[EN] How to ... add your own menu items

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Many users intend to add their own menu items to the portal menu (left column, top).

In this FAQ we talk about 3 kinds of links:

1. Internal forum links to functions already defined (already installed MODs etc.)
2. Internal forum links to functions which are not yet defined
3. External links to other websites

1. Instructions to add a link to the Arcade-MOD (Internal forum link):

Open

root/styles/*your_style*/template/portal/block/main_menu.html

Find

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	<li><a href="{U_INDEX}">{L_INDEX}</a></li>

Add after (or whereelse you want to place the link)

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	<li><a href="{U_ARCADE}">{L_ARCADE}</a></li>

Save, upload, purge cache, that's it.

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2. Instructions to add a link to a function which is not yet defined (maybe your own php-file ...):

Öffne

root/styles/*your_style*/template/portal/block/main_menu.html

Finde

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	<li><a href="{U_INDEX}">{L_INDEX}</a></li>

Add after (or whereelse you want to place the link)

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	<li><a href="{U_MY_LINK}">{L_MY_LINK}</a></li>

Open

root/includes/functions.php

Find

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    'U_PORTAL'         => append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}portal.$phpEx"),   

Add after

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    'U_MY_LINK'         => append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}my_link.$phpEx"),   

Open

root/language/en/mods/lang_portal.php (Example when your're using english lang files)

Find

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    'M_SEARCH'                        => 'Search',   

Add after

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    'MY_LINK'                        => 'My link',   

U_MY_LINK und L_MY_LINK may now be used in all templates.

Save, upload, purge cache, that's it.

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3. Instructions to add an external link (to another website):

Open

root/styles/*your_style*/templates/portal/block/main_menu.html

Find

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	<li><a href="{U_MEMBERLIST}">{L_MEMBERLIST}</a></li>

Add before (or whereelse you want to place the link)

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<li><a href="http://www.domain.com/" title="My internet link">My internet link</a></li>

If you want to have the link opened in a new browser window or -tab, please write

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<li><a href="http://www.domain.com/" title="My internet link" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">My internet link</a></li>

This code is then according to XHTML 1.0 STRICT, but it works with activated JavaScript only.

Instead of

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onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;"

you could write

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Target="_blank"

but this is not valid to XHTML 1.0 STRICT anymore.

Save, upload, purge cache, that's it.

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