Adding a menu and widgets to the site

Now that all of the pages are in place and settings are configured, we can add a navigation menu and some widgets to help users navigate the site. Let's start with a menu.

Creating a navigation menu

Create a menu in the same way you normally would, adding the screens for your membership admin. Follow these steps:

1. In the WordPress admin, go to Appearance | Menus.

2. Click on the create a new menu link at the top of the screen.

3. To create a new menu, click on the create a new menu link, type your menu's name in the Menu Name field, and click on the Create Menu button, as shown in the following screenshot:

   

   Fig 10.13: Creating a new menu

4. Add the following pages to your menu:

   • Home

   • Membership Account

   • Membership Levels

   • Terms of Reference

   • Blog

5. Change the labels for two of the menu items using the Navigation Label field, as shown in Fig 10.14.

6. Change Membership Account to Your Account.

7. Change Membership Levels to Membership Types.

   

   Fig 10.14: Editing navigation labels...