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1. BinyaminAlmalech
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Site is jamacob.com.

   Haven't managed to figure out how to remove, add, or edit items in my navigation bar.

   Any thoughts?

   Thanks.

   Benjamin

2. peredur
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Does this help?

   Cheers

   PAE

3. BinyaminAlmalech
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   PAE,

   Thanks. But I've tried to edit the Navigation menu. There does not seem to be any effect when I edit it.

   I'll try again though.

   Thanks,
   Benjamin

4. peredur
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   By "I've tried to edit the Navigation menu", I take it you mean that you have created a custom menu. Have you set it as your 'Primary Navigation Menu'?

   Cheers

   PAE

5. BinyaminAlmalech
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   No, How would I do that? Where do I do it?

6. peredur
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Just follow the instructions in the link I posted:

   "Between the main panel and the sidebar, you will see a column of panels displaying the things that you can add to the menu. Usually, you will see ‘Custom links’, ‘Pages’ and ‘Categories’. Above all of these you will see a panel called ‘Theme Locations’, one of which will be ‘Primary Navigation’. Select your custom menu (‘main-nav’, if that’s what you called it), from the dropdown list, as the primary navigation menu."

   The only way this won't work is if you are using a theme that doesn't support menus, which is possible, but you don't say what theme you're using so I can't say.

   You'll need to have followed all the other instructions in the post linked to as well, of course.

   Cheers

   PAE

7. BinyaminAlmalech
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   OK great. I'll check it out.

   Thanks

8. BinyaminAlmalech
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   peredur,

   Thank you my friend for the help. What I have discovered unfortunately is that the theme I am using, a custom theme, gives me the following message when I go to create a custom menu:

   The current theme does not natively support menus, but you can use the “Custom Menu” widget to add any menus you create here to the theme’s sidebar.

   I also tried using the "Custom Menu" widget but that is only for sidebars as far as I have seen and I need it for the nav bar.

   I will have to see how else to modify the navigation bar.

   If you're willing to help further, the website is Jamacob.com (does that allow you to access the theme code?) if not, I can show you any particular bit if it would help you help me find how to find that bit of code (to modify the navigation bar)

   Thanks,
   Benjamin

9. BinyaminAlmalech
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   [RESOLUTION]

   Peredur & co.,

   I have figured out how to modify the Navigation bar and would like to share my resolution with you for everyone's benefit.

   For me, it is specific to how the navigation bar is controlled in my particular theme. My theme is Jamacob and was developed by 123Triad.

   123Triad has chosen to control the items and aesthetics of the navigation bar with the Shailan Dropdown Menu.

   I found my php reference calling the dropdown menu function, namely <?php shailan_dropdown_menu(); ?> in the header.php template file and noticed that the previously active nav item, using wp_list_pages, has been commented out.

   The key to making the Shailan Dropdown Menu work is 2 things:
   1. Going to Appearance --> Menus and creating a Menu bar, for example "Navbar", that contains the pages or any kind of items to be included in the Navigation bar that you want.

   2. Then going to 'Settings' --> 'Dropdown Menu', finding the Template Tag Options box and under Menu Type choosing the new menu bar that you just created that contains the items you want for your Navigation bar, for example "Navbar"

   and Voila! You should have it.
   Contact me with any questions! benjamin@techwithease.com
   Cheers!

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