[theme-reviewers] Clarification: Nav Menus

[Chip Bennett]

Great; thanks!

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <philip at frumph.net
> wrote:

>  I wouldn't require wp_nav_menu to be there, thats specifically for pages,
> and doesn't look like a menubar just a widgetted area
>
> - Phil
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> *To:* Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <philip at frumph.net>
> *Cc:* theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:34 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Clarification: Nav Menus
>
> For clarification, see this Theme:
>
> http://themereview.chipbennett.net/
>
>  <http://themereview.chipbennett.net/>The dynamic sidebar is in the footer
> (actually, sidebar.php doesn't call dynamic_sidebar, but that's a separate
> issue). The footer has an explicit call to wp_list_pages, but is output as a
> list, not a menu bar.
>
> Should I require wp_nav_menu here? I'm thinking *not*, but wanted a second
> opinion.
>
> Chip
>
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>
>> But if no such "menu bar" exists, then the Theme isn't required to
>> use/support wp_nav_menu(), right?
>>
>> Chip
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <
>> philip at frumph.net> wrote:
>>
>>>  If they have a menubar looking place at the top half of the site:
>>> Custom Menu - wp_nav_menu() ( replacing wp_list_pages,
>>> wp_list_categories, wp_page_menu, etc. as a menubar system where applicable
>>> )
>>>
>>> They must use wp_nav_menu()
>>>
>>> If wp_nav_menu() is being used, then the register_nav_menus()
>>> OR add_theme_support('menus');  needs to be there
>>>
>>> Basically if they have an existing menubar on their site, wp_nav_menu
>>> needs to be used.
>>>
>>> - Phil
>>>
>>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>> *From:* Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>>> *To:* theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:20 AM
>>> *Subject:* [theme-reviewers] Clarification: Nav Menus
>>>
>>> Can someone give me some clarification on how we're currently
>>> interpreting the requirement that Themes support Nav Menus?
>>>
>>> If a given Theme doesn't have a "menu bar", is it not required to define
>>> a Nav Menu? i.e. in such case, is the Theme acceptable with just the native
>>> support for adding Nav Menus in the Theme's dynamic sidebar?
>>>
>>> Or, are we requiring Themes to support a menu bar, with a pre-defined Nav
>>> Menu?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Chip
>>>
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