Primary Menu location

[Saved by the Bell]

Hello,

Sure hope this is an easy fix. I am using the Eleven40 Pro theme.

I meant to delete just one menu item and ended up deleting the entire menu. Now I understand how to remove just one item at a time but when I recreated the menu, named it and asked for it to go to the Primary Menu location (to the right of the banner), it is showing up under the banner instead. The theme shows the default for the Primary Menu location to the right of the banner. I like it there. How do I change this back?

Thanks,

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http://www.dancingwiththeson.com/

[David Chu]

Hi,
Many of the new hipster themes have the menu way up in the Header Right widget instead of the standard old spots. You don't even have to necessarily "assign" it, I think. Just do Appearance... Widgets. Look for Custom Menu and drag it into Header Right. Then click on Custom Menu, choose your menu, and Save.

That should do it. If not, check your docs that they aimed you at when you bought the theme.

Cheers,
Dave

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[Saved by the Bell]

Hey David,

Great! ... but now the menu is in both spots. I thought about deleting in the "Appearance/Menus" but this might delete everything again. However... if this is what I need to do... please advise.

Thanks!

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[David Chu]

Coolness!
Now I believe all you have to do is go to Appearance.... Menus, WAY up at the top Manage Locations, unselect your Primary one, and save!

Dave

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[Saved by the Bell]

Dave,

Oh man, this IS coolness and easier than I thought easy was! So glad to get your help!

Saved by the Bell

[David Chu]

Great! The WP menu system is now pretty nice. Even if you do delete a menu, it's not too bad to recreate, unless somebody wanted 100 pages in their menu or something. 🙂

Dave

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[ZachScr]

Hi there,

Hopefully this is the right place to ask this:

I'm trying to add a Login|Logout button to my website's menu (parallax pro). I want the button to say "Logout" when the user is
logged in, and "login" when they're logged out. I've found a good way to do this by adding custom code to the functions.php file.

The code that I'm adding looks like this:

//Add login/logout link to naviagation menu
function add_login_out_item_to_menu( $items, $args ){

	//change theme location with your them location name
	if( is_admin() ||  $args->theme_location != 'primary' )
		return $items; 

	$redirect = ( is_home() ) ? false : get_permalink();
	if( is_user_logged_in( ) )
		$link = '<a href="' . wp_logout_url( $redirect ) . '" title="' .  __( 'Logout' ) .'">' . __( 'Logout' ) . '</a>';
	else  $link = '<a href="' . wp_login_url( $redirect  ) . '" title="' .  __( 'Login' ) .'">' . __( 'Login' ) . '</a>';

	return $items.= '<li id="log-in-out-link" class="menu-item menu-type-link">'. $link . '</li>';
}add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'add_login_out_item_to_menu', 50, 2 );

Thing is, it only seems to work when the custom menu I'm using is set to "primary navigation menu". Of course if I set it as the primary navigation menu, I end up with two menu locations as discussed earlier in this thread (and the login/out button is only appears on the primary one). So I'd like to add the menu item to the custom menu without making it a "primary navigation menu".

I think the issue is in the theme location line above but I'm not sure what to target instead of "primary".

Anyone have any ideas? I feel like I've tried everything.

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