Needed: Dropdown page menu (not for navbar)

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  1. #1
    I have a review site and it has a button that say "write a review". To help visitors find what they want to review I thought I would make a page with with a dropdown area to help find and take them to the page they want to review.

    Any suggestions on how I can make this happen?
    Many thanks
     
    PNV, May 18, 2014 IP
  2. TIEro

    TIEro Active Member

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    #2
    Two ideas:

    1. Do it the other way around. Put the "Write a review" button on the pages they could be interested in reviewing. That way they know what they're reviewing without looking for it.

    2. If it's a set list of pages (or one you can generate with a query or something), you could do it with a standard <select> list on a <form>, using a $_POST php setup to open the appropriate page.

    I may have completely misunderstood what you want, though. :)
     
    TIEro, May 18, 2014 IP
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    Nigel Lew Notable Member

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    #3
    "I thought I would make a page with with a dropdown area to help find and take them to the page they want to review."

    Way too many queries involved in that idea.

    also, I think the above poster is correct. Not with standing that though, folks already know what they want to review or they would not be there in the first place. There is no need to make folks search for stuff.

    N.
     
    Nigel Lew, May 18, 2014 IP
  4. PNV

    PNV Active Member

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    Just clarify a bit, its more of a navigation issue. There are hundreds of hotels on the site which travelers find based on a filtering criteria such as dates etc.
    I want to make it easy for them to find the hotel they want to review. So maybe a dropdown of the locations then a dropdown of the names which ultimately takes them to the page. Nice and easy
     
    PNV, May 24, 2014 IP
  5. Nigel Lew

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    I can probably tell you what do if you can send me a quick link.

    Nigel
     
    Nigel Lew, May 24, 2014 IP
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    Sounds like a search would be better, with hundreds of hotels. Those dropdowns could end up being quite big, and it may be easier to type "Holiday Inn" and get a page with all the results, clickable to jump to the reviewing part.
     
    TIEro, May 25, 2014 IP
  7. Nigel Lew

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    That is what I was thinking actually. Something along these lines https://wordpress.org/plugins/facetious/screenshots/

    If you absolutely had to its probably possible to kluge that idea with this http://wpmegamenu.com/

    since you can stick it anywhere or have multiple iterations of it. I would not advise doing things that way though. It may help your navigation in general though.

    Nigel
     
    Nigel Lew, May 25, 2014 IP