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  • Juliette Cook 4:47 am on February 5, 2014 Permalink |
    Tags: , Navigation,   
    Categories: Project Coordinators | Wordpress Developers ( 113 )

    Do all responsive themes display the same type of 'responsive' navigation on mobile devices? 

    Hi

    I am running into issues with responsive themes – the TRIM theme from ELEGANT themes shows up this way on mobile devices –
    http://screencast.com/t/8RECoMfnetB

    but client wants it this way:

    http://screencast.com/t/HlG10HkhH

     

    I have seen other responsive sites (wordpress) that display all menu items automatically: like this one – twenty eleven –

    http://awesomescreenshot.com/079th7c7d

    Is there a quick workaround, like doesn’t cost a thing,  for displaying all nav items on mobile devices for a responsive WP site?

    If not, I have had an estimate of about 1 hr to make it so. Are there any other tricks to display the nav item.

    What is the standard (if any) navigation for responsive sites?

    THANK YOU ALL

    thanks.

     

    • Juan Villegas 12:37 pm on February 5, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Actually, the mobile menu isnt automatically created on any theme. Whats happening is that navs are duplicated: one for desktop and tablets, and one for mobile. So if you inspect header.php for exampleyou may find that two navs are created, but in the css one of them will be hidden depending on the device’swidth. This is the technique used in Trim, I have highlighted both menus in the code: http://prntscr.com/2pnkdq

      Other times the same menu is used and the floats are cleared in mobile, so that each nav item extends the whole line. However, not always this is possible, and thats why we have to resort to the option above..

    • Daryl Monte 1:41 pm on February 5, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Another possible solution is to overwrite the css codes that displays and hides the menu depending on the device’s width.

    • Juliette Cook 4:50 pm on February 5, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      ok to overwrite the css codes or change the classic default css on a mobile device, how long does this take???

    • Daryl Monte 1:45 am on February 6, 2014 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Around an hour or two depending on the codes used in the theme

  • Juliette Cook 2:29 pm on November 21, 2013 Permalink |
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    Categories: Project Coordinators | Wordpress Developers ( 113 )

    How long does it REALLY take to put navigation item on a theme and build pages? 

    Hi all

    I have had varied results here. Some developers will take 4 hours and some will take 2 hours.  Since we are charging client per hour and have to account for each task what is with the variation on this. So to be specific, a PC says on a task, Place Nav Items in Top and Build out corresponding pages.

    We need to set a standard time for this as anything over 2/3  hours seems too long. I need developer input of course.

    thanks,

    juliette

     

    • Juan Villegas 10:29 pm on November 21, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      mm I think the variation comes from the time it takes a developer to do the context switch from whatever he is doing and start working on whatever he is asked to. if im in charge of a site, and you ask me to create a menu/page, it shouldnt take me longer than a couple of minutes as Im supposed to know already the structure and constraints of the site. In the other hand, if I get a login and a ftp by email of a site i’ve never worked with, then its going to take me some time to get used to it, the plugins it use, the theme, the framework, etc.

      other times menus arent created, and thus the dev needs to dive into the php templates and code the menu himself.

    • Juan Villegas 10:32 pm on November 21, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      last but not least.. several times requirements “outrange” whats included in the theme, and diving into the php files of a pre-made theme isnt as simple as it sounds. simple stuff like making root menu items unclickable or changing the number of columns of a page/post require some evaluation of the consequences those changes will have in the whole package.

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