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1. TomCraig
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm using custom post types, but when selecting a custom post entry, my menu bar thinks I'm back in the "news" area of the site.

   For example, when I'm on the landing page for the area in question, I get: http://www.evoenergy.co.uk/case-studies/ (with case studies selected as current page).

   However, when I dig a bit deeper into the area, going to http://www.evoenergy.co.uk/system-type/on-roof/ for example, it highlights news, making me think I'm in the news area.

   I'm pretty sure this is CSS related: when I'm in the "case study" area, the css says this for the news menu item: menu-item menu-item-type-post_type current_page_parent menu-item-2883

   Any help MUCH appreciated!

2. Linosa
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   No, I don't think this is a css problem. You've written your css correct. The problem is that wordpress spots out wrong class as the current.

   Are this pages or categories?

3. Linosa
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   The problem is when you go to a single post, am I right?
   You've probably choosed news as the single-post-page.

4. TomCraig
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Linosa

   Thanks for the fast response!

   It happens when I go to a category page: http://www.evoenergy.co.uk/system-type/on-roof/

   Or a single post page:
   http://www.evoenergy.co.uk/solar-pv-case-studies/20-x-solar-century-185-panels-in-gwent/

   The problem is I also have a news area, which needs to be set as news for single posts.

   Is there a way to tell wordpress that these custom posts are "special" and should be treated differently to standard news posts?

   Many Thanks

   Tom

5. Linosa
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yeah, I have the same problem myself. WordPress dosen't understand by defaut which page it's suppose to be.

   I solved it by putting a class around my different single-pages and then used it for marking the menu. Like:
   .interviews #menu ul li.menu-item-642 {background:#4e4e4e;}

   Guess there's better way of doing it though. I just could't come up with anything else.

6. TomCraig
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   is that along the lines of:

   // Add current-menu-item functionality to custom post types
   add_filter( 'hybrid_body_class', 'add_to_body_class' );
   
   function add_to_body_class( $class ) {
   
       global $post;
   
    	// Use switch to filter through custom post types
   	switch(get_post_type())
    	{
    		case 'Films':
   		// If custom post type is films, add current-menu-item class to body.
    		$classes[] = 'current-menu-item';
   
    		break;
   
    	}
    	// return the $classes array
    	return $classes;
   }

   it's pretty annoying that it doesn't see a custom post correctly...

7. Linosa
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Where did you find that?

8. TomCraig
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/how-to-add-current-menu-item-class-for-custom-post-type

9. Linosa
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Ok, that script is suppose to give the body tag an class.. am I right or wrong?

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