I've seen it mentioned in a few other threads, but I'm keen to alter the categories menu on the left side of the projects page. Like others, I'd like to be able to link directly to individual portfolios rather than categories.
I wonder how hard it would be to have a custom WP menu in that space instead of a menu automatically made up of the portfolio categories? That way we could link to the portfolio URLs and adjust as we want in the menus editor.
I know we can just switch off that menu altogether but I really love the two-sided design and would love to have this flexibility. Is it possible?
It is possible, but I am afraid there is no easy solution for that because there can be a lot of the code customization involved.
To get started, I would suggest that you check out the code in the "template-all-works.php" file of the theme for how the portfolio category menu is called. Then you could modify the code in the "portfolio-category-menu.php" file for showing the portfolio item titles instead of the categories in that location.
Lastly, for any customization, I would also suggest doing it in a child theme. For more info about the child theme, please see: https://uxbarn.ticksy.com/article/8649/
Hi again,
I've seen it mentioned in a few other threads, but I'm keen to alter the categories menu on the left side of the projects page. Like others, I'd like to be able to link directly to individual portfolios rather than categories.
I wonder how hard it would be to have a custom WP menu in that space instead of a menu automatically made up of the portfolio categories? That way we could link to the portfolio URLs and adjust as we want in the menus editor.
I know we can just switch off that menu altogether but I really love the two-sided design and would love to have this flexibility. Is it possible?
Hi Stefan!
It is possible, but I am afraid there is no easy solution for that because there can be a lot of the code customization involved.
To get started, I would suggest that you check out the code in the "template-all-works.php" file of the theme for how the portfolio category menu is called. Then you could modify the code in the "portfolio-category-menu.php" file for showing the portfolio item titles instead of the categories in that location.
If you would like to use WordPress Menu to organize it from the back-end, please check out this reference for the related WP function: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_nav_menu/
Lastly, for any customization, I would also suggest doing it in a child theme. For more info about the child theme, please see: https://uxbarn.ticksy.com/article/8649/
I hope this helps!
Regards,
Paul