Hi, I am new to dotnetnuke and kinda lost of what next I need to do to accomplish my task, please see below what I am trying to do:

 I am  trying to add a link to the footer component. The link text is there ( I can see it)  but when I click on the link it shows nothing, it doesn't load the text from the resx file, like other links do.

Here is what I did in code

in \Admin\Portal added 

.ascx

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="false" Inherits="DotNetNuke.Common.Controls.Copyright" CodeFile="Copyright.ascx.cs" %>
<div class="dnnPrivacy dnnClear"><asp:Label ID="lblPrivacy" Runat="server" /></div> 

 .ascx.cs file

in \admin\Skins

.ascx

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="false" Inherits="DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Controls.Copyright" CodeFile="Copyright.ascx.cs" %>
<asp:hyperlink id="hypCopyright" runat="server" cssclass="SkinObject" enableviewstate="False"></asp:hyperlink>

ascx.cs

 public partial class Copyright : SkinObjectBase
    {

        private const string MyFileName = "Copyright.ascx";
        public string CssClass { get; set; }
        public string Text { get; set; }

        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
        }

        protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnInit(e);
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnLoad(e);
            try
            {
                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(CssClass))
                {
                    hypCopyright.CssClass = CssClass;
                }
                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(Text))
                {
                    hypCopyright.Text = Text;
                }
                else
                {
                    hypCopyright.Text = string.Format(Localization.GetString("Copyright", Localization.GetResourceFile(this, MyFileName)), DateTime.Now.Year, "Test");
                }
                hypCopyright.NavigateUrl = Globals.NavigateURL(PortalSettings.ActiveTab.TabID, "Copyright");
                hypCopyright.Attributes["rel"] = "nofollow";
            }
            catch (Exception exc)
            {
                Exceptions.ProcessModuleLoadException(this, exc);
            }
        }
    }

I think it fails in line:

       hypCopyright.NavigateUrl = Globals.NavigateURL(PortalSettings.ActiveTab.TabID, "Copyright");

because if I modify the "copyright" text to "privacy",where privacy came with the installtion it works, the link points to the privacy resource file.

 How do I add new "copyright" in the Global.NavigationURL? where is this function found?

I hope it is clear what I am trying to do,

Thanks

Hi Chris,

Thx for your reply, this is not a module. I am just modifying the index.ascx (main page) by adding another link to the footer links 

e.g

<span class="Footer-Sep">|</span><dnn:COPYRIGHT runat="server" ID="dnnCOPYRIGHT2" CssClass="Terms-Privacy"/>

so when clicking on copyright link, it redirects me to: http://localhost:6244/Home/tabid/55/ctl/Privacy/Default.aspx but it is blank it doesnt take the text from the resource file (resx) other links that came with  the index.ascx do work and they take the  text from the resx file. I believe it is something to do with line as I mentioned above:

do you know where the Globals.NavigateURL function is? I think it is standard.

     hypCopyright.NavigateUrl = Globals.NavigateURL(PortalSettings.ActiveTab.TabID, "Copyright");

Thanks