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child_of=n will make it so only the children of category n are displayed – where n is the category id of the parent.

I want to do the same thing, but I’m stuck – I found a guy who has made some code to do just this – but I cant get it to work – seems hes using some sort of php shorthand or something:

https://realespace.com/2008/04/22/advanced-wordpress-category-based-navigation-instead-of-page-based/

Getting closer – this guy seems to have figured it out – but I cant figure out how to integrate the code!

https://realespace.com/2008/04/22/advanced-wordpress-category-based-navigation-instead-of-page-based/

That will work – but then how do I get the children to show once I go to the parent category page?

What you will want to do is insert your image in the header.php – so that rather than just a background, its an image that can be a link. That way if people click on it, it will link back to the main page. Mine looks like this:

<div id=”header”>

<img src=”your header image address” border=”0″>

</div>

(the border’0″ will remove any pesky link borders from appearing around the image)

THEN goto your CSS and set the size to fit the exact size of the image – like this:

#header{
float: left;
width: 800px;
height:200px;
background-image:
url(your header image address);
}

Subsitute the 800 and 200 for the images actual dimensions.

At the end of the CSS enter:

#header h1 { display:none }

This will hide the blogs name, but still make it pop up on search engines.

Let me know if this helps!