Customising how links ($links) are displayed in your pages
description
This describes how to override the default layout for links when using phptemplate based themes (for Drupal 4.6 and 4.7). Please refer to the changes in theme_links so these snippets will work with Drupal 5.x and later.
Step 1 of 2
In a text editor like notepad.exe, create a file called template.php using the the following snippet. If you already have a template.php file, simply add this snippet to your existing one.
<?php
function phptemplate_links($links = array(), $delimiter = ' | ') {
/**
* catches the theme_links function and calls back a link.tpl.php file to determine the layout
*/
return _phptemplate_callback('links', array('links' => $links, 'delimiter' => $delimiter));
}
?>Step 2 of 2
The template.php snippet catches the default theme_links layout before it's displayed and looks in the same folder for a links.tpl.php file which determines the new layout.
A very simple/shortened example of a links.tpl.php file maybe illustrated as follows....
Using a text editor like notepad.exe or other, paste the following snippet and save as links.tpl.php. Upload your new links.tpl.php file to your active theme folder.
<?php
/**
* to change the delimiter, just modify the $delimiter value
* Add in other fixed links to the link array by adding something like
* $links[] = l('link text', 'link path');
*
*/
$delimiter = "|";
// Display the left cap of the 'button bar'
print "[";
$link_count = count($links);
$current = 1;
foreach ( $links as $lnk ) {
// Print the link
print $lnk;
// Only print the delimiter if not the last link
if ( $current < $link_count ) {
print $delimiter;
}
$current++;
}
// Display the right cap of the 'button bar'
print "]";
?>