How to make the buttons on top as text links (Home, Help, Login, etc.)?

[Basar]

ok so i checked out the index.template.php and found this:

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// Show the menu up top.  Something like [home] [help] [profile] [logout]...
function template_menu()
{
   global $context, $settings, $options, $scripturl, $txt;

   // Show the [home] and [help] buttons.
   echo '
            <a href="', $scripturl, '">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/home.gif" alt="' . $txt[103] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt[103]), '</a>', $context['menu_separator'], '
            <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=help" target="_blank">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/help.gif" alt="' . $txt[119] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt[119]), '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];

   // How about the [search] button?
   if ($context['allow_search'])
      echo '
            <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=search">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/search.gif" alt="' . $txt[182] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt[182]), '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];

   // Is the user allowed to administrate at all? ([admin])
   if ($context['allow_admin'])
      echo '
            <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=admin">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/admin.gif" alt="' . $txt[2] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt[2]), '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];

   // Edit Profile... [profile]
   if ($context['allow_edit_profile'])
      echo '
            <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=profile">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/profile.gif" alt="' . $txt[79] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt[467]), '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];

   // The [calendar]!
   if ($context['allow_calendar'])
      echo '
            <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=calendar">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/calendar.gif" alt="' . $txt['calendar24'] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt['calendar24']), '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];

   // If the user is a guest, show [login] and [register] buttons.
   if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
   {
      echo '
            <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=login">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/login.gif" alt="' . $txt[34] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt[34]), '</a>', $context['menu_separator'], '
            <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=register">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/register.gif" alt="' . $txt[97] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt[97]), '</a>';
   }
   // Otherwise, they might want to [logout]...
   else
      echo '
            <a href="', $scripturl, '?action=logout;sesc=', $context['session_id'], '">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/logout.gif" alt="' . $txt[108] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt[108]), '</a>';
}


I honestly have no clue as to what to do here? Do I need to edit each one seperately or is there a global way to do this? If I need to individually, I assume I have to change the ($settings['use_image_buttons'] function? what do i put instead of use_image_buttons? My url: http://www.tacalumni.com

Thanks

[Sverre]

Uncheck Admin > Current Theme > Show buttons as images instead of text

[Basar]

Uncheck Admin > Current Theme > Show buttons as images instead of text

That is not what I want to do. I want only the buttons on top [Home, Help, Login, etc.] displayed as text, not all buttons on the forum.

[Sverre]

You didn't state explicitly that you didn't want the other buttons changed in your first post, so naturally, I chose the path of least resistance

However, it's not too hard to do what you want either...

Here's an example of how you could do it (Help button):

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<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=help', '">', $txt[119], '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];

If you need more help, just let us know.


EDIT: Fixed a mistake in the code (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=70022.msg481197#msg481197).

[Basar]

You didn't state explicitly that you didn't want the other buttons changed in your first post, so naturally, I chose the path of least resistance

However, it's not too hard to do what you want either...

Here's an example of how you could do it (Help button):

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<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=help', $context['user']['language'], '">', $txt[119], '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];

If you need more help, just let us know.

Hey Sverre,

Well I had a huge problem yesterday but luckily I had a backup and fixed it.

Anyways, here is the problem, since the lines for Login, Register and Logout are different from the others, I didn't know how to change them. If you go to http://www.tacalumni.com right now, you'll see that I made everything as text except the ones mentioned above. Can you help? I asked for it on another topic but the mod locked it... was scared so had to create another topic

Here's the locked thread:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=70525.0

And here is the code I've in there right now. I changed the easy ones as you said:

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// Show the menu up top.  Something like [home] [help] [profile] [logout]...
function template_menu()
{
global $context, $settings, $options, $scripturl, $txt;

// Show the [home] and [help] buttons.
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=home', $context['user']['language'], '">', $txt[103], '</a>', $context['menu_separator'], '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=help', $context['user']['language'], '">', $txt[119], '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];

// How about the [search] button?
if ($context['allow_search'])
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=search', $context['user']['language'], '">', $txt[182], '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];

// Is the user allowed to administrate at all? ([admin])
if ($context['allow_admin'])
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=admin', $context['user']['language'], '">', $txt[2], '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];

// Edit Profile... [profile]
if ($context['allow_edit_profile'])
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=profile', $context['user']['language'], '">', $txt[467], '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];

// The [calendar]!
if ($context['allow_calendar'])
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=calendar', $context['user']['language'], '">', $txt['calendar24'], '</a>', $context['menu_separator'];

// If the user is a guest, show [login] and [register] buttons.
if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
{
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=login">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/login.gif" alt="' . $txt[34] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt[34]), '</a>', $context['menu_separator'], '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=register">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/register.gif" alt="' . $txt[97] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt[97]), '</a>';
}
// Otherwise, they might want to [logout]...
else
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=logout;sesc=', $context['session_id'], '">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/logout.gif" alt="' . $txt[108] . '" style="margin: 2px 0;" border="0" />' : $txt[108]), '</a>';
}

Thanks

[Acf]

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// If the user is a guest, show [login] and [register] buttons.
if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
{
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=login">', $txt[34], '</a>', $context['menu_separator'], '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=register">', $txt[97], '</a>';
}
// Otherwise, they might want to [logout]...
else
echo '
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=logout;sesc=', $context['session_id'], '">',  $txt[108], '</a>';
}

Dont be scared

[Basar]

thanks mod works! 

just to learn it for future reference, what does the alt="' . $txt[34] . '" in the code i pasted do? under login and register (the one with the image version)

thanks

edit: well ok, they all show up as text links but they all take me to the homepage when i click them? i use a theme different than the default, could that be it? how would i fix it?

2nd question: how would i put a dash between these things? i know html put not much php  I want them to appear as

Home - Help - Search ... etc.

[Sverre]

edit: well ok, they all show up as text links but they all take me to the homepage when i click them? i use a theme different than the default, could that be it? how would i fix it?

Sorry about that. Just remove the

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, $context['user']['language']

part of the code I showed you.

2nd question: how would i put a dash between these things? i know html put not much php  I want them to appear as

Home - Help - Search ... etc.

Replace

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$context['menu_separator']

with

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' -'

If you want to increase the space between the links further, you can add another   before and after the dash.

just to learn it for future reference, what does the alt="' . $txt[34] . '" in the code i pasted do? under login and register (the one with the image version)

When you use image buttons, the "alt" attribute tells the reader what he or she is missing on a page if the browser can't load images. The browser will then display the alternate text instead of the image. It is a good practice to include the "alt" attribute for each image on a page, to improve the display and usefulness of your document for people who have text-only browsers. (In some browsers (i.e. Internet Explorer), the alt attribute also wrongly outputs a tool tip on mouse-over).

[Basar]

sverre - i love you  joking aside, thanks a lot for the detailed help! rockin' and rollin' now

[zkcl75]

Hi, I'm trying to do the exact opposite. I have buttons selected because I've made a bunch of icons and now they don't show up. Any idea why this would happen? I checked for broken images in my Firefox WebDev toolbar and there are none so I'm guessing it's in the code somewhere. I'm trying to get the images to show up in the top strip.
i.e; Home  Help   Search   Admin   Profile   My Messages   Members   Logout   
   
Thanks.

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// Show the menu up top. Something like [home] [help] [profile] [logout]...
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')))
$current_action = $context['current_action'];
if ($context['current_action'] == 'search2')
$current_action = 'search';
if ($context['current_action'] == 'theme')
$current_action = isset($_REQUEST['sa']) && $_REQUEST['sa'] == 'pick' ? 'profile' : 'admin';

// Are we using right-to-left orientation?
if ($context['right_to_left'])
{
$first = 'last';
$last = 'first';
}
else
{
$first = 'first';
$last = 'last';
}

// Show the start of the tab section.
echo '
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="margin-left: 10px;">
<tr>
<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 [help] button.
echo ($current_action == 'help' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'help' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=help">' , $txt[119] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'help' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

// How about the [search] button?
if ($context['allow_search'])
echo ($current_action == 'search' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'search' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=search">' , $txt[182] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'search' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

// Is the user allowed to administrate at all? ([admin])
if ($context['allow_admin'])
echo ($current_action == 'admin' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'admin' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=admin">' , $txt[2] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'admin' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

// Edit Profile... [profile]
if ($context['allow_edit_profile'])
echo ($current_action == 'profile' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'profile' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=profile">' , $txt[79] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'profile' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

// Go to PM center... [pm]
if ($context['user']['is_logged'] && $context['allow_pm'])
echo ($current_action == 'pm' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'pm' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=pm">' , $txt['pm_short'] , ' ', $context['user']['unread_messages'] > 0 ? '[<strong>'. $context['user']['unread_messages'] . '</strong>]' : '' , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'pm' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

// The [calendar]!
if ($context['allow_calendar'])
echo ($current_action == 'calendar' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'calendar' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=calendar">' , $txt['calendar24'] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'calendar' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

// 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>' : '';


// If the user is a guest, show [login] button.
if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
echo ($current_action == 'login' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'login' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=login">' , $txt[34] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'login' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';


// If the user is a guest, also show [register] button.
if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
echo ($current_action == 'register' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'register' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=register">' , $txt[97] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'register' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';


// Otherwise, they might want to [logout]...
if ($context['user']['is_logged'])
echo ($current_action == 'logout' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'logout' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=logout;sesc=', $context['session_id'], '">' , $txt[108] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'logout' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

// The end of tab section.
echo '
<td class="maintab_' , $last , '">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>';

}

// Generate a strip of buttons.
function template_button_strip($button_strip, $direction = 'top', $force_reset = false, $custom_td = '')
{
global $settings, $buttons, $context, $txt, $scripturl;

// Create the buttons...
foreach ($button_strip as $key => $value)
{
if (isset($value['test']) && empty($context[$value['test']]))
{
unset($button_strip[$key]);
continue;
}
elseif (!isset($buttons[$key]) || $force_reset)
$buttons[$key] = '<a href="' . $value['url'] . '" ' .( isset($value['custom']) ? $value['custom'] : '') . '>' . $txt[$value['text']] . '</a>';

$button_strip[$key] = $buttons[$key];
}

if (empty($button_strip))
return '<td>&nbsp;</td>';

echo '
<td class="', $direction == 'top' ? 'main' : 'mirror', 'tab_' , $context['right_to_left'] ? 'last' : 'first' , '">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="', $direction == 'top' ? 'main' : 'mirror', 'tab_back">', implode(' &nbsp;|&nbsp; ', $button_strip) , '</td>
<td class="', $direction == 'top' ? 'main' : 'mirror', 'tab_' , $context['right_to_left'] ? 'first' : 'last' , '">&nbsp;</td>';
}

?>


[forsakenlad]

You might want to try copying over the template_menu function from the babylon theme to the theme you are using

[zkcl75]

Yes, that's what I ended up doing. I had downloaded a modified template from somewhere that claimed to be Joomla ready but apparently it was not.

I replaced the menu strip from the original babylon and all is well now.

Thanks.

Now, the only problem is, when I'm logged in as admin and I try to make changes to the theme settings it says, login session failed when I try to save...but I guess thats another post somewhere...?