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

[legend 1234]

ook thanks heaps mate

[khamseen]

I have been going mad trying to add three buttons I need for mods to the menu bar.

I have sat and read through the tutorials and I have searched through my .php files and simply cannot find ANY of the parts you're saying to look for.

Before someone says "What theme though?" I did in fact try it on a custom theme at first, when I couldn't find it I tried to follow the tutorials for the default themes to see if I could find them and I still couldn't.

[Gary]

Look for the template_menu function. It's always in index.template.php

[khamseen]

Yeah, I found that. But that's all I find. Here, take a little look. This is the immediate area after "template_menu"

(From the default theme)

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// Show the menu here, according to the menu sub template.
template_menu();

// Show the navigation tree.
theme_linktree();

// The main content should go here.
echo '
<div id="bodyarea">';


[Gary]

That's just the call to it. The actual function is near the bottom.

Ctrl+F for

function template_menu()

[khamseen]

Ok, so I've found this part

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

echo '
<div id="main_menu">
<ul class="clearfix">';

foreach ($context['menu_buttons'] as $act => $button)
{
echo '
<li id="button_', $act, '">
<a', $button['active_button'] ? ' class="active"' : '', ' title="', $act , '" href="', $button['href'], '">
<span', isset($button['is_last']) ? ' class="last"' : '', '>', ($button['active_button'] ? '<em>' : ''), $button['title'], ($button['active_button'] ? '</em>' : ''), '</span>
</a>
</li>';
}

echo '
</ul>
</div>';
}


[Gary]

You're using 2.0 in which case the method to add menu links would be in Subs.php read this for more info: http://www.smfthemes.org/index.php?topic=177.0

[khamseen]

Aha, yes I knew I was using SMF 2.0 and the tutorial that I looked at which ironically enough linked to this topic said it was for SMF 2.0 strange.

But yes, now that I knew where to look and with the aide of that guide I have been able to add the two buttons I needed. They are hard coded but we only use English on our site so it's not too bad I suppose.

Thank you for the help.

[Gary]

This guide is actually for 1.1, the template_menu was moved to the source files in 2.0 to make mods work across all themes at once, rather then just the default.

[midas]

There are two mods that will allow you to add tabs to the menu bar.  Both work through Admin:

Custom Tabs

Menu Buttons

I use Menu Buttons but only because that's the one I found first.  Custom Tabs apparently gives more control over a custom tab's visibility to guests/members...

For Menu Buttons, I had to edit my customized index.template.php (simple copy and paste, not difficult).

[Gary]

Yeah, but on 1.1 you would still need to edit the index.template.php of custom themes anyway, the Custom Tabs mod would work on all themes for it's 2.0 version though.

[khamseen]

Awesome, I shall check them out. Thanks for the tips.

[jensvanherck]

FIXED IT TY

[Gary]

I don't see any unlinked items in the template_menu...

[auss9960]

You want to add a second line of tabs?

-JayBachatero

I managed to add a second and a third line of buttons in BlueAce template like this:

// The NEW IMPROVED menu bar.

   $current_action = 'forum';
   if (in_array($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', 'beaches', 'home', 'about', 'etiquette', 'beaches', 'resorts', 'osbeaches', 'osresorts', 'blog', 'arcade', 'gallery', 'video', 'chat', 'downloads', 'contact', 'members', 'webmail')))
      $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';
echo '

<br>
<div>
 
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" id="AutoNumber2" width="95%" height="12">
    <tr>
        <td colspan="2" id="menu" width="100%"><ul>
                                        <li><a><font color="#FF00FF">', 'Information', '</font></a></li>';
   // Show the [home] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'home' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=home"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Home', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [about] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'about' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=about"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'About', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [etiquette] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'etiquette' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=etiquette"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Etiquette', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [beaches] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'beaches' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=beaches"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Aussie Beaches', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [resorts] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'resorts' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=resorts"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Aussie Resorts', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [osbeaches] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'osbeaches' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=osbeaches"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Overseas Beaches', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [osresorts] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'osresorts' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=osresorts"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Overseas Resorts', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [rules] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'rules' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=rules"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Our Rules', '</a></li></ul>

        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

<br></br>

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" id="AutoNumber2" width="95%" height="12">
    <tr>
        <td colspan="2" id="menu" width="100%"><ul>
                                        <li><a><font color="#FF00FF">', 'The Forum', '</font></a></li>';
   // Show the [forum] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'forum' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Forum', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [blog] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'blog' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=blog"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Aussie Blog', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [arcade] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'arcade' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=arcade"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Games', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [gallery] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'gallery' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=gallery"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Gallery', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [video] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'video' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=video"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Video', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [chat] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'chat' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=chat"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Chat Room', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [downloads] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'downloads' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=downloads"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Downloads', '</a></li>';
   
   // The [calendar]!
   if ($context['allow_calendar'])
      echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'calendar' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=calendar">', 'Events', '</a></li>';

   // the [member] list button
   if ($context['allow_memberlist'])
      echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'members' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=members"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '?action=members">' , 'Member List' , '</a></li>

   </ul>

        </td>
    </tr>
</table>
  <br></br>

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" id="AutoNumber2" width="95%" height="12">
    <tr>
        <td colspan="2" id="menu" width="100%"><ul>
                                        <li><a><font color="#FF00FF">', 'My Panel', '</font></a></li>';
   
   // Show the [profile] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'profile' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=profile"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'My Profile', '</a></li>';

        // Go to PM center... [pm]
   if ($context['user']['is_logged'] && $context['allow_pm'])
      echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'pm' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=pm">' , 'Message Bank', ' ', $context['user']['unread_messages'] > 0 ? '<blink>['. $context['user']['unread_messages'] . ']</blink>' : '' , '</a></li>';


   // Show the [webmail] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'webmail' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=webmail"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '">', 'Web Mail', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [contact] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'contact' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/index.php?action=contact"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '?action=contact">', 'Contact Us', '</a></li>';

   // Show the [help] button.
   echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'help' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=help">', $txt[119], '</a></li>';

   // How about the [search] button?
   if ($context['allow_search'])
      echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'search' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=search">', $txt[182], '</a></li>';

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


   // If the user is a guest, show [login] and [register] buttons.
   if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
   {
      echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'login' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=login">', $txt[34], '</a></li>
               <li', $current_action == 'register' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="http://aussienaturists.com/myforms/joinform.html"' [nofollow];, $scripturl, '?action=register">', $txt[97], '</a></li>';
   }
   // Otherwise, they might want to [logout]...
   else
      echo '
               <li', $current_action == 'logout' ? ' id="active"' : '', '><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=logout;sesc=', $context['session_id'], '">', $txt[108], '</a></li>';
   echo '</ul></ul>

        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

Splitting the menu buttons between tables works fine. I have tried various things to get the buttons to be centered in the middle, but failed on all counts. However, if someone can easily tell me how to make a new row of menu buttons appear ONLY for admins and 1 other usergroup I would be very happy. The examples I have seen so far have not been workable. If you could please respond to [removed per user request - Iris] I would be grateful, as I cannot seem to set this forum to notify me of replies. If you'd like to look at my menu solutions you can through http://aussienaturists.com [nofollow]

[TeaTephi]

Ok I need to add three tabs
"chat", "bookmarks", and "gallery"
I tried to follow the direction for chat, and it almost worked only it said "help", but it was really chat.  So I changed the text string to $txt['chat'] = 'Chat'; and look what happened. 

The same thing happened when I tried to add a line in index.english
$txt[120] = 'Chat';
and I also put in index.template to point to the 120 string, I obviously don't know what I'm doing . . .

I'm confused can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

[Gary]

Dont change any of the current language strings. Use $txt['chat'].

Though if you're using one language you may as well just hard code it into the template, and bypass the whole language string thing.

[TeaTephi]

It only works if I type this in (and I get two help buttons, where one is help the other chat)

   

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// Show the [chat] button.
echo ($current_action == 'chat' || $context['browser']['is_ie4']) ? '<span class="maintab_active_' . $first . '">&nbsp;</span>' : '' , '
<span valign="top" class="maintab_' , $current_action == 'chat' ? 'active_back' : 'back' , '">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=chat">' , $txt[119] , '</a>
</span>' , $current_action == 'chat' ? '<span class="maintab_active_' . $last . '">&nbsp;</span>' : '';

If I type $txt['chat'] it doesn't do anything!  Isn't that weird?

[Gary]

Add

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$txt['chat'] = 'Chat'; to Modifications.language.php then call it.

Or change ' , $txt[119] , ' to just plain Chat forcing it in without using a string.

[TeaTephi]

I changed it to plain chat and it worked! Ahhh, much better.

Thanks!

Going to try my bookmark and gallery tab the same way.