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1. PrfctGdess
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #
   

   I'm using dkret3 and so far I'm LOVING it, great job!

   I've created a child theme to change the minor things (colors, fonts, etc) I wanted changed, but I'm stumped on one issue. I have a main page that does not have a title; by default, the dkret3 theme shows this page as "Start" on my navigation bar. I'd like to change that to read "Home", but I do NOT want to modify the original files, I want to keep all changes to my child theme.

   The line I need to modify is in access-menu.php...this section is setting the default:

   <?php
                   if ( has_nav_menu( 'access-menu' ) ) :
                       wp_nav_menu( array(
                           'theme_location' => 'access-menu',
                           'container_class' => 'header-menu',
                           'menu_class' => 'sf-menu',
                           'fallback_cb' => '' )
                       );
                   else :
                       wp_page_menu( array(
                           'show_home' => __( 'Start','dkret' ),
                           'depth' => 4,
                           'menu_class' => 'header-menu',
                           'sort_column' => 'menu_order' )
                       );
                   endif;
               ?>

   Obviously, I could change the code to read
   

   'show_home' => __( 'Home','dkret' )

   but I'd rather not modify any core files for easier future updating. Can I add something to a page in my child theme to change that default value? Or is there a better way to go about this? TIA!!

   (my development site, if you want to see what I'm looking at, is http://dev4.wetpaintdesigns.com/)

   http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/dkret3/

2. kretzschmar
   Member
   Theme Author
   Posted 10 months ago #
   

   Just copy the changed access-menu.php to your child theme. Then WordPress will use it instead of the one inside the dkret3 folder.
   It is that easy (I hope).

3. PrfctGdess
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #
   

   Thanks for the reply. So let's say I just copy the access-menu.php file, make the changes, and save it in my child theme...

   What if something changes in the core access-menu.php file when there's an update? I'd have to know to modify my child file as well. Is there a way to include the original file, but overwrite this one section with a custom value (like you can do with the css files)?

4. kretzschmar
   Member
   Theme Author
   Posted 9 months ago #
   

   There won't be any changes. Only if dkret should reach a version 4.0.

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