Same page in different tree structure

  • Resolved wordpsam

    (@wordpsam)


    5 years, 8 months ago

    Hi,
    This question continues from this closed post:

    https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/pronlem-when-using-the-same-sub-menu-item-more-than-once/

    I have used the query parameter to get the desired ‘workaround’ [ e.g. /permalink/slug/?crosslink ] but would like to continue the discussion to possibly find a cleaner solution.

    Currently, if you have the same page in multiple navigation branches only the first is picked up (seems to be based on the permalink) when looking for child pages.
    If you say this is a problem with wp_nav functions would it be possible to consider a method/function that the breadcrumb uses which correctly isolated the current branch you’re in…?

    Alternatively a check if the same page appears in the navigation more than once and then isolate the correct branch if it does (as per breadcrumb) otherwise keep existing logic?

    Hopefully the correct branch is identified and the same page can be linked.

    If not then on major problem but just a bit more manual work when changes are required.

    Cheers,

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  • Thread Starter wordpsam

    (@wordpsam)

    Update:
    The custom link does not work in my case as I need the correct sub navigation to be displayed.

    Situation

    Parent A
    — |_______Sub Nav A-1
    —- |_______Sub Nav A-1-1
    —- |_______Sub Nav A-1-2 … etc
    — |_______Sub Nav A-2
    —- |_______Sub Nav A-2-1
    —- |_______Sub Nav A-2-2 … etc
    Parent B
    — |_______Sub Nav B-1
    — |_______***Sub Nav A-2*** — Crosslink back to Parent A – SubNav A-2
    Parent C
    — |_______Sub Nav C-1
    — |_______***Sub Nav C-2*** — Crosslink back to Parent A – 2 SubNav A-2

    The current level navigation gets rendered correctly. In the above examples we assume there are 3 levels.
    Within first sublevel (lvl 2 (A-1, A-2, B-1 etc) ) page we pull out the sub items to rendered a further submenu (lvl 3). In our case [ Sub Nav A-2-1, A-2-2 etc ]

    Let’s call the page we want to get to Parent A => SubNav A-2 …. /parent-a/subnav-a-2
    Sub navigation items within this structure are [A-2-1, A-2-2 etc ]

    The problem occurs when you attempt to render Page Sub Nav A-2 and its sub navigation elements (lvl 3 navigation items list) – depending on ‘how’ you get to the page.

    If you access the link via Parent B or Parent C the sub items have no children and therefore no sub navigation elements are found.

    Option 1: Admin navigation select the page to link to by all sub nav items
    -This fails. Either the first or last (based on widget config) is selected but this is not the case as sometimes the order of the page we need to get to is not first or last.

    Option 2: Use the correct page relative to the page structure and link the other nav items with a variable (I used /?crosslink=1 )
    -This fails as the navigation tree is picked up based on the full link, not the permalink/slug

    Hopefully this makes sense. Any help or recommendations appreciated.

    Basically IF a page is linked within the Navigation Plugin then that page has an ID of some sort. This ID can identify which branch in the navigation is the ‘correct’ branch.
    An alternative could be to set some query parameter to fall back to the base URL (like my ?crosslink example which the plugin (or WP Nav) could filter by…

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by wordpsam.
    • This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by wordpsam.
    Thread Starter wordpsam

    (@wordpsam)

    For anyone trying this I have found a workaround (that on initial testing works)

    Using .htaccess you check for a specific query parameter and redirect to the base path URL removing the query parameters along the way.

    It works in my case as the pages use a permalink structure without query parameters.
    NOTE: this solution will not work for URLs with query parameters. (or can but the RewriteCondition needs reworking.

    Step 1: Any cross linked page requires a custom link and an additions suffix

    /path/path/?crosslink=1

    Step 2: Modify the .htaccess

    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} .*crosslink.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}? [L,R=301]

    This will allow you to cross link multiple pages (all with the custom link and crosslink query parameter) and leave the actual page with the correct URL.

    Worked for me! Good luck.

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