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How to change the the order of the items in the side panel?

nikonrumorsnikonrumors New
in Vanilla 2.0 - 2.8

I would like to move the Dashboard/Discussion/Activity... portion of the side panel up. Any idea how to do this? Which file should I edit to make those changes? Thanks!

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  • whu606whu606 MVP

    Which version of Vanilla are you using, and which theme?

  • nikonrumorsnikonrumors New

    Sorry - I am using version 2.0.18.4 and VanillaPress2010 theme. Thanks!

  • whu606whu606 MVP
    edited January 2013

    @nikonrumors

    In your Vanilla install you will see a themes folder, and in there a VanillaPress2010 folder.

    Inside that you will find a folder called views, and in there a file called default.master.tpl

    Open that file in a basic editor (notepad/wordpad etc.

    This is where you would make the change.

    When you say 'move it up' do you mean above the Bookmark section and/or the new discussion button, or just re-order the elements?

    If you edit this part of the file so the assetname="Panel" is below the ul after signinout_link

      


    
             {dashboard_link}
             {discussions_link}
             {activity_link}
             {inbox_link}
             {profile_link}
             {custom_menu}
             {signinout_link}
          /ul
    
    {asset name="Panel"}

    Dashboard, etc appears at the top of the box.

    (I can't get the code to post properly - the ul should obviously have < > around it.)

    You can also add some or all of the _link elements to the top menu.

    If that hasn't helped you work it out, could you post some kind of mockup of what you would like it to look like?

  • nikonrumorsnikonrumors New

    I am trying to move the panel at the bottom of the sidebar to be right under the categories module (see attachment). I tried what you suggested, but it did not work. Thanks again.

    Peter

  • whu606whu606 MVP

    Have a look at this thread.

    About half way down, @peregrine shows how you can achieve this by adding a line which specifies the order of modules in the panel.

  • nikonrumorsnikonrumors New

    Can you please add the link to the thread? Thanks!

  • whu606whu606 MVP

    Good point, well made.

    I can't remember which one that was now, but this should put you right:

    http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/15500

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