Tonight, I learned what the `Theme Locations` (via the `https://[user name here].wordpress.com/wp-admin/nav-menus.php` page) does.
For example, the Twenty Ten theme by the WordPress team has the following:
Theme Locations
Your theme supports 1 menu. Select which menu you would like to use.
Primary Navigation
Another example is the Vostok by Javier Cañada and Rubén Lozano (CSS and images) and the WordPress team (PHP, HTML): It has the following:
Theme Locations
Your theme supports 2 menus. Select which menu appears in each location.
Primary Navigation
Footer Navigation
Using `Primary Navigation` replaces the theme’s top navigation bar; while using the `Footer Navigation` replaces the theme’s footer bar.
It’s that simple.
Note, however, my current Dusk theme by Beccary shows that:
The current theme does not natively support menus, but you can use the “Custom Menu” widget to add any menus you create here to the theme’s sidebar.
This means I only have the sidebar menu to work with and no top/primary navigation bar or footer to make use of my custom menus.
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