Using Structure to output main menu when frontpage is the root?

Question

I always end up with a custom addon for outputting the nav from Structure but for this project I was hoping to go all native .. it should be pretty simple, after all.

Given this Structure structure how could one output the menu to the right?:

The nav tag won't cut it as it will always output the root. Am I missing something?

{exp:structure:nav include_ul="no" start_from="/" max_depth="2"}
    <li><a href="{page_uri}">{title}</a></li>
{/exp:structure:nav}

// NOTE: I do know about the Structure Entries plugin but AFAIK this will use {title} for the page titles which means it won't work inside a {exp:channel:entries} loop w/o using an embed.

Answer 1

I have done something similar but I think it won’t work in Structure 3.3.7 and later ([Feature] Fix for nesting pages under “Home” (url of “/”). No longer allowed.).

Let’s assume your home page has the entry_id 1:

{exp:channel:entries
    fixed_order="{exp:structure:child_ids entry_id='1'}"
    parse="inward"
    }
    <li{if "{page_url}" == "{structure:page:url}"} class="active"{/if}>
        <a href="{page_url}">{title}</a>
    </li>
{/exp:channel:entries}

This should work up to Structure 3.3.6.

{exp:structure:child_ids} is not documented in the current Structure documentation but you can find it in the EE1 Structure docs and Travis (or Jack?) assured me that it won’t be gone anytime soon. It looks like you can use {structure:child_ids_for:XXX} since Structure 3.3.5. But I have not tried it.

To output the menu in a {exp:channel:entries} loop I would use More Entries plugin or Stash (of course).

I have not tried it, but it seems like you can use {exp:structure:entries} tag instead of {exp:channel:entries} since Structure 3.3.7. Too bad nesting pages under “Home” is not allowed since the same version. :-(

May be this thread in Structure’s support forum could be helpful too.

Answer 2

You should be able to just do:

{exp:structure:nav include_ul="no" start_from="forside" max_depth="1"}

You can pick what page you want to start from, which in this case looks like "forside".

Answer 3

Another option is to use {exp:structure:nav include_ul="no" start_from="forside" max_depth="1" add_unique_ids="yes"}... note the added add_unique_ids="yes" parameter.

With unique IDs added, you can use CSS to hide the home page link as needed.

Answer 4

If you never want the frontpage output in the menu, how about just hiding it from the navigation tag altogether (by setting "Hide from nav" to "yes" in the structure tab)?