Controlling navigation menu items display

I found a solution, which I've highlighted in red below, but if there is a simpler option please let me know.

I need a solution for one other thing. I need to insert a CSS class in one of the parent tags - "Festive Menu". How can I achieve that?

Thanks

Terry

                <nav class="nav">
                    <ul class="sf-menu" data-type="navbar">
                    <?php foreach ($nav_menuRecords as $categoryRecord): ?>
                      <?php if ($categoryRecord['display']==1): ?>
                      <?php echo $categoryRecord['_listItemStart'] ?>
                  
                      <?php if ($categoryRecord['_isSelected']): ?>
                        <a href="<?php echo $categoryRecord['link'] ?>"><?php echo $categoryRecord['name'] ?></a>
                      <?php else: ?>
                        <a href="<?php echo $categoryRecord['link'] ?>"><?php echo $categoryRecord['name'] ?></a>
                      <?php endif; ?>
                  
                      <?php echo $categoryRecord['_listItemEnd'] ?>
                      <?php endif; ?>
                    <?php endforeach; ?>
                    </ul>
                </nav>

Hi Terry,

Give this code a try:

<?php $class = "" //setup class variable ?>

<?php if ($categoryRecord['num']== 5): // if a specific category record matches then assign a class name ?>
<?php $class = "class_name_here"; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

Change the category num from 5 to match the record number for "Festive Menu".

Then print out the class name where you need it. It will only appear if the category matches

<?php echo $class; ?>

Hopefully this works for what you need. 

For the other requirement, if you need to hide records, you could add the a Hidden checkbox in your Section Editor so when checked, that record will not be displayed on the website. This lets users temporarily make records visible or not.

http://www.interactivetools.com/docs/cmsbuilder/special_fieldnames.html

Thanks Damon,

They both work excellently! That 'hidden' field is brilliant programming in the CMSB!

Terry

Hi,

A problem has arisen with the child items in the navigation menu using the code below.

                <nav class="nav">
                    <ul class="sf-menu" data-type="navbar">
                    <?php foreach ($nav_menuRecords as $categoryRecord): ?>
                      <?php if ($categoryRecord['display']==1): ?>
                      <?php echo $categoryRecord['_listItemStart'] ?>
                  
                      <?php if ($categoryRecord['_isSelected']): ?>
                        <a href="<?php echo $categoryRecord['link'] ?>"><?php echo $categoryRecord['name'] ?></a>
                      <?php else: ?>
                        <a href="<?php echo $categoryRecord['link'] ?>"><?php echo $categoryRecord['name'] ?></a>
                      <?php endif; ?>
                  
                      <?php echo $categoryRecord['_listItemEnd'] ?>
                      <?php endif; ?>
                    <?php endforeach; ?>
                    </ul>
                </nav>

The above code produces the following HTML structure:

<nav class="nav">
    <ul class="sf-menu" data-type="navbar">

        <li><a href="x.php">Home</a></li>

        <li><a href="">Festive Menus</a>
            <ul>
                <li><a href="/download/2016_psb_festive_menu.pdf">Festive menu</a></li>
                <li><a href="/download/2016_psb_christmas_lunch.pdf">Christmas lunch</a></li>
            </ul>
        </li>

        <li><a href="#">Menus</a>
            <ul>
                <li><a href="y.php">Child Menu Item</a></li>                                                                                      
                <li><a href="y.php">Child Menu Item</a></li>                                                                                      
                <li><a href="y.php">Child Menu Item</a></li>                                                                                      
                <li><a href="y.php">Child Menu Item</a></li>                                                                                      
            </ul>
        </li>                                                                                      

        <li><a href="/reservations.php">Reserve a table</a></li>                                                                                      

        <li><a href="/contact.php">Contacts</a></li>
    </ul>
</nav>

However, I want to hide 'Christmas Menu' in the Festive  Menus dropdown list. I do that by unchecking the 'Display' box in the Section Editor (see attached screenshot). When I do that it produces the following HTML structure which alters the original structure because it is removes the closing </ul> & ,/li> tags in this dropdown list and subsumed the items which follow as children and grandchildren (??) in this list. This is a built-in CMSB thing. I need to rectify this. How?

<nav class="nav">
  <ul class="sf-menu" data-type="navbar">
    <li><a href="/home.php">Home</a></li>

    <li><a href="">About</a>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="/aboutus.php">Our Restaurant</a></li>
        <li><a href="/subscribe.php">Newsletter subscription</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>

    <li><a href="">Festive Menus</a>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="/download/2016_psb_festive_menu.pdf">Festive menu</a></li>
      </ul> } These are stipped out. The effect is that the items below
    </li>   } become children and grandchildren (??) in this dropdown list.

    <li><a href="#">Menus</a>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="y.php">Child Menu Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="y.php">Child Menu Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="y.php">Child Menu Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="y.php">Child Menu Item</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href="/reservations.php">Reserve a table</a></li>
    <li><a href="/contact.php">Contacts</a></li>
  </ul>
</nav>

Thanks

Terry

Greg,

That's a brilliant piece of programming in CMSB. Makes life so much easier.

This solution works well.

Thanks

Terry