CUSTOM MENUS

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Custom Menus are a list of common links that are usually displayed as the main navigation for your site. The menu location can vary depending on your theme. This theme offers 7 menu locations.

  1. Header Top Menu: This is the optional header top menu and it will show on the header top section
  2. Social Menu at Top: This is the optional social top menu and it will show the social icons on the header top section
  3. Primary Menu: This is the main menu of the theme and it will show on the header section
  4. Header Social Menu: This theme also support social links menu. When you assign menu to this location, it will automatically convert menu items to corresponding icons for popular social media sites
  5. Social on Contact Section: This is the optional social menu and it will show the social icons on the contact section
  6. Footer Social Menu: This is the optional social menu and it will show the social icons on the footer section
  7. Footer Menu: This is the optional footer menu and it will show on the footer section

To create custom menus

  1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Menus”
  2. If your theme already has a custom menu, you can click on it to begin editing
  3. If your theme does not have a custom menu, then click on “Create New Menu”
  4. Give your menu a name
  5. Select Menu Locations where you want the menu to appear, as mention above this theme have 3 custom menu locations
  6. Click “Next” to begin adding items to your new menu. There are default menu items like
    • Custom Link: Adds a custom URL linking to another site or social site
    • Pages: Add a link to page on your site
    • Posts: Add a link to post on your site
    • Categories: Add a link to category on your site, which will show blog posts from a given category
    • Tags: Add a link to tag on your site, which will show blog posts from a given tag

    HOW TO CREATE SOCIAL MENU?

    This theme also supports the social links menu. You need to create a social menu the same as a custom menu and just add link to your social site using custom links.

    1. Go to “Appearance => Customize => Menus”
    2. If your theme already has a social menu, you can click on it to begin editing
    3. If your theme does not have a social menu, then click on “Create New Menu”
    4. Give your menu a name, best will be like “Social Menu”
    5. Select Menu Locations where you want this social menu to appear, as mention above this theme have 4 custom menu locations for social menu
    6. Click “Next” to begin adding items to your social menu
    7. Click on “Add Items” and click on “Custom Link”
    8. Add the address for one of your social media profiles in the URL field. For example, if the link to your Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/wenthemes/, you would copy that into the URL field
    9. You can also enter a name for the social media profile in the Link Text field. Once you’re ready, click Add to Menu
    10. Repeat the above steps until all the social media profiles you wish to use have been added to the menu
    11. Finally, click Publish