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 04/30/03 05:04am (Read 2,188 times)  
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vbgunz

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How do I get {plg_menu_elements} to show up in a block? Better yet is it possible when any new elements are added they automatically break and create a new line for the link?

Instead of a menu that might look like this...
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advanced search
contact FAQs forum
My Downloads
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Get it to show in a block like this...
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advanced search
contact
faqs
forum
my downloads
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I am trying real hard to solve it but I am spoofed... I did the search for plg_menu_elements and it pulled back some results.. Sorry to say none was too helpful except for one which somewhat got me lost...

I read something about check in lib-common and edit into lib-custom but I guess thats where I got lost... Can someone shine some light on the subject? Thanks Smile

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 04/30/03 08:19am  
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Dirk

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That variable is only supported in header.thtml. If you want to use it in a block, you will have to copy the code that creates it from function COM_siteHeader() in lib-common.php. To use it in a block, you will have to create a PHP block and use that code in the phpblock_... function for that block.

Since all you seem to want to have is a list of the plugin menu items in a block, something like this is all you would need (while the above would require the use of templates) (untested!):

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function phpblock_plugin_menu()
{
    $retval = '';

    $plugin_menu = PLG_getMenuItems();
    for( $i = 1; $i <= count($plugin_menu); $i++ )
    {
        $url = current($plugin_menu);
        $plg = key($plugin_menu);
        $retval .= '<a href="' . $url . '">' . $plg . '</a><br>';
        next( $plugin_menu );
    }

    return $retval;
}

Put that function in your lib-custom.php, create a new block of type PHP block, enter phpblock_plugin_menu as the name of the function and try it out ...

bye, Dirk

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 04/30/03 04:55pm  

Anonymous

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Perfect! Thank you very much for the help on this one, it automatically breaks lines and is so far bug-free... I can only make one more request if possible... Using the menu plugin I am unable to integrate it with the sections block... Could this be an easy task? I am simply trying to keep navigational elements together... Otherwise the code Dirk posted works perfectly as requested. Thank you very much Dirk Smile
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 03/13/04 06:05am  

MaXi-XCeL

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Is there anyway to sort the plugins menu items alphabetically?
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 03/14/04 01:54pm  
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Dirk

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Quote by MaXi-XCeL: Is there anyway to sort the plugins menu items alphabetically?

In /path/to/geeklog/system/lib-plugins.php, in function PLG_getMenuItems, insert

ksort($menu);

just before the return $menu;

bye, Dirk
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