External Link in a Infobox

[bobg7]

I looked around here for a quick and easy way to add an external link inside my Information Box and came up with this. It should work with any box also.

 

1 - Open /catalog/includes/boxes/information.php in you editor.

2 - Decide where you wish to add the link, just change whats in blue.

 

Enter this:

'<a href="http://linktofile" target="_blank" title="titleoflink">titleoflink</a><br>' .

 

For it to open in it's own page

 

Or this:

'<a href="http://linktofile" title="titleoflink">titleoflink</a><br>' .

 

For it to open in the same page.

 

Here's how the code looks in mine:

'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CONTACT_US) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_CONTACT . '</a><br>' .

'<a href="http://www.grasshoppersgifts.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi" target="_blank" title="Message Board">Message Board</a><br>' .

'<a href="http://www.grasshoppersgifts.com/chat/index.php3" target="_blank" title="Chat Room">Chat Room</a><br>' .

                                        '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_GV_FAQ, '',

'NONSSL') . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_GV . '</a>');//ICW ORDER TOTAL CREDIT CLASS/GV

  new infoBox($info_box_contents);

 

Check it out at My Webpage

 

Bob G.

[ChrisW123]

Why not just copy one of the existing lines, and then change the variables to your new item, and add those to configure.php and filenames.php? Would this work with what you are trying to do?

[bobg7]

Why not just copy one of the existing lines, and then change the variables to your new item, and add those to configure.php and filenames.php?  Would this work with what you are trying to do?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Like the title says "SIMPLE".

[Yuck]

Thanks, very useful, and simple too! :thumbsup:

[iainshaw]

does it handle session IDs ok?

[Guest]

I know this thread is years old, but I thought I'd say thanks :)

[lovethelimelight]

Second the motion. Thank you for such a simple, direct way of fixing what was a major problem for me.