I got few mails asking how to move navigation menu below the header in Thesis, so I decided to write this on my blog so this will be helpful for those people who are new to Thesis.For those who even don’t know what is Thesis they should read my review of Thesis WordPress theme.
Moving navigation menu below the header is a very easy task even for those who are new to Thesis, mainly thesis customization is controlled by custom.css and custom_functions.php files.Customization in Thesis theme is done by hooks there are different hooks for different purposes, so remembering every hook is not an easy task so read how to Customize Thesis with OpenHook WordPress Plugin.See the image below shows navigation menu above header.
Below are the steps to move navigation menu below the header in Thesis theme:
- Login to your FTP Account using FTP client
- Navigate to Thesis Theme Folder in wp-content/themes/ folder
- Rename Custom Sample folder to Custom
- Now Login to admin panel of your blog
- Select Custom File Editor option in Thesis options menu in admin panel of your blog
- Choose custom_functions.php and click Ediit selected file button
- Paste the code below in the file editor
remove_action('thesis_hook_before_header', 'thesis_nav_menu');
add_action('thesis_hook_after_header', 'thesis_nav_menu');
- Then Click The Big Ass Save button and you are done.
The image below shows navigation menu below the header.
Following the steps above will move the navigation menu below the header in Thesis wordpress theme as shown in the above image.
Nice tutorial. I wanted to customize my menu bar.
Thanks for comment
Hey can you share “How to create a custom navigation menu just for categories…like yours.”
Will have a post here soon.
Very usefull tips…..i need to modify another website header with new thesis 1.8
Thanks for comment, hope this will help you to modify header in thesis
I’m unable to move the nav menu in 1.8.. Weird.
Hi,
Does anyone know how to move the Navigation Menu below the Header image in Thesis 1.8?
Without hardcoding the theme, that is
It used to be pretty easy in 1.7, just pasting the following in custom_functions.php:
remove_action(‘thesis_hook_before_header’, ‘thesis_nav_menu’);
add_action(‘thesis_hook_after_header’, ‘thesis_nav_menu’);
but it doesn’t seem to work in 1.8 any longer.
Any help is appreciated.
Thank you
Nope It will not move without putting the code
Hi –
Thank you for the tutorial. Could you please explain how to move the navigation menu to beneath the header in Thesis 1.8?
Thank you.
Use the same code which is in the article
Same thing. Doesn’t work in 1.8.
Works well in 1.8
If it works for you, that’s great, but we still have the issue.
Patrick,
I know exactly how you feel.
Apparently it works for some people and not for others, which leads me to think that it must have something to do with the configuration of your PHP server.
Try installing the Thesis OpenHook plugin. It worked beautifully for me.
Cheers.
Yea may be some issues with PHP configuration
Oh may be it is causing probs due to PHP configuration
I was having the same problem using Thesis 1.8. I copied the following code and it didn’t work:
remove_action(‘thesis_hook_before_header’, ‘thesis_nav_menu’);
add_action(‘thesis_hook_after_header’, ‘thesis_nav_menu’);
I went ahead and deleted the apostrophes/commas within the code and replaced them with new ones. I think it has trouble with the font of the original code.
Code I used:
remove_action(‘thesis_hook_before_header’, ‘thesis_nav_menu’);
add_action(‘thesis_hook_after_header’, ‘thesis_nav_menu’);
Looks like the CSS of the page is messing with the code. Copy the code and replace commas/apostrophes with your own.
This does not needs any CSS it only needs php
Yea may be it may not be working due to font issue by the way thanks for comment.
Thanks for this great shortcut! I was finally able to update my nav menu. Since Thesis have verion 1.8 now, admins can go directly to the Custom File Editor in the dashboard then select the custom_functions.php from the drop down menu to make edits.
Thanks! Worked like a charm for a coupl of my sites
*huGs* Suzanne