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that can be added to via cms?

do you mean wp_nav_menu?

No, the pages get added to the list by calling a list of posts from a specific category:

<?php query_posts('cat=11&showposts=20'); ?>
<ul>

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<li>

<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(''); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>

this seems to work in displaying the different posts, however once new posts are added and then added to the list I want the colour of the current post to be a different colour.

Thanks

A

put this code inside post looping
<?php $tdID = get_the_ID(); ?>
after
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

replace your code with

<?php global $tdID; ?>
<?php query_posts(); ?>
<ul id="postlist">
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<li>
<a <?php echo ($tdID==get_the_ID()?'class="current"':'');?> href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(''); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>

put css in style.css
#postlist .current{color:#fff;background:#f00;}

Thanks for getting back to me…I cant seem to get it working!! Do I need to literally replace the code I pasted on this forum with this?

<?php global $tdID; ?>
<?php query_posts(); ?>
<ul id="postlist">
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<li>
<a <?php echo ($tdID==get_the_ID()?'class="current"':'');?> href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(''); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>

where does this feature? so i can point to the categories?
<?php query_posts('cat=11&showposts=20'); ?>

Thanks

i’m sorry.
replace
<?php query_posts(); ?>
with
<?php query_posts('cat=11&posts_per_page=20'); ?>

make sure this code inside post looping first
<?php $tdID = get_the_ID(); ?>
after
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

Hi TIm, almost there, its adding the current id to the links and styling…But to all of them!! This is the code I have at the moment…

<?php global $tdID; ?>
<?php query_posts('cat=11&showposts=20'); ?>
<ul id="postlist">
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php $tdID = get_the_ID(); ?>
<li>
<a <?php echo ($tdID==get_the_ID()?'class="current"':'');?> href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(''); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>

sorry for my english.

1. open single.php or *-single.php or single-*.php
put this code
<?php $tdID = get_the_ID(); ?>
after
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

2. list posts by category

<?php global $tdID; ?>
<?php query_posts('cat=11&posts_per_page=20'); ?>
<ul id="postlist">
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<li>
<a <?php echo ($tdID==get_the_ID()?'class="current"':'');?> href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(''); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>

3. style
put css in style.css
#postlist .current{color:#fff;background:#f00;}

Cheers Tim, got there in the end! Much appreciated!!

nice work.
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