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adding additional links along side tabs above content

jstnhickeyjstnhickey New
edited November 2011 in Vanilla 2.0 - 2.8
I'm not sure how to explain this really, but I just installed a board and would like to add some additional links to categories about the listing of threads.
I have my board set up like this.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/screenor.png/
I would like to add links/tabs/buttons to my 3-4 categories next to "All Discussions" and "My discussions".
Any ideas how I can do this. I'm not great with coding, but can figure it out with guidance. I couldn't find any info in the documentation about editing these buttons/tabs.
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  • sahotataransahotataran ✭✭✭
    Answer ✓
    i think you can only have one themehooks in one folder.
    paste the code i gave you into the other theme hook and keep only on themehook in your theme folder.
    also make sure you donot declare your hook
    public function DiscussionsController_AfterDiscussionTabs_Handler($Sender)
    twice in your themehooks.php

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  • ddumontddumont ✭✭
    Do you think you could mock up in a drawing what you want so we can get an idea of what they are for and how you want them to look? Otherwise, not really sure what you mean.

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  • 422422 MVP
    That image link throws up lots of popups , so couldn't see larger image. Are you using embedded forum, have you got link o the site.

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  • jstnhickeyjstnhickey New
    site is private sorry. Here's what I have
    http://formutantsonly.com/screen.png
    Here's what I want
    http://formutantsonly.com/screen2.png
    I'd like to link my categories in those spots. I only have 4 categories and I like that the page shows them all at once, but if someone would like to sort them I would like that option too.
  • 422422 MVP
    edited November 2011
    Sorry cannot help, without link. Best of luck tho,there are some clever guys here

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  • jstnhickeyjstnhickey New
    I am using the embedded theme, with only some changes to some colors. fyi
  • ddumontddumont ✭✭
    Not sure how to add tabs there in the embedded theme... @Lincoln, any pointers?

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  • jstnhickeyjstnhickey New
    any ideas out there?
  • sahotataransahotataran ✭✭✭
    edited November 2011
    seems like you want your categories to display next to the all discussions.
    i use Vanilla 2.0.18.1 and here is what i will do:
    i will create a theme hook public function
    public function DiscussionsController_AfterDiscussionTabs_Handler($Sender){
    $CategoryModel = new CategoryModel();
    $_CategoryData = $CategoryModel->GetFull();
    foreach ($_CategoryData->Result() as $Category) {
    // (will ignore root node)
    if ($Category->Name <> 'Root') $CountDiscussions = $CountDiscussions + $Category->CountDiscussions;
    }
    // Fetch every single Category...
    foreach ($_CategoryData->Result() as $Category)
    {
    if ($Category->Name <> 'Root')
    {
    echo '< li >< a href="/categories/'.$Category->Name .'">'.$Category->Name.''.$Category->CountDiscussions.'</ a></ li>'; } } } there can be errors with opening and closing of some stuff meaning {} or ' ' or " " - but u can try this

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  • jstnhickeyjstnhickey New
    little lost... can you explain what this file should be called, where it should go, etc?
  • sahotataransahotataran ✭✭✭
    did you go through the documentation for vanilla? i suggest you to go through that first. this is a hook that will go into your theme hooks and it will do its job - as you wanted.

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  • jstnhickeyjstnhickey New
    hmm i'm reading the documentation, but hot having luck creating a theme hook plugin. I guess i'll do some more research
  • sahotataransahotataran ✭✭✭
    yup. you can create a themehooks in theme folder and use the above code there or you can use it any enabled plugin and hook the code in there.

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  • jstnhickeyjstnhickey New
    this documentation is telling me that it goes in the plugin folder? This is what I tried, is this not the correct documentation.
    http://vanillaforums.org/docs/theme-hooks
  • jstnhickeyjstnhickey New
    edited November 2011
    Ok so my theme is called custom
    I entered this code into a file called class.customthemehooks.php
    class customThemeHooks implements Gdn_IPlugin { public function DiscussionsController_AfterDiscussionTabs_Handler($Sender){ $CategoryModel = new CategoryModel(); $_CategoryData = $CategoryModel->GetFull(); foreach ($_CategoryData->Result() as $Category) { // (will ignore root node) if ($Category->Name <> 'Root') $CountDiscussions = $CountDiscussions + $Category->CountDiscussions; } // Fetch every single Category... foreach ($_CategoryData->Result() as $Category) { if ($Category->Name <> 'Root') { echo '< li >< a href="/categories/'.$Category->Name .'">'.$Category->Name.''.$Category->CountDiscussions.'</ a></ li>'; } } } }
    all I get is the code printed on the top of the page.
  • jstnhickeyjstnhickey New
    If I add this code
    <?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();
    to the begining (like I saw in other theme hooks) I get this error
    Fatal error: Class customThemeHooks contains 1 abstract method and must therefore be declared abstract or implement the remaining methods (Gdn_IPlugin::Setup) in /home1/formutan/public_html/bsb2/themes/custom2/class.customthemehooks.php on line 19
    Line 19 is a }
    If I remove that I get this error
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting T_FUNCTION in /home1/formutan/public_html/bsb2/themes/custom2/class.customthemehooks.php on line 19
  • sahotataransahotataran ✭✭✭
    hi @jstnhickey - will work on the code an post the whole code here till monday/tuesday. thanks

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  • jstnhickeyjstnhickey New
    thanks a ton
  • sahotataransahotataran ✭✭✭
    edited November 2011
    ok so here is the hook @jstnhickey which works for me
    public function DiscussionsController_AfterDiscussionTabs_Handler($Sender){ $CategoryModel = new CategoryModel(); $_CategoryData = $CategoryModel->GetFull(); foreach ($_CategoryData->Result() as $Category) { // (will ignore root node) if ($Category->Name <> 'Root') $CountDiscussions = $CountDiscussions + $Category->CountDiscussions; if ($Category->Name <> 'Root') { echo '<li><a class="TabLink" href="/categories/'.$Category->Name .'">'.$Category->Name.' '.$Category->CountDiscussions.'</a></li>'; } } }

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  • jstnhickeyjstnhickey New
    I have tried to put this code into a file called class.custom2themehooks.php into the theme folder but nothing is happening when I load up the page. I inserted this code
    class custom2ThemeHooks implements Gdn_Plugin Gdn_Plugin { public function DiscussionsController_AfterDiscussionTabs_Handler($Sender){ $CategoryModel = new CategoryModel(); $_CategoryData = $CategoryModel->GetFull(); foreach ($_CategoryData->Result() as $Category) { // (will ignore root node) if ($Category->Name <> 'Root') $CountDiscussions = $CountDiscussions + $Category->CountDiscussions; if ($Category->Name <> 'Root') { echo '<li><a class="TabLink" href="/categories/'.$Category->Name .'">'.$Category->Name.' '.$Category->CountDiscussions.'</a></li>'; } } } }

    Am I putting it in the wrong folder?
  • sahotataransahotataran ✭✭✭
    why do you have Gdn_Plugin twice?

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