[RFC] More Customization Options For The Overallheader

[keith10456]

Currently, besides changing the logo and the site description text, there aren't any other customization options available for the Overall header. These limitations leave much to be desired, to say the least...Especially on a vanilla board (when not using another style).

If an option was available to change the header image, admins could easily customize their board to suite there website/board type and help differentiate their board from others. I'll be remiss if I didn't mention making it look much better visually.

The custome menu option will enable admins to have links that their members can use to easily navigate around their site without overcrowding the current space for links in the overallheader.

Having the option to add an image and/or custome menu via the ACP would be a great addition. The phpbb website team see the value in such additions (not the RFC per say), hence the reason these additions were added to the main phpbb site.

[Alien_Time]

+1. I like the idea of it. Atm the only option that I can think of will be to create a custom style to change the overall header and other elements to differentiate a board. If ACP option is available, this might make it easy but then again, I dont know how this is going to be done. Will be interesting to see...

[Kamahl19]

I dont understand. What exact things do you want to customize via ACP? The only thing I can think of is adding custom links to navbar.

[Pico88]

You can extend menu (navbar links) via events. At the moment there is option to add link before FAQ and after Members using events.

I'm not sure if it's good idea to change board logo via ACP. In most cases that also require css/html changes.

[keith10456]

I dont understand. What exact things do you want to customize via ACP? The only thing I can think of is adding custom links to navbar.

I said via the ACP because the devs/community is moving away from having to edit the actual files when it comes to changes to your board. In other words, the ACP would be where the admin would go to make the selections for the changes... The same way the admin currently goes to the ACP to make any changes to their Board.

[Pony99CA]

I dont understand. What exact things do you want to customize via ACP? The only thing I can think of is adding custom links to navbar.

He doesn't want to add links to the phpBB navigation bar, he wants the option to put a menu bar above the phpBB navigation area, like you see here at Area 51, I believe.

It should be easy to add a section with text and URLs that gets displayed, and possibly styled using ProSilver's styles. I guess the question is whether an extension could also do that.

Steve

[Mess]

This would be fine as an extension.
There is a mod doing something similar already in the moddb.:
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/ ... vbar_menu/

[keith10456]

I dont understand. What exact things do you want to customize via ACP? The only thing I can think of is adding custom links to navbar.

He doesn't want to add links to the phpBB navigation bar, he wants the option to put a menu bar above the phpBB navigation area, like you see here at Area 51, I believe.

It should be easy to add a section with text and URLs that gets displayed, and possibly styled using ProSilver's styles. I guess the question is whether an extension could also do that.

Steve

@ Steve - Your explanation was correct.

[Pico88]

It can be achieved by adding a new event above the navbar code, which can be used by any extensions.

It isn't necessary to implement it to the core.

[Pony99CA]

It can be achieved by adding a new event above the navbar code, which can be used by any extensions.

It isn't necessary to implement it to the core.

If it requires a new event, something has to be done to the core.

Also, will you need a new event in the ACP to define the menu items, or will existing events work?

Steve