Adding a "Big Icon" to the Joomla admin dashboard

Question

I've done this befor but with all my memory, search efforts and logic failing I can't figure out how to add a new "Big Icon" link on the main dashboard of the Joomla administration. What file am i looking to change? I'm sitting on a fresh install of 1.5.15

Answer 1

Do you mean addin a new "big Icon" to the control panel of the Joomla administration dashboard?

image-example: http://i49.tinypic.com/9ampmq.png

(image is in spanish, just an example) Anyway, if that is what you're looking for:

1. Check the mod_quickicon folder inside of /administrator/modules/.
2. Inside, you should see mod_quickicon.php, open it.
3. Scroll down and you'll find a <div id="cpanel">...</div>
4. Here's where you make the magic happen. Just copy one of the quick-icons, i.e.

$link = 'index.php?option=com_media'; quickiconButton( $link, 'icon-48-media.png', JText::_( 'Media Manager' ) );

.. and edit it according to what you need/want. I guess you know what I mean, but just to make sure, you probably want to change the image, the $link (for that you'll have to create a custom folder if you wanna keep it clean, such as "com_whateveryouwant".

I hope this helps. You could also just download this extension.. but it'll be boring: --sorry can't post more links, if you're interested, write me back--

Chris.

Answer 2

The file is a module, you can create a module and assign it to the position of 'icons'.