Using Menu_Manager on zpBootstrap

I'm testing using the Menu_Manager plugin on zpBootstrap theme. It is supposed to work without any mods to the code. Has anyone used these feature on Bootstrap? I don't get any new menu. The stock menu disappears, but the custom menu does not show up.

From zpBootstrap options.

"Check this if you want to use the "menu_manager" plugin if enabled to use a custom menu instead of the standard one.
Note: A custom menu named "zpBootstrap" is used automatically. You can change this custom menu in "menu" tab."

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  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    edited July 2023

    You are using the version from https://github.com/zenphoto/zpBootstrap? The official one is not fully ZP 1.6 compatible.

    Did you check that the menu is really there and correctly named? Did you check the theme option to use it?

  • fretzl Administrator, Developer
    edited July 2023

    It's a bit confusing.
    The menu looks exactly the same with or without the Use custom menu option checked and with or without the menu_manager plugin enabled.

    When you have enabled the menu_manager plugin you'll see a new tab Menu on the backend.
    Click the tab and you should see the Menu Manager page where you should find a menu called zpBootstrap.
    You can now change that specific menu the way you want (it should be self-explanatory).
    The last thing to do to get your modified menu working on the frontend is to check the Use custom menu theme option.

  • Thanks Fretzl. I have employed all the correct settings as you suggest. But no menu appears (no menu at all). I am running this locally with no mods to the Bootstrap theme.

    I am using the latest zpBootrap vers., and 1.6.1a, on my local install. So maybe zpBootrap is not compatible.

    I am curious to learn if anyone has successfully used the Menu_manager on bootstrap?, with these vers.

    Unfortunately zpBootstrap appears to be abandoned by Vincent, and I have 24 years of images devoted to using this theme.

  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    edited July 2023

    As noted above already - also a note our site's entry for the theme - we have forked the theme and at least fixed the compatibility issue as far as we knew of them. Please try that version.

  • tplowe56 Member
    edited July 2023

    I am using the forked theme. And I have also tested on Zenpage theme. All files are, as written, no mods. It works on Zenpage, but there is no option for zpBootstrap in the drop down at menu_manager.

    The switch in the zpBootstrap theme options to use menu-manager, should add that option on menu-manager? Correct?

    The header file in Bootstrap contains:

    <?php if ((extensionEnabled('menu_manager')) &&(getThemeOption('zpB_custom_menu'))) { ?><?php printCustomMenu('zpBootstrap', 'list-top', '', 'active'); ?><?php } else{ ?>

    But still does not show the menu.

  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    edited July 2023

    but there is no option for zpBootstrap in the drop down at menu_manager.

    That means simply no menu named "zpBoostrap" exists and you need to create it and add menu items to it yourself. Probably Vincent choose not to create a default menu like Zenpage since the point is a custom menu in the first place.

  • Yes.......I created a number of custom menus, and then chose in drop down, with no effect.

  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    edited July 2023

    Just to check again:

    • menu_manager is enabled
    • menu "zpBootstrap" exists with items
    • zpBootstrap theme option to use the menu_manager is enabled

    Correct? Can't check the theme myself right now but will try tomorrow.

    Also please check the logs for any related error or notice.

  • Ok....that works. Documentation should be more clear, that admin needs to create an exactly named menu "zpBootstrap", to use menu manager in a specific corresponding theme.

    Also.... the difference between creating a "New Menu" and "Add Menu Items". The "New Menu" needs to be exact to use on a theme.

    Sorry for the confusion.

  • acrylian Administrator, Developer
    edited July 2023

    Great we could solve it. It was actually always that way and is the standard way. Even is in the Zenpage theme. It has a slot for a menu named "zenpage" and no other one menu will work. The only difference is that the zenpage theme creates a default menu when you enable the theme.

  • fretzl Administrator, Developer

    My bad @tplowe56. I already did have a menu called zpBootstrap from long ago so I didn't notice that the current version has a bug and will not create that menu automatically.
    Working on it ;-)

  • fretzl Administrator, Developer
    edited July 2023

    @tplowe56: the bug was in the menu_manager plugin itself. Fix is in the development build 1.6.1a

  • Thanks!

    Another question on using mneu_manager plugin.
    Since the zpBootrap theme employs a menu bar rather than a sidebar as garland and zenpage use. Is it possible or are there plans to create a hierarchical menu that drops down, providing for more links.

  • acrylian Administrator, Developer

    Certainly that is possible. It would be up to the theme to provide such a menu styling.

    Since the actual future of the theme is unclear we don't know if that is planned. We only fix compatiblity issues.

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