buttons

[trionic]

hey, im new to smf, i have smart portal and SMF shop installed, but when i install a new theme, the buttons disappear, buttons as in the bar with home, your account, downloads and all that, i cant seem to figure out how to get them back on, please help.

[mashby]

Custom themes on SMF 1.1.x require edits to index.template.php to get those menu items to appear. And each custom theme draws the menu a little differently. Have a look at the index.template.php file for the default Core theme. You should see those menu items in there. For a custom theme, it's a matter of copying an existing button in that theme and modifying it to fit the required elements to make said menu item appear. Which theme are you running?

[trionic]

black rain theme

[mashby]

OK, so as an example, SMF Shop mod does this to index.template.php for the default theme:
Find:

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


if ($context['current_action'] == 'theme')
$current_action = isset($_REQUEST['sa']) && $_REQUEST['sa'] == 'pick' ? 'profile' : 'admin';

Add after:

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


// Begin SMFShop code
if ($context['current_action'] == 'shop')
$current_action = 'shop';
if (in_array($context['current_action'], array('shop_general', 'shop_items_add', 'shop_items_edit', 'shop_cat', 'shop_inventory', 'shop_restock', 'shop_usergroup')))
$current_action = 'admin';
// End SMFShop code

That you can replicate to Black Rain as is. Here is the second edit to the default theme:
Find:

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=calendar">' , $txt['calendar24'] , '</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'calendar' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';

Add after:

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


//Begin SMFShop code
//loadLanguage("shop");
echo ($current_action == 'shop' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '' , '
<td valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'shop' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=shop">Shop</a>
</td>' , $current_action == 'shop' ? '<td class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</td>' : '';
//END SMFShop code

Now you certainly cannot follow that verbatim, but you can alter it to match the menu pattern of black rain, so insert this:

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna

//Begin SMFShop code
//loadLanguage("shop");
echo '<li', $current_action == 'shop' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=shop"><span>Shop</span></a></li>';
//END SMFShop code
That will make the Shop menu item appear for black rain. Give it a whirl and let us know how it turns out.