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  • February 3, 2017 at 5:30 am #742154
    steed

    Hi guys,

    I’m building an online alumni magazine. The home page will always be the current issue, but I want to have “back issues” available too.

    Example: The summer cover page: http://connection.cu-portland.edu/summer-2016/

    Scrolling down that page gets you all of its content, but the menu now links to the current issue, here:

    http://connection.cu-portland.edu

    I thought I could do this in Enfold by swapping menus on the pages, but I can’t figure out if that’s possible.
    My plan was going to be this:
    1. build an issue with its own menu
    2. when ready to build the next issue, make a new menu, assign it to a new cover page, then hang all the other pages from there
    3. when ready, go to Enfold settings and change the home page from the previous issue to the new one
    4. create an “Archive” page, put a thumbnail of each previous issue (still linked to its original menu) on there.
    5. live happily ever after the end.

    Will that work? What am I missing that I can’t figure out how to do it?

    Thanks in advance,
    Tom

    February 3, 2017 at 9:50 am #742295
    Basilis

    Hey Thomas,

    Yes it is possible with the process you are describing it, but we can not do it for you.
    You will have to either go ahead and try product it, or hire a freelancer to help you out.

    Best regards,
    Basilis

    February 3, 2017 at 7:07 pm #742531
    steed

    Thank you Basillis,

    Just to be clear, I don’t expect you guys to do it for me. I wanted to know if my approach is technically possible.

    Specifically, I can’t figure out how to apply different menus to different page templates.

    Where in the Enfold documentation does it talk about creating page templates?

    Thanks again,
    Tom

    February 3, 2017 at 8:03 pm #742554
    Andy

    Hi,

    this is not about Enfold, but about WordPress itself. Everything is doable and a freelance developer could help you out here: http://kriesi.at/contact/customization

    Best regards,
    Andy

    February 3, 2017 at 9:03 pm #742578
    steed

    Thanks for the clarification Andy. I’m a little surprised that Basillis and you went to the freelance developer solution so quickly.

    Did something change over there that you guys do that rather than offer guidance or point to online resources known to you that it might take me a long time to find?

    While I HOPED the initial reply would be something like “yes you can do it, just do x instead of y, and check out this other forum page for more,” what I feared you’d say is “the way your site is structured, this approach won’t work. We suggest you contact our developers and get a bid.”

    Instead, sales pitch: “Yes it’s possible, but you need to pay us to do it for you.”

    I use WordPress and Enfold as a way to get amazing websites on very tight budgets. I own two Enfold licenses myself and have bought 5 more through the clients whose websites I’ve built.

    I know I’m venting, it’s not aimed at anyone personally. It comes from being surprised and disappointed in what seems to be a change in the Kreisi Way I’ve appreciated for the last 5 years.

    February 6, 2017 at 6:00 pm #743488
    Andy

    Hi,

    Unfortunately it would require quite some time and customization of the theme to achieve this, so I am sorry to tell you that this is not covered by our support. However if its really important for you to get this done, you can always hire a freelancer to do the job for you :). Kriesi and his team does not earn anything if you hire a freelance developer, so you won’t pay us, but the freelancer itself.

    Best regards,
    Andy

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