Pictrix
Member
I would like to use the wordpress menus to create a secondary menu contained in a div within the footer.
I've followed Helgatheviking's excellent post http://forums.themeshaper.com/topic/thematic-menus-demystified-1 and I've managed to place a secondary menu in the footer. However, being no PHP expert, I don't know how to place it within a containing div and how to locate it in a specific place within the customized footer.php file that I'm using.
I will greatly appreciate any suggestions!
well it is automatically IN a div of its own. i think what you are after is determining the correct 'priority' number. existing functions in the thematic_footer, in order:
10 - thematic_subsidiaries
20 - thematic_siteinfoopen
30 - thematic_siteinfo
40 - thematic_siteinfoclose
where is your menu currently appearing and where would you prefer it to appear? also, out of curiosity, what you doing that requires a modded footer.php?
Pictrix
Member
Helga,
I am just temporarily using the footer template because I’m still moving things around and eventually all of it will go to functions.php, which is very long by now.
I have a series of containing divs within thematic_abovefooter(), and the secondary menu would be the second or third one.
I assume that in order to place the secondary menu where I want it, I need something in the fashion of :
if ((function_exists('has_nav_menu(secondary-menu)'))
echo [something that will display the secondary menu]
However, whatever I’ve tried so far hasn’t worked.
I'm currently using your code, which I modified slightly to read secondary-menu instead of top-menu:
function register_my_menus() {
register_nav_menus(
array(
'primary-menu' => __( 'Primary Menu' ),
'secondary-menu' => __( 'Secondary Menu' ),
)
);
}
add_action( 'init', 'register_my_menus' );
// Then, place a secondary menu in the footer
function secondary_menu() {
if ( has_nav_menu( 'secondary-menu' ) ) {
wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'secondary-menu',
'container_id'=>'secondary-menu',
'container_class' => 'clearfix ',
'menu_class' => 'sf-menu', // Assign the sf-menu class to the menu ul so that superfish works on this menu too
) );
}
}
add_action('thematic_abovefooter','secondary_menu');
you'd use wp_nav_menu(). copied straight from justin tadlock's post on menus
http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/06/01/goodbye-headaches-hello-menus
if ( has_nav_menu( 'primary-menu' ) ) { ?>
<div class="nav-container">
<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'primary-menu' ) ); ?>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>
</div>
}but if you stop overwriting footer.php (is the thematic_abovefooter hook in your version?) then the code from my menus demystified thread (which you , at first glance, appear to be using correctly) should work.
if functions.php gets really long, you could do what i do and seperate them into different files, and just require them in your functions.php. see my new post:
Pictrix
Member
This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks so very much!
And yes, functions.php is so long that it's become extremely difficult to navigate. I'll definitely follow your advice on how to break it into smaller files. Again, you provided me with just the advice I desperately needed!
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