WordPress Theme Creation Tutorial 2: navigation menu making

To implement a custom menu, the function that needs to be used is wp_nav_menu ();

In the theme directory of the functions.php <?php ..... ?>, add the following menu registration code so you can use the Wp_nav_menu function in the theme file:

Register_nav_menus ();

Then the menu: "Menu" appears under appearance

To create a menu:

Click "Create New Menu", select the column you want to display, then "save Menu"

Invoke Menu:

Add the following statement to output the menu:

<?php Wp_nav_menu ();?>

The HTML for the output is:

<Divclass= "Menu-nav-container">    <ulclass= "Menu"ID= "Menu-nav">        <Liclass="..."ID= "Menu-item-1"><ahref="...">Xx</a></Li>        <Liclass="..."ID= "Menu-item-2"><ahref="...">Xxx</a></Li>        ...    </ul></Div>

This method also provides a number of parameters, such as:

<?php  wp_nav_menu (array(' menu ' = ' nav ', ' depth ' = ' 1, ' menu_class ' = ' navcontainer '));? >

Gets the menu name of NAV, listing only one level menu, style named Navcontainer

Common parameters:

Menu	Desired menu to display
container_id	UL parent Node ID value
Container_class	UL parent Node class value
Menu_class	UL Node class value
menu_id	UL Node ID value
Before	Text before the menu link
After	Text after a menu link
Link_before	Text in front of each menu link text
Link_after	Text after each menu link text
Depth	Menu Depth

WordPress Theme Creation Tutorial 2: navigation menu making