add an external link to admin menus

Basically I'm trying to figure out how to add a basic external link to the admin menus so that everything can be in one place.

e.g

>TOOLS>WORDPRESS ADMIN then open new window to http://mysite.com/wordpress/login/

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Also I'd like to have it look like this

Admin Home | Blog | Storefront | Version | Account | Logoff

instead of

Admin Home | Storefront | Version | Account | Logoff

with blog being linked to http://mysite.com/wordpress/ and again opening in new page.

can it be done if so how?

You will need to hard code that link into the page YOUR_ADMIN/includes/header_navigation.php

Ok I see this

<li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_TOP; ?></a></li>
          <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_catalog_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT); ?>" class="headerLink" target="_blank"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_ONLINE_CATALOG; ?></a></li>
          <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SERVER_INFO, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_VERSION; ?></a></li>
          <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ADMIN_ACCOUNT, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_ACCOUNT; ?></a></li>
          <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF; ?></a></li>

How would I just create them both as links here using external URL's

try this

<li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_TOP; ?></a></li>
           <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="http://mysite.com/wordpress/login/" class="headerLink" target="_blank">Blog</a></li>
           <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_catalog_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT); ?>" class="headerLink" target="_blank"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_ONLINE_CATALOG; ?></a></li>
           <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SERVER_INFO, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_VERSION; ?></a></li>
           <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ADMIN_ACCOUNT, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_ACCOUNT; ?></a></li>
           <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF; ?></a></li>

vvomble:

Ok I see this

<li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_TOP; ?></a></li> <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_catalog_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT); ?>" class="headerLink" target="_blank"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_ONLINE_CATALOG; ?></a></li> <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SERVER_INFO, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_VERSION; ?></a></li> <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ADMIN_ACCOUNT, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_ACCOUNT; ?></a></li> <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF; ?></a></li> ``` > > How would I just create them both as links here using external URL's

Add one line for each such that:

          <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="http://mysite.com/wordpress/" class="headerLink">WordPress</a></li>

          <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="http://mysite.com/wordpress/login" class="headerLink">WordPress Login</a></li>

As to the other page referencing an external URL, it doesn't actually identify anything other than how to add an item to the menu. The file that would be loaded would have to contain the redirect to the external link, so the loaded file would have something like:

<?php
include('includes/application_top.php');

zen_redirect('http://mysite.com/wordpress/login'); // Code to leave the current site and login to the wordpress admin.

Done those it's not showing???

Sorted

header.php

    <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4 col-lg-4 noprint">
        <ul class="nav nav-pills upperMenu">
            <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_TOP; ?></a></li>
           <li><a href="http://blog.mysite.com/wp-admin/" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_BLOG_ADMIN; ?></a></li> 
			<li><a href="http://blog.mysite.com" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_BLOG; ?></a></li>
			<li><a href="<?php echo zen_catalog_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT); ?>" class="headerLink" target="_blank"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_ONLINE_CATALOG; ?></a></li>
            <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SERVER_INFO, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_VERSION; ?></a></li>
            <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ADMIN_ACCOUNT, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_ACCOUNT; ?></a></li>
            <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF; ?></a></li>
        </ul>

header_navigation.php

 </ul>
            </li>
          <?php } ?>
          <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_TOP; ?></a></li>
          <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_catalog_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT); ?>" class="headerLink" target="_blank"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_ONLINE_CATALOG; ?></a></li>
          <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="http://blog.mysite.com/wp-admin/" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_BLOG_ADMIN; ?></a></li>
		  <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="http://blog.mysite.com" class="headerLink">blog</a></li>
          <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SERVER_INFO, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_VERSION; ?></a></li>
          <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ADMIN_ACCOUNT, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_ACCOUNT; ?></a></li>
          <li class="upperMenuItems"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="headerLink"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF; ?></a></li>
    </ul>

english.php

// header text in includes/header.php
define('HEADER_TITLE_TOP', 'Admin Home');
define('HEADER_TITLE_BLOG_ADMIN', 'Blog Admin');
define('HEADER_TITLE_BLOG', 'Goto Blog');
define('HEADER_TITLE_SUPPORT_SITE', 'Support Site');
define('HEADER_TITLE_ONLINE_CATALOG', 'Storefront');
define('HEADER_TITLE_VERSION', 'Version');
define('HEADER_TITLE_ACCOUNT', 'Account');
define('HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF', 'Logoff');
//define('HEADER_TITLE_ADMINISTRATION', 'Administration');

Tada... :) Good job figuring it out and thanks for posting your solution!

You're welcome maybe one day it will help someone else