Hi Darren – Using your generously supplied code, I have a problem where the second level of navigation is displayed on the 404 and search results pages where there were no successful results for a search. Any ideas on why that might be happening? Any insight into how it might be remedied?

Hi, i know this is going to sound stupid, but where in the template do i place the above php? Thanks for your help.

…uh, the code tags appear to not be working as expected….let’s try again…

I changed this…

(‘title_li=&depth=1′);

to this…

(‘sort_column=menu_order&title_li=&depth=1′);

Can the same menu effect be achieved with categories, maybe using get_category_parents?

What I would like to achieve is a menu style similar to the JoomlaPanel menu at http://joomlapanel.com/, but with categories rather than pages.

great article, thx for your tips!

Really nice tutorial to implement navigational menus just like a full blown CMS. If used correctly with proper CSS, no one find the site is based on wordpress. I was thinking about switching to joomla just for this type of navigation. But it is not a blog engine. So I hesitated. Today I found this post. I’m already started changing my blog navigation. I know it can be done, but going thru all wodepress codex and API will be highly time consuming for a seasonal developer like me.

Nice code, thanks :)

is there a way to center the text in the bar? have tryed different types of code in the css but no luck.

Regards

Hey Darren,

Is it possible to create a two-tiered navigational menu in wordpress where the parent is a page and the children are specific categories?

Thanks.

This worked very nicely for me – thanks for sharing!

Let’s say I’m trying to make this work with Mimbo 3.0… what exactly should I NOT change to maintain the built-in dropdown menu?

Great post, thanks so much, just what I’ve been looking for

It simply doesnt work for me. I have copied and pasted the code exactly and am getting duplication of the parent pages in both tiers of the navigation. Any Ideas?

Good!!! But for the categories ????
We can to see the code for the categories,please
Thank you

Hi,

Can you help me how the create the same menu for category & sub category……

Regards,
SaiSat

thx for this, but it seems like the subnav breaks for me. Cant see why :S

What year was this tut posted?

Hi :)

I’ve got a problem with this method :P

If i write a news thread on my “test_a” category i doesn’t see the “test_a” category same with the thread on my “navi” i’ve got just the “home” option in category

//

i got 3 category to try :

1.Home
2.test_a with two sub category : test_a1 and test_a2 with a small text
3.test_b with two sub category : test_b1 and test_b2 with a small text

do u know this problem ? :)

Thanks for this – very helpful in making the site that much more refined :)

Very useful resource, thanks for sharing. Im trying to create a bespoke menu system on a wordpress platform, this will definatley set me on the right track, Thanks!

Great article Darren,

Just wondering is there going to be any update on how to create a 3 tier dynamic navigation?

Cheers,

A long time ago, say 2005 I integrated a WordPress blog into my existing hand coded site which had tabs along the top. At the time WordPress was 1.something and I created my own theme that left the static navigation at the top, there are only three sections with 3 to 5 subsections but there are lots of sub-pages after that. I created my blog at blog.muschamp.ca and have been updating it for five years now. I recently upgraded to WordPress 3.0.1 and then while looking around at tips and what not found your site. How much work do you think it would be to convert all my static site to be inside WordPress now that it is a more full featured CMS?

Secondly how bad would the redirects be from blog.muschamp.ca/everything… to whatever the new URL would be, I guess I’d have to move my installation. It seems like too much work, but I’m glad you through this example up. I also have another subdomain or two further complicating my life.

Cheers,

PS Everything is easier starting fresh, my own site and theme give nothing but headaches… Currently BirdFeeder has busted my feeds again…

Great tutorial and method!

Any chance of telling us how to apply this to a vertical nav where subpages appear below each parent page – I have applied the above method but the subpages appear below the entire menu…. tried tinkering with php but with no luck

Any help would be HUGELY appreciated….

Super easy, thanks. I was trying to figure out how to do this with WP’s new menu…old school is sometimes better.

Beautiful, I’m totally new to this and it worked easily!

Edited to get a thrid tier.

post_parent;
$parent = get_post($parent_id);

if($post->post_parent){
if($parent->post_parent){
$child = wp_list_pages(“depth=1&title_li&child_of=”.$parent->post_parent.”&echo=0″);
$child2 = wp_list_pages(“depth=1&title_li&child_of=”.$parent->ID.”&echo=0″);
} else {
$child = wp_list_pages(“depth=1&title_li&child_of=”.$parent_id.”&echo=0″);
$child2 = wp_list_pages(“depth=1&title_li&child_of=”.$post->ID.”&echo=0″);
}

} else {
$child = wp_list_pages(“depth=1&title_li&child_of=”.$post->ID.”&echo=0″);
}

if($child){
echo “”.$child.”";
}
if($child2){
echo “”.$child2.”";
}
?>

Dear,

I followed exactly your code but I don’t know why I could not do it.

Please kindly advise me.

Regards

Thanks so much! I installed it and it worked like a charm. Great suggestion!