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1. dekraan
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Please look at http://www.customizen.nl, then click 'over ons' in the top menu

   And look at http://www.risermedia.com and click 'about' in the top menu.

   The first is my own, the second is what I want to achieve. What I want, is to make pages that have the parent 'over ons', and let the links to these pages appear in the sidebar. But how do I do that? Because I am not good with wordpress or php, if anyone knows the answer, please explain this very easily.

   To sum up: I have a site with, say, 6 pages now. When you navigate to a page, in the top menu, you should go there, and see a content left part, and a sidebar which lists subpages. What is the code to get those subpages??

2. Ben Sutcliffe
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   The code to do this is wp_list_pages(); which you will need to copy and paste in to your sidebar. The pages will display as a list. Only pages underneath 2 (which is your about page) will be displayed.

   The exact code you need is:
   

   <?php
     if($post->post_parent) // this is a subpage so link to the parent
     $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&amp;child_of=".$post->post_parent."&amp;echo=0");
     else // this is the top page so link to the children, if they exist
     $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&amp;child_of=".$post->ID."&amp;echo=0");
     if ($children) { ?>
     <ul>
     <?php echo $children; ?>
     </ul>
   <?php }; ?>

   NB. Wherever you see & you need to change it to &

   Read this for more help with the function wp_list_pages() or reply.

3. dekraan
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello there, bsutcliffe, I used:

   <?php
     if($post->post_parent)
     $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&amp;child_of=".$post->post_parent."&amp;echo=0");
     else
     $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&amp;child_of=".$post->ID."&amp;echo=0");
     if ($children) { ?>
     <ul>
     <?php echo $children; ?>
     </ul>
     <?php } ?>

   This is the same as yours? I found it (luckily) in the supportfiles. It works great! But there is one problem: now the headermenu is screwed up! My menu looks like the following, I think (I didn't make it myself):

   <div id="header">
   
   <div id="top">
   
   <a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>"><h1><span><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></span></h1></a>
   
   <ul id="menu">
   <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=' ); ?>
   <li><a href="<?php echo get_category_link($blog_category_page); ?>">Blog</a></li>
   <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">Home</a></li>
   </ul>
   
   <br class="clear" />
   
   </div>

   How can I get subcategories to stay out of this menu? Now the lay-out (as you can see at www customizen . nl - the page 'over ons' has a subpage called 'Hello') is screwed!

   I hope you can help with this!

4. Ben Sutcliffe
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Replace

   <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=' ); ?>

   with

   <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&amp;depth=1' ); ?>

   This will allow only top level pages to display. Let me know how you get on.

5. dekraan
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   bsutcliffe, it works great! The problem is gone. I just have one more question. Is there a way to add the parent_page in the sidebar menu? It should also be clickable, so when you are on a childpage, you should be able to get back to the parentpage through the sidebar-menu!

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