i am wanting to add my own variable so i can use my own links in the templates.

like i want to change {u_portal} to go to portal.php
and also add {u_about} to go to about.php or so on but i can't figure out where to change these settings or to add them.

i know with phpbb it would be common.php and functions.php but i can't even figure it out i found out where to add my own l_variable to the list but now i need to figure out how to change the u_ part

Links are all now situated in the default.cfg file in your default template folder..

To add a new link you need to place your code anywhere after

// LINKS - BEGIN

        

then open includes/functions.php and find



after add



finally open language/lang_english/lang_main.php (or your langage folder if different form english)

find



add after



and off course add the link to your overall_header.tpl in the default template or check if that file exists in the folder of any other template you are using....

obviously you can name the link whatever you like..

Hope that helps

   

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Is is not easier to work with dynamic menu in CMS?

I did not test it in header, only in main links.

The advantage of this is, that everything is stored in the database, so you can not be in trouble by updating.

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I was going to go this way.  

Open:

default.cfg

Find:

?>

Before Add:



Create a file: lang_extend_my_mods.php with the script below and copy it to your language folder.




So now you have umpteen ways of doing it.  

 

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I've edited all topic titles in this thread guys, juggalo_master please try using topic titles that describe the question... thanks

PS.. GREAT info  

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thanks guys. that saved me so much aggravation and frustration i was searching through files for like atleast 2 hrs before i asked. but now i know where i can go and add my links into the functions.

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I was searching through files for like at least 2 hrs.

If you had something like Notepad++ you could have done it in 10 minutes!  

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

 

Also use Windows Grep will search through folders and files for the word you place into the search function...

   

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mort wrote: [View Post]

juggalo_master wrote: [View Post]

I was searching through files for like at least 2 hrs.

If you had something like Notepad++ you could have done it in 10 minutes!  

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

 

i don't like notepadd ++ it always destroy my designs.

DWho wrote: [View Post]

Also use Windows Grep will search through folders and files for the word you place into the search function...

   

i will check that program out later.

but thanks for the support and help.

i got another question, how would i go about putting a login box into my template and having it show user details after logging in and hidding the login box?

i don't have include overall_header.tpl and footer file.

http://www.animenewsinc.net is my website i am working on

<!-- IF S_LOGGED_IN -->

Logged-in data

        <!-- ELSE -->

Logged-Out data

        <!-- ENDIF -->

mort wrote: [View Post]

<!-- IF S_LOGGED_IN -->

Logged-in data

        <!-- ELSE -->

Logged-Out data

        <!-- ENDIF -->

ok i got it to work now how would i show the user's avatar and username and log out after loggin in.

i would like to show the users details on the page after they log into the site.

Have a look at this - -

templates/default/blocks/user_block_block.tpl

It should give you more of an idea on how it works.  

One problem you may run into is that NOT all variables are global, so you may have to create a new php and tpl page and redefine them.

Don't know, as I'm not sure as to what you are actually trying to do and where you are placing it.  

if you look at my page and look where categories is i would be placing a log in box there for guests and for logged in users it would show there details like username, pms, avatar like it does on the forum/phpbb3 forum.

i am trying to get a log in box to work and get the user details variable for templates to work properly.

Then you want something like this. (You will need to move things around, and add permissions and markup etc.)  



Open forum.php


Now you can see what I meant about not ALL vars are global.

I also don't know why you don't make a copy of the CMS user block with a new ID and use that with your own template file.

That's why it's a CMS!  

mort wrote: [View Post]

Then you want something like this. (You will need to move things around, and add permissions and markup etc.)  

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<table class="empty-table" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tr>
    <td align="center">
        <br />{AVATAR_IMG}<br /><br />

        <span class="name"> {U_NAME_LINK}</span><br />

</td>
<td>
    <span class="gensmall">{LAST_VISIT_DATE}</span>

    <a href="{FULL_SITE_PATH}{U_PRIVATEMSGS}">{PRIVATE_MESSAGE_INFO}</a>

    <form method="post" action="{S_LOGIN_ACTION}">
    <table style="width:100%; height:28px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
    <tr>
    <td class="forum-buttons" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="gensmall"> <strong> Quick {L_LOGIN_LOGOUT}:</strong>  </span><span class="gensmall"><strong>{L_USERNAME}: </strong>
    <input class="post" type="text" name="username" size="10" />   <strong>{L_PASSWORD}: </strong>
    <input class="post" type="password" name="password" size="10" maxlength="32" />     {L_AUTO_LOGIN}
    <input class="text" type="checkbox" name="autologin" />   
    <input type="submit" class="mainoption" name="login" value=" {L_LOGIN} " />
    </span>
    </td>
    </tr>
    </table>
     </form>

    </td>
</tr>
</table>

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$template->assign_vars(array(
    'TOTAL_POSTS' => sprintf($l_total_post_s, $total_posts),

Before Add:

        // Check For Anonymous User
        if ($user->data['user_id'] != ANONYMOUS)
        {
            $name_link = colorize_username($user->data['user_id'], $user->data['username'], $user->data['user_color'], $user->data['user_active']);
            $avatar_img = user_get_avatar($user->data['user_id'], $user->data['user_level'], $user->data['user_avatar'], $user->data['user_avatar_type'], $user->data['user_allowavatar']);
        }
        else
        {
            $name_link = $lang['Guest'];
            $avatar_img = '<img src="' . $config['default_avatar_guests_url'] . '" alt="" />';
        }
$template->assign_vars(array(
'U_NAME_LINK' => $name_link,
    )
);

Now you can see what I meant about not ALL vars are global.

I also don't know why you don't make a copy of the CMS user block with a new ID and use that with your own template file.

That's why it's a CMS!  

thanks, i am not use to phpbb i am use to smf so i am still learning with phpbb and icy phoenix.

can you also show me how to get the post count and user count and total topics count for template to show up?

somewhat like this:


and
i know the total posts and topics is from phpbb but i want to do something similar but with icyphoenix style of posts and topics.