How to add something to main menu?

[echopulse]

I've looked in header.tpl, and the smarty files, and I cannot find anywhere to edit the main site menu at the top. What I want to do, is to add Suggest Link to the main menu. And I want it to add a link to root.

[gb]

hi echopulse.

do you mean the menu "

* Home
* Search
* New Links
* Top Links
* Popular Links

"

??

Suggest Link appears there when it's usefull. Home links to root.

Or do you mean another menu?

Greetings,
gb

[echopulse]

That's the menu I'm referring to. I want to add suggest link to the end. I can figure it out, if I can figure out which template it is in. What I meant about adding a link to root, is that I want it to suggest a category to the ROOT category.

[gb]

I don't get your point. The option Suggest link only works in cateogries, not in Root and not in top/popular/ etc.

On the pages where suggest link works or makes sense it is there anyway.

Anyway, if you want to change something:

The menu is called in the header.tpl by {$menu}

It is generated by a function in layout.php around line 175
find: function print_menu($aCategory = 0)

let me know if you need help.

greetings,
gb

[echopulse]

I don't want to suggest a link, I want to suggest another category. I'm gonna look through layout.php and see what I can find.

[echopulse]

Thanks. I moved some code around, and I was able to get Suggest Category to work in Root. If anyone else wants this, here is the code.


Replace this:

$menu['popular-links']['caption'] = $gDirLang['popular_links'];
$menu['popular-links']['url'] = "{$gDirConfig['base']}{$gDirConfig['dir']}popul ar-links.html";

with this:


$menu['popular-links']['caption'] = $gDirLang['popular_links'];
$menu['popular-links']['url'] = "{$gDirConfig['base']}{$gDirConfig['dir']}popul ar-links.html";
$menu['suggest-category']['caption'] = $gDirLang['suggest_category'];
$menu['suggest-category']['url'] = "{$gDirConfig['base']}{$gDirConfig['dir']}sugge st-category.php?id={$aCategory}";

[gb]

hmm, haven't you wrote about suggest link before...

anyway, if you change this and do not change anything a little below here:


if ($aCategory)
{
$menu['suggest-link']['caption'] = $gDirLang['suggest_link'];
$menu['suggest-link']['url'] = "{$gDirConfig['base']}{$gDirConfig['dir']}sugge st-link.php?id={$aCategory}";
$menu['suggest-category']['caption'] = $gDirLang['suggest_category'];
$menu['suggest-category']['url'] = "{$gDirConfig['base']}{$gDirConfig['dir']}sugge st-category.php?id={$aCategory}";
}


You will have "Suggest Category" twice in all categories except root.

So code above should change to


if ($aCategory)
{
$menu['suggest-link']['caption'] = $gDirLang['suggest_link'];
$menu['suggest-link']['url'] = "{$gDirConfig['base']}{$gDirConfig['dir']}sugge st-link.php?id={$aCategory}";
}


Good night,
gb

[echopulse]

It would seem so, but there is something in there that prevents it from appearing twice. Check my directory if you don't believe me.

http://www.conservativeportal.com

[Simon Gooffin]

hi guys,
of course there is something, it's array key index. your both menu items have 'suggest-category' key and it should be unique for the array element otherwise it just rewrites it. So if you even have
$menu['suggest-category']['caption'] = $gDirLang['suggest_category'];
$menu['suggest-category']['url'] = "{$gDirConfig['base']}{$gDirConfig['dir']}sugge st-category.php?id={$aCategory}";
5 or 10 times in the code it will be displayed just once

P.S. let me know, echopulse, if you do not mind of listing your directory on our portfolio page

[gb]

i see simon, thanks for clarifying...

[Simon Gooffin]

you are welcome :)

[echopulse]

Sure Simon, you can put it in the Portfolio now. I sent you a PM. Didn't you get it?

[Simon Gooffin]

it's there :) take a look