[Resolved] Second Menu

[Dries]

Hi Tom,

I have a question.
At first a site had only one top menu, now the person wants 2 different menus. They want to be seen as 1 company with 2 subitems. Interior(head) – Wood(sub1) -heating(sub2)

for the menu changing i used “Menu Swapper” plugin. Now there is a problem with the mobile view on the contact menu subitems(info and contact form)

Do you have any suggestion or do you know the problem with this plugin?

Thanks!

[Leo]

Hi there,

Unless I misunderstand what you are after, you should be able to create a second menu/navigation without the plugin.
Go to Appearance > Menus and create a new menu with the items you want, then click the “Manage Locations” tab and assign the newly created menu to “Secondary Menu”.
Then you can customize it in Customizer > Layout > Secondary Navigation.

Let me know if this is what you are looking for 🙂

[Dries]

Hi Leo,

I think you misunderstand :-). For example, I want “Primary menu 1” on Page1 and “Primary menu 2” on Page2.
So I don´t want 2 menu´s on one page. But two different primary menu´s. With this it´s possible to create 2 sites with different content and menu in one WordPress site.

I hope this explanation is more clear then my first 🙂

[Tom]

I think Menu Swapper might be your best bet – what exact issues were you having with it?

Alternatively, you could use a plugin like this and switch out individual menu items: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/if-menu/

[Dries]

Hi Tom,

I´m using now menu Swapper. The problems i see is: (normal desktop view)No Arrow on the second menu item with submenu items. When you view the site with a mobilephone, there is no dropdown of submenuitems.

Can I send you the link? For me this is a security threat by publicly saying what you use on that site.

[Leo]

You can send the link through the Contact page here: https://generatepress.com/contact/

[Tom]

The next version actually improves how the dropdown arrow is displayed.

If you’re comfortable with altering core files, open navigation.php and find: https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/blob/1.3.41/inc/navigation.php#L196-L226

And replace it with: https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/blob/master/inc/navigation.php#L196-L223

I’m hoping this change will fix compatibility issues with some plugins like you’re describing.

[Dries]

Hi Tom and Leo

I tried the suggested replacement, but this didn´t fix my problem.

[Dries]

It´s something with the menu swapper I think. When I add the same menu item with dropdown like in the default layout, the problem stays.

[Tom]

Hmm that’s a shame, I had high hopes for that updated code! 🙂

You may need to settle with a plugin like this: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/if-menu/

I’ll take a look at menu swapper and see if I can spot the issue.

[Dries]

Hi Tom,

I tried If-Menu. I can´t accomplish the task with this plugin. You cannot say, hide if you are on this page. 🙁

[Dries]

Hi Tom and Leo,

I tried “Page Specific Menu Items” okay, plugin works but, yeah but :).

The image gallery creates a new page, so you have to go there and set the menu for every page 🙁 That´s not so fun. I know people, they forget this things :-).

Is there another way to do this? for example: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/150209/how-can-i-display-a-menu-on-certain-pages-only

Thanks!

[Tom]

Here’s how to do it with Menu Swapper.

1. Create your new theme locations for your new menus:

add_action( 'init', 'tu_register_menus' );
function tu_register_menus() {
    register_nav_menu( 'first-menu', __( 'First Menu' ) );
    register_nav_menu( 'second-menu', __( 'Second Menu' ) );
    register_nav_menu( 'third-menu', __( 'Third Menu' ) );
}

Those will allow Menu Swapper to work in the first place.

2. Then we need to tell our arrows to work in these new theme locations:

add_filter( 'generate_menu_arrow_theme_locations','tu_gp_dropdown_arrow_locations' );
function tu_gp_dropdown_arrow_locations( $theme_locations ) {
    $theme_locations[] = 'first-menu';
    $theme_locations[] = 'second-menu';
    $theme_locations[] = 'third-menu';

    return $theme_locations;
}

Tested and working 🙂

[Dries]

Hi Tom, This need to be done in the GP Navigation.php? or do I add this in a GP hook?

What with future updates?

Thanks!

[Tom]

This should help: https://generatepress.com/knowledgebase/adding-php-functions/

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