Just view your blog, or the [url=http://demo.b2evolution.net/]demo[/url] if you wish. On the bottom you see some links. The styling of those links (like the | between them) is done in this array. You could do:

    credits( array(
            'list_start'  => ' | ',
            'list_end'    => ' ',
            'separator'   => '|',
            'item_start'  => ' <span style="color: green">',
            'item_end'    => '</span> ',
         ) );
      ?> 

for green links.

But how would one add to the credits_array? Like for example let's say I want my host listed in the credits? Or whatever. Is there a way to add a credit without hard-coding it in the skin?

EdB wrote:

But how would one add to the credits_array? Like for example let's say I want my host listed in the credits? Or whatever. Is there a way to add a credit without hard-coding it in the skin?

That's exactly what I'm trying to figure out...where is this "array" coming from?

Adding credits is easy in /conf/_application.php line 50 onward:

/**
 * Here you can give credit where credit is due ;)
 * These will appear in the footer of all skins (if the skins are compatible)
 * You can also add site sponsors here.
 *
 * If you can add your own credits without removing the defaults, you'll be very cool :))
 *
 * Note: some plugins may add their own credit at the end of this array.
 * (Not recommended for plugins with potential security weaknesses)
 *
 * @global array of arrays
 */
$credit_links = array(
		// array( 'http://example.com/', 'Example' ),
	);

thank you :D

Uhm. I wanted to add some credits, too. Opened /conf/_application.php ... but there is no such stuff. *lol* It ends with line 48 or something like that. And the comment and array is not in there.

I'm running b2evolution 2.4.5

Should I just add that part and it will work? or do I have to edit a different file now??

I'm using 2.4.2

I have absolutely no clue what I'm doing with php, however, just playing around I managed to figure the following out.

In \blog\inc\core\_template.funcs.php on line 639, roughly, it has:

if( empty( $cred_links ) )
{ // Use basic default:
$cred_links = unserialize('a:2:{i:0;a:3:{i:0;s:24:"http://b2evolution.net/r";i:1;s:18:"free blog software";}i:1;a:2:{i:0;s:36:"http://b2evolution.net/hosting/r";i:1;s:19:"quality web hosting";}}');
}

At first I tried to add stuff in this, but apparently my ability to modify serialized array data sucks so nothing happened.

I tried adding $credit_links array to the _application.php file and well, that failed too b/c that's how older versions did it.

I got to thinking about that IF statement further up and decided why not, I'll just stuff an array named:
$cred_links = array( array('link', 'linkname')); right before the IF statement. This way the IF statement fails and it should use the the array that I define.

And voila! It worked. So this may not be the most proper way to do things but I inserted this:

$cred_links = array(array('http://www.messiah.edu','Messiah'),array('http://b2evolution.net/r','FreeBlogSoftware'), array('http://www.google.com','Search'));

I kept the Freeblogsoftware one because let's be honest, these folks are awesome and deserve it, I however got rid of the hosting services one :p

Hope this was helpful to those of you who couldn't figure it out :)

Thank you so much. That sure did help! Same here. Kept the link for b2evolution because I love this blogsoftware but the webhosting annoyed me.. added my own credits.

Thanks again for posting this.

can i put a widget on the footer like an html or something?

I checked my blog setting >> widgets and no option to add..

I like your thinking - may well put that into effect this evening :)

freddy wrote:

I'm using 2.4.2

I have absolutely no clue what I'm doing with php, however, just playing around I managed to figure the following out.

In \blog\inc\core\_template.funcs.php on line 639, roughly, it has:

if( empty( $cred_links ) )
{ // Use basic default:
$cred_links = unserialize('a:2:{i:0;a:3:{i:0;s:24:"http://b2evolution.net/r";i:1;s:18:"free blog software";}i:1;a:2:{i:0;s:36:"http://b2evolution.net/hosting/r";i:1;s:19:"quality web hosting";}}');
}

At first I tried to add stuff in this, but apparently my ability to modify serialized array data sucks so nothing happened.

I tried adding $credit_links array to the _application.php file and well, that failed too b/c that's how older versions did it.

I got to thinking about that IF statement further up and decided why not, I'll just stuff an array named:
$cred_links = array( array('link', 'linkname')); right before the IF statement. This way the IF statement fails and it should use the the array that I define.

And voila! It worked. So this may not be the most proper way to do things but I inserted this:

$cred_links = array(array('http://www.messiah.edu','Messiah'),array('http://b2evolution.net/r','FreeBlogSoftware'), array('http://www.google.com','Search'));

I kept the Freeblogsoftware one because let's be honest, these folks are awesome and deserve it, I however got rid of the hosting services one :p

Hope this was helpful to those of you who couldn't figure it out :)