Your theme does not natively support menus, but you can use them in sidebars…

  • Resolved Tanath Fedo

    (@tanath-fedo)


    9 years, 10 months ago

    Someone else I’m trying to help on here does not have the Menus tab under the Appearance tab.

    So I surmise she is using a theme that doesn’t support menus. BUT I run a site that doesn’t support menus either, and I have a Menus tab under the Appearance tab, and it has “Your theme does not natively support menus, but you can use them in sidebars by adding a “Custom Menu” widget on the Widgets screen.” at the top.

    Anyone know why she doesn’t have the Menus tab, and therefore the option to make a “Custom Menu” widget on the Widgets screen?

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  • Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    You should be able to add menu support to your theme (or even better a child theme)

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus

    Thread Starter Tanath Fedo

    (@tanath-fedo)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    I know, but that wasn’t the question.
    I’m curious as to why, when I DON’T have menu support (no menu code in my functions.php), I still have a Menus tab under Appearance.

    Thread Starter Tanath Fedo

    (@tanath-fedo)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Ah, found it on there, kind of buried as an afterthought:
    “Now, instead of seeing some text suggesting that your theme doesn’t natively support menus, you’ll see some Theme Location options.”

    So the girl I was trying to help must have had a theme or a plugin that somehow got rid of the Menu tab, because even if your theme doesn’t support menus, it should still have it, with the option to make a menu that you can put in a widget.

    Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    I know, but that wasn’t the question.

    Yes, I realize that. Sometimes the issue is resolved best when the answer given is more prudent to the real issue at hand.

    As for the last response, again, the main issue appeared to be a lack of theme support (menus). Glad you have resolved your issue, the resolution of which may not apply to all.

    Thread Starter Tanath Fedo

    (@tanath-fedo)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Sooo… how is your response of

    “You should be able to add menu support to your theme (or even better a child theme)”

    more “prudent” to “the real issue at hand”? It states the obvious and answers nothing.
    I know it’s possible to ADD menu support. I run other sites that use them. I run one that does not. The one that doesn’t use menus STILL has a Menus tab under the Appearance tab. The girl I was helping’s site did NOT.
    You apparently didn’t comprehend the initial post.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    What theme are you using? Where did you download it from?

    Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    To be clear, let’s properly add menu support and know that each situation is unique. How a theme then adds menu support and also widgets is with the theme (typically). Perhaps you could share with the community the site and files for further review?

    Thread Starter Tanath Fedo

    (@tanath-fedo)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Like I wrote above, right before I marked this resolved (edited for clarity):

    So the girl I was trying to help must have had a theme or a plugin that somehow got rid of the Menu tab, because even if her theme doesn’t support menus, the admin dashboard should still have the Menu tab.

    Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Correct. You are correct. You wrote that. Correct.

    Thread Starter Tanath Fedo

    (@tanath-fedo)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    OK, I found it. I finally figured out the right words to type into Google. Now it’s REALLY resolved:

    Her theme must have had the function:

    remove_submenu_page( ‘themes.php’, ‘nav-menus.php’ );

    http://seanbutze.com/removing-tabs-from-the-wordpress-admin-menu/

    OK, we’re done here, mystery solved. By me.

    M Haroon Bashir

    (@haroonification)

    9 years, 4 months ago

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