New Admin > Tools Mod Help???

[IllusionGuy]

Hello Guys,

I’m working on a really simple message mod that will allow the admin to post message to a sidebox or to the main page, I want to add a link under Admin > Tools > “Blog” or something like that.

I need help adding the following

1.) Tools menu link.
2.) A page for the form / list of messages to be displayed on with in the admin area.

I have all or most of the code done for the message system, I was not sure how to make it apart of the Zen backend system. Any help or links to topics that would help would be great thanks guys.

[hugo13]

create a file t1_tools_dhtml.php in admin/includes/boxes/extra_boxes with a content like

<?php
    $za_contents[] = array('text' => 'TOOLS_TEST', 'link' => zen_href_link('test1.php', '', 'NONSSL'));
?>

the prefix t1_ can be changed
you must create a file tes1.php (is your form-file)

[IllusionGuy]

Thanks for the reply Hugo,

I got the link added to the tools menu and it's pointing to the right place, when I load the page I get the following error:

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Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /loyalteefit/admin/includes/modules/loyaltee_blog/index.php on this server.
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How do I fix this or make it so the page loads in the admin area.

[IllusionGuy]

Also, are there any tutorials on making custom mods/contributions that I can read?