placement: global header (very top)

Short code that lets you insert in a new button anywhere in the existing menubar based on placement. Which means if you want your button to be second, you can make it second. you can make it first, you can make it last. whatever. also allows you to create an image button or text button.

code:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
//  add buttons in menu with placement
//  by Wormopolis - www.wormocodes.com
//  version 1.41

var buttonSeperate=" | ";

function addButtonToMenu(spot, type, data, url, restr) {
 if (pb_username=='Guest' && restr) return;
 for (lnks=document.getElementsByTagName('a'), lk=0; lk<lnks.length; lk++) {
   if (lnks[lk].href.match(/action=search/)) break;
 }
 var mbar=lnks[lk].parentNode;
 var currentMenuButtons=mbar.getElementsByTagName('a');
 var nwbtn=document.createElement('a');
 nwbtn.href=url;
 switch(type) {
   case 0:  //type=image
     btnimg=document.createElement('img');
     btnimg.src=data;  btnimg.border='0';
     nwbtn.appendChild(btnimg);
     break;
   case 1:  //type=text
     btntxt=document.createTextNode(data);
     nwbtn.appendChild(btntxt);
     break;
   default:
     return null;
 }
 var spotbtn=(spot>0 ? currentMenuButtons[spot] : mbar.lastChild);
 if (spot==-1) mbar.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(buttonSeperate), spotbtn);
 mbar.insertBefore(nwbtn, spotbtn);
 if (spot!=-1) mbar.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(buttonSeperate), spotbtn);
}

//  edit code by adding functions here:
//  addButtonToMenu(spot, type, data, url);
//  spot = placement in menubar, 0 is first button, -1 to force last
//  type = button type, 0=image, 1=text
//  data=image url if type=image, text if type=text
//  url=location button leads to when clicked
//  restr=set true to hide from guests, leave blank if guest ok

addButtonToMenu(3, 1, "[ yahoo ]", "http://www.yahoo.com");
addButtonToMenu(1, 0, "http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/WORMOPOLIS/yahoo_logo.jpg", "http://www.yahoo.com", true);
addButtonToMenu(-1, 1, "[ google ]", "http://www.google.com");
// -->
</script>



[Wormopolis]

version update 1.2: added in switch for hiding new menuitems from Guests

[Wormopolis]

version update 1.4: added in a buttonSeperate option

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version update 1.41: changed seperator behavior