Is it possible to add a custom page to the menu?

ericruiz · April 2013

I want to add my custom page to the menu, the place where you can read "Dashboard - Discussions- Activity..."

Is it possible?

Thanks!

hgtonight · April 2013

You can add it to your themes default.master file. Should be in /themes/yourTheme/design/default.master.tpl.

ericruiz · April 2013

Damn it I can't find the default.master.tpl

It isn't on my theme and it isn't on the default theme.

hgtonight · April 2013

@ericruiz the default theme doesn't actually have one in its theme folder. I believe the default default.master file is located in /applications/dashboard/views/default.master.php.

Have you looked into the Ultimate Theme guide, or the Add Menu Item addon?

vrijvlinder · April 2013

I hate to say this but it would be a good idea if the theme had some info concerning this fact, no master.default, it would be good to encourage people to try a custom theme instead of editing the default . By editing the default /applications/dashboard/views/default.master.php. they mess it up for other themes.

The default should not be edited. If they want to edit then it should be encouraged to create a clone of the default with all the necessary files in one spot. The themes folder.

hgtonight · April 2013

@vrijvlinder said:
I hate to say this but it would be a good idea if the theme had some info concerning this fact, no master.default, it would be good to encourage people to try a custom theme instead of editing the default.

To be fair, all the documentation says you should use embed friendly as a starting point for custom themes.

I agree it is confusing if you don't like reading documentation. I happen to really like reading. :-D

businessdad · April 2013

@ericruiz said:
I want to add my custom page to the menu, the place where you can read "Dashboard - Discussions- Activity..."

Is it possible?

You can do it by slightly altering the plugin. I'm on a train now, I'll post some sample code later.

businessdad · April 2013

@ericruiz Here's the code you can use. You can add it straight to the Custom Pages plugin, if you like, or to your own plugin.

     public function MenuModule_BeforeToString_Handler($Sender) {
        $Sender->AddLink('YourGroup', // Group to which the item will be added
                    T('My Questions'), // Label for the menu item
                    '/some-url?param=paramvalue', // URL for the menu item link
                    array('Garden.SignIn.Allow'), // Permissions, or false if public
                    array('class' => 'YourMenuItemClass') // CSS Class to assign to the menu item
        );
     }

Please note that above event handler is triggered by all menus you might have in your theme. Use $Sender->HtmlId to distinguish them, and act accordingly.

Note: $Sender is an instance of MenuModule, so you can look at that class for more information about available properties and methods.

Is it possible to add a custom page to the menu?

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