How to add custom links to my account navigation menu in magento

How to add custom links to my account navigation menu in magento


Step1. add xml file in modules/etc/Mymodule_Customerpage.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config>
     <modules>
            <Mymodule_Customerpage>
                   <active>true</active>
                   <codePool>community</codePool>
            </Mymodule_Customerpage>
     </modules>
</config>

Step 2: Define your module config file for all actions  like below : app\code\community\Mymodule\Customerpage\etc\config.xml

<config>
 <modules>
 <Mymodule_Customerpage>
 <version>1.0.0</version>
 </Mymodule_Customerpage>
 </modules>
    <frontend>
        <layout>
            <updates>
                <mymodule_customerpage module="Mymodule_Customerpage">
                    <file>mymodule_customerpage.xml</file>
                </mymodule_customerpage>
            </updates>
        </layout>  
        <routers>
            <mymodule_customerpage>
                <use>standard</use>
                <args>
                    <module>Mymodule_Customerpage</module>
                    <frontName>mymodule_customerpage</frontName>
                </args>
            </mymodule_customerpage>
        </routers>      
    </frontend>

    <global>
        <helpers>
            <mymodule_customerpage>
                <class>Mymodule_Customerpage_Helper</class>
            </mymodule_customerpage>
        </helpers>      
    </global>

</config>

Step 3: Creating the Controller Action Method http://store.example.com/mymodule_customerpage/index/index/ app\code\community\Mymodule\Customerpage\controllers\IndexController.php


class Mymodule_Customerpage_IndexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action {
    public function preDispatch()
    {
        parent::preDispatch();
        $action = $this->getRequest()->getActionName();
        $loginUrl = Mage::helper('customer')->getLoginUrl();

        if (!Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->authenticate($this, $loginUrl)) {
            $this->setFlag('', self::FLAG_NO_DISPATCH, true);
        }
    }    
    public function indexAction()
    {
        $this->loadLayout();
        $this->renderLayout();
    }
}


Step 4 :   Creating the helper   app\code\community\Mymodule\Customerpage\Helper\Data.php


<?php
class Mymodule_Customerpage_Helper_Data extends Mage_Core_Helper_Abstract
{
}

Step 4 : Creating our Page Content   a) app\design\frontend\base\default\layout\mymodule_customerpage.xml


<layout>
    <customer_account>
        <reference name="customer_account_navigation">
            <action method="addLink">
                <name>my_module_section</name>
                <path>mymodule_customerpage/index/index</path>
                <label>My Module Link</label>
            </action>
        </reference>
    </customer_account>

    <mymodule_customerpage_index_index>
        <update handle="customer_account" />
        <reference name="my.account.wrapper">
            <block type="core/template" name="mymodule_customerpage_content" template="mymodule_customerpage.phtml"/>          
        </reference>
    </mymodule_customerpage_index_index>

</layout>

b) app\design\frontend\base\default\template\mymodule_customerpage.phtml

    <div class="dashboard">
        <?php echo $this->getMessagesBlock()->getGroupedHtml() ?>
        <div class="box-account box-info">
            <div class="box-head">
                <h2><?php echo $this->__('My Module Link') ?></h2>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>