Handyman wrote:
well… I could see something like making a links.html and putting the links section in there… then including it in the overall_header.html… but why? there's not much in the overall_header to begin with.
But that wouldn't really help...
I am not trying to make it shorter in the overall_header.html area, I am just trying to make it so that it will be much easier for mod authors to add a link in the header, so they will not have to edit the template manually at all. If you ever had a semi-popular mod you know how bad it can be when other templates are starting to be used. Some people just don't install anything on the other templates, some completely put it in the wrong places, and with some styles the header won't be anything at all like subSilver, so you will pretty much have to do the edit for them...
Trying to get other templates to work is not always a fun experience. There may be a few other places that could have a loop like I mentioned to make it easy for mod authors as well(off the top of my head, on view topic, or memberlist view).
Mod authors do not have to use the loops either if they want it in a specific place, the ones who want to control exactly where it is will just have to deal with the problems it may bring with other styles.