OpenCart admin menu link url

Question

I'm verry new to OpenCart and I'm trying to make a module for it.

I want a link in the admin menu to the module I am creating thus I've edited this file:

/admin/view/template/common/header.tpl

The code I have added:

<li><a class="top">Import / Export</a>
    <ul>
        <li><a href="" target="_blank">Link 1</a></li>
        <li><a href="" target="_blank">Link 2</a></li>
        <li><a href="" target="_blank">Link 3</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>

My question is propably verry simple:

In the normal links the url for the <a href=""> is set like this:

<a href="<?php echo $report_customer_online; ?>">

How can i make an url to the right module with the token of OpenCart?

The module path is module/order_export .

If you need more info, feel free to ask...

Answer 1

Check my answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16418443/598500 - I have answered for the very similar question, anyway the answer is the same as for Your question.

But to guide You more precisely:

language file /admin/language/<YOUR_LANGUAGE>/common/header.php add eg:

$_['text_my_module'] = 'My Module Title';

controller file /admin/controller/common/header.php add eg:

$this->data['text_my_module'] = $this->language->get('text_my_module');

and

$this->data['my_module'] = $this->url->link('module/order_export', 'token=' . $this->session->data['token'], 'SSL');

and finally the template file /admin/view/template/common/header.tpl add:

<a href="<?php echo $my_module; ?>" class="top"><?php echo $text_my_module; ?></a>

where applicable...

Is this the correct answer for You?

Answer 2

It is simple to create. but you need to edit the following files and add some link works like what they said above. But it will be vanished. when you go with Opencart update. So here is a VQMod Link creation example and its extension. Try this/

http://kvcodes.com/2014/06/how-to-create-admin-menu-link-for-custom-admin-page-opencart/

Answer 3

In Opencart 2:

language file /admin/language/<YOUR_LANGUAGE>/common/menu.php add eg:

$_['text_my_module'] = 'My Module Title';

controller file /admin/controller/common/menu.php add eg:

$data['text_my_module'] = $this->language->get('text_my_module');

and

$data['my_module'] = $this->url->link('catalog/my_module', 'token=' . $this->session->data['token'], 'SSL');

and finally the template file /admin/view/template/common/menu.tpl add:

<li><a href="<?php echo $my_module; ?>">text_my_module</a></li>

where applicable...

Answer 4

Thanks to Anuj!

I did it with OpenCart 2.3 and the files to edit are column-left instead of menu.

And if you want your link to look like the other main categories here is the code with the class :

<li><a href="<?php echo $my_module; ?>"><i class="fa fa-clock-o fw"></i><span><?php echo $text_my_module ?></span></a></li>

Note that I also included an icon from Font Awesome into the class of < i >