Link Manager 3.0 Support Thread

[ametist]

Thank you Clyde. I did it. As I understand I have to create new folders instead YOUR_TEMPLATE? So, it looks as follows:

includes/languages/english/Custom
includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/Custom
includes/languages/english/html_includes/Custom
includes/modules/Custom
includes/modules/sideboxes/Custom
includes/templates/Custom


I can see the Link Manager in the Admin > Configuration > Link Manager, but I cannot find it in the Admin -> Tools -> Layout boxes contoller... According to instructions it suppose to start with "Links Box - Display Links in Sidebox" and I see "Links Box - Display View All Links". How I can activate the Links Manager to start to build link or see it on my website? Also I can't find the Admin -> Extras -> Links. Please, help me. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.. Thank you soo much in advance.

Natalya

[clydejones]

Thank you Clyde. I did it. As I understand I have to create new folders instead YOUR_TEMPLATE? So, it looks as follows:

includes/languages/english/Custom
includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/Custom
includes/languages/english/html_includes/Custom
includes/modules/Custom
includes/modules/sideboxes/Custom
includes/templates/Custom


I can see the Link Manager in the Admin > Configuration > Link Manager, but I cannot find it in the Admin -> Tools -> Layout boxes contoller... According to instructions it suppose to start with "Links Box - Display Links in Sidebox" and I see "Links Box - Display View All Links". How I can activate the Links Manager to start to build link or see it on my website? Also I can't find the Admin -> Extras -> Links. Please, help me. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.. Thank you soo much in advance.

Natalya

The YOUR_TEMPLATE should be changed to the name of the template you are currently using on your site.

If Custom is the name of the template you are currently using on your site then the above is correct.

make sure you've uploaded the following files:

admin/link_categories.php
admin/links.php
admin/links_contact.php
admin/includes/boxes/extra_boxes/links_extras_dhtml.php
admin/includes/extra_datafiles/links_manager.php
admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/links_manager.php
admin/includes/languages/english/links.php
admin/includes/languages/english/link_categories.php
admin/includes/languages/english/links_contact.php
admin/includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/links.php

[CustomBooks]

Is there any way to put the "View All Links" link in a tab at the top of the page? So the top of the page would have tabs labeled "Home" "Log Out" "Links" "Contact Us" "My Account" "Checkout"... How to do this?

[clydejones]

Is there any way to put the "View All Links" link in a tab at the top of the page? So the top of the page would have tabs labeled "Home" "Log Out" "Links" "Contact Us" "My Account" "Checkout"... How to do this?

open includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_header.php

AND

add additional links to suit your needs.

[CustomBooks]

Can you be more specific as to what code to insert where in this file? I don't know how to make the Link tab. Here's my preferred order for the top tabs: (Home-Contact Us-Links (on the left side) followed by Log In/Out-My Account-Checkout-View Cart (on the right side).

[clydejones]

Can you be more specific as to what code to insert where in this file? I don't know how to make the Link tab. Here's my preferred order for the top tabs: (Home-Contact Us-Links (on the left side) followed by Log In/Out-My Account-Checkout-View Cart (on the right side).

Since this involves making changes to your template files it should be posted in the appropriate support thread for the template you are using.

[CustomBooks]

Since this involves making changes to your template files it should be posted in the appropriate support thread for the template you are using.

Will do! Sometimes the problem seems to cross forum threads, such as this - I still need to know how to make a Links tab to point to Link Managers' "View All Links"...what is the link code for "View All Links" ?

[iCarp]

First off, thanks very much for making this mod available and providing support.

The install went smoothly. The one problem that I have is getting category descriptions to show up. I've searched through this thread, looked through the php files included with the mod, checked my database to ensure that the descriptions are showing up at least there, but I'm stymied (and my knowledge of php, mysql, and the 'under the hood' stuff is pretty limited).

I've created a couple of categories and entered descriptions. When I click on a category, the links show up fine, but instead of the description I get this:

This content is located in the file at: /languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_links.php

You can quickly edit this content via Admin->Tools->Define Pages Editor, and select define_links from the pulldown.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[clydejones]

First off, thanks very much for making this mod available and providing support.

The install went smoothly. The one problem that I have is getting category descriptions to show up. I've searched through this thread, looked through the php files included with the mod, checked my database to ensure that the descriptions are showing up at least there, but I'm stymied (and my knowledge of php, mysql, and the 'under the hood' stuff is pretty limited).

I've created a couple of categories and entered descriptions. When I click on a category, the links show up fine, but instead of the description I get this:

This content is located in the file at: /languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_links.php

You can quickly edit this content via Admin->Tools->Define Pages Editor, and select define_links from the pulldown.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

That text is from the define_links.php file and has nothing to do with the category descriptions

[iCarp]

Thank you very much for your prompt reply.

I know that the define_links.php file has nothing to do with the category descriptions. What I don't understand is why that is showing up rather than the category description I've entered when I click on a links category. That is my problem and why I made my initial post.