[Tutorial]How to edit / add new top links in MyBB[Tutorial]

[A N K E S H]

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What's a top link? You may be asking, well it's the links that are at the top of your forum, usually to the right hand side.



There's two ways to do this, an easy and a less easy way. I'm going to show you both.


The less easy, but proper way.

1. Editing the language file.

Browse to and open:

Code:

/inc/languages/english/global.lang.php

The section you're looking for should be at the top, and look similar, if not the same as:



2. In here, just add the top links that you wish to add then save the file, like so:



3. Upload the images you wish to use to your theme's toplink image folder.

Code:

/images/themename/toplinks/

4. Editing the header template of your theme

On your forum, go to.

Code:

Admin control panel (ACP) > Themes and Templates > Templates > Your Template name > Options > Expand > Header Templates > Options > Expand > header

PHP Code:

<div id="container">
        <a name="top" id="top"></a>
        <div id="header">
            <div class="logo"><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$theme['logo']}" alt="{$mybb->settings['bbname']}" title="{$mybb->settings['bbname']}" /></a></div>
            <div class="menu">
                <ul>
 
                                        <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/home.gif" alt="" title="Home" />{$lang->toplinks_home}</a></li>       
                                        <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/donate.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/search.gif" alt="" title="Donate" />{$lang->toplinks_donate}</a></li>
                    <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/memberlist.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/memberlist.gif" alt="" title="Member List" />{$lang->toplinks_memberlist}</a></li>
                    <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/member.php?action=emailuser&uid=1"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/calendar.gif" alt="" title="Contact" />{$lang->toplinks_contact}</a></li>
                                        <li><a href="http://twitter.com/mcomputeforums" target="_blank"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/twitter.gif" alt="" title="Twitter" />{$lang->toplinks_twitter}</a></li>                                     
                    <li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/misc.php?action=help&hid=8"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/help.gif" alt="" title="Rules" />{$lang->toplinks_rules}</a></li>
                </ul>
            </div> 


These are your top links:

<li ><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/home.gif" alt="" title="Home" />{$lang->toplinks_home}</a ></li >

If you want to do an external link, it's like so:

<li ><a href="http://twitter.com/mcomputeforums" target="_blank"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/twitter.gif" alt="" title="Twitter" />{$lang->toplinks_twitter}</a ></li >

Just add your links in as desired, remember to add the right image name etc.

The easier way

On your top links, eg:

<li ><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/home.gif" alt="" title="Home" />{$lang->toplinks_home}</a ></li >

<li ><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/home.gif" alt="" title="Home" />Home {$lang->toplinks_home}</a ></li >

Credit:-Mark

[try8yes]

thanks for special tuto

[koz]

This is a great tutorial, but I don't see a point in adding these to the language file.

[Dv0id]

I don't want the image, so what would I change?

EDIT: nvm got it but nice tutorial

[Jovan J.]

For example if you have something like this:

Code:

<li ><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/home.gif" alt="" title="Home" />Home {$lang->toplinks_home}</a ></li >

You just have to delete image part:

Code:

<li ><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"> Home {$lang->toplinks_home}</a ></li >

[ebineesey]

Thanks for the tutorial.
Question though -
Can you elaborate on how to remove the toplink images... where do I edit that code? Do I need to edit it in multiple files? I know just deleting the toplink image folder will get rid of them, but I want to delete the code associated with them too.

Thanks for the help-

[.m.]

4. Editing the header template of your theme

On your forum, go to.

Code:

Admin control panel (ACP) > Themes and Templates > Templates > Your Template name > Options > Expand > Header Templates > Options > Expand > header

@ebineesey, you have to edit code in above referred header template.

[ebineesey]

4. Editing the header template of your theme

On your forum, go to.

Code:

Admin control panel (ACP) > Themes and Templates > Templates > Your Template name > Options > Expand > Header Templates > Options > Expand > header

@ebineesey, you have to edit code in above referred header template.

Thank you!
Great help; guess I missed that small detail!

[Reserector]

I prefer the "easier" method of adding the text to the template rather than modifying the global_lang.php. The rason I say that is because when it comes time to do an upgrade, you don't lose your work when the global_lang file is replaced during the upgrade. You changes are saved when you export your themes and include the templates.

[yoshimitsu1234]

But how are links added to these new header text and images?