Creating "Welcome <username>" special menu items

Question

I want to create special menu items with title "Welcome ". I want to make it as special menu item (without link to any node), that shows sub-menu on hover. For that I have used Special Menu Items module and is working fine.

But I am not able to figure out how to create dynamic menu title in form "Welcome Username". I have tried using Menu Token module as well, but it didn't work. It just displays token as it is.

Any suggestion how can I achieve this using module or programatically.

-- Many thanks for your time.

Answer 1

I used this on www.grupposportivo.be in a bootstrap nav bar

<!-- de inlog button en user print -->
            <li><?php global $user; if ($user->uid != 0)
                { print '<li class="first">' .t('').
                    '<a href="' .url('user/'.$user->uid). '">' .$user->name. '</a>
                    </li>'; print '<li>
                    <a href="' .url('user/logout'). '">' .t('Logout'). '</a>
                    </li>'; } else { print '<li class="first">
                    <a href="' .url('user'). '">' .t('Login'). '</a>
                    </li>'; print '<li>
                    <a href="' .url('user/register'). '">' .t(''). '</a>
                    </li>'; } ?></li>

Answer 2

Copy the existing special_menu_items module. e.g. welcome_menu_items and put it in your custom modules directory. It is only 200 lines, so maintenance particularly if your requirements don't change should not be large.

Change this code adding '. check_plain($user->name);'.

  case '<nolink>':
    $tag = variable_get('special_menu_items_nolink_tag', '<span>');
    $title = $variables['options']['html'] ? $variables['text'] : check_plain($variables['text']) . check_plain($user->name);
    $variables['options']['attributes']['class'][] = 'nolink';
    break;

This will only give you the username, not the full name. You need to edit the profile to provide a full name. You might also want to check that $variables['text'] contains the work 'Welcome' before altering it.

You could debug $variables['text'] and submit a patch if there is a problem with this as noted by Clive.

Answer 3

Hope this code snippet will help you.

function YOURTHEMENAME_menu_link(array $variables) {
  $element = $variables['element'];
 if($element['#original_link']['mlid']=='YOUR MENU ID'){
    global $user;
    $element['#title'] = $element['#title']. ' '.$user->name;
  }
    $output = l($element['#title'], $element['#href'], $element['#localized_options'], array('attributes' => array('data-title' => $element['#title'])));
    return '<li' . drupal_attributes($element['#attributes']) . '>' . $output . $sub_menu . "</li>\n";

}

Add this inside your sites > all > themes > default-theme > template.php

Answer 4

I think the cleanest method is to use Menu token module and add menu item with this settings:

• Title: Welcome [current-user:name]
• Path: [current-user:edit-url]
• Use tokens in title and in path: checked

Answer 5

Here's how we accomplished the same thing you are looking to do. We used a custom module and hook_block_view. I've left the part relevant to you. header_user_nav is our custom nav block at the top of the site. We display the login/register link if the user is not logged in. Once logged in [if($user->uid !== 0)], the block content changes. The first li is the Welcome message plus the user's name.

function custom_module_name_block_view($delta = '') {
  $block = array();
  if($delta == 'header_user_nav'){
    $block['content'] = '<ul><li class="login">' . l('Login or Register', 'user/login', array('query' => drupal_get_destination())) . '</li></ul>';
    $block['subject'] = '';
    global $user;
    if($user->uid !== 0){
      $output = '<ul><li class="username">';
      $output .= t('Welcome ') . $user->name;
      $output .= '</li>';**
      $output .= '<li class="profile">';
      $output .= l('My Profile', 'user');
      $output .= '</li>';
      $output .= '<li class="logout">';
      $output .= l('Logout', 'user/logout');
      $output .= '</li></ul>';

      $block['content'] = $output;
    }
  }

  return $block;
}

Answer 6

Use the site current user token for menu tokens. See the screenshots it helps you.