Yesterday was WordPress 3.0 is Live! What does that mean for you? with mentions of the features for regular users. Today I am going to discuss the menu feature, because this has been a rather hot topic. Tomorrow will be about some other features. And then on Sunday there will be the Developers Features. While those are some really nice features, developers features require changing codes and some other things. So really those are for advanced users, however any user may want to read up in case it something you want to add later.
Menus
Have you ever wished you could just quickly add a new tab to your menu? Now you can!
Not all themes accept the menus option, but this impressive feature will soon be something theme developers will add. If your theme accepts it great, if not you can visit Widgets, Appearance, and drag the Custom Menu to your sidebar. Just visit Appearance then Menus. What you see on the right side will look similar to what you see below.
Adding to Your Menu
This is impressive. Many of my clients want to link different blogs and websites. With “Custom Links” you type in the web address, called URL, and then add a label for the menu. You can check mark various pages to be added to your menu or scroll down and check the categories you want added.
Change Your Menu
Then over on the right on the new menu you can create a custom name. Click the down arrow beside the menu item and you can change the “Title Attribute” or “Navigation Label.” You will also notice you remove the item or cancel the change you made. Drag and drop the menu to rearrange it, even move an item a bit to the right to make it a sub-menu item.
Of course the themes that support this are limited. You can upload the brand new Twenty Ten theme created by the WordPress staff to use this feature. You can also add to your sidebar as noted previously. Either way the ability to create a unique to you menu is absolutely delicious.
~ MJ Schrader
PS. Tomorrow you can read about other features. If you want me to go into the features of the new Theme Twenty Ten please comment! And please comment with your favorite features!
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