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Re: [ic] Tips and tricks -- override of UI menus
Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
> > The Interchange UI probably is useful for most people in its standard
> > form. Of course, that is not always true. The benefits of open source
> > allow you to edit the pages and files in lib/UI (location of all UI-related
> > stuff) and get the presentation and functionality you need.
>
> There are a lot of tips and tricks for the UI menu, but none seems to fit me
> needs.
>
> I'd like to build some functionality that is to be accessed from all
> catalogs. And I'd like to use the admin menu system, but the functionality
> will be completely different.
>
> This means different pages, different menu items and everything else is
> different. The only connection to the admin menu is that I like the menu from
> the construct demo; it would be a good idea to start from there, and my
> system will not be copied to each and every catalogue.
>
> So I thought I'd copy the lib/UI/pages/admin directory and change the
> functionality from there. Or is there a better way?
> There are a lot of UI_BASE all over the place. Seems they have to be changed
> to another variable for my purposes.
> But I have a hard time finding the menu options themselves. How do I change
> the names "Orders", "Customers" et al in the menu?
>
> If this is the wrong way of doing it, I'd really like to know.
>
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In the root directory are 2 config files catalog_before.cfg and
catalog_after.cgf this is where the @_Header_@ variable is pulling the
directives from
However, what I've done is under quicklinks, which is easier to edit, this is
where I made accessing other admin pages that I've created. Those pages that I've
created are under the admin directory of each catalog.
Quicklinks hyperlink is in the lower left side of the admin
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