add new heading on sidebar Neo-2

[musikal +]

Hello,

I'm in the process of setting up my new site under 68C Designer V4.10 and using Neo2-Black templates.

So far, so good.

But now wish to add a new heading (if that's the proper term) either in the Accordion or anywhere in the sidebar. I'm calling a heading 'main navigation, main categories", the text with the black background in the sidebar.

I need to create a new one called Information (maybe more later) and be able to add pages under it. It was very easy in 68C V3.10 to add links to new pages with simple "<a href" statements but no more. Automatic pagination is pain under Main Navigation. It is far easier to create a new page and then put an HREF link to it rather than have pg=5, pg=6, display sequentially.

In the past, with V3.10, this was very easy in layout.tpl.php but now, looks like everything is linked to a smarty this or that. I am clueless with smarty and don't have the time to learn.

I still use Dreamweaver to edit pages.

Please help if possible!

Thanks,

Tom

[seymourjames +]

You will need to edit the template files as described in the instructions.txt document - modules/templatezones/templates/* Be careful if you edit the accordion to maintain the same structure and the increase in tc_menu - look carefully and you will see it goes up. you will need to shift them all up if you put an additional one into the accordion.

[musikal +]

I re-read the section on modifying modules/templatezones/templates, there was no further explanation on how to do this.

This is not being sarcastic or a caustic remark in any way. I am very grateful for the wonderful look and behaviour of these templates and am just sorting through it all, bending it to my will.

However, after altering 'tcmenu' ,<div, <ul and <li tags within the Accordion, I got it to my liking!! Was also able to REM out all the stuff I didn't want simply by <!-- --> at the beginning and end of each tcmenu item (number 1 through 10).

Please excuse my ignorance on modifications, I am not trained in any code, just am a self-learned monkey that can learn by breaking it.

Overall, the whole beauty of 68C is that once a change is made, the effect is instantly global with no need to upload all of the affected pages and that is why I stay with 68C!

And now, with V4.10, I can finally use Apostrophe's again!!!!!!!!!!! Woo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks David!!!!!!

[seymourjames +]

Glad you got it done. The reality is you tried and you succeeded. A little knowledge of html and smarty will take you a long way - in this case the important tip was to make source you had tc_menu numbers which were discrete and ascending. You also kept the top and bottom tabs in place too. This is how we all learnt.