Since the feature request to add external links to the pihole menu has obviously been denied, here is the solution to add it yourself. Unfortunately, pihole -up and pihole -r will kill the change, so you need to implement it every time. To make this less time consuming, a script is included to make the change for you.
TESTED ON Pi-hole Version v4.1.1 Web Interface Version v4.1.1 FTL Version v4.1.2
STEP 1: create a new php script /var/www/html/admin/scripts/pi-hole/php/externalurl.php, content:
<li class="treeview active">
<a href="#">
<span class="pull-right-container">
<i class="fa fa-angle-down pull-right" style="padding-right: 5px;"></i>
</span>
<i class="fa fa-folder"></i> <span>External Links</span>
</a>
<ul class="treeview-menu">
<?php
if(file_exists("/etc/pihole/links.conf")) {
$file = fopen("/etc/pihole/links.conf", "r") or exit("Unable to open file!");
while(!feof($file)) {
$array = explode(',', fgets($file));
?>
<li>
<a href="<?php echo "$array[1]"; ?>" target="_blank">
<i class="fa fa-newspaper-o"></i> <span><?php echo "$array[0]"; ?></span>
</a>
</li>
<?php
}
fclose($file);
}
?>
</ul>
</li>
STEP2: create the configuration file /etc/pihole/links.conf, populated with the links you want. Example:
discourse,https://discourse.pi-hole.net/latest/
reddit,https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/
docs,https://docs.pi-hole.net/
webmin,https://192.168.2.57:10000/
sql browser,http://192.168.2.57/phpliteadmin.php
Syntax: name, url
The separator is a comma
There should NOT be a new line after the last entry, as it will create an empty menu item.
The webmin installation is explained here , section 4.11
The sql browser installation is explained here .
STEP 3: run this script (sudo) to make the necessary changes to /var/www/html/admin/scripts/pi-hole/php/header.php, content:
#!/bin/bash
file=/var/www/html/admin/scripts/pi-hole/php/header.php
line=$(grep "<!-- External Links -->" $file)
if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
echo "added"
sudo sed -i 's/<!-- Donate -->/<!-- External Links -->\n&/' $file
sudo sed -i 's/<!-- Donate -->/<?php include "scripts\/pi-hole\/php\/externalurl.php"; ?>\n&/' $file
fi
Done...
The result:
Beware, discourse sometimes changes double quotes into something else, when copy / pasting the content, so check your copy well!!!
edit
the necessary files can now be retrieved from github
/edit