brainsolid
Member
Hello, everyone!
I would like to change thematic menu, that show pages, to categories. So, i want view categories instead of pages. I don't need automatic output of categories, i can write categories ID's that i need manually. So, can you help me just find file that i must change and line in this file?
Hello- brainsolid
This is the way I like to do it.
function remove_thematic_access() {
remove_action('thematic_header','thematic_access',9);
}
add_action('init','remove_thematic_access');
function my_category_access() { ?>
<div id="access">
<div class="skip-link"><a href="#content" title="<?php _e('Skip navigation to the content', 'thematic'); ?>"><?php _e('Skip to content', 'thematic'); ?></a></div>
<div class="menu">
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=Categories Rule:') ?>
</div><!-- .menu -->
</div><!-- #access -->
<?php }
add_action('thematic_header','my_category_access',9);
function child_add_cat_menu($cat_menu) {
$search = array('/<li class="categories">/','/<ul>/',"/<\/li>$/");
$replace = array('<ul class="sf-menu"><li class="categories">','','');
return preg_replace($search, $replace, $cat_menu, 1);
}
add_filter('wp_list_categories','child_add_cat_menu');And style to match the li a's or whatever you like:
.sf-menu .categories {
border-left:1px solid #ccc;
border-top:1px solid #ccc;
border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
padding:9px 13px;
text-decoration:none;
}Then consult the codex on wp_list_categories to include or exclude or whatever you want.
-Gene
Oops- forgot to mention if you want to remove the category menu title the title_li=Categories Rule: in the function wp_list_categories then use this code:
function remove_thematic_access() {
remove_action('thematic_header','thematic_access',9);
}
add_action('init','remove_thematic_access');
function my_category_access() { ?>
<div id="access">
<div class="skip-link"><a href="#content" title="<?php _e('Skip navigation to the content', 'thematic'); ?>"><?php _e('Skip to content', 'thematic'); ?></a></div>
<div class="menu">
<ul class="sf-menu">
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=') ?>
</ul>
</div><!-- .menu -->
</div><!-- #access -->
<?php }
add_action('thematic_header','my_category_access',9);
rkread
Member
I also am looking to replace the default horizontal 'page' menu with a "categories" menu that is consistent on all pages; it would be the main navigational device.
--I would also like to add a Page menu above it, in the header area.
--Additionally, I have a graphic page link I'd like to highlight in the header, separate from the page menu.
To illustrate:
a jpg of the page design:
http://rkread.com/work/diyadd/DIY_ADD_LO_2col_tag_REV2.jpg
the site so far:
http://www.rkread.com/wp/
I'm comfortable with CSS but know nothing about PHP and am having some difficulty understanding the above solutions, so your patience and beginner-oriented advice is greatly appreciated!
-Robin
rkread
Member
I was able to find the solution for the categories menu and the page menu up top--however, I'm still looking for a way to add an extra link to an "about page" that isn't part of a ul menu, located within the header. In this case, I want the text on the blue tag to be clickable. http://www.rkread.com/wp/
TIA for all suggestions and advice.
Robin
johnxe22
Member
Hi,
I tried this code and the first part works. However, if i add the second bit to remove the Categories Rule: then i get the white screen kiss of death from wordpress and everything is gone . . . no wordpress blog and certainly no wordpress admin.
I am copying everything and pasting exactly but don't know what is going wrong. Any ideas?
Thanks,
john
@rkread - take gene's code and add your link in somewhere. i am not sure which div you'd like it to appear in, but let's take for example that you'd like it to appear in a div before the #access div
function remove_thematic_access() {
remove_action('thematic_header','thematic_access',9);
}
add_action('init','remove_thematic_access');
function my_category_access() { ?>
<div id="about_link">
<a href="#">About Link</a>
</div>
<div id="access">
<div class="skip-link"><a href="#content" title="<?php _e('Skip navigation to the content', 'thematic'); ?>"><?php _e('Skip to content', 'thematic'); ?></a></div>
<div class="menu">
<ul class="sf-menu">
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=') ?>
</ul>
</div><!-- .menu -->
</div><!-- #access -->
<?php }
add_action('thematic_header','my_category_access',9);or you could also add it to one of the empty hooks in the thematic_header 2,4,6,8 are all empty. see: http://bluemandala.com/thematic/thematic-structure.html to help you figure out which one you'd like to add it to:
function about_link() { ?>
<div id="about_link">
<a href="#">About Link</a>
</div>
<?php }
add_action('thematic_header','my_category_access',2);and where i've written 2, place the hook you've chosen from the diagram.
@john - the 2 pieces of code are not meant to BOTH be placed in your functions.php. does that help?
johnxe22
Member
Hi thanks!
I finally realized that (one snippet or the other - not both) the other day after i had some good sleep - sometimes things get blurry late at night. Thanks everyone - SO much!
Yes, If you use both of my snippets then you will get a fatal error because you have two functions with the same name. So only use one or the other.
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