Customised ModCP page?

[rudgej]

I've been looking unsuccessfully for an idiot's guide to adding a custom menu option to the modCP, so can anybody point in the right direction please? :)

I have managed to create a custom option in the AdminCP, and had assumed that the steps taken would be similar for the ModCP. Can it be done, or is the ModCP limited on purpose?

[Opserty]

Look at the source code. :p

You need to create a Plugin with the hook location mod_index_navigation then use something like this, (I took it from the index.php file in the ModCP:

construct_nav_option($vbphrase['post_new_announcement'], 'announcement.php?do=add');
construct_nav_option($vbphrase['forum_manager'], 'forum.php?do=modify');
construct_nav_group($vbphrase['announcements']);
construct_nav_spacer();

I think the names of the functions are pretty self explanatory although they don't seem to be documented in API documents though :mad:.

(If you haven't worked out ...nav_option its: construct_nav_option( 'text', 'url');)

[rudgej]

Thanks Opserty. I'll give this a try. :)

I had previously tried the exact same stuff that I had done to customise AdminCP, but as it didn't work, I began to wonder whether there was some restrictions that I wasn't aware of.

[Dismounted]

At the moment, the Mod CP isn't as "extendible" as the Admin CP.

[rudgej]

At the moment, the Mod CP isn't as "extendible" as the Admin CP.
Thanks Dismounted. Does that mean that I'll have problems, or that I will be able to do something? :)

[Paul M]

It means you cannot alter the mcp using the same system as the acp, but you can use the method posted above.

[rudgej]

Thanks Paul. That would certainly explain why I got nowhere when trying the same thing that I did with the AdminCP.

[Charlie-brm]

I would like to have the members' e-mail field removed from view for Moderators. I can't see where to get started locating that code in Modcp/index.php

Any help, big thanks.