Would be nice to place the custom links and categories in places you deem fit.
Example:
I have a custom link for https://www.virtualmin.com/docs/getting-started/how-to-create-virtual-servers/
and I would like to move this link under Create Virtual Server.
Everything I create including categories just places it all under File Manger.
Would be nice if I could get some input if I am missing something here. Other wise what use is this option if you can’t put links or categories as I mentioned above where “you deem fit”.
Or I can transfer this to blueskies and let it sit and fade away to archives…
But, making a whole plugin just to add links is maybe overkill. I’m not sure how easy it’d be to make it so Custom Links can appear in other locations…it feels like it’d be vaguely easy, if it uses the feature_links API call, but maybe not easy if it doesn’t.
Edit: It does use feature_links and menu category can be configured.
Oh! That does look like you can do everything the feature_links API can do, already.
So, it’s a little obscure how to put them in categories, though. You can hover over the categories in the menu to see what they’re called (look for cat_server or cat_logs or whatever, where the category is named server or logs), and then you can add that category on the main Custom Links page, and then select it when creating a custom link.
And, if you want it in the main menu, outside of a category, just don’t select a category, leaving it at “None”.
But, this sounds bug-like. Can you post a screenshot of what you’re creating in Custom Links and then what it actually looks like in the menu?
How? I would like the link to be moved under the the actual Create Virtual Server.
Any links I create end up under File Manger.
If I create a Category that I would like to place under Disable and Delete on the Menu bar. As of now this is impossible. Categories and links all appear under the File Manager as shown in screen shot.
Or at least have it set to display custom links and categories under Disable and Delete after a bar of some sort.
You should be able to create a custom link category named “Disable and Delete”, and then add your custom links to that category. Then they’ll be combined with the standard links inside “Disable and Delete”.
Thank you, That solves creating a link to add in directories already on the menu bar.
I guess I’ll have to live with the custom categories and links sitting under File Manager.
I’ll look into the “Creating Plugins” as @Joe has mentioned.
I have an idea for creating a plugin that can be turned on for beginners of Virtualmin that will give them quick access to the documentation in reference to what they need help with.
I know some companies have their own documentation as well, and should give them the opportunity to modify the links. When the links are no longer needed, they would be able to disable the plugin.
So I guess I better get started on learning how to code…
That won’t do any better. The Custom Links plugin has all the same options as feature_links. I don’t think there’s a way to force an item above standard menu items.
Oh, you could maybe do it at the theme level, though I don’t know how…you can add overrides for the them JS and CSS, but I don’t know exactly what it’d take to re-order the menus.
Thank you for the ideas. If I were to do this at theme level, I would make a tab that slides out.
This way I could put them in the order needed.
I have other ideas, but I need to check out github tomorrow to see what my options are.
