Author Topic: Extending CiviCrm Menu (Read 2290 times)

cchan · December 19, 2007, 01:15:58 pm

Hi, how do I add an extra menu item or group of menu items under CiviCRM Main Menu?
Thanks

Dave Greenberg · December 19, 2007, 04:33:22 pm

There's no way to do this via administrative "configuration" (i.e. as you can do w/ Drupal or Joomla). However, you can create a 'custom' version of templates/CRM/Block/Menu.tpl and add items outside the main "loop". Check here for details on customizing templates:

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Customize+Built-in+and+Profile+Screens

cchan · December 19, 2007, 07:39:51 pm

Thanks Dave, apart from the template change, what other change we need to make in order to add a group of item like "Import" right below Manage Groups?

cchan · December 19, 2007, 07:52:01 pm

By the way, which component determines what menu items to be displayed at the CiviCRM Main menu? Is it the CRM/Core/Menu.php?

Thanks.

Dave Greenberg · December 19, 2007, 08:30:23 pm

Yes - for "core" menu items. In addition, the optional components like CiviContribute have their own Menu.php files (e.g. Contribute/Menu.php etc.).

Of course, if you modify these files, then you'll need to keep track and re-implement for upgrades etc. If you can get the result you want with a custom copy of Block/Menu.tpl then your changes won't be over-written by an upgrade.

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