Revision as of 12:15, August 24, 2011

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How to add social media icons in navigation module

1. Edit your child theme's functions.php.

Add the following at the end (before closing PHP tag, if present):

add_filter('wp_nav_menu_main-menu_items','add_images', 10, 2);
function add_images($items, $args) {
 
        $items .= '<div class="socialmedia-buttons"><li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/"><img class="fade" style="opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;" title="Follow Us on Facebook" alt="Follow Us on Facebook" src="http://ithemes.com/builder/misc/social-media-icons/32/facebook.png"></a></li>';
        
        $items .= '<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/#!/"><img class="fade" style="opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;" title="Follow Us on Twitter" alt="Follow Us on Twitter" src="http://ithemes.com/builder/misc/social-media-icons/32/twitter.png"></a></li>';
        
        $items .= '<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.yoursite.com/feed/"><img class="fade" style="opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;" title="Follow Us on RSS" alt="Follow Us on RSS" src="http://ithemes.com/builder/misc/social-media-icons/32/rss.png"></a></li>';
        
        $items .= '<li class="last"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="mailto: admin@yoursite.com"><img class="fade" style="opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;" title="E-mail Us" alt="E-mail Us" src="http://ithemes.com/builder/misc/social-media-icons/32/email.png"></a></li></div>';
        
    return $items;    
}

Note: In the above code, main-menu must be replaced with the slug of your custom menu. Ex.: If the name of your custom menu is Primary Navigation, then

add_filter('wp_nav_menu_main-menu_items','add_images', 10, 2);

must be changed to

add_filter('wp_nav_menu_primary-navigation_items','add_images', 10, 2);

2. Add the following at the end of child theme's style.css and customize it if necessary:

/* Custom Styles For The Social Media Widget Icons in Navigation */

.socialmedia-buttons {
	float: right;
}

.socialmedia-buttons img {
	border: 0;
	border: 0 !important;
	margin-right: 10px !important;
	display: inline;
	-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in;
	-moz-transition: all 0.2s ease-in;
	transition: all 0.2s ease;
}

.socialmedia-buttons a {
	background: none !important;
	padding: 12px 0 0 5px !important;
	border-right: none !important;
}

.socialmedia-buttons a:hover {
	text-decoration: none;
	border: 0;
	-webkit-box-shadow: none !important;
	-moz-box-shadow: none !important;
	-o-box-shadow: none !important;
	box-shadow: none !important;
}
.socialmedia-buttons img.fade:hover {
	opacity: 1 !important;
	-moz-opacity: 1 !important;
	-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in;
	-moz-transition: all 0.2s ease-in;
	transition: all 0.2s ease;
}

Here is sample customized code for a few child themes: Default, Americana Interstate, Ionic.

How to display Posts from a specific category on a Page in Magazine Extension style

The instructions below outline how to have all posts from a category named Issues (ID = 18) appear on a Page titled Issues List (slug = issues-list).

1. Ensure that pretty permalinks are enabled. Create a Page titled Issues. Do not enter any content in the Page. Just enter the title and publish.

2. Save this code as page-issues-list.php. (i.e., page-<<slug>>.php)

1. Set a title for this Page in line 12.
2. Edit the category ID in line 21.

Upload this file to child theme directory.

3. Copy lib directory from parent Builder/extensions/magazine directory into child theme directory.

4. Add this at the end of child theme's style.css.

That's it.

Note: If a layout is applied to this Page, ensure that it (the layout) does not have an extension applied.

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