Change SMF 2.1 Beta 2 menu?

[PaulKet]

Can someone please tell me how to change the SMF 2.1 menu? I want to change the current word "home" to "forum" and then add a home link with a URL to a different website. I searched and only found information relevant to SMF 2.0.

Thanks for any help.

[Antes]

Same applies for SMF 2.1 actually

[PaulKet]

Ok, I found this http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Buttons_-_How_do_I_add_buttons_to_SMF_2.0 and this topic http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=532676.msg3785603#msg3785603 which helped me change my "home" button to the URL where I wanted it to point. I am missing a "forum" button now and do not understand how to add one. What do I add from:

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'menu_action' => array(
'title' => 'text for menu',
'href' => $scripturl,
'show' => true,
'sub_buttons' => array(
'sub_menu_action' => array(
'title' => 'text for sub-menu',
'href' => $scripturl . '?action=newaction',
'show' => true,
'is_last'=> true,
),
),
),

after

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'home' => array(
'title' => $txt['home'],
'href' => 'http://myforum.com',
'show' => true,
'sub_buttons' => array(
),
'is_last' => $context['right_to_left'],
),

so my menu will look like: Home | Forum | Search | Admin | etc. ?

[Antes]

copy the home and paste after the home and edit the parts needs changes.

[PaulKet]

copy the home and paste after the home and edit the parts needs changes.

So now I have:

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              'home' => array(
'title' => $txt['home'],
'href' => 'http://mysite.com',
'show' => true,
'sub_buttons' => array(
),
'is_last' => $context['right_to_left'],
),
                       'forum' => array(
'title' => $txt['forum'],
'href' => $scripturl,
'show' => true,
'sub_buttons' => array(
),
'is_last' => $context['right_to_left'],
),

and I'm getting errors that seem to be from changing 'home' to 'forum', what am I doing wrong? Also, do I need to remove the second instance of:

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'is_last' => $context['right_to_left'],

?

[Kindred]

Well, is the variable string txt['forum'] defined?

And yes, you need to drop that second statement

[PaulKet]

Well, is the variable string txt['forum'] defined?

How would I do that? I know nothing about php (I want to learn but know nothing about it now).

[lntit]

In /themes/<theme>/languages/ there are the php files for text strings like Modifications.english.php.
Write:
txt['forum'] = 'Forum';

[PaulKet]

In /themes/<theme>/languages/ there are the php files for text strings like Modifications.english.php.
Write:
txt['forum'] = 'Forum';

In my Modifications.english.php file I now have:

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<?php
// Version: 2.1 Beta 2; Modifications
txt['forum'] = 'Forum';
?>


It is giving me this error: Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '=' in .../Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english.php on line 3

[Shambles]

Try

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<?php
// Version: 2.1 Beta 2; Modifications
$txt['forum'] = 'Forum';
?>

[PaulKet]

Try

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<?php
// Version: 2.1 Beta 2; Modifications
$txt['forum'] = 'Forum';
?>

This worked! 

Thank you, Antes, Kindred, lntit and Shambles for your replies.

How can I change the generic question mark icon that appears in the menu next to the word "Forum" to an icon that is more appropriate?

Edit: I got it figured out  For anyone else who wants to know, add this to your index.css file:

.generic_icons.forum {
   background-position: -83px -161px;
}

[lntit]

Oh derp, I really forgot $, lol. My bad.

[PaulKet]

Oh derp, I really forgot $, lol. My bad.

Your help was appreciated.

[Antes]

that's bit more complicated, but if you are adding a new menu item and it needs (which it needs) an icon. You need to find an icon (16x16) copy it into your theme's images folder then do this

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.generic_icons.forum {background: url(../images/forum.png) no-repeat;}

The numbers you see is the position of the icon inside the sprited set. We strongly suggest our users not to change the default sprite instead create new one or link the images normally.

[pajeroid]

Where do we add this line?

that's bit more complicated, but if you are adding a new menu item and it needs (which it needs) an icon. You need to find an icon (16x16) copy it into your theme's images folder then do this

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.generic_icons.forum {background: url(../images/forum.png) no-repeat;}

The numbers you see is the position of the icon inside the sprited set. We strongly suggest our users not to change the default sprite instead create new one or link the images normally.

[Arantor]

In the theme CSS file.

[pajeroid]

In the theme CSS file.

I've added it to the index.css file but no change... when I inspect the element I would like to change I get this....

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<li class="button_directory">
<a href="http://www.mywebsite.co.uk/index.php?action=directory">
<span class="main_icons directory"></span><span class="textmenu">Companies</span>
</a>
</li>


It's like the span class section above is overruling the css. Any ideas? It's the Directory mod and displays the help icon.

[Arantor]

Or the fact that generic_icons was renamed and this is why trying to customise still-in-development software is hard when rules change on you without warning.

[pajeroid]

I figured it out. I needed to change the button code in Subs.php from:

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'directory' => array(
'title' => $txt['directory_text'],
'href' => $scripturl . '?action=directory',
'show' => allowedTo('directory_view'),
'sub_buttons' => array(),


to:

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'directory' => array(
'title' => $txt['directory_text'],
'icon' => 'villa.png',
'href' => $scripturl . '?action=directory',
'show' => allowedTo('directory_view'),
'sub_buttons' => array(),


Then place villa.png in my theme images folder and voila!