how to add newsletter link page to toplink

Question

I want to add newsletter link to my top link block like first link. I think that it can works adding some string in layout.xml files. I've tried to add this code into customer.xml but the newsletter link doesn't appear.

<default>
    <reference name="top.links">
        <action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="customer"><label>Newsletter</label><url helper="newsletter"/><title>Newsletter</title><prepare/><urlParams/><position>10</position></action>
    </reference>
</default>

Anyone can help me to understand how works the toplinks adding? Thanks

Answer 1

One way which could be possible is to apply a custom template to top.links

Add this to local.xml

<default>
    <reference name="top.links">
        <action method="setTemplate">
            <template>page/template/newToplinks.phtml</template>
        </action>
    </reference>
<default>

You can now add your items to newToplinks.phtml

the above would help to maybe insert the whole newsletter block, or whatever you would require in to top.link area using a new template file.

OR

to add a new link;

Open app/design/frontend/default/TEMPLATE/layout/customer.xml

Add the following at the bottom before closing </layout> tag.

<default>
<reference name="top.links">
  <action method="addLink" translate="label title">
    <label>Newsletter</label>
    <url>newsletter</url>
    <title>Sign up to our newsletter</title>
    <prepare>true</prepare>
    <position>2</position>
  </action>
</reference>
</default>

This will create a link to www.URL.com/newseltter/

Hope this help.