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1. 

   Solomon
   Member

   I've uncommented this bit in my child theme's functions.php:

   // Add a home link to your menu
   function childtheme_menu_args($args) {
       $args = array(
           'show_home' => 'Home',
           'sort_column' => 'menu_order',
           'menu_class' => 'menu',
           'echo' => true
       );
       return $args;
   }
   add_filter('wp_page_menu_args','childtheme_menu_args');

   ...and still I'm not seeing a "Home" choice in my default navigation menu. I have to create a custom menu to get that.

   Can someone give me some idea of what to look for as to why this may not be working for me? What might I be doing/have done wrong?

   Posted 13 years ago #
2. 

   Jonny Janiero
   Member

   its my understanding that the above code no longer works.
   see the following thread
   http://forums.themeshaper.com/topic/home-tab-disapeared-with-the-update#post-16157

   i tend to always use the new 3.0 menu system nowadays.

   the code snippet above should maybe removed(or ammended) as an example in the functions.php

   Posted 13 years ago #
3. 

   Solomon
   Member

   Worked like a charme. Thank you. Here's the code for others:
   

   function childtheme_menu_args($args) {
       $args = array(
           'show_home' => 'Home',
           'sort_column' => 'menu_order',
           'menu_class' => 'menu',
           'echo' => false
       );
       return $args;
   }
   add_filter('wp_page_menu_args','childtheme_menu_args', 20);

   Posted 13 years ago #
4. 

   mikolaj
   Member

   The 'Home' button doesn't show up when I use a custom menu as primary menu. I can add a link to homepage and name it 'Home' but then it doesn't recognize the site as 'current page' and it is not styled properly (there is a border-bottom). Should I change 'menu_class' in the code above or is there another solution?

   Posted 13 years ago #
5. 

   noelc
   Member

   just add the following code to your function.php file it works currently in wp3.0
   ---------------------------
   function home_page_menu_args( $args ) {
   $args['show_home'] = true;
   return $args;
   }
   add_filter( 'wp_page_menu_args', 'home_page_menu_args' );

   Posted 13 years ago #
6. 

   mikolaj
   Member

   I've got WP 3.0.4 with Thematic 0.9.7.7 but it works unfortunately only with the default menu and only when I add 20 before the end of last bracket:

   
function home_page_menu_args( $args ) {
$args['show_home'] = true;
return $args;
}
add_filter( 'wp_page_menu_args', 'home_page_menu_args', 20 );


   It doesn't work with my custom menu.
   What is wrong here?

   Posted 13 years ago #
7. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   nothing is wrong. show_home is not an argument of wp_nav_menu which is the function that creates the custom menus. if you want to add a home link in a custom menu, you have to generate a custom link and specify your home URL. i think that is sort of weak on WP's part as almost everyone puts a home button in their menu, but there ya go

   Posted 13 years ago #
8. 

   mikolaj
   Member

   Thanks for clarifying that.
   But then there is a styling problem I described in the first post above.
   How to make the 'Home' button in a custom menu to recognize that it is 'current page' and style properly (no border in the bottom)?

   Posted 13 years ago #
9. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   as i said i add a home link w/ a "custom link" and setting the URL to my "mydomain.com". this seems to pick up the dynamic classes just fine.... even with my blank child theme, but then i am using a very recent thematic and WP 3.1 RC2. that could be the difference i dont have any way of checking

   here are the i get on the home item when on my home page:
   

   <li id="menu-item-103" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom current-menu-item current_page_item menu-item-home menu-item-103"><a href="http://localhost/single">Home</a></li>

   so you can see that i am still getting current-menu-item and especially current_page_item

   Posted 13 years ago #
10. 

    mikolaj
    Member

    OK, I got it. My mistake was that I didn't put '/' at the end of URL of the home page. It was linking correctly but it didn't recognize the current page.
    So the URL must look like this:
    http://www.literka.net/

    Thanks for help.

    Posted 13 years ago #

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