Mega menu style not showing

Hi Kawebb,

Thanks for posting a link. It looks like a custom theme, so I suspect the way you’re outputting the menu is not quite right for what we need. Can you try following this guide?

https://www.megamenu.com/documentation/manual-php/

Regards,
Tom

Hi!

Thanks for the guide! I followed the steps but now the menu doesn’t show up at all. You can see that at the url of the website that i sent you.

The code I used for outputting the menu is this one:

<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'max_mega_menu_1' ) ); ?>

Hi kawebb,

Do you have a menu assigned to the new location you’ve created? (id: max_mega_menu_1)

Usually you’d use the location registered by your theme, who normally use IDs along the lines of primary, main etc.

Regards,
Tom

Hi!

Yes I have a menu that is called Main Menu that is assigned to the menu location I created. I’ve also enabled MMM on the new menu location. It doesn’t seem to output any code in <nav>.

Ok, that’s odd ??

Can you add some text above and below where the menu should be. Eg:

<h1>before menu</h1>
<?php wp_nav_menu( array( ‘theme_location’ => ‘max_mega_menu_1’ ) ); ?>
<h1>after menu</h1>

Does “before menu” and “after menu” get output on the front end?

Regards,
Tom

Hi!

Yes the h1:s are showing. And when I edit the menu and hover a menu item it says “Mega menu” so it seems to be activated.

Hi kawebb,

Can you paste the code that you removed from the theme? I.e. the code that was originally responsible for outputting the menu.

Regards,
Tom

Here it is:

                        <?php
                        wp_nav_menu( array(
                        'menu' 			 => 'Main menu',
                        'depth'          => 3,
                        'container'      => true,
                        'menu_class'     => 'navbar-nav w-100 d-flex flex-row',
                        'fallback_cb'    => 'WP_Bootstrap_Navwalker::fallback',
                        'walker'         => new WP_Bootstrap_Navwalker(),
                        ) );
                        ?>

Thanks. No clues there unfortunately..

Can you zip up the parent theme (it looks custom?) and post a link to it here? You could upload it to wpengine and delete the file later.

Regards,
Tom

Hi!

Here is the link to the zipped parent-theme:

https://franklincovdev.wpengine.com/wp-content/kawebb.zip

Hi Kawebb,

Thanks. I’ve installed it and pasted my own php include code into the header.php file and it’s working as expected.

This code: https://www.screencast.com/t/spiHn2igtZ
Into this file: https://www.screencast.com/t/tCS25R6Atln
Looks like this: https://www.screencast.com/t/YSvW5vn8IfSj

Can you try the same?

Regards,
Tom

Hi!

I’ve added the code to header.php (the same way as in your image) but it still looks the same for me as before (normal dropdown). Should I comment out the other nav-code? If I do that the menu becomes blank again. Can it be something in the child theme thats making the error? Since you only tried with the parent theme. You can look at the URL I sent you in the first post if you want to check what I’m seeing.

Thanks!

Hi kawebb,

It could be something in the child theme, yes. Please try switching to the parent theme and make the same edit I did. At least then, we know if it is something in the child theme.

Regards,
Tom

Hi!

Yes its working in the parent theme. Can it be a clash with the WP Nav Walker menu?

Hi kawebb,

The plugin overrides the WP Nav Walker. As a next step you’ll need to strip back the child theme to figure out where the conflict lies. (for example, start with removing anything that isn’t essential from the functions.php file).

Regards,
Tom