I've followed the codex; http://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus
However I believe that because we are trying to do the edits on page that isn't using the main sites theme, it's falling apart.
Our standard theme is Grand College, the theme however we are trying to edit is a BlankSlate theme.
I've made the edits in the BlankSlate functions file and inserted:
function register_my_menu() {
register_nav_menu('example-menu',__( 'EXAMPLE Menu' ));
}
add_action( 'init', 'register_my_menu' );
In the header file I've inserted;
<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'example-menu' ) ); ?>
And in the WP-admin dashboard I've built a menu for 'example': I've added Home and Contact to it. However in the 'Manage Location' section I've only got 2 menu options which is what Grand College gives you by default
However when I view the site, I get the 'main' navigation showing rather than just the example menu.
Do my edits to put a new custom menu in, have to be done on the Grand College theme (The sites standard theme, or am I right to be trying to edit the pages theme?
Any help would be great appreciated.
To register a navigation menu i simply used the following code-
register_nav_menu('example-menu',__( 'EXAMPLE Menu' ));
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I try to make my own theme in wordpress. Stucked a problem: i can't see menu button in admin panel. I've registered menu in functions.php of my theme
<?php
register_nav_menu( 'menu', 'Menu on the main page' );
?>
But there is no menu button appear in admin panel - appereance. I did all that was recommended on youtube video (https://youtu.be/I0zu6Dc3JDI?t=95). Nothing. Please help =) I have last version of Wordpress.
You was half way there, you had the right idea for registering the menu however you missed out telling WordPress to run your register menu command.
What you need to do is wrap it in a function and call the function on 'init' which is the initialisation of the admin area (one of many WordPress hooks), see below:
function register_child_menus() {
register_nav_menus(
array(
'my-menu' => __( 'My Menu' )
)
);
} add_action( 'init', 'register_child_menus' );
I am using a simple theme in WordPress, that pulls it's customizers sections from the plugin ThemeHunk Customizer.
I want to hide certain sections in the customizer section, but when using $wp_customize, it isn't working.
This is what I am trying to hide:
$wp_customize->add_section('section_home_ordering', array(
'title' => __('Section Ordering', 'featuredlite'),
'priority' => 3,
));
This is located in the /wp-content/plugins/themehunk-customizer/featuredlite/customizer/customizer.php file.
I have added this to my functions.php file in my child theme directory:
function customize_register_init( $wp_customize ){
$wp_customize->remove_section('section_default_home');
$wp_customize->remove_section('pro_button');
$wp_customize->remove_section('Docs_button');
$wp_customize->remove_section('section_home_ordering'); - THIS IS THE SECTION I would like removed from the /plugin/ file
}
add_action( 'customize_register', 'customize_register_init', 99 );
It doesn't seem to remove though, like it would if you were removing a section from a parent theme.
Is there another method to do this, or is this not possible to remove from a plugin rather than a parent theme?
Thank you in advance.
SOLVED I use the customize_controls_enqueue_scripts hook to input custom CSS within the wordpress customizer, so I can display certain elements as hidden!
In theme your code works fine. Maybe it depends on action hooks order.
Have you tried?
add_action( 'plugins_loaded', 'customize_register_init', 99 );
You can simply go with these documentation as it shows you can disable particular section of Home Page (FrontPage). You can change order of appearance also from the Appearance > Frontpage Section > Section Ordering.
Reference Link: https://themehunk.com/docs/shopline-theme/#frontpage-section
https://themehunk.com/product/shopline-free-shopping-theme/
I am currently developing a custom wordpress theme for my own website to use. My main concern is to include widget areas. I managed to include a widget area so that it is configurable from Appearance > Widgets and the result also shows up in the customizer preview and on the live website.
The only problem is that I am not able to configure the widgets from within the customizer. When I click on Widgets in the customizer, it only shows this message:
Your theme has a widget area, but this particular page doesn’t display it. You can navigate to other pages on your site while using the Customizer to view and edit the widgets displayed on those pages.
Well, since the under Appearance > Widgets configured widget is actually showing, my site seems to have a widget area. But I guess something is missing for the customizer to know that.
Here is the code registering the sidebar / widget area that I took from many similar tutorials:
<?php
function tgf_customize_register( $wp_customize ) {
//All our sections, settings, and controls will be added here
}
add_action( 'customize_register', 'tgf_customize_register' );
function tgf_widgets_init() {
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Sidebar Widget',
'id' => 'main_sidebar_widget',
'description' => 'Widget Area',
'before_widget' => '<div class=”widget”>',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h2>',
'after_title' => '</h2>',
) );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'tgf_widgets_init' );
?>
This is the code displaying the sidebar:
<?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'main_sidebar_widget' ) ) : ?>
<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'main_sidebar_widget' ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
I also tried showing it with this code, but then the widget doesn't show on the site at all, even when I configure it from Appearance > Widgets:
<?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'main_sidebar_widget' ) ) : ?>
<?php get_sidebar( 'main_sidebar_widget' ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
Why can't I configure this widget from within the customizer?
This question WordPress theme creation : There are no widget areas on the page shown mentions the same error message in the customizer, but does not provide a solution that applies to my specific problem.
Since I couldn't find anything by researching this problem, I think I am missing something fundamental. Which could very well be, since I'm new to wordpress theme development and PHP. Thanks in advance!
Found out myself what none of the tutorials told me:
I have to add <?php wp_head() ?> at the start of the page and <?php wp_footer() ?> at the end of the page.
Wordpress seems to need these hooks in order to function properly.
I am trying to customize my pre bought theme. What i try is, to have different menus for each page without using a plugin. Original theme has a function about navigation which uses walker class. here is the file in the original.entrepreneur theme. http://pastebin.com/TeT8hi7z.
I use Entrepreneur Child Theme. I want to use primary navigation in home page and turkish navigation in turkish flag. I added functions.php and I added the code below:
if (is_page('AOE Home')){
wp_nav_menu(array('menu'=>'Primary Navigation' ));
} elseif (is_page('turkish')) {
echo "text";
wp_nav_menu(array('menu'=>'Turkish Navigation' ));
}
But navigation elements stays same. Can you help me to solve my problem?
Thanks
How to add a new header menu in wordpress?
You may add a function to wordpress (well anywhere in your theme) using the wp_nav_menu(). This requires that you add the code below to your functions.php file (if you do not have one in your theme directory then create one):
add_action( 'init', 'register_my_menus' );
function register_my_menus() {
register_nav_menus(
array(
'menu-1' => __( 'Top menu' ),
'menu-2' => __( 'Bottom menu' )
)
);
}
Change the "Top menu" and "Bottom menu" to what ever you want the names to be. Basically you are just telling wordpress (wp 3.+) to make reservations for these menu in your theme. If you want more you just need to define the names in a new line. Save that.
That done you will need to add the menu in your site template. Usually I define the arguments first before I call the wp_nav_menu() function. Read up on the arguments here http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_nav_menu
Hope that helps.
You can manage the menus in your WordPress dashboard under "Appearance => Menus". Here is a tutorial: http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/