Conditional Sub menus – controlled by slug / category

[kriskl]

Hi,

I am using enterprise theme which has 2 Nav menus,

however, I am struggling to find a way to control the second menu/sub menu
so it changes automatically depending what is the category/slug

Because I am trying to migrate old site to Genesis.. manually selecting sub menu for each post/page seems like a lot of pain with almost 2,000 posts/pages..

i have found some plugins to control widgets based on category, but no luck with conditional menus..

genesis-subpages-as-secondary-menu  plugin - is no good, does not work on posts, only pages

 

any help would be really appreciated, I can't imagine I am the only one trying to achieve this 🙂

kris

[ATUB]

Take a look at Genesis Simple Menus Plugin - http://www.studiopress.com/plugins/simple-menus

It says you can change the secondary nav menu by category.

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[kriskl]

It took me a while to get back to this issue,

Yes, I am using Genesis Simple Menus plugin, but it does not allow me to set automatically secondary menu based on the slug,
I have to change it manually.. for 2,000 or so posts 🙁
that;s why I wondered if there is a way to make it pick the correct secondary menu based on the slug that is used

[Brad Dalton]

So you want to display the sub nav for posts in specific categories or on category archive pages?

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[kriskl]

I would like to show sub menu for all pages and posts
each post belongs only to one category

[Brad Dalton]

In what position? Before or after header?

Can you link to your site please.

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[kriskl]

here is one page (blue is secondary menu)
http://opentuition.com/acca/

and here is another
http://opentuition.com/aat/aatunit30/process_sales_and_receipts/
these are strictly "wordpress pages", (but later on, for the acca as one category there are many posts belong only to it

while aat is another category.

so, this post - should display proper aat menu, not default secondary menu
etc.

I hope that makes sense?

[Brad Dalton]

What you can do is remove either the primary or secondary menu conditionally.

How many menus do you want to display on pages and posts?

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[kriskl]

uhm, not sure I understand,
both primary and secondary menu are always visible,
Only the content of the secondary changes (or rather, a different menu becomes the secondary menu) based on what category the post belongs to (or the slug of the post),

[Brad Dalton]

Have you tried the Genesis Simple Menu's plugin?

Otherwise you will need custom code with conditional tags.

I'm assuming you want to display a different sub nav depending on which category your posts are assigned to.

How many menus have your created?

Still not clear on exactly what you want.

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[kriskl]

sorry, it;s my bad english 🙂

here is the post link
http://opentuition.com/acca/f3/depreciation-example-5/

(it has 'acca' in the slug, it belongs to 'acca' category.
and yet, the submenu - is the default secondary menu,
not the menu I have created specially for this category 'acca'
using simple menu plugin. I can set the secondary menu to 'acca' but it has to be done manually for every post.
so, that's sucks 🙂
I want to find a way to make it automatically..

the the description, Genesis simple sidebars might work (if I could replace secondary menu with the widget area..
I will try this plugin and see if it works the way I expect.

thank you for your time.

[kriskl]

Alright, I think the solution to my 'problem' is to create a custom category templates with Genesis

does anyone know of good tutorials?

thanks
kris

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