Hi there,

Sorry, but that goes a bit beyond the level of support I'm able to provide here in the forums. If it was something I knew off the top of my head I would gladly help, but if it requires a bit of research, testing and custom code then I have to refer you to the customization request form: http://themolitor.com/custom

Hope you understand.

Thanks!

Chris

Good afternoon,

On one of my new sites, I am adding a second menu to the B+M theme. You can see it here, underneath the primary menu and logo:
http://mobileosnews.com

I'm currently using wp_list_categories to retrieve the specific category IDs I need, and am formatting it just like with the dropmenu. My code so far is pretty straight-forward:

<div id="headerContainer">

	<div id="header">

		<?php if($logo){ ?>
		<a>"><img src="<?php echo $logo; ?>" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" /></a><!--end logo-->
		<?php } ?>

		<?php if (has_nav_menu( 'main' ) ) { wp_nav_menu(array('theme_location' => 'main', 'container_id' => 'navigation', 'menu_id' => 'dropmenu')); }?>

		<div class="clear"></div>

		<div id="categories_menu">
			<?php { wp_list_categories ( '&orderby=ID&show_count=0&hide_empty=0&exclude=1,14&style=list&title_li=' ); }?>
		</div>

	</div><!--end header-->
</div><!--end headerContainer-->

And from style.css:

#dropmenu li a { display: block; line-height: 20px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; color: #33647d; margin-top: 20px; }
#dropmenu li a:hover { background-color: #33647d; color: #ffffff !important; }
#sidebarAccent { background-color: #33647d !important; }
#footer #copyright { 	background-color: #33647d !important; color: #ffffff !important; }
#categories_menu {list-style:none; position:relative; width:100%; z-index: 400; margin-top: 15px; }
#categories_menu li {list-style:none;   position:relative; float: left; line-height: 20px; width: 126px; margin-left: 30px;}
#categories_menu li a { display: block; line-height: 20px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; color: #33647d; }
#categories_menu li a:hover {text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff !important; background-color: #33647d; }
#categories_menu li ul {list-style:none; display:none; position:absolute; width:180px; z-index:300; top:20px; left: 0; background: #fff; padding: 5px 0;}
#categories_menu li ul li {position:relative; margin: 0;}
#categories_menu li ul li a {line-height: 30px; padding: 0 15px;}
#categories_menu li ul li ul {}
#categories_menu li:hover ul ul,
#categories_menu li:hover ul ul ul,
#categories_menu li:hover ul ul ul ul {display:none;}
#categories_menu li:hover ul,
#categories_menu li li:hover ul,
#categories_menu li li li:hover ul,
#categories_menu li li li li:hover ul {display:block;}
#categories_menu li.current-menu-item > a,
#categories_menu li.current-menu-ancestor > a {color: #000;}

It's working just fine, except that I hate how limiting wp_list_categories is. In particular, I have no control over the specific display order the categories, having to choose between ID, Name/alpha, post count, etc. I need them ordered in a specific way. I've seen some hacks floating around StackExchange for creating new DB tables so you can add a custom field to taxonomies, and then retrieving the array of categories before putting them into another array that filters them based off a value you specify in the custom field. Clever! But waaaaaaaaaay more effort than I care to expend on this.

I'm wondering though if there is any way I can use wp_nav_menu instead. I have a menu of categories already created in wp-admin, ordered the way I need to be. But it doesn't seem to me like B+M has support for custom menus other than the primary/main menu.

Is this accurate, or should I be able to use the WP menu system and add a second menu to my B+M child theme?

I know as a very last resort I could always add the categories to a dropdown in my main menu, but I really wanted the most important categories to be side-by-side, and not on the same level as the main menu.

dt