Unable to get wordpress register_nav_menus working - wordpress

I am building my 1st theme, and got stucked with showing menu option on admin's screen under appearance. I refered various support thread but none of the solution is working for me.
Codes in function.php
<?php
//Create Nav menu
if (function_exists(register_nav_menus)) {
register_nav_menus( array('primary' => 'Header Navigation') );
}
?>
Codes in header.php
<?php
wp_nav_menu( array( 'container_class' => 'main-nav' , 'container'=>'nav') );
?>
I am executing this on localserver and wordpress version 4.0
image of header.php
http://i.imgur.com/ziPGH2G.png
image of function.php
http://i.imgur.com/ica5VJx.png
Thats all of it.
Please help me out.

First rename function.php to functions.php , note the the "s". http://codex.wordpress.org/Functions_File_Explained
Second try registering the menu inside a hook like init or after_theme_setup
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'register_my_menu' );
function register_my_menu() {
register_nav_menu( 'primary', 'Header Navigation' );
}

You're missing some arguments (and a comma in your array). You need to pass in a menu name:
$args = array(
'menu' => 'primary',
'container' => 'nav',
'container_class' => 'main-nav',
);
wp_nav_menu( $args );
Also be aware that this menu must exist in the admin, and must be assigned to the menu location you just created.

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array(
'header-menu' => __( 'Header Menu' ),
)
);
}
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Then, I've displayed in header.php file like this:
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'container' => 'ul',
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?>
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Thank you for your time.
You have register header menu with header-menu key and trying to get it by key of top-menu which is not possible. You have to use the header-menu key to add and get a header menu. we have updated the code. you can use this code.
<?php
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'theme_location' => 'header-menu',
'container' => 'ul',
'menu_class'=> 'd-flex main-menu'
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?>

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?>
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}
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Attached is the screenshot for your reference.
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You need to registered menu using register_nav_menus() in after_setup_theme action hook.
Please check below code. it help you to create two type of menu display location
function custom_theme_setup() {
register_nav_menus( array(
'primary' => esc_html__( 'Primary Menu', 'nepalbuzz' ),
'footer' => esc_html__( 'Footer Menu', 'nepalbuzz' ),
) );
}
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This code goes to your custom theme function.php file
For display menu used wp_nav_menu() function.
if ( has_nav_menu( 'primary' ) ) {
$args = array(
'theme_location' => 'primary',
'menu_class' => 'menu nepalbuzz-nav-menu',
'container' => false
);
wp_nav_menu( $args );
}
This code goes to your custom theme file where you want to display menu
Use this in your functions.php
register_nav_menus(
array('header_menu' =>'This is Header Menu'));
to display this menu use this code where you want to display your menu
wp_nav_menu(array('theme_location'=>'header_menu','container'=>''));
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So that you can create a custom Menu for your theme. Like
function register_theme_menu() {
register_nav_menu( 'primary', __( 'Primary Menu', 'theme-slug' ) );
}
After that add the menu by "after_setup_theme" hook like
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'register_theme_menu' );
The full code is like in you fuctions.php file.
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'register_theme_menu' );
function register_theme_menu() {
register_nav_menu( 'primary', __( 'Primary Menu', 'theme-slug' ) );
}
get full info from https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_nav_menu

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I am following this guide to "Add additional support for menus in your theme":
http://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus
I followed all of the steps, but this is the result:
http://puu.sh/30bMt.png
So, it's "inserting a menu" where I told it to.... however the items on the menu do not match up with what I have in the WordPress back-end, seen here...
http://puu.sh/30bQd.png
I only inserted 4 items into the menu "Test"... but it's displaying every page, instead of the 4 items I want.
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function register_my_menus() {
register_nav_menus(
array(
'header-menu' => __( 'Header Menu' )
)
);
}
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?>
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<?php wp_nav_menu(array('theme_location' => 'header-menu', 'menu_class' => 'my_extra_menu_class')); ?>
I'm not sure where you got 'extra-menu' from but WordPress doesn't know what that is since you didn't declare that in your register_my_menus function.
I hope that helps.
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// Register Extra Menus
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}
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I'm having an issue working with wp_nav_menu, I'm trying to create my own Theme for WP, now i've putted that code into my functions.php file,
function register_my_menu() {
register_nav_menu('header-menu',__( 'Header Menu' ));
}
add_action( 'init', 'register_my_menu' );
as the guide said, and now when I'm trying to combine it into my design, the paramters I pass in the wp_nav_menu function doesn't really do anything, and I dont really understand why, I tried to play with it but it doesnt seem like something gets changed.
`
wp_nav_menu( array( 'items_wrap' => '<ul id="danny" class="danny">%3$s</ul>','theme_location' => 'header-menu' ) );
`
it doesnt metter what I do, what I add as a paramter the output stays as it is, anyone has anyidea? am I missing something?
thanks!
Why not instead of registering your menu, you just use 'menu' parameter like this:
wp_nav_menu( array( 'items_wrap' => '<ul class="%2$s danny" id="danny">%3$s</ul>','menu' => 'header-menu' ) );
Take another peek at the Codex: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_nav_menu
Instead of passing that markup try the parameters for menu_class and menu_id. for example:
<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'header-menu', 'menu_class' => 'danny', 'menu_id' => 'danny' ) ); ?>

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