[nodebb-plugin-header-extend] Custom links in the site's main menu

PitaJ

Version 0.1.2 is released

Changes:

Removed ugly JS hack
Added ability for links to be set to be opened in new tab / window

Justin

@pitaj Thank you! You really stay on top of it! Looking forward to the Forms plugin

yeelan0319

@pitaj said:

nodebb-plugin-header-extend

Hi pitaj,

Thanks for the wonderful plugin. I don't know whether it is possible for you to adjust the default header links as well through the plugin. I think it will be a good idea that so that I can remove the hacks from my custom CSS file.

PitaJ

@yeelan0319 as it currently stands, it is not possible to do this. You could hide all of the default icons and only add ones with the plugin, I guess, but the order still isn't guaranteed. I might stay working on a pull request to add what I need into core after I'm done with the Calendar and Forms plugins.

a_5mith

Isn't this now included in master?

PitaJ

@a_5mith Huh. Look at that. Although it doesn't look like it's possible to rearrange everything yet.

pichalite

@a_5mith I don't think the new Navigation settings page lets you add custom links as menu items in the navbar. You can only add routes under the url.

For e.g., you can't add blog.example.com using these settings.

<baris>

@pichalite Uh I just tried and I can add https://youtube.com as the route and it will create a link to youtube.

pichalite

@baris I see, so http:// or https:// is required for custom links. It won't work if I just type www.youtube.com

<baris>

That's correct.

a_5mith

You can rearrange them, there's another bit on the same page. I removed recent from my site and replaced it with a custom link for categories and put it in its place.

Http://35hz.co.uk

yeelan0319

@pitaj I am not sure whether you intend to incorporate the functionality for adjusting the original navigation item or not. I made some change to your plugin and send you the pull-request

The basic idea behind the change is that I remove the original render logic from menu.tpl and all the navigation is actually rendering through the plugin right now. I remained the admin render logic since it request extra checking logic, which I am not sure how to get via plugin yet. So if the user activate the plugin, it won't render any navigation item before user set it up. In case user do want to revise from the default setting, I provided an extra button within the plugin page called "reset to default", so it will reset the navigation items to the original menu.tpl one.
See if you like it.

linan2332

Does this plugin still works with the latest version. Was trying to find a way to be able to direct to external url with the header menu

Armadillo

@linan2332 said in [nodebb-plugin-header-extend] Custom links in the site's main menu:

Does this plugin still works with the latest version. Was trying to find a way to be able to direct to external url with the header menu

This has been integrated into NodeBB itself. have a look at "General/Navigation" in the admin panel.

tigger

What about adding a drop-down widget? I'd like to add a drop-down similar to the "Chats" one, that does not link to a page when clicked but shows a widget. It would seem modifying this code is a good start?

PitaJ

@tigger I have a plan to rewrite this plugin to do exactly that at a later time.

tigger

@PitaJ Great, thanks! It would be also neat if one could add numbers to the icon, like for the stock icons.

tigger

No chance you had a look at it meanwhile? Or at integrating?

fais3000

@pitaj Is this plugin compatible with 1.9.3 ?

PitaJ

@fais3000 nope the plugin hasn't been compatible in a long time.