In today’s tip we will see how to Open Menu Custom Links/External Links in a new window in WordPress. When you are creating your menu there are times when you have custom links (which might be a page or post on a website other than your own). Its a good idea to open them in a new window so the user does not navigate away from your site. You can use this tip to even open pages or post that are part of your menu, in a new tab.

Steps to Open Custom Links in a New Window/Tab

Step 1:
Click on Appearance –> Menu in the WordPress dashboard.

Step 2:
Look for the Screen Options drop down menu in the top right corner of your browser window.

Click on Screen Options in WordPress

Step 3:
Under Show advanced menu properties enable the Link Target checkbox.

Enable Link Target

Step 4:
Add a new link to your custom menu and click on drop down arrow to edit menu items. Click on “Open Link in a new tab”. This option is now available since you have enabled the Link Target in your screen options.

Open Custom Links in New Window/Tab

Done! You can now choose if you want your links to open in the same tab or a new tab.

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The DIVI Primary menu and logo shrinks in size when you scroll down the page. In DIVI when you scroll down, the fixed header settings come into effect. In this quick tip we will see how to prevent the shrinking of the DIVI primary menu and logo and keep it the same size on scroll. 

You can make the Primary Menu and Fixed Menu (on scroll) height to exactly same so that your logo and menu items do not shrink. Lets see how to do that. 

Here’s how the Primary menu looks with the default settings. Notice how when you scroll the the primary menu and logo shrink.

Primary Menu Before Scrolling Down

DIVI Header/Primary Menu before Scroll

Primary Menu After Scrolling Down

DIVI Header/Primary Menu after Scroll

Steps for keeping DIVI Menu same size on scroll

Step 1) Find out what your primary menu height and the text size is is by navigating to 

DIVI –> Theme Customizer –-> Header & Navigation –-> Primary Menu Bar –> MENU HEIGHT

DIVI –> Theme Customizer –-> Header & Navigation –-> Primary Menu Bar –> TEXT SIZE

In my case this a a value of 67 and 14 as shown below . 

Primary Menu Height in DIVI

Step 2 ) Make the Fixed Menu height and text size same as the number you have in the primary menu (in my case 67 and 14)

Navigate to 

DIVI –> Theme Customizer –> Header & Navigation –> Fixed Navigation Settings –> FIXED MENU HEIGHT

DIVI –> Theme Customizer –> Header & Navigation –> Fixed Navigation Settings –> TEXT SIZE

Make the fixed menu height and the text size exactly same as the primary menu and now your logo and menu items won’t shrink on scrolling down.

Fixed Menu Height in DIVI

Now, when you scroll both the menu will not shrink any more and both of them will have the same height and text size.

I hope you enjoyed this quick tip. For more DIVI TIPS and TRICKS make sure you visit my DIVI BLOG.
If you like to hire me for designing or editing your DIVI website, send me a message on my contact page.

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Today we will see how to add a background image to the DIVI primary menu also know as the main header. You can change the colors of the DIVI Primary Menu using the Theme Customizer Options, but cannot add an image using the Theme Customizer.

Settings in the DIVI THEME CUSTOMIZER

Before I change the background to an image, my background for the primary menu was set to a black color.  This was set in the DIVI Customizer by going to 
DIVI –> Theme Customizer –-> Header & Navigation –-> Primary Menu Bar –> BACKGROUND COLOR

I have chosen a color of WHITE for the text color. This can be selected by navigating to 
DIVI –> Theme Customizer –-> Header & Navigation –-> Primary Menu Bar –> TEXT COLOR

This is what my the main header looks like with the black background and white text setting for the primary menu. 

Background Color Primary Menu – DIVI

Things To Do Before You Add the CSS

Choose the color for your text, so that it contrasts well with the background image that you are going to be using. Use a dark color text if the background image is light in color. I have chosen white as my background image is dark in this example. Make sure you adjust the colors for the social icons to match your background image.

The social icons color cannot be changed from the DIVI Theme Customizer. You can check out my post : Change the color for email, phone and social media icons in DIVI to change the color of the social icons with a few lines of CSS.

Next, make sure you upload the image you want for your background in your media library. I have used an attribution free picture from the site pixabay. I have also sized the image to a 1920px by 108px using Photoshop. 

Once the image is uploaded to the media library, find the URL of the image. You will need that in the CSS that we write. 

My background image looks like this

Primary Menu Background Image

The URL was https://wpportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/primarymenu-background.jpg

CSS to add Background Image on DIVI Primary Menu 

To add the CSS, head over to your style.css in your child theme and paste the following CSS.
Alternatively you can also go to DIVI -> Theme Options and paste the CSS in the Custom CSS box.

/* Add a Background Image to the DIVI Primary Menu */
#main-header{
background: url(“https://wpportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/primarymenu-background.jpg”) !important;
background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
background-size: cover !important;
}

Make sure you replace the background URL to the url of your image. 

Here is what the Primary menu looks like after applying the above CSS. 

Primary Menu with Background Image – DIVI

I hope you like this tip and if you do use it on your website, do leave me a comment. Also for more such tips make sure you check out my DIVI TIPS on my blog.

Picture courtesy – Pixabay.
Image used for background.: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/banner-header-logo-header-1631295/

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I would love to hear about how I can help you with your business website. I have a Masters in Computer Science from Pace University, New York. Having worked in the software industry for many years, I am now freelancing and have specialized in using the DIVI theme from Elegant Themes, since the past eight years. Do have a look at my portfolio to view my other completed projects. Feel free to contact me and I will get back to you immediately.