Adding a custom Link/Icon to the discourse header

[LastDance]

Hey there,
I would like to add an Icon/Link to my IRC channel on the Discourse header

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right there.

I i know enough HTML to create the icon and put a link on it, but I’m not sure how to actually put it on the header (ive been trying for hours)

Can i get some advice?

[cpradio]

You will want to read this

Add new link on header beside search icon

This feature is now available as a dedicated theme component. Want to add a new link right next to search icon on header? Follow below steps: Add this JavaScript code to your site theme Go to Admin Customize Themes Select the theme you wish to customize Edit CSS/HTML </head> <script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.4"> const { iconNode } = require("discourse-common/lib/icon-library"); api.decorateWidget('header-icons:before', helper => { return helper.h('li', [ h…

[LastDance]

Thanks a bunch. I spent way to long looking for something like that

[dax (Daniela)]

The easiest way now is to add this component to your theme

Custom header links (icons)

This is a theme component that will allow you to add linked icons to the Discourse header easily. Screenshots Desktop [Capture3] Mobile [Capture] This component includes a theme setting that allows you to add as many links as you want, determine their icons, and decide which devices they show up on! [Capture4] The pattern for links is as follows: Title,Icon,URL,View,Target Title is… well…the title you want the link to have. URL is where you want the user to go when they click. Incl…