Title: Theme; autofocus
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Theme; autofocus

 *  [donghyun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donghyun/)
 * (@donghyun)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-autofocus/)
 * I am using Autofocus theme and my blog is [http://www.onefamily.co.kr](http://www.onefamily.co.kr).
   I am building this blog as a gift to to my son and daughter. Autofocus pretty
   much satisfy my need except for the menu layout. I want my menu to be horizontally
   displayed.
 * Would there any good mans knowing how to and kindly advise me where to change?
   I am not a tech person but a daddy just to know a bit of wordpress but not about
   the code. So if you can tell me how to fix this, then please explains it to me
   as a beginner
 * Thanks DH

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 *  [Harmony](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harmonywebworks/)
 * (@harmonywebworks)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-autofocus/#post-5015133)
 * Hi donghyun,
 * Nice looking site, great pics!
 * Turning the navigation into vertical navigation isn’t going to be as easy as 
   a quick settings change or even css change. Some themes come built with the ability
   to quickly convert the navigation to a vertical format, most do not.
 * A couple things to consider here:
 * 1) That theme, while a good one (and free), is no longer supported. It hasn’t
   been updated in over 2 years according to WP.org.
 * [http://wordpress.org/themes/autofocus](http://wordpress.org/themes/autofocus)
 * So it is almost guaranteed that it will be having some issues with the recent
   version of WordPress (3.9.1). These issues could be cosmetic, but also security,
   stability, and functional in nature.
 * Unless there’s a very, very good reason for doing so, extremely outdated themes
   should be avoided when looking for a theme to install.
 * Is this a recent install or was it installed a while ago and just not been able
   to be updated?
 * Either way, you may want to consider finding a new theme, perhaps this time with
   a built in vertical navigation menu.
 * 2) One option to resolve the vertical navigation issue, is to find a plugin that
   will allow for that.
 * Here are a few: [http://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=vertical+navigation](http://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=vertical+navigation)
 * I am skeptical if any currently updated plugins will work with your theme however,
   since the theme has not been updated in some time.
 * Some plugins are easier to use than others of course, so it’s going to be an 
   issue of research and/or trial and error.
 * 3) Another consideration if looking for a new theme w/o a vert navbar that doesn’t
   seem to be a _gallery _at first, is to use a gallery plugin with that theme (
   you wouldn’t need a vert navbar plugin since the theme already has one) so that
   it can look the way you want it to (then just set the created gallery page as
   the home page under:
 * Settings – Reading – Front Page Displays area.
 * And don’t forget, that if you are going to need to modify any files as required
   by a plugin, be sure to create a child theme so the parent is not affected if
   it has to be updated later.
 * Sorry for the lengthy post. I realize that the above may seem daunting, but as
   far as I can tell, these are the only options **if** you want to go with having
   a vertical navigation.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-autofocus/#post-5015134)
 * I’m sorry but as you appear to be using a non-WPORG theme, you need to seek support
   from the theme’s developers – paid or otherwise. We only support themes downloaded
   from wordpress.org here.
 *  [Harmony](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harmonywebworks/)
 * (@harmonywebworks)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-autofocus/#post-5015143)
 * > esmi: We only support themes **downloaded** from wordpress.org here.
 * esmi, it seems he is using the Autofocus theme, which is found and downloaded
   on WP.org:
 * [http://wordpress.org/themes/autofocus](http://wordpress.org/themes/autofocus)
 * No?
 *  [Harmony](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harmonywebworks/)
 * (@harmonywebworks)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-autofocus/#post-5015145)
 * donghyun,
 * It appears I misread your post. I cannot edit my post, else I would (too much
   time has lapsed since its creation). You are wanting to change it to a HORIZONTAL
   menu. The theme is of course, already VERTICAL.
 * I would still consider the “spirit” of my first post above in that you will still
   need to be ready to make a few changes.
 * However, I think going from vert to horizontal there, may be a bit easier than
   expected, so that’s good. =P
 * There are a number of menu replacement plugins out there, many on WP.org. I’d
   start there.
 * I’m not a fan of installing out of date themes however and would still recommend
   finding a new theme. And since it is a horizontal navigation menu you are looking
   for, this makes it much easier! Most gallery themes use horizontal menus.
 *  [Harmony](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harmonywebworks/)
 * (@harmonywebworks)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-autofocus/#post-5015150)
 * As far as a new theme, you may want to consider this one: [http://wordpress.org/themes/photo-book](http://wordpress.org/themes/photo-book)
 * It looks very similar to the one you have. It has a horizontal menu and it is
   updated.
 * Another possibility: [http://wordpress.org/themes/picturesque](http://wordpress.org/themes/picturesque)
 * Just search for “photo album” or “gallery” in the theme search area to get more
   possibilities.
 *  Thread Starter [donghyun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donghyun/)
 * (@donghyun)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-autofocus/#post-5015202)
 * Dear Harmony,
 * Thank you very much for assisting me. One of the reason that I liked AutoFucus
   theme is because it’s like a dairy but with photo. There is no other photo/gallery
   theme based on such dairy(based on the date display) function. So I liked it 
   very much and feels like this is it for my family blog. I may have to buy AutoFucus
   version 2 if I don’t find the way to display the menue.
 * Thanks

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