Adding link to default theme tab menu

[Achilles991]

I searched a lot for this before, and now i am making one tutorial how to add link in tab menu for default theme (NO IMAGE BUTTON)

Down are 3 templates: for logged members only, guests only, and for all visitors.

You have to edit index.template.php for this action. ( in Themes/default/)

All you have to do is to change two things in this line

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<a href="http://www.yoururl.com">' , 'custom' , '</a> replace http://www.yoururl.com with url that you want, and after that to change text costum to text that will be displayed in tab menu.

Paste that code after this:

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// the [member] list button
if ($context['allow_memberlist'])
echo ($current_action == 'mlist' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'mlist' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=mlist">' , $txt[331] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'mlist' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';



Note: You can paste it before this if you want, that will just change position.

And one more think thing: If you want to use more custom tabs i purpose you to change custom word everywhere. You can put custom1, custom2 or anything else.

This template is for logged members:

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// Show the [custom] button for logged members
if ($context['user']['is_logged'])
echo ($current_action=='custom' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'custom' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="http://www.yoururl.com">' , 'custom' , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'custom' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';



This template is for Guests only:

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// Show the [custom] button for Guests only
if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
echo ($current_action=='custom' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'custom' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="http://www.yoururl.com">' , 'custom' , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'custom' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';



This is template for all visitors:

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// Show the [custom] button for all visitors
echo ($current_action=='custom' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'custom' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="http://www.yoururl.com">' , 'custom' , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'custom' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';



If you would like to make link for any action in forum like Arcade or Who is online, you should replace

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<a href="http://www.yoururl.com">' , 'custom' , '</a> with

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<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=nameofaction">' , 'nameofaction' , '</a>

Example for Arcade:

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// the [arcade] list button
if ($context['allow_memberlist'])
echo ($current_action == 'arcade' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'arcade' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=arcade">' , 'Arcade' , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'arcade' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';


[NEMINI]

you mean like http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?topic=564.msg927#msg927 that?

[Achilles991]

Oh yes... I wanted to do that before 1 month and i couldnt find it...

[Dragooon]

THANKS FOR IT!@!!!!!

[motorna_testera]

i've done all this but nothing :S

is there anything to do with my serbian utf8 lang?

// Show the [AnaBebic.com] button for all visitors            
   echo ($current_action=='AnaBebic.com' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
            <td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'AnaBebic.com' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
               <a href="hxxp:www.anabebic.com/ [nonactive]">' , 'AnaBebic.com' , '</a>
            </td>' , $current_action == 'AnaBebic.com' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

and i even added

$txt['AnaBebic.com'] = 'AnaBebic.com';

in my lang file

[Achilles991]

Ne znam sta da ti kazem... Mozda si negde slucajno obrisao neki znak... evo ti moja msn adresa, pa mi se javi sutra da ti pomognem... [email protected]

[Gary]

motorna_testera,

Change

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<a href="http://www.anabebic.com/">' , 'AnaBebic.com' , '</a>

to:

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<a href="http://www.anabebic.com">AnaBebic.com</a>

Unless you want to use a language string then it'd be:

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<a href="http://www.anabebic.com">' , $txt['AnaBebic.com'] , '</a>

[motorna_testera]

still nothing...

i even tried to duplicate home button string

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

(that should put two home buttons in menu?)

and nothing happened...

P.S.
i forgot to tell u that i dont use a default theme...
i use 1.1.5 theme on SMF 1.1.7

so my question and your answers are offtopic i guess

can someone split topic in new one?

[Gary]

If you're not using the default theme, then you use the same process (though the original post is slightly incorrect, here's the correct method) but do it on your custom theme's copy of index.template.php instead of the default's.

[motorna_testera]

i did it

thanx...

my stupidity done all the work in default theme folder and not in template folder D: