Moving a link off of Quick Links phpBB3.1.3

[KB_Thailand]

Ok, I've searched and searched, but have been unable to find anything relating to this, so either nobody has asked, or I haven't hit the right combination of words.

I am trying to move the New Posts link off of the Quick Links dropdown, or just create a new one, and place it on the forum main page like it was before the upgrade to 3.1. I've manage to do mods for my board that work in other areas, like increase the default font size, expand the Last Post column to 40 characters, and expand the overall width of the forum, but haven't been able to quite put this one together.

Any info appreciated!
Thanks!
KB

Here's the idea:

QuickLink.jpg

ToWhere.jpg

[Swanny]

This would be nice to have. I upgraded my biggest forum today and I suspect people will have a hard time adjusting since some of those old options are now under Quick links, hidden away.

[KB_Thailand]

Exactly...first thing my members said after the upgrade: "where did the New Posts link go?" I know it is pretty petty, but doing two clicks where it used to be one seems to be an issue. For new members, it is not intuitive to look under something called Quick Links for forum links, as that wording is more often used for external links I think.

I was doing some code reading today, and I think I may have a clue as to how to change it. If I succeed in doing so, I will post the changes here. In the interim, if anyone is fairly sure how to accomplish this, please do let me know.

Thanks,
KB

[KB_Thailand]

Caveat: this is most probably NOT the best/correct way to do this, but it works on my board with prosilver. I used the existing mark-read class just because it was already there, aligned with the real mark-read link while a list link did not, and matched font size. I just added a separate link instead of removing New Posts from the Quick Links menu.
Since this is inside an IF U_MARK_FORUMS statement, if you turn off the ability to mark forums read (if you can--don't know but assume that is what U_MARK_FORUMS is) then this code will not execute and you will get no link. You can figure it out from there.

Go to Styles->Prosilver->Template and edit index_body.html
Find this (it is close to the top of the file):

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<!-- IF U_MARK_FORUMS -->
	<div class="action-bar compact">
		<a href="{U_MARK_FORUMS}" class="mark-read rightside" accesskey="m" data-ajax="mark_forums_read">{L_MARK_FORUMS_READ}</a>
	</div>
<!-- ENDIF -->

Between the div class statement and the mark-read href, insert this:

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<a href="./search.php?search_id=newposts" class="mark-read leftside">New posts</a>

So the block looks like:

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<!-- IF U_MARK_FORUMS -->
	<div class="action-bar compact">
		<a href="./search.php?search_id=newposts" class="mark-read leftside">New posts</a> 
		<a href="{U_MARK_FORUMS}" class="mark-read rightside" accesskey="m" data-ajax="mark_forums_read">{L_MARK_FORUMS_READ}</a>
	</div>
<!-- ENDIF -->

This produces the following on my board:

NewPosts.jpg

I hope it helps someone else.
KB

[KB_Thailand]

Sorry Livakee, no idea on that. Maybe some of the other folks who have multi language boards can answer it for you.

If I had to guess, there is probably a variable for that link under the Quick Links menu, so take a look there and see if that is the case. At that point, maybe just insert the variable where the 'New Posts' text is. Just a guess off the top of my head as has been a couple of years since I looked at this.

[david63]

how can I have them translated automatically when I change the forum language?

Change this

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<a href="./search.php?search_id=newposts" class="mark-read leftside">New posts</a>

to be

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<a href="./search.php?search_id=newposts" class="mark-read leftside">{L_NEW_POSTS}</a>

but be aware the the language variable NEW_POSTS is depreciated