Taxonomy Navigation – Accordion Functionality

Thanks for starting a new thread – trying to read the other one was giving me a headache! Please mark the other one ‘Resolved’.

I don’t think is_tax() is what should be used. is_tax(‘farful’) asks the question ‘Is this the farful archive page?’. The question we want is ‘What archive page is this?’. is_tax() does not tell us which archive page we are on.

Is there anything in your page that shows the name of the taxonomy on the screen? Please post a link to your site and tell us where the taxonomy name is on the screen.

I think, but haven’t tested, that this will work:

<ul id="port_nav">
<?php
$current_tax = single_cat_title("", false);
$terms = get_terms('typeofproject');

foreach ($terms as $term) {
   if ($term->name == $current_tax) continue;
   $wpq = array ('taxonomy'=>'typeofproject','term'=>$term->slug);
   $myquery = new WP_Query ($wpq);
   $article_count = $myquery->post_count;
   echo "<li class=\"term-heading\" id=\"".$term->slug."\">";
   echo "<a href=\"#".$term->slug."\">".$term->name."</a>";
   echo "</li>";
   echo "<li style='padding: 0;' class=''>";
   if ($article_count) {
      echo "<ul>";
      while ($myquery->have_posts()) : $myquery->the_post();
         echo "<li>> <a href=\"".get_permalink()."\">".$post->post_title."</a></li>";
      endwhile;
      echo "</ul>";
   }
   echo "</li>";
}
?>
</ul>

OK – I had a chance to test that and it didn’t work, but this should.

<ul id="port_nav">
<?php
$terms = get_terms('typeofproject');

foreach ($terms as $term) {
   if (!is_tax($term->slug)) continue;
   $wpq = array ('taxonomy'=>'typeofproject','term'=>$term->slug);
   $myquery = new WP_Query ($wpq);
   $article_count = $myquery->post_count;
   echo "<li class=\"term-heading\" id=\"".$term->slug."\">";
   echo "<a href=\"#".$term->slug."\">".$term->name."</a>";
   echo "</li>";
   echo "<li style='padding: 0;' class=''>";
   if ($article_count) {
      echo "<ul>";
      while ($myquery->have_posts()) : $myquery->the_post();
         echo "<li>> <a href=\"".get_permalink()."\">".$post->post_title."</a></li>";
      endwhile;
      echo "</ul>";
   }
   echo "</li>";
}
?>
</ul>

Hi vtxyzzy,

Thanks for the help but unfortunately that kills the whole menu entirely. Syntax error floating in there possibly? (Though I couldn’t spot any myself)

I think probably that is_tax isn’t working the way I thought it would. Try changing this:

if (!is_tax($term->slug)) continue;

to this:

if (false && !is_tax($term->slug)) continue;

If that gets the menu back, then is_tax is never finding a match. Are you looking at a taxonomy page?

On a non-taxonomy page, what do you want to show? Nothing, or the whole menu. If the whole menu, try this:

if (is_tax() && !is_tax($term->slug)) continue;

Hi vtxyzzy,

that first solution just listed them all out at once (every type of project was expanded with their posts under each) and then the second one did the same thing except went blank on the main page.

The main portfolio page is a WordPress page. Eg. https://www.site.com/ourportfolio (Nothing expanded)

The taxonomy pages are archive pages. Eg. https://www.site.com/typeofproject/residential (Relevant TypeofProject expanded with posts)

It also exists in the sidebar of each single portfolio page – which is a custom post type single page eg. https://www.site.com/portfolio/middleton-residence/ (Relevant TypeofProject expanded with posts)

vtxyzzy if you wish to see a near working version of the site please email me at dwhipps at gmail dot com

The first ‘solution’ wasn’t a solution – it was a test. Since it showed the entire menu, that means is_tax($term->slug) is always returning FALSE. It never recognizes the taxonomy on the current page.

I don’t know what the answer is, but I do know that you need some other means of detecting which taxonomy you are currently showing.