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Moak
Moak

Reputation: 12885

Adding a "Big Icon" to the Joomla admin dashboard

I've done this befor but with all my memory, search efforts and logic failing I can't figure out how to add a new "Big Icon" link on the main dashboard of the Joomla administration. What file am i looking to change? I'm sitting on a fresh install of 1.5.15

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3848

Answers (3)

Filip Kastl
Filip Kastl

Reputation: 11

The best way is to make new Quickicon plugin. The simpliest way is to inspire in Extensionupdate or Joomlaupdate Quickicon plugin.

  1. Copy the directory of some plugin, rename the directory to your own Quickicon Plugin name, edit the file in what you want ... the base thing is that the plugin must return Icon Definition array
  2. Need to add to SQL DB do #_extensions (# is db prefix) new line of code defining that the plg_guickicon_ownplugin is there (again, inspire in Joomlaupdate/Extensionupdate plugin SQL record)

And that's all, no hacking needed, just make own plugin for Quickicon module

Upvotes: 1

Nate Mason
Nate Mason

Reputation: 1

The file is a module, you can create a module and assign it to the position of 'icons'.

Upvotes: 0

cr0z3r
cr0z3r

Reputation: 721

Do you mean addin a new "big Icon" to the control panel of the Joomla administration dashboard?

image-example: http://i49.tinypic.com/9ampmq.png

(image is in spanish, just an example) Anyway, if that is what you're looking for:

  1. Check the mod_quickicon folder inside of /administrator/modules/.
  2. Inside, you should see mod_quickicon.php, open it.
  3. Scroll down and you'll find a <div id="cpanel">...</div>
  4. Here's where you make the magic happen. Just copy one of the quick-icons, i.e.

$link = 'index.php?option=com_media'; quickiconButton( $link, 'icon-48-media.png', JText::_( 'Media Manager' ) );

.. and edit it according to what you need/want. I guess you know what I mean, but just to make sure, you probably want to change the image, the $link (for that you'll have to create a custom folder if you wanna keep it clean, such as "com_whateveryouwant".

I hope this helps. You could also just download this extension.. but it'll be boring: --sorry can't post more links, if you're interested, write me back--

Chris.

Upvotes: 3

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