Edit menu bar

[shade3134]

How do I edit the menu bar? I want to change the list and order to "News, Forum, Lyrics, Messages, Profile, Seach, Login/Logout".

I'm looking at the index.template.php but don't know what to do.

I'm using SMF 2.0 RC3

[Kill Em All]

It has chanced in 2.0. In your Sources directory, look in your Subs.php

[shade3134]

I see. I looked for my sources directory but can't find it. My theme is 'Custom theme based on default'. Eitherway, I can't find it under the default theme either. Where is it?

[Kill Em All]

You aren't looking in your Sources directory then....

the Sources directory isn't in the Themes folder, its in the root of your SMF install.

[CapadY]

/sourses/subs.php nearly at the bottom of that file.

[PurpleCrow]

Or you can use this mod - http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2348

[shade3134]

Thanks everyone! However the buttons aren't showing up yet when I hover or click them, they link me to the appropriate area. It's just that I can't see them:

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$buttons = array(
'News' => array(
'title' => $txt['News'],
'href' => 'http://sofarhome.com',
'show' => true,
'sub_buttons' => array(
),
'is_last' => $context['right_to_left'],
// 'target' => '_blank',
),
'Forum' => array(
            'title' => $txt['Forum'],
            'href' => 'http://sofarhome.com/chat',
            'show' => true,
            'sub_buttons' => array(
            ),
         ),
'Lyrics' => array(
            'title' => $txt['Lyrics'],
            'href' => 'http://sofarhome.com/lyrics',
            'show' => true,
            'sub_buttons' => array(
            ),
         ),

Also, how do I spread them out and up their scale?

[shade3134]

You can view my forum: www.sofarhome.com/chat

And scroll your cursor in the menu bar area and you'll notice there's invisible links. Hmmm...Anyone know what's going on?

[shade3134]

Bump. Come on, someone here has to know. 

[CapadY]

Look what happens if you empty your forum cache.

[Kill Em All]

Might want to try clearing your browsers cookies and cache to.

And please do not bump your topics less than 24 hours old, we are all volunteers here.

[shade3134]

Sorry about the bump. I cleared my cache and it still looks like this:

[Kill Em All]

Please attach your Subs.php so we can take a look at it.

[JBlaze]

Clear your forum cache (Admin -> Maintenance -> Routine -> Empty cache) as well and make sure you added $txt['Links'] to ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.{your_lang}.php

[shade3134]

I somehow got the first button to work:



And I've cleared my forum as well as browser cache a bazillion times. lol

See the highlighted invisible button at the back? What is that and how do I remove that?


Here's my subs attachment:

[JBlaze]

Did you read the second part of my post?

Did you add $txt['Lyrics'] = 'Lyrics'; to ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english.php ?

[shade3134]

No, sorry. I've give that a try.

[shade3134]

Am I supposed to place it underneath:

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// Important! Before editing these language files please read the text at the top of index.english.php.
$txt['no_icon'] = 'No icon set';

If so this is what I did:

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<?php
// Version: 2.0 RC3; Modifications

// Important! Before editing these language files please read the text at the top of index.english.php.
$txt['no_icon'] = 'No icon set';
$txt['Lyrics'] = 'Lyrics';   
?>

Uploaded, refreshed and nothing.

[JBlaze]

OK, I'll outline it for you.

1. Add $txt['Lyrics'] = 'Lyrics'; on the line before the closing ?>
2. Go to Admin -> Maintenance -> Routine -> Empty file cache
3. Check your menu.

[shade3134]

It is on the line before ?> right? On the same line? Because it is on the line before..

[JBlaze]

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?>

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$txt['Lyrics'] = 'Lyrics';
?>

[shade3134]

Hmmm...That's exactly how my code look:

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<?php
// Version: 2.0 RC3; Modifications

// Important! Before editing these language files please read the text at the top of index.english.php.
$txt['no_icon'] = 'No icon set';
$txt['Lyrics'] = 'Lyrics';   
?>

[JBlaze]

Yea, so save it, then clear the forum cache. And voila!

[shade3134]

The bar still isn't showing up. And I did the Admin> Maintenance thing.

Here's a link to my forum: http://sofarhome.com/chat/index.php

See? 

[Antechinus]

Look under server settings in your admin and see what language it says.

[shade3134]

Doesn't say language anywhere in there:



Here is what shows under my SSI_Examples.php:

[Antechinus]

Sorry, I was thinking of 1.1.x. In 2.0 it's under Configuration > Languages > Settings.

[shade3134]

It's English.

[Acans]

It's English.

Are you using utf-8?

[shade3134]

Did he mean admin.english.php?

It's English.

Are you using utf-8?

What is that?

[shade3134]

I DID IT!!! Hahahaha. It was admin.english.php AND modifications.english.php.

I downloaded the admin.english.php file to my desktop by accident and decided to open it and I saw the list!! And included the code I needed.

How do I increase the font-size of these menu buttons and spread them out?

[Kill Em All]

In your index.css look for:

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.dropmenu a
{


add after that:
font-size: 15pt

just change 15 to whatever number you want.

[shade3134]

Thanks that worked! But how to do I decrease the space between the menu bar and my banner?

[Kill Em All]

Can you please attach your index.template.php.

From what I can tell, it should be as simple as a line or two of code being cut.

[shade3134]

Attached.

[Kill Em All]

Ah, sorry. The div tag that is contained there holds important parts of the forum such as if its in maintenance mode and such.

[shade3134]

So what do I do? I forgot the setting I adjusted to get it that way. It was something relating to the space around the banner...hmm..

[Kill Em All]

vspace maybe?

[shade3134]

I'm not sure what that is. But how do I compare my .php files with old ones? Like an easy way to see differences. I could find out that way...Because initially I couldn't get the banner to fit so I made space between it and the main index. It's killing me not knowing which code it is....

[xenovanis]

I'm not sure what that is. But how do I compare my .php files with old ones? Like an easy way to see differences. I could find out that way...Because initially I couldn't get the banner to fit so I made space between it and the main index. It's killing me not knowing which code it is....

ConTEXT can help you comparing php files.