Editing Control Panel

Hi,

what you are looking for is in [/usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x3]

It doesn't matter if you use nano, pico or vim. These are all "just" editors.

 

The trick is to not edit cPanel files. Rather, if you are customizing a theme manually - copy/paste it to make a new theme then edit your copy of the theme rather than cPanel's version. This will prevent your changes from getting lost in an upgrade/update.

 

Seeing as the path is frontend/x3/tutorial.html, I would assume the file to be stored somewhere in /usr/local/cpanel/base

Just note that if you edit tutorial.html for the X3 theme, it may be replaced by later cPanel updates. You may want to copy the X3 theme and customize that theme instead to avoid any possible loss to your customizations.

 

Can someone provide the steps to add a link

I read all this but I am somewhat confused.

Can someone provide the baby steps to place an icon in CP that will not be overwritten and that I can link to my helpdesk???

I have the latest version of cPanel.

 

This is the easiest way to do this. Not exactly the best way, because you need to repeat this process for all styles. The best way would be to create a cPanel Plug-in that redirected to your help desk when clicked. However, knowing that most web hosting providers only let their users use maybe 1 or 2 styles of the X3 theme anyway - here's the easy way to do this :

1. Login to your cPanel interface using a Reseller Account's user/pass
2. Click on "Branding Editor" in the Preferences block
3. Below the style you wish to edit, click "Edit This Style"
4. Click "Add Interface Elements"
5. For "Select A Type:" select Image
6. For "Select Image Category:" select Icon
7. For "Create a Filename:" type a filename for your button, example: myTech
8. For "Create a Description:" describe the button's use
9. For "Select Image Type:" select Image
10. Height and Width is the height/width of the image.
11. Description is the text that appears below your icon
12. Ignore the Feature and If fields
13. For "URL:" enter the URL to link to (ex: the URL of your support desk)
14. For "Group:" enter the name of a group to place the icon in. Groups bundled with the X3 theme are: pref, mail, files, logs, sec, domains, db, software and advanced. If for some reason you already have created your own group, you can use that name as well.
15. For "Item Order:" place where you want your icon to be on the list (low numbers being near the beginning, high numbers like 999 meaning at the end).
16. Click "Add"
17. Click "Back to Branding Editor"
18. Click "Edit This Style" for the style you were editing
19. Click "Edit Icons"
20. You will now be able to upload your own icon. Scroll down to your icon (note the filename and Description will be displayed here), next to it is a browse button to upload an image. Browse for your image.
21. Click "Upload Images" at the bottom of the page
22. Repeat steps 3 through 21 for other styles of the X3 theme if you desire.

 

Click "Add Interface Elements"

My whm dont have this option:

"Click "Add Interface Elements""


What mine whm of has made a mistake?
What I made of wrong? Something related to be as root?

Thanxs,

Hermes Alves

 

Since I wrote that, that functionality has been removed from cPanel/WHM. If you wish to add an icon to the cPanel interface, you will need to create a cPanel Plugin. Documentation for that is available at:

http://www.cPanel.net/plugins/devel

 

Link broken

Link not found.

 

Whoops, sorry about that - should have been /plugins not /plugin