Forum .LRN Q&A: Adding a new tab

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1: Adding a new tab
Posted by Matthew Coupe on 10/11/05 04:56 PM
hi all,
I am trying to add a new tab to the main navigation in the user portal. The new tab is called ecampus-portal and will not be needed in communities. Would it be a manual entry into one of the template files or should it be done through an entry to the database or an XML or config file?
I would imagine a lot of work was done during the Selva theme along these lines however I can't find a description of how this exact operation was done.
Thanks for any help,
Matthew
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2: Re: Adding a new tab (response to 1)
Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 10/12/05 09:54 AM
The easiest approach is most likely to add your functionality to the portal templates, dotlrn/admin/portal-templates and to create a new portal page for the appropriate template. on the new page, you can create a custom portlet (sometimes called static portlet)....
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3: Re: Adding a new tab (response to 1)
Posted by Rocael Hernández Rizzardini on 10/12/05 06:38 PM
You need to play a bit with the templates, go to:
/dotlrn/admin/portal-templates
--> User Portal

change as needed, including adding pages (tabs), and then any new user you create will have that template set by default.