Help with Hierarchical Menus, Please

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  alanbarnett · Member · Jul 2, 2010 at 2:06 pm

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  I can’t seem to make hierarchical menus work in Blix. I’ve made two pages that are under a parent page. In the menu for the parent page, the menu does not drop down to reveal the sub-pages. I tried Appearance > Menus, but while that yields the drop-down menu, I lose my Home page and therefore my entire blog, though the static pages remain. Any advice? Many thanks.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jul 2, 2010 at 3:29 pm

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  Preliminary advice: when you ask a question, we need a link to the blog you’re talking about (as mentioned in the Sticky 8 Things to Know Before Posting).

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  alanbarnett · Member · Jul 2, 2010 at 4:45 pm

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  Sorry, I thought I had done that. http://closecrop.wordpress.com. The menu in question is “Portfolio.” I have two subpages underneath that do not show up in a pull-down menu.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jul 2, 2010 at 5:10 pm

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  Blix cannot display dropdowns unless you use the new custom menu feature. Just copy the blog URL, create a link to it in Appearance > Menus > Custom Links, and add that link to your custom menu along with the pages you’ll add.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jul 2, 2010 at 5:11 pm

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  (Custom Links: paste blog URL in URL field, type “Home” in Label field.)

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  goofballcommittee · Member · Jul 2, 2010 at 8:41 pm

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  http://goofballcommittee.wordpress.com/

  I’m using Blix right now and did a custom menu thing and the subpages work, but It seems to be messed up. I tried with the CSS Classes (Appearance > Menus > Screen Options), and it is pretty confusing. Does anyone know how that works? Do you need to purchase a Custom CSS upgrade?

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  alanbarnett · Member · Jul 3, 2010 at 3:12 am

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  Excellent advice, Panaghiotisadam. It works! Thanks so much.