Just a quick preview of one of the upcoming featured changes to the Desk Mess Mirrored theme: custom menus via the wp_nav_menu() function.

The current code for Desk Mess Mirrored version 1.6 in header.php for menus is this (cleaned up for display):

<?php if ( is_home() || is_front_page()) { ?>
	<?php wp_list_pages( 'title_li=&depth=1&include=2' ); ?>
	<?php wp_list_pages( 'title_li=&depth=1&exclude=2' ); ?>
<?php } else { ?>
	<li><a href="<?php bloginfo( 'url' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Home', 'desk-mess-mirrored' ) ?></a></li>
	<?php wp_list_pages( 'title_li=&depth=1' ); ?>
<?php } ?>

All of that code is simply replaced by this line:

<?php dmm_nav_menu(); ?>

The function dmm_nav_menu() is referring to this section of code now found in the functions.php template file:

    // Add wp_nav_menu() custom menu support
    add_theme_support( 'menus' );
    function dmm_nav_menu() {
      if ( function_exists( 'wp_nav_menu' ) )
        wp_nav_menu( array(
                           'theme_location' => 'top-menu',
                           'depth' => 1,
                           'fallback_cb' => 'dmm_list_pages'
                           ) );
      else
        dmm_list_pages();
    }

    function dmm_list_pages() {
      if ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) {
        wp_list_pages( 'title_li=&depth=1' );
      } else { ?>
        <li><a href="<?php bloginfo( 'url' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Home', 'desk-mess-mirrored' ) ?></a></li>
        <?php wp_list_pages( 'title_li=&depth=1' );
      }
    }

    add_action( 'init', 'register_dmm_menu' );
    function register_dmm_menu() {
      register_nav_menu( 'top-menu', __( 'Top Menu' ) );
    }
    // wp_nav_menu() end

Notice the highlighted lines are identical which means at the default settings after updating to version 1.7 you should see no difference in how your site looks, but you are now able to set the menu links using the interface under Appearance | Menus. Also note, the menu is still set as a top-level or parent only menu. Future versions of DMM may offer drop-down menus and other options but they are not currently scheduled for a particular release date or version at this time.

All of these changes were based on the article I wrote at WPFirstAid.com titled: Upgrade wp_list_pages() to wp_nav_menu().

Enjoy!

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WPFirstAid.com recently wrote a post covering the inclusion of this dynamic copyright function into most any theme. This added functionality will be included with the next update of each of our themes.

Using the get_post() function, bns_dynamic_copyright() essentially finds the blog’s first post; makes note of its date; then creates a copyright notice that takes into account the year in the date of the first (read: oldest) post to recognize the lifetime of the blog.

Here is the code to be placed in the functions.php file:

function bns_dynamic_copyright() {
  /* Get all posts */
  $all_posts = get_posts('post_status=publish&order=ASC');
  /* Get first post */
  $first_post = $all_posts[0];
  /* Get date of first post */
  $first_date = $first_post->post_date_gmt;

  /* Display common footer copyright notice */
  _e('Copyright © ');
  /* Display first post year and current year */
  if ( substr($first_date,0,4) == date(Y) ) {
  /* Only display current year if no posts in previous years */
    echo date(Y);
  } else {
    echo substr($first_date,0,4) . "-" . date(Y);
  }
  /* Display blog name from 'General Settings' page */
  echo ' <strong>' . get_bloginfo('name') . '</strong> ';
  _e('All rights reserved.');
}

… and here is the line of code to replace the old static copyright notice:

<?php bns_dynamic_copyright(); ?>

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