Rob,
My preference is to use the new WordPress 'body_class()' function.
This is added to your theme's HTML Body tag like:
<body <?php body_class(); ?>>
(Not sure how well the PHP code will come through. Check the
header.php in the default theme which comes with WP)
The 'body_class()' will basically apply CSS class values to your body.
So now you just need to setup class values on your navigation items.
This will work out better then attempting to identify the page in your
LI element with WP PHP functions.
so you will need to setup some CSS rules for highlighting the
appropriate nav item
// This assumes you replace the PHP code in your first (Home) LI item
to a class like 'class="home" '
body.home ul.nav li.home a {...}
For a real working example check out http://spark.highwirecreative.com/
I just worked on some of the development last week. Doing just what
you are attempting. The 'Blog' section works just like what you are
attempting.
Paul
On Sep 22, 2009, at 3:57 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>
>
> Ok, need a wordpress guru ... this will be easy for ya but its
>
>
> I have a nav menu that I want to highlight based on what page/category
> the user is in:
>
> <ul><!-- main navigation -->
> <li <?php if(is_home()): ?>class="current_page_item"<?php endif; ?>><a
> title="Home page" href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>"><span>Home</span></
> a></li>
>
> <li <?php if(is_category('Portfolio')): ?> class="current_page_item"<?
> php endif; ?> ><a href="/category/portfolio">Portfolio</a></li>
>
> <li <?php if(is_page('Services')): ?>class="current_page_item"<?php
> endif; ?> ><a href="/services/">Services</a></li>
>
> <li <?php if(is_category('blog') ): ?>class="current_page_item"<?php
> endif; ?> ><a href="/category/blog/">Blog</a> </li>
>
> </ul>
>
>
> This works great.... EXCEPT when you go into an individual blog entry.
> Then no workie. I tried this:
>
> <li <?php if(in_category('blog') ....
>
>
> but that became true for Home and Services "pages" as well. So finally
> I came up with:
>
> <?php if(in_category('blog')&&(!is_page())&&(!is_home()) )
>
> and that worked... but that is lame? Is there a better way? I just
> want to understand this stuff with resorting to hackery :p
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> >
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