adding new menu item to default mega theme

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how can i add a new menu item to the default mega theme, i see in the default.master.tpl there is a menu list but no href links .. were is it calling the {links} from?

ithcy

if you have the latest vanilla code you can do this with a plugin. <?php

$PluginInfo['JustAMenuLink'] = array(
'Description' => 'Adds a link to the top menu.',
'Version' => '1.0',
'Author' => 'ithcy',
'AuthorEmail' => 'blah@example.com',
'AuthorUrl' => 'http://example.com'
);

class JustAMenuLink implements Gdn_IPlugin {
public function Base_Render_Before(&$Sender) {
$Sender->Menu->AddLink('Blah', T('Blah'), '/blah/', FALSE);
}

public function Setup() {}
}
That link will be inserted where you see {custom_menu} in the template.

You can also edit the template directly. at the top you can see {dashboard_link} {discussion_link} etc. Just add a <li><a href="whatever">link</a></li> in there. But of course that will break when the theme is updated.