add support for creating new sections

README.md

@@ -78,6 +78,21 @@ Where `:blog-post.md` is the name of the file of your new post.
 
 The theme supports KaTeX which renders math typesetting in markdown document. Simply turn on by `math: true` in your post.
 
+### Adding a new section menu
+
+In your site's `config.toml`, add a new menu definition for say, "photos":
+```toml
+# config.toml
+
+[[menu.main]]
+    identifier = "photos"
+    name = "photos"
+    title = "Photos"
+    url = "/photos"
+```
+
+Then, put your posts under "content/photos". 
+
 ### Tags
 
 Right now `hugo-theme-codex` uses the `tags` taxonomy for blog posts. You can view all the blog posts of a given tag by going to `/tags/:tag-name`, where `:tag-name` is the name of your tag.

exampleSite/config.toml

@@ -30,15 +30,16 @@ themesDir = "../../"
 
 # Controls the navigation
 [[menu.main]]
-    identifier = "about"
-    name = "about"
-    title = "About"
-    url = "/"
-  [[menu.main]]
-    identifier = "blog"
-    name = "blog"
-    title = "Blog"
-    url = "/blog"
+  identifier = "about"
+  name = "about"
+  title = "About"
+  url = "/"
+
+[[menu.main]]
+  identifier = "blog"
+  name = "blog"
+  title = "Blog"
+  url = "/blog"
 
 
 

layouts/partials/nav.html

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <nav class="nav" role="navigation">
   <ul class="nav__list">
-    {{ $currentPage := . }} 
+    {{ $currentPage := . }}
     {{ range .Site.Menus.main }}
       <li>
-        <a {{if or ($currentPage.IsMenuCurrent "main" .) (and (eq .Name "blog") (eq $currentPage.Section "blog")) }} class="active"
-          {{end}} href="{{ .URL }}">{{ .Name }}</a>
+        <a {{ if or ($currentPage.IsMenuCurrent "main" .) (eq $currentPage.Section .Identifier) }} class="active"
+        {{end}} href="{{ .URL }}">{{ .Name }}</a>
       </li>
     {{ end }}
   </ul>