Hi all,

I was wondering how I go about adding a button to my menu bar?

I'd like to add a "recent posts" button.

I know how to make the image and hyperlink it etc, but I don't know where the "menubar" string is defined.

Thanks.

P.S. Justin and mods. I've asked each question that I need to be answered in a seperate thread. This isn't to increase my post count  , but simply for the reason that users with the same question in the future will be able to find the answer quickly. Hope that's OK with you.

You can add the buttons after <blah v="$menu">

I was going to do that Justin, but me being a perfectionist, I wanted my last button to remain as Log in/out and my first to be home.  

I need to insert the recent posts button into the $menu code.

In Routines.pl find the parts in black and add the parts in red:

$latestposts  = qq~<a href="$surl"><img src="/adasdf.gif"></a>~;
     $homemenu = qq~<a href="$surl">$img{'home'}</a>~;
     $calmenu = qq~<a href="$surl\lv-cal/">$img{'cal'}</a>~;
     $searchmenu = qq~<a href="$surl\lv-search/~; $searchmenu .= "b-$URL{'b'}/" if($URL{'b'}); $searchmenu .= qq~">$img{'search'}</a>~;
     $menubar = "$homemenu $latestposts$sep$help$msp2$calmenu$msp2$searchmenu$msp2";

Wow Ryan, thanks for that.

You're really good at this aren't you!

That's another increase on your rep.

Quoted from Ryan

In Routines.pl find the parts in black and add the parts in red:

$latestposts  = qq~<a href="$surl"><img src="/adasdf.gif"></a>~;
     $homemenu = qq~<a href="$surl">$img{'home'}</a>~;
     $calmenu = qq~<a href="$surl\lv-cal/">$img{'cal'}</a>~;
     $searchmenu = qq~<a href="$surl\lv-search/~; $searchmenu .= "b-$URL{'b'}/" if($URL{'b'}); $searchmenu .= qq~">$img{'search'}</a>~;
     $menubar = "$homemenu $latestposts$sep$help$msp2$calmenu$msp2$searchmenu$msp2";

Just a quick update for anybody else who wants to do this. Ryan's code is almost correct, but the link from the button will take you to the front page of your forums instaed of the recent posts page.

If you'd like to have a button inserted into your menubar for recent posts (in this example I will place it after the "home" button) then follow Ryan's guide but use the code below:

Quoted Text

$homemenu = qq~<a href="$surl">$img{'home'}  

</a>~;
      $latestposts  = qq~<a

href="$surl\v-search/p-topten/">  <img

src="/blahdocs/template/ mac_revisited/buttons/recentpost

.gif " alt="Recent Posts" border="0"></a>~;
     $calmenu = qq~<a

href="$surl\lv-cal/">$img{'cal'}</a>~;
     $searchmenu = qq~<a href="$surl\lv-search/~;

$searchmenu .= "b-$URL{'b'}/" if($URL{'b'}); $searchmenu

.= qq~">$img{'search'}</a>~;
     $menubar =

"$homemenu $latestposts$sep$help$msp2$calmenu$msp2$search

menu$msp2";

The red parts of the code are what you need to copy and paste.

Where the red code turns green you will need to type the name of your templates folder (e.g. sub_silver, winter or mac_revisited etc.)

Where the red code turns blue you will need to type the name of your button for recent posts (e.g. recentposts.gif, recent.gif, rec_post.gif etc.)


Hope that helps, and thanks to Ryan for giving me the code.

P.S. Remember, if you ever change themes you will need to go back and delete these lines from your routine.pl unless you are using the same style of buttons, otherwise you will have one odd button in your menubar!

  

i have done this and its taking it to the recent post and that is great but how would i alter it for the unread post?

Try Changing:

Code <a href="$surl\v-search/p-topten/">

to:

Code <a href="$surl\lv-search/p-newposts/">

thank you matey

If you wait a few days I plan to make mods to add buttons for both Latest Posts and Unread Posts

all sorted now thank you

Quoted from Martin

If you wait a few days I plan to make mods to add buttons for both Latest Posts and Unread Posts

ok thank you i have done that one now matey i just need to sort a button image out now thank you

Here's a button for you.

thank you matey

i have just noticed the new posts doesnt show all the new posts on my forum would there be a reason for this?

its not showing anything up from the projects section on there at least i havnt gone through and checked all categories/forums on there as yet to find out which ones do and dont