header links

[fsicody]

Hello, I know how to put links in the header but I can't figure out how to make those links put the pages in the main page area. for example, I have made a page called chillers so in my tpl_header.php i placed

<li><a href="index.php?main_page=chillers">Chillers</a></li>

and now the link shows in the header but when it is clicked, i get a 404 error in the main page area. I placed the chillers page in includes/languages/english/html_includes/classic. I'm new to php so I don't know if this is right, kind of just being piecing things together from other threads.

did i put the file in the wrong place or did i just not do anything right at all is basically what i am asking

[fantasticals]

Have you only added a file to:

includes/languages/english/html_includes/classic

for you new page ?

If so theres a few other files that need to be added for the page to work, i would take a look at the about us module in the downloads section this can be customised to add new pages.

[fsicody]

what other files would need to be added?

[Steven300]

Have you considered using an EZ page?

[fsicody]

i have but i cannot figure out how to do it. i've created ez pages but the links are not showing, i don't know what i am doing wrong.

[fairestcape]

EZ-Pages was created to achieve just what you want to do. Try to avoid hacking the code if you can - - - it often leads to other problems.

To see how I configured a header menu using EZ pages, take a quick look at:-

www.sa-shop.co.uk

[fsicody]

that is exactly how i want it to look but my ez pages bar is not showing up and i cannot figure out why.

[Steven300]

First, check that Admin>Configuration>EZ-Pages Settings>Display Status - HeaderBar is set to 1

Then go to Admin>Tools>EZ-Pages, do you have some EZ pages setup to show in the header? In the Header column, are there pages in the list which have a green box?

[fsicody]

nevermind, it was a dumb thing. i did not have a sort order on the pages

[fairestcape]

it was a dumb thing. i did not have a sort order on the pages

Don't be critical of yourself... I spent some days trying to figure out the same issue when I started using ezpages!