Wordpress custom menu structure

Hi,

Need some help on wp coding.

I want to change the default wp_nav_menu structure on a theme.

The default menu function is in: wp-includes -> nav-menu-template.php

    function start_lvl(&$output, $depth) {
        $indent = str_repeat("\t", $depth);
        $output .= "\n$indent<ul class="\\"sub-menu\">\n";
    }
</ul>

I want to change it to

    function start_lvl(&$output, $depth) {
        $indent = str_repeat("\t", $depth);
        $output .= "\n$indent<li class="\\"menu_body\"><ul class="\\"sub-menu\">\n";
    }
</ul></li>

I don’t want to change this from nav-menu-template.php because it will means to go outside the theme files.

Is there a posibility to rewrite this structure in functions file inside the theme.

Thanks.

Have a look at wp_nav_menu() http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_nav_menu

You’ll want to use a custom walker.

Kriesi has a great tutorial on it http://www.kriesi.at/archives/improve-your-wordpress-navigation-menu-output

Can’t you just pass the new variable to the function? define it in your functions.php file and send that variable to the function start_lvl.

I did something similar when I wanted to change the comments. The template was not part of the theme files but I was able to change what I wanted in the comment_form by doing thing

comment_form(array( 'title_reply' => 'my title here' ));

couldn’t something similar work in this situation?

Thanks mates for your sugestions.

@sevenspark Thank you for the tip, reading Kriesi tutorial fixed my problem immediately

Cheers.

FamousThemes said
Thanks mates for your sugestions.

@sevenspark Thank you for the tip, reading Kriesi tutorial fixed my problem immediately

Cheers.

Sure thing