[1.1] How to add tabs to Core (NDT)?

[JayBachatero]

You are using the wrong tutorial.  This is for TABS.  You need the buttons tutorial.

[guppy]

Hi,

I added "News" to my RC2 template but it doesn't highlight the active tabs.. Pls help. Here are the codes:

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function template_menu()
{
global $context, $settings, $options, $scripturl, $txt;

// Work out where we currently are.
$current_action = 'home';
if (in_array($context['current_action'], array('admin', 'ban', 'boardrecount', 'cleanperms', 'detailedversion', 'dumpdb', 'featuresettings', 'featuresettings2', 'findmember', 'maintain', 'manageattachments', 'manageboards', 'managecalendar', 'managesearch', 'membergroups', 'modlog', 'news', 'optimizetables', 'packageget', 'packages', 'permissions', 'pgdownload', 'postsettings', 'regcenter', 'repairboards', 'reports', 'serversettings', 'serversettings2', 'smileys', 'viewErrorLog', 'viewmembers')))
$current_action = 'admin';
if (in_array($context['current_action'], array('search', 'admin', 'calendar', 'profile', 'mlist', 'register', 'login', 'help', 'pm', 'forum', 'tpadmin')))
$current_action = $context['current_action'];
if ($context['current_action'] == 'search2')
$current_action = 'search';

// Add own buttons
if ($context['current_action'] == 'news')
$current_action = 'news';

....

echo '
<td class="maintab_' , $first , '">&nbsp;</td>';

// 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>' : '';

// Show the [news] button.
echo ($current_action=='news' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_first">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action=='news' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?cat=22">' , $txt['menu_news'] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action=='news' ? '<td class="maintab_active_last">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

if($settings['TPortal_front_type']!='boardindex')
// Show the [forum] button.
echo ($current_action=='forum' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_first">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action=='forum' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=forum">' , $txt['menu_forum'] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action=='forum' ? '<td class="maintab_active_last">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

....


[JayBachatero]

Change this

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// Add own buttons
if ($context['current_action'] == 'news')
$current_action = 'news';


To this

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// Add own buttons
if (isset($_REQUEST['cat']) && $_REQUEST['cat'] == 22)
$current_action = 'news';


[guppy]

Ok it's working thanks 

Hmm.. When do i use which code?

[JayBachatero]

If you have a regular action=hello you use $context['current_action'].  If not then you use the way that I showed you.

[guppy]

Ok thanks

[PuLsE_007]

In the words of Comic Book Guy..."Worst Tutorial EVER!" Well, Comic Book Guy's wrong because this was the BEST tutorial EVER! Great job, very well written, EXTREMELY helpful, THANK YOU! 

[vdubbia]

I successfully added a tab to link to an external gmail link (will eventually link to my gmail hosted email).  The link opens the page in the same window.  How do I make it so it will open in a new window?

Here is the code for my tab.. I copied the text for my 'help' button.  This code works, but I don't know if I have the completely correct code, but here it is:

// Show the [mail] button.
   echo '<li><a' , $current_action == 'mail' ? ' class="active"' : '', ' href="http://www.gmail.com"', $scripturl, '?action=help">' , $txt[120] , '</a></li>';

not sure if the action parts are correct, but they seem to work this way...

Appreciate the help!  And if I want a small envelope graphic to appear in the tab, I can use img src, correct?

[vdubbia]

I successfully added a tab to link to an external gmail link (will eventually link to my gmail hosted email).  The link opens the page in the same window.  How do I make it so it will open in a new window?

Here is the code for my tab.. I copied the text for my 'help' button.  This code works, but I don't know if I have the completely correct code, but here it is:

// Show the [mail] button.
   echo '<li><a' , $current_action == 'mail' ? ' class="active"' : '', ' href="http://www.gmail.com"', $scripturl, '?action=help">' , $txt[120] , '</a></li>';

not sure if the action parts are correct, but they seem to work this way...

Appreciate the help!  And if I want a small envelope graphic to appear in the tab, I can use img src, correct?

Anyone?

[medy]

Hi everyone!

it is very nice to see such a good support on this topic. Thumbs up

I'm using SMF 1.1rc2 and Tiny Portal 8.6, default theme.
I added another tab to main menu, which points to article written in TP. I found that this would be the simplest way to link simple text (HTML) file to main tabs. The only problem I found is, that i don't get visited effect on newly created tabs, since it is part of TP and it is external link.

Had anyone similar issues and solved them?

working tab code:

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// Show the [pomoč;] button...
      echo ($current_action == 'pomoč;' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
            <td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'pomoč;' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
               <a href="http://www.e-participacija.si/forum_EU/index.php?page=17">Pomoč</a>
            </td>' , $current_action == 'Pomoč;' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

URL, where you can check the tab (it is called "pomoč" - last one in the row): http://www.e-participacija.si/forum_EU/

All well to you

[JayBachatero]

wowzer add target="_blank" to the <a href> tag.

medy the same thing applies as this.
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=63203.msg619619#msg619619

[vdubbia]

wowzer add target="_blank" to the <a href> tag.

medy the same thing applies as this.
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=63203.msg619619#msg619619

like this?

// Show the [mail] button.
   echo '<li><a' , $current_action == 'mail' ? ' class="active"' : '', ' href="http://www.gmail.com"', $scripturl, '?action=help">' , ' target="_blank"', $txt[120] , '</a></li>';

and do I need the action=help any more?  do I change that to 'mail'?

[JayBachatero]

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// Show the [mail] button.
   echo '<li><a' , $current_action == 'mail' ? ' class="active"' : '', ' href="http://www.gmail.com" target="_blank>' , ' "', $txt[120] , '</a></li>';

[Figueira]

Hi!  I have a problem kind of like medy. Using SMF RC2 with tiny portal
i've checked this example you told medy to see, but I could'nt use in my case.

I've created a download, wich is provided by tinyportal action tpmod;dl=0  button here: hxxp:www.lei-forum.com [nonactive], and it does't get the visited effect. Here it goes.

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if ($context['current_action'] == 'downloads')
$current_action = 'downloads';

and later down:

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//The [Downloads]
//if ($context['user']['is_logged'])
                echo ($current_action=='downloads' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'downloads' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=tpmod;dl=0">', $txt['downloads'], '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'downloads' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';


Thanks for the attention =)

[Figueira]

bah! dumb somehow I missed jbysmith post!

It's ok now =) thanks anyway

[guppy]

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// Add own buttons
if (isset($_REQUEST['cat']) && $_REQUEST['cat'] == 22)
$current_action = 'news';


I change cat to page for a Tiny Portal mod article. If I have many many pages under that tab, is it possible to form an array instead of repeating this code? Thanks 

[JayBachatero]

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if (in_array(@$_REQUEST['cat'], array(1, 2, 33, 22, 'and', 'so', 'on')))
$current_action = 'news';

[guppy]

ok thank you 

[nipun_jain]

I am using SMF 1.1 RC2 with TinyPortal. Recently I added felblog module to my site and hence tried to add a blog tab. I edited the code as follows:


Added this code:

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if ($context['current_action'] == 'tpmod;blog')
$current_action = 'felblog';


and this one:

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// Show the [blog] button.
echo ($current_action == 'felblog' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'felblog' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=tpmod;blog">Blog</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'felblog' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';


But when I click on the Blog tab, the page that opens has the visited effect on the Home tab instead of the Blog tab. What am I doing wrong?

[JayBachatero]

Change

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if ($context['current_action'] == 'tpmod;blog')
$current_action = 'felblog';
To

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if ($context['current_action'] == 'tpmod' && isset($_REQUEST['blog']))
$current_action = 'felblog';


That should work.