How to edit / add new top links in MyBB [Forum]

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How to edit / add or remove top links on a MyBB forum


What's a top link? You may be asking, well it's the links that are at the top of your forum, usually to the right hand side.




There's two ways to do this, an easy and a less easy way. I'm going to show you both.


The less easy, but proper way.

1. Editing the language file.

Browse to and open:

Code:

/inc/languages/english/global.lang.php

The section you're looking for should be at the top, and look similar, if not the same as:




2. In here, just add the top links that you wish to add then save the file, like so:




3. Upload the images you wish to use to your theme's toplink image folder.

Code:

/images/themename/toplinks/

4. Editing the header template of your theme

On your forum, go to.

Code:

Admin control panel (ACP) > Themes and Templates > Templates > Your Template name > Options > Expand > Header Templates > Options > Expand > header

It'll look similar to below:

[code=php]
<div id="container">
<a name="top" id="top"></a>
<div id="header">
<div class="logo"><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$theme['logo']}" alt="{$mybb->settings['bbname']}" title="{$mybb->settings['bbname']}" /></a></div>
<div class="menu">
<ul>

<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/home.gif" alt="" title="Home" />{$lang->toplinks_home}</a></li>
<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/donate.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/search.gif" alt="" title="Donate" />{$lang->toplinks_donate}</a></li>
<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/memberlist.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/memberlist.gif" alt="" title="Member List" />{$lang->toplinks_memberlist}</a></li>
<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/member.php?action=emailuser&uid=1"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/calendar.gif" alt="" title="Contact" />{$lang->toplinks_contact}</a></li>
<li><a href="http://twitter.com/mcomputeforums" target="_blank"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/twitter.gif" alt="" title="Twitter" />{$lang->toplinks_twitter}</a></li>
<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/misc.php?action=help&hid=8"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/help.gif" alt="" title="Rules" />{$lang->toplinks_rules}</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
[/code]


These are your top links:

[code=html]<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/home.gif" alt="" title="Home" />{$lang->toplinks_home}</a></li> [/code]

If you want to do an external link, it's like so:

[code=html]<li><a href="http://twitter.com/mcomputeforums" target="_blank"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/twitter.gif" alt="" title="Twitter" />{$lang->toplinks_twitter}</a></li>[/code]

Just add your links in as desired, remember to add the right image name etc.


The easier way

On your top links, eg:

[code=html]<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/home.gif" alt="" title="Home" />{$lang->toplinks_home}</a></li>[/code]

Just add the title you want on your link after the title=""/> such as:

[code=html]<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/index.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/{$theme['imgdir']}/toplinks/home.gif" alt="" title="Home" />Home {$lang->toplinks_home}</a></li>[/code]

That'll do the job.

If you have any questions or problems, please post or PM me. I'd be more than happy to help.