Any other side bar item other then projects.

[sai-sy]

I do the code you put as an example for projects. It works like a charm. I change the folder name and the config file and it doesn't work anymore. I can't custom name side bar sections? Why does it only give me a section when it is called project? Love the theme otherwise thank you!

[lukeorth]

Hi @sai-sy, I'm glad you're enjoying the theme!

The sidebar menu will only show items that:

1. Are listed in your config and
2. Actually exist in your content directory

I added a Test sidebar item in the following screenshot to demonstrate.

The Test item is only shown because I've included it in my config:

menu = [
        {Name = "About", URL = "/about/", HasChildren = false},
        {Name = "Posts", URL = "/posts/", Pre = "Recent", HasChildren = true, Limit = 5},
        {Name = "Test", URL = "/test/", HasChildren = false},
    ]

And I have a test directory inside of my content directory which has a markdown file. So I have the following structure:

project_home/content/test/test.md

Hopefully that helps!

[sai-sy]

I thought so but I have 4 directories

with a config file like this

    menu = [
        {Name = "About", URL = "/about/", HasChildren = false},
        {Name = "Posts", URL = "/posts/", Pre = "Recent", HasChildren = true, Limit = 5},
        {Name = "Projects", URL = "/projects/", Pre = "Recent", HasChildren = true, Limit = 5},
        {Name = "Project", URL = "/project/", Pre = "Recent", HasChildren = true, Limit = 5},
	    {Name = "Test", URL = "/test/", HasChildren = true},
]

And yet my output looks like this

I'm super confused on why /project/ displays as Projects and why /test/ doesn't show up at all. Thanks!

[maccident]

Hey @sai-sy

I'm super confused on why /project/ displays as Projects and why /test/ doesn't show up at all. Thanks!

I believe it's there, but the sidebar does not scroll down, so it is off the screen.
In your browser, go to View then select Zoom Out a few times… I bet you'll see it.
At a minimum, you should see the copyright notice.

[sai-sy]

Doesn't explain why /project/ is displayed as Projects when it's explicitly told not to. Super weird. I changed my test to copy your original config and directory example with the test and tried zooming out. Nothing shows up. In the screenshot the copyright is just cropped out. Maybe I configured hugo somewhere else wrong but I don't get how ANY misconfiguration can lead to such weird circumstances

[sai-sy]

To confirm, all my config work should be done in ./config.toml not ./themes/poison/config.toml. I assume hugo only needs the theme = 'poson' to understand where to get the ./themes/poison/layouts/partials/sidebar/menu.html` information

[maccident]

@sai-sy

To confirm, all my config work should be done in ./config.toml not ./themes/poison/config.toml. I assume hugo only needs the theme = 'poson' to understand where to get the ./themes/poison/layouts/partials/sidebar/menu.html` information

Here is my menu section:

  menu = [
    {Name = "About", URL = "/about/", HasChildren = false},
    {Name = "Authors", URL = "/authors/", HasChildren = false},
    {Name = "Categories", URL = "/categories/", HasChildren = false},
    {Name = "Posts", URL = "/posts/", Pre = "Recent", HasChildren = true, Limit = 5},
    {Name = "Series", URL = "/series/", HasChildren = false, Limit = 5},
    {Name = "Tags", URL = "/tags/", HasChildren = false},
  ]

You need to make each directory and place a file (empty is fine) in each menu directory.
For example, I have an empty file in content/about/markdown.md
Same for each other directory.

[sai-sy]

That's exactly how I have it. Maybe I've configured hugo or go wrong because the behaviour I'm getting seems random and unrepeatable. Thank you for the support and great work on a beautiful theme.