Adding Links: Categories Link in Menu

[TopAuto]

Hello 

As mentionned in the title I want to add categories links in the menu.

I read the "Adding Links" topic, but the trick in my case is that I want to use the links of the categories.

Well at this point some might say do it like this:

In /themes/gray_satin/theme.php:

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// HTML template for sub_menu
$template_sub_menu = <<<EOT
<span class="topmenu">
<!-- BEGIN custom_link -->
<a href="{CUSTOM_LNK_TGT}" title="{CUSTOM_LNK_TITLE}">{CUSTOM_LNK_LNK}</a><br /><br />
<!-- END custom_link -->

<!-- BEGIN album_list -->
<a href="{ALB_LIST_TGT}" title="{ALB_LIST_TITLE}">{ALB_LIST_LNK}</a><br /><br />
<!-- END album_list -->

<!-- BEGIN MODIFICATION HERE : album_submenu -->
<a href="./index.php?cat=2" title="Go To Category 2">Category 2</a><br /><br />
<a href="./index.php?cat=3" title="Go To Category 3">Category 3</a><br /><br />
<a href="./index.php?cat=4" title="Go To Category 4">Category 4</a><br /><br />
<a href="./index.php?cat=5" title="Go To Category 5">Category 5</a><br /><br />
<!-- END MODIFICATION HERE : album_submenu -->

<a href="{LASTUP_TGT}">{LASTUP_LNK}</a><br /><br />
<a href="{LASTCOM_TGT}">{LASTCOM_LNK}</a><br /><br />
<a href="{TOPN_TGT}">{TOPN_LNK}</a><br /><br />
<a href="{TOPRATED_TGT}">{TOPRATED_LNK}</a><br /><br />
<a href="{FAV_TGT}">{FAV_LNK}</a><br /><br />
<a href="{SEARCH_TGT}">{SEARCH_LNK}</a>
</span>
EOT;

BUT, the problem here is that the language is not taken into account 

THUS, I want to use if possible these variables : {CATEGORIES_TITLE} {CATEGORIES_LNK} {CATEGORY} {CAT_TITLE}
I don't know which one to use and especially HOW..

I didn't find any answer by searching in the forum and sorry if I missed it.

Could anyone help me? 

Thank you!

[Joachim Müller]

Replace your hard-coded language with variables. In your case, replace

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Go To Categorywith

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{$lang_main_menu['go_to_category']}Then edit your language file(s), e.g. lang/english.php, find

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$lang_main_menu = array(and edit the array definition below. Scroll to the end of the array definition, find

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  'faq_lnk' => 'FAQ',and add below it (into a new line)

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  'go_to_category' => 'Go to Category',. Do a similar thing for all language files that your users will be using.

[TopAuto]

I was not clear enough (my fault sorry).

In fact, the things I am more interested in is about the links.

I want to replace:

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href="./index.php?cat=2"

with something like:

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href="{XXX_TGT}"

and I would like this for at least 5 categories.
So that is 5 different links leading each to one specific category.
But I don't know if Coppermine can assign a value (like cat=2; cat=3 etc.) for the variable "{XXX_TGT}".

It seems to be complicated  ... so maybe it is not possible 


PS: in my previous post, when I was talking about the language I was meaning that when I use the code:

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href="./index.php?cat=2"
it is fixed,
so the language is not taken into account like:

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href="./index.php?cat=2&lang=french"
or

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href="./index.php?cat=2&lang=english"
but I read something on the forum that if we set up Coppermine to Unicode utf-8, Coppermine detects automatically the language used by the computer;
so maybe I just need the link [href="./index.php?cat=2"] because the language will still be the one of the computer and not the one selected by default on Coppermine?

I am not sure to be clear enough again so let just me end with an exemple:
Imagine the user is spanish, but language by default is english. Normally he is supposed to see the website in spanish because Coppermine is set up to "Unicode utf-8"...but this I am not sure 
When he clicks on the link "Category 2" [href="./index.php?cat=2"]; would he see the page of the category 2 in english or in spanish?

Sorry for all this text, I am sure you have other things to do, but if you can help me I would appreciate it 

Thank you! 

[Joachim Müller]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[TopAuto]

lol!

Never mind, I'll work it out by myself.

Thanks anyway 

[anselmej]

Hi !

I also don't understand very well
in my theme.php I have added

<a href="{LINK_TGT}" title="{LINK_TITLE}">{LINK_LNK}</a>

now if I go to the  languages pages and add at the end of $lang_main_menu = array
'link_title' => 'LINK: links page',
'link_lnk' => 'LINK',

I don't get it

I also cannot find where to add {LINK_TGT}

thank you for helping

[Joachim Müller]

http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php/topic,55415.msg270616.html#msg270616