bensontel2

Yes! Amazing support, Jarret. Thank you!

I copied the zero-post_nav function from template-tags.php (which wasn’t updating in my child theme) to functions.php in my child theme and it worked.

I had to edit the original template-tags.php in the theme because the one in the child theme had no effect. (why? Permissions are 0644.) I put this file in my child theme but when it didn’t work I put it in /inc but that made no difference.

I needed to change the wording from Previous Post in the esc_html__( ).
I also switched the angle icon from right to left in the additional CSS from the font-awsome.min.css folder.

.fa-angle-left:before {
  content: "\f105";
}
.fa-angle-right:before {
  content: "\f104";
}

Thanks for your patience.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by bensontel2.

CSS Changes are updated immediately, though.

I now think the rest of the puzzle might come from a CSS solution. i class in when inspecting that element.
<i class="fa prevNext fa-lg fa-angle-left"></i>
I get this by inspecting the (new) right element which points backward and says previous instead of Next, but the title below it (Two) is in the correct position and links correctly to the next post.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by bensontel2.

I can’t find where the words Next Post and Previous Post are coded. I do think they are formatted by the .meta-nav class selector. The post tiles themselves show up correctly. I tried setting the .meta-nav to display:none; in additional CSS. But that affected the whole navigation section.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by bensontel2.

The first change where you switched the left and right links worked like a dream. But other changes to the template-tags.php don’t seem to take effect.

Well after the initial changes even removing that section doesn’t seem to make a difference. And I cleared the browser cache. I’m out of my depth here, but I looked at the index.php file and see this note. Is this why the changes are not showing up?

<?php
					/* Include the Post-Format-specific template for the content.
					 * If you want to override this in a child theme, then include a file
					 * called content-___.php (where ___ is the Post Format name) and that will be used instead.
					 */
					get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
				?>

Very much appreciate your trying. No luck yet. Another option is to hide the words Next Post and Previous Post and the angle left and right icons because the One Two and Three are in the right place. If the user clicks on those at the bottom of the screen they will advance to the next post. If you have other suggestions I’m happy to try them out.

Yes. And I’m using Simple Custom Post Order plugin by Colorlib.

I did. But I’m capable of screwing up. Here is the complete file

<?php
/**
 * Custom template tags for this theme.
 *
 * Eventually, some of the functionality here could be replaced by core features.
 *
 * @package zenzero
 */

if ( ! function_exists( 'zenzero_paging_nav' ) ) :
/**
 * Display navigation to next/previous set of posts when applicable.
 */
function zenzero_paging_nav() {
	// Don't print empty markup if there's only one page.
	if ( $GLOBALS['wp_query']->max_num_pages < 2 ) {
		return;
	}
	?>
	<nav class="navigation paging-navigation">
		<h2 class="screen-reader-text"><?php esc_html_e( 'Posts navigation', 'zenzero' ); ?></h2>
		<div class="nav-links">

			<?php if ( get_next_posts_link() ) : ?>
			<div class="nav-previous"><?php next_posts_link( '<i class="fa fa-angle-left"></i>' ); ?></div>
			<?php endif; ?>

			<?php if ( get_previous_posts_link() ) : ?>
			<div class="nav-next"><?php previous_posts_link( '<i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i>' ); ?></div>
			<?php endif; ?>

		</div><!-- .nav-links -->
	</nav><!-- .navigation -->
	<?php
}
endif;

if ( ! function_exists( 'zenzero_post_nav' ) ) :
/**
 * Display navigation to next/previous post when applicable.
 */
function zenzero_post_nav() {
	// Don't print empty markup if there's nowhere to navigate.
	$previous = ( is_attachment() ) ? get_post( get_post()->post_parent ) : get_adjacent_post( false, '', true );
	$next     = get_adjacent_post( false, '', false );

	if ( ! $next && ! $previous ) {
		return;
	}
	?>
	<nav class="navigation post-navigation">
		<h2 class="screen-reader-text"><?php esc_html_e( 'Post navigation', 'zenzero' ); ?></h2>
		<div class="nav-links">
			<?php
next_post_link( '<div class="nav-next">%link</div>', '<i class="fa prevNext fa-lg fa-angle-left"></i> <div class="meta-nav" aria-hidden="true"><small>' . esc_html__( 'Previous Post', 'zenzero' ) . '</small><span class="smallPart">%title</span></div> ' . '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . esc_html__( 'Next Post link', 'zenzero' ) . '</span> ' );
previous_post_link( '<div class="nav-previous">%link</div>', ' <div class="meta-nav" aria-hidden="true"><small>' . esc_html__( 'Next Post', 'zenzero' ) . '</small> ' . '<span class="smallPart">%title</span></div> <i class="fa prevNext fa-lg fa-angle-right"></i><span class="screen-reader-text">' . esc_html__( 'Previous post link', 'zenzero' ) . '</span> ' );				
			?>
		</div><!-- .nav-links -->
	</nav><!-- .navigation -->
	<?php
}
endif;

if ( ! function_exists( 'zenzero_posted_on' ) ) :
/**
 * Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
 */
function zenzero_posted_on() {
	$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>';
	if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
		$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time><time class="updated" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time>';
	}

	$time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_date() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
	);
	
	$posted_on = '<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" rel="bookmark">' . $time_string . '</a>';
	$byline = '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ) . '">' . esc_html( get_the_author() ) . '</a></span>';

	echo '<span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-clock-o spaceLeftRight" aria-hidden="true"></i>' . $posted_on . '</span><span class="byline"><i class="fa fa-user spaceLeftRight" aria-hidden="true"></i>' . $byline . '</span>'; // WPCS: XSS OK.
	
	if ( 'post' == get_post_type() ) {
		$categories_list = get_the_category_list( ' / ' );
		if ( $categories_list && zenzero_categorized_blog() ) {
			printf( '<span class="cat-links"><i class="fa fa-folder-open-o spaceLeftRight" aria-hidden="true"></i>' . $categories_list . '</span>'); // WPCS: XSS OK.
		}
	}
	
	if ( ! post_password_required() && ( comments_open() || '0' != get_comments_number() ) ) {
		echo '<span class="comments-link"><i class="fa fa-comments-o spaceLeftRight" aria-hidden="true"></i>';
		comments_popup_link( esc_html__( 'Leave a comment', 'zenzero' ), esc_html__( '1 Comment', 'zenzero' ), esc_html__( '% Comments', 'zenzero' ) );
		echo '</span>';
	}

}
endif;

if ( ! function_exists( 'zenzero_entry_footer' ) ) :
/**
 * Prints HTML with meta information for the categories, tags and comments.
 */
function zenzero_entry_footer() {
	// Hide category and tag text for pages.
	if ( 'post' == get_post_type() ) {
		$tags_list = get_the_tag_list( '', '' );
		if ( $tags_list ) {
			printf( '<span class="tags-links"><i class="fa fa-tags spaceRight" aria-hidden="true"></i>' . $tags_list . '</span>'); // WPCS: XSS OK.
		}
	}

	edit_post_link( esc_html__( 'Edit', 'zenzero' ), '<span class="edit-link"><i class="fa fa-wrench spaceRight" aria-hidden="true"></i>', '</span>' );
}
endif;

/**
 * Returns true if a blog has more than 1 category.
 *
 * @return bool
 */
function zenzero_categorized_blog() {
	$all_the_cool_cats = get_transient( 'zenzero_categories' );
	
	if ( false === $all_the_cool_cats ) {
		// Create an array of all the categories that are attached to posts.
		$categories = get_categories( array(
			'fields'     => 'ids',
			'hide_empty' => 1,
			// We only need to know if there is more than one category.
			'number'     => 2,
		) );

		// Count the number of categories that are attached to the posts.
		$all_the_cool_cats = count( $categories );

		set_transient( 'zenzero_categories', $all_the_cool_cats );
	}
	
	return $all_the_cool_cats > 1;
}

/**
 * Flush out the transients used in zenzero_categorized_blog.
 */
function zenzero_category_transient_flusher() {
	if ( defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) {
		return;
	}
	// Like, beat it. Dig?
	delete_transient( 'zenzero_categories' );
}
add_action( 'edit_category', 'zenzero_category_transient_flusher' );
add_action( 'save_post',     'zenzero_category_transient_flusher' );

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by bensontel2.

That worked beautifully. Thank you so much, Jarret.

The only thing now is to figure out how to replace the words Next Post and Previous Post and the direction of the little arrow. stories.slowdownnow.org.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by bensontel2.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by bensontel2.

Perfect! Thank you. However, it does seem to also affect both ordered and unordered lists using option 2.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by bensontel2.

Thank you! The archive control worked! I am using a child theme. Happily I didn’t have to enter any code. The plugin *may* have slowed down my site a bit, or it may be something else.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by bensontel2.

Deleting the cache wasn’t enough. I had to turn caching off in WP Super Cache and that fixed it.