Menubar 4.1 is here
Menubar 4.1 is here! With this version I think that the new template structure introduced with version 4.0 is 99% completed. The new structure was necessary to allow an easier customization of templates, and to allow the deployment of new features.
The new template structure deserves a full documentation, and I’ll post it as soon as it’s ready, but if you are really curious you can take a look at the new Suckerfish_41 template code.
What else is new in Menubar 4.1? First, the new Custom item type, which allows you to build a menu item with any custom HTML you need.
And second, the generation of default item names if you leave the Name field blank. As you already guessed, the default name is the post title for posts, the category name for categories, and the page title for pages. So if you choose the default option and you change, say, a category name, the corresponding menu item name will be automatically updated.
Both these new features are only available with new templates. Today I’m releasing the Suckerfish_41 template, and I plan to release new versions of all the existing templates soon, so they can benefit from the new features.
The old template structure and the old templates are supported as well, so you can update Menubar and be confident that your old menus will work as usual.
Thanks for the default names for menu items!!! (I was suggesting this as a feature some version ago) – it’s veeery useful!
Menubar starts to be my favorite WP plugin
Hello Chodorowicz,
the default names feature was actually added following your suggestion. I always try to listen to Menubar users, and many new features are originated by your requests. Thanks to you all!