Menu Categories, Terms, Groups

[Dustin Kring]

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This particular inquiry is regarding page_menu_list.php and it’s functionality. I have ultimately added a new “Menu” category for my client’s Beverage section as combining both menus would be horrific for the users.

I am stuck in this position with my coding, The Menu I branched from is coded as:

Menu > Menu Group (Appetizer, Salads…) > Food Item

Branching off of this code, for the Beverages however, I need an additional form of organizing on the Beverage Menu page.

Example of Beer Group:

Parent: Bottled Beer
Children of Bottled Beer: Micro Brews, Macro Brews
Children of Micro Brews: Pales Ales, India Pale Ales, Belgians…..

Some Parent categories do not have Child categories.

Ultimately I am looking for way to have a layout which organizes like:

<h1>Beverage Menu</h1>

<h2>Beverage Group (Bottled Beer)</h2>

<h3>Child of Bottled Beer (Pales Ales)</h3>

<h4>Item of Pale Ales (Stone Pale Ale)</h4>
<p>Description and Price of Stone Pale Ale</p>

<h3>Child of Bottled Beer (India Pale Ales)</h3>

<h4>Item of India Pale Ale (Big Sky IPA)</h4>
<p>Description and Price of Big Sky IPA</p>

<h2>Beverage Group (22oz Bottles)</h2>

<h4>Item of 22oz Bottles (Name of Beer)</h4>
<p>Description and Price of Beer</p>

<h2>Beverage Group (Macro Brews)</h2>

<h4>Item of Macro Brews (Amstel Light)</h4>
<p>Desc. and Price of Amstel Light</p>

–END of Example.

Currently it is treating Bottled Beer, Micro Brews and Pale Ales as similar categories with h3 tags and is listing the Pale Ale Item under each one (it is shown 3 times).

I apologize for the length of this, I just want to be as detailed as possible. I have spent quite some time on this as some of this php coding is just over my head. I feel like I have been close, but still not happening.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Dustin

[Bill Robbins]

Good Morning Dustin,

It sounds like your menu would work best using the shortcode option of adding menu groups. What you would do is create a page for your beverages. Then you can insert a list of the menu items from a menu group by placing a code like this:

[menu group="burgers"]

everywhere you need a list of items. Just replace burgers with the “slug” of the menu group you’d like to display. You can find the slug by going to the Food section and selecting “Menu Groups.” The slug will be listed next to each group.

You can place any content (HTML, pictures, videos — pretty much anything) above or below your lists. That way you can create the structure that you’re describing above.

Give that a try and let me know if you run into any questions or trouble.

Thanks,
Bill

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