Making menu bar links shorter

gesman · #1 Feb 8, 2009, 04:59 PM

I have pages with long names.
They look ugly on menu bar.
Is there any way to create custom 'slugs' just for the menu bar (pages and categories)?

Gleb

Flynn · #2 Feb 8, 2009, 09:46 PM

You can do that with custom fields, see http://forum.bytesforall.com/showthread.php?t=149 , the second half of post #7 (the upper part of post #7 is about something different)

gesman · #3 Feb 8, 2009, 09:52 PM

The magic of custom fields, thanks!
(I'll re-copy for others)

In index.php, around line 97-99, change

PHP Code:


			
             } ?>"><?php 
        } the_title(); 
        if( !is_single() AND !is_page() ) { ?>

to

PHP Code:


			
} ?>"><?php 
        } if (is_page()) { echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'long-title', TRUE); } else { the_title(); }
        if( !is_single() AND !is_page() ) { ?>

Thanks!

PS: would be nice to have this a documented part of theme for both pages and categories.

Gleb