editing my forum header?

[Woomera]

i installed the invision board and now i wanna add a botton to my menu(where calendar,search... are) point to my homepage.well i know that i have to edit GLOBAL_BOARD_HEADER and i see the current bottons forexample this is calendar botton:

<div class='ipb-top-right-link'><a href="{$this->ipsclass->base_url}act=calendar">{$this->ipsclass->lang['tb_calendar']}</a></div>

now,i dont know anything about PHP programming but most of times i manage to find a solution.but i couldnt find this one

'so can anyone please give me a hand and tell me how i can edit this so i have a botton that appears as "HOME" and on click it open my homepage?

thanks.

[Tarun]

i installed the invision board and now i wanna add a botton to my menu(where calendar,search... are) point to my homepage.well i know that i have to edit GLOBAL_BOARD_HEADER and i see the current bottons forexample this is calendar botton:

<div class='ipb-top-right-link'><a href="{$this->ipsclass->base_url}act=calendar">{$this->ipsclass->lang['tb_calendar']}</a></div>

now,i dont know anything about PHP programming but most of times i manage to find a solution.but i couldnt find this one

'so can anyone please give me a hand and tell me how i can edit this so i have a botton that appears as "HOME" and on click it open my homepage?

thanks.

Try something like this; no php involved, just basic XHTML.

<div class='ipb-top-right-link'><a href="{$this->ipsclass->base_url}act=calendar"><img src="YOUR_IMAGE_LINK_HERE" height="ENTER_HEIGHT"" width="ENTER_WIDTH"  alt="ENTER_ALT_TEXT"  title="ENTER_IMAGE_TITLE" />{$this->ipsclass->lang['tb_calendar']}</a></div>

[Woomera]

Try something like this; no php involved, just basic XHTML.

<div class='ipb-top-right-link'><a href="{$this->ipsclass->base_url}act=calendar"><img src="YOUR_IMAGE_LINK_HERE" height="ENTER_HEIGHT"" width="ENTER_WIDTH"  alt="ENTER_ALT_TEXT"  title="ENTER_IMAGE_TITLE" />{$this->ipsclass->lang['tb_calendar']}</a></div>

doesnt that still open the calendar page expect that now it shows an image that is pointed to that calendar?

[Tarun]

It does. Apply the same basic concept to suit your needs.

Here's the code that points to your frontpage. (it's the Home code for the top left area)

<if="$this->ipsclass->vars['home_url']">
			<div class='ipb-top-left-link'><a href="{$this->ipsclass->vars['home_url']}">{$this->ipsclass->vars['home_name']}</a></div>
		</if>

Now if we were to add an image to that...

<if="$this->ipsclass->vars['home_url']">
			<div class='ipb-top-left-link'><a href="{$this->ipsclass->vars['home_url']}"><img src="YOUR_IMAGE_LINK_HERE" height="ENTER_HEIGHT"" width="ENTER_WIDTH" alt="ENTER_ALT_TEXT" title="ENTER_IMAGE_TITLE" /> {$this->ipsclass->vars['home_name']}</a></div>
		</if>

The above would output something like this:

MSFN Home

Pretty simple huh?

[Woomera]

it doesnt work

i inserted it but nothin appears

[Tarun]

Did you edit the correct skin? -- I know, it may seem silly to ask; but it's a common error.

[Woomera]

this is how it looked after my edit:

<!--ipb.rightlinks.start-->

<if="$this->ipsclass->vars['home_url']">

<div class='ipb-top-left-link'><a href="{$this->ipsclass->vars['home_url']}">{$this->ipsclass->vars['home_name']}</a></div>

</if>

<div class='ipb-top-right-link'><a href="{$this->ipsclass->base_url}act=Help">{$this->ipsclass->lang['tb_help']}</a></div>

and it doesnt work.anything i did wrong?

[Martin L]

<a href="{$this->ipsclass->vars['home_url']}" target="_new">{$this->ipsclass->vars['home_name']}</a> ·

or

<a href="http://wwww.....yoursite.com" target="_blank" title="My homepage">Home</a>·

dont make the <div> tags, just make sure it will look like this after edit:

<!--ipb.leftlinks.start--><a href="{$this->ipsclass->vars['home_url']}" target="_new">{$this->ipsclass->vars['home_name']}</a>·<a href="http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=18408" target="_new"><b>Forum Rules</b></a>·

i think that your code has to be:

<!--ipb.rightlinks.start-->
<a href="{$this->ipsclass->vars['home_url']}" target="_new">{$this->ipsclass->vars['home_name']}</a>·<a href="{$this->ipsclass->base_url}act=Help">{$this->ipsclass->lang['tb_help']}</a>

good luck

[Woomera]

ok here is what my menu looks like when i use:

<a href="http://mywebsite.com" target="_new">Home</a>·<a href="{$this->ipsclass->base_url}act=Help">{$this->ipsclass->lang['tb_help']}</a>

looks:

so i tried a simple hyperlink:

<a href="http://mywebsite.com" target="_new">Home</a>

looks:

EDIT: OOOMG ... Pfff you gotta be kiddin me right?

check this out:

<div class='ipb-top-right-link'><a href="http://mysite.com">Home</a></div>

and here is the result:

im a genius B)

Edited January 24, 2007 by fatalwoomera