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1. dwk983
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Hi,

   I've got my menu bar to show the parent first, then all first tier subpages of the current page/subpage i'm on. However, when i'm on my blog page, I want the name of the blog page first, then all first tier categories to show instead.

   The following code is half working. Everything displays how I want it to when i'm on a normal page or subpage, but when i'm on the blog/category page I get a blank menu bar.

   <div id="horizontalmenu">
   	<?php
   	$cat = get_query_var('cat');
   	$category = get_category($cat);
   	//if you are on a page NOT a cat
   	if ($post->ID) {
   		$permalink = get_permalink($post->post_parent);
   		$parent_title = get_the_title($post->post_parent);
   		//if you are on the sub page display the parents sub pages
   		//if you are on a page display the sub pages
   		if($post->post_parent)
   			$children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->post_parent."&echo=0");
   		else
   			$children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID."&echo=0");
   			}
   	// if you are on a cat
   	if ($category->cat_ID) {
   		$permalink = get_permalink($category->category_parent);
   		$parent_title = get_the_title($category->category_parent);
   		$children = wp_list_categories("orderby=id&hide_empty=0&title_li=&child_of=".$category->category_parent."&echo=0");
   			}
   	if ($children) { ?>
   			<div id="hmenutext">
   				<ul>
   					<li><a href="<?php echo $permalink; ?>"><?php echo $parent_title;?></a>&nbsp;></li>
   					<?php echo $children; ?>
   				</ul>
   			</div>
   	<?php } ?>
   </div>

   I'm new to php and wordpress, so i'm probably missing something obvious... thanks in advance for any help.

   David Kirkpatrick

2. MichaelH
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Not sure if this is your problem, but might use is_page() and is_category() in place of if ($post->ID) { and if ($category->cat_ID) {.

   See Conditional Tags

3. dwk983
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Thanks Michael. I'm just about there now. Everything works, but i've cheated slightly. In the following code ID 55 is my current post page (I have a static home page set, so the post page is not the home page). Can I replace the '55' with something? $page->ID doesn't work. It pulls up the ID of the first post on the post page instead of the ID of the page name...

   // if you are on a cat
   if (is_home() or is_single() or is_category())  {
   	$permalink = get_permalink(55);
   	$parent_title = get_the_title(55);
   	$children = wp_list_categories("title_li=&echo=0");
   	}

   Thanks,
   David Kirkpatrick

4. MichaelH
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Likely $posts[0]->ID would work if you were displaying blog posts.

5. dwk983
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   $posts[0]->ID gives me the first post on the page again, not the name of the page itself....

   Any other ideas?

   David Kirkpatrick

6. MichaelH
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   There is no page name on a category archive.

   Related:
   Category Templates
   Template Hierarchy

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