02/25/05 11:04am  
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Rick78

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Hi All,

I just upgraded from version 1.3.8 to 1.3.11 and I have some problems with getting new items in the menu bar.
My theme is an older one, but it does call the menu_elements fine. I can '//' items out in the config.php and they go away. However, if I remove the '//' from the custom line, the two samples in lib-custom.php (Gallery, and My Calendar) do not appear.

How do I get these to appear?

I assume that once I can get this to work, I can add more.
I think I need some understanding to the way the
function CUSTOM_menuEntries ()
actually works and how to update it.

Thanks a lot for any help.

The site I am working on : http://www.flagfootball.dk

Regards,
Rick
 02/25/05 12:15pm  
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Rick78

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More info:
I split the system and public_html directories up. My lib-custom.php is still in the system folder (/etc/geeklog/flagfootball/system/lib-custom.php)
My public_html is here:
/var/www/html/flagfootball/

Other functions in the lib-custom.php (which I added) are working correctly.
 02/25/05 12:45pm  
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thechadd

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the only difference in my themes is this:

old (manually added elements):
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<td width='100%' height='20' valign="top" align="center">
            {allowed_menu_elements}{plg_menu_elements}<a href="http://MYIP/gallery">gallery</a> | <a href='http://MYIP/kplaylist/'>mp3's</a>
            </td>

 


new (using build in menu element stuff):
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<td width='100%' height='20' valign="top" align="center">
            {menu_elements}{plg_menu_elements}
            </td>

 

Then in the config.php make sure the custom is uncoimmented:
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$_CONF['menu_elements'] = array
(
    // 'home',      // link to homepage
    'contribute',   // contribute / "submit a story" link
    'links',        // link to the links section (aka web resources)
    'polls',        // link to past polls
    'calendar',     // link to the site calendar
    'search',       // link to advanced search
    'stats',        // link to site stats
    // 'prefs',     // link to user's preferences
    'plugins',       // links added by plugins, like {plg_menu_elements}
    'custom'     // for custom links (see lib-custom.php)
);
 


and in lib-custom.php add the new entries:

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/**
* This is an example of a function that returns menu entries to be used for
* the 'custom' entry in $_CONF['menu_elements'] (see config.php).
*
*/
function CUSTOM_menuEntries ()
{
    global $_CONF, $_USER;

    $myentries = array ();

    // link #1: Link to Gallery
    $myentries[] = array ('url'   => $_CONF['site_url/..'] . '/gallery/',
                          'label' => 'Gallery');

    // link #2: Link to mp3's    // logged-in users only
    if (!empty ($_USER['uid']) && ($_USER['uid'] > 1)) {
        $myentries[] = array ('url'   => $_CONF['site_url/..']  . '/kplaylist/',
                              'label' => 'mp3\'s');
    }

    return $myentries;
}

 

 02/25/05 12:53pm  
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Rick78

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Thanks for the reply.

Is the first reference the header.thtml in the theme?
My header.thtml already has this:

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<td colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#9A0503"><img src="{layout_url}/theme-images/pixel.gif" alt="" height="20" width="8" align="absmiddle" border="0">{menu_elements}{plg_menu_elements}</td>
 
 02/25/05 01:45pm  
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Dirk

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Quote by Rick78: I can '//' items out in the config.php and they go away. However, if I remove the '//' from the custom line, the two samples in lib-custom.php (Gallery, and My Calendar) do not appear.

The function CUSTOM_menuEntries is commented out. Did you remove the comment markers?

bye, Dirk
 02/25/05 01:50pm  
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Rick78

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Hi Dirk,

Thanks for the reply. I do not understand how it is commented out in the function. I remmoved the '//' in config.php on the custom line.
My lib-custom.php:

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/*
function CUSTOM_menuEntries ()
{
    global $_CONF, $_USER;

    $myentries = array ();

    // Sample link #1: Link to Gallery
    $myentries[] = array ('url'   => $_CONF['site_url'] . '/gallery/',
                          'label' => 'Gallery');

    // Sample link #2: Link to the Personal Calendar - only visible for
    // logged-in users
    if (!empty ($_USER['uid']) && ($_USER['uid'] > 1)) {
        $myentries[] = array ('url'   => $_CONF['site_url']
                                         . '/calendar.php?mode=personal',
                              'label' => 'My Calendar');
    }

    return $myentries;
}
*/

?>

 
 02/25/05 01:55pm  

mach

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notice the /* and the */ before and after your function... these are also comment markers
 02/25/05 01:58pm  
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Rick78

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Yes Yes.

Thanks a lot!

I wonder why this has to be commented out.
Does it cause a problem if it is not commented?

It should maybe be noted in the config.php comments.

Thanks a lot.

Rick
 02/27/05 06:42am  

ensalada

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Thanks this advice was very helpful. Now how do I update my site with 1.3.11?

I downloaded the .zip file and uploaded it to my Admin plugins folder but it is not unzipped.

What am I doing wrong??

 02/27/05 03:20pm  
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Dirk

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Quote by ensalada: I downloaded the .zip file and uploaded it to my Admin plugins folder but it is not unzipped.

There is no .zip file for Geeklog - only a .tar.gz

And, obviously, you have to unpack it (either locally or, if you can, on the server). Then follow the instructions ...

bye, Dirk