WordPress Theme Sterling: Dual main navigation customization WordPress

Dbranes answers:

hi, there might be few possibilities, fx:

1) you could create a new page like

example.com/suppliers/

and copy the frontpage code into a custom page template,
then edit that code to add a new menu reference in wp_nav_menu()

2) use a multisite install where one site is for suppliers and one for customers

3) use a GET variable like

example.com/?suppliers

to check which menu to display.

4) try to find some clever preg_replaces on the frontpage html output for the supplier-page by using output buffers etc

ps: but it looks like there is no easy way around this ;-)


... well the quick and dirty way would be to copy the html source code from the frontpage, edit it by hand, and use it as a static page for example.com/suppliers/ ;-)

ps: I assume that both frontpage versions (customer/suppliers) are viewable by everybody

Arnav Joy answers:

using following function in functions.php you can register menus

register_nav_menu( 'menu_customers', 'Menu Customers ' );
register_nav_menu( 'menu_supplier', 'Menu Supplier' );

using wp_nav_menu() you can display the menu

see for more

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_nav_menu

I do not know how you are creating two different types of user in your site if they are based on login and logout then you can use following


if( is_user_logged_in() ) {
wp_nav_menu(array('menu' => 'menu_supplier'));
} else {
wp_nav_menu(array('menu' => 'menu_customers'));
}


let me know if you need any help

daas answers:

here's my idea. It is using cookies to define is user customer or supplier. You have to place it in the functions.php file, and edit variables containing menu slugs. Function custom_display_menu_slug returns slug of proper menu
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

# change to menu slugs
$top_menu_ID = 'my_top_menu_ID';
$for_customers_ID = 'my_customers_menu_ID';
$for_suppliers_ID = 'my_suppliers_menu_ID';

add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'custom_add_link', 10, 2 );
# add link to top menu
function custom_add_link( $items, $args )
{
global $top_menu_ID;
# check if it is top menu
if( $args->theme_location == $top_menu_ID ):
# check cookie. If 'custom_is_customer' cookie is set to true, add 'for suppliers' link (currernt user is customer)
if( isset( $_COOKIE[ 'custom_is_customer' ] ) and $_COOKIE[ 'custom_is_customer' ] == true )
# add 'for suppliers' link
$items .= '<li class="menu-item"><a href="' . home_url('/?customer=false') . '">' . __( 'For suppliers' ) . '</a></li>';
else
# add 'for customers' link
$items .= '<li class="menu-item"><a href="' . home_url('/?customer=true') . '">' . __( 'For customers' ) . '</a></li>';
endif;
# return items
return $items;
}

add_action( 'init', 'custom_set_cookie' );
# if there is given 'customer' get variable in page url, set cookie
function custom_set_cookie()
{
# set customer variable
if( isset( $_GET['customer'] ) )
if( $_GET['customer'] === '1' or $_GET['customer'] === '0' )
$customer = (bool) $_GET['customer'];

# if $customer is a bool
if ( is_bool( $customer ) === true ):
# set cookie for 3 days
setcookie( 'custom_is_customer', $customer, time() + ( 60*60*24*3 ), '/');
endif;
}

# function gives slug of proper menu, which can be used via wp_nav_menu function ( http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_nav_menu )
function custom_display_menu_slug()
{
global $for_customers_ID,$for_suppliers_ID;

if( isset( $_COOKIE[ 'custom_is_customer' ] ) and $_COOKIE[ 'custom_is_customer' ] == true )
return $for_customers_ID;
else
return $for_suppliers_ID;
}