I think this is pretty much what I would like help with too, so will watch this thread
(I don’t want to have a massive top bar menu, but I want to have subcategories on some pages, not sure drop down menu (sub pages) is best way for me.
Look at the menu information in the Codex and/or in your specific theme.
Thank you WPyogi, but looked through the link you gave, and I can’t see a answer…
I can create custom menus, with navigation for the special pages, but as soon as I add that custom menu to the sidebar, it will appear on every page (if it has a side bar), won’t it?
I am completely new to WP, I have no idea what codex is…?
I am guessing that I can either use two column page layout (where it IS column and not a side bar), and insert hyper links in one column, or whether there is a way to tell WP to use a specific sidebar/custom menu by page?
Just come across this:
http://jc-designs.net/blog/2011/06/displaying-menus-on-specific-pages-in-wordpress/
Not sure where the if/else section of code actually goes, so more research required, or use a plug-in sounds like an option
If you looked at the link you know what Codex is — it is the source of all info for WP. You should become very familiar with it and use it extensively if you are new and learning how to use WP. Best to look there before posting a question here — as many, many questions are clearly answered there.
Yes, you can customize any page layout you want or any sidebar — but you MUST use a child theme to do that — search the codex for that information. Also look at theme development.
Yes, I realised later what you meant by Codex (I thought it was something to do with coding), sorry for being dim, WPyogi!
I’ve fairly easily worked out customising pages, thankfully I understand customising CSS, as that’s what I did with my website previously – adjusted a stylesheet that someone had done for me, and altered colours and banners, etc.
My website needed updating though, and I want to be able to add shopping cart possibly, and gallery updates are a nightmare – I have a couple of custom navigation menus, but it is a bit laborious.
Thanks for the pointers WPyogi, I will take a better look round
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So WPyogi, your answer is:
a) don’t ask, RTFM
b) WP does not natively support page level control of navigation
b) but one can create a separate child template for every required navigation layout, as a work-around, to achieve the same result.
Thank you, very helpful!
If you’re still looking at this MW, I found a plug-in which lets you show or hide which pages you show a widget on – depending in sidebars/widgets etc, within a theme, and how many different menus you want to be able to utilise, then this can work – it was called Dynamic Widgets.
I also found a menu, not via the install themes but via the internet, called Beauty & Clean which on the free version gives five potential sidebars – a different custom menu can be added to each one of these sidebar widgets, so giving page level navigation on the sidebar.
HTH.
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Thanks DawnT, kinda still on the table. There is also an alleged CMS/page level navigation with the paid version of the WPML-plugin.
The Beauty & Clean theme has a paid version
(which I have bought now, I figured the amount I paid for it was worth it to save me having to customise so much)
That paid version, amongst other things, has unlimited sidebars – so, theoretically, 100 pages, 100 custom menus, 100 custom sidebars…. 100 page level navigations…
