jhames

Thanks for the tip about Paste from Word!

I would love to know how you fixed this issue, floodlightdesign. I am using <div class="tabs"><ul><?php wp_list_pages('title_li=' ); ?></ul></div> in header.php and I am getting current_page_item to appear in the category-tabbed navigation. But I can’t get current_page_parent to appear when I click a post related to a category tab.

I installed WP 2.7 RC 3 this morning, btw.

I can ZIP and e-mail you what I’ve got, if that helps.

I’ve decided to manually control the tabs and pages outside of WP tags. I’m not going to mark this thread as “resolved” since I can’t achieve the desired effect. But if anyone can figure out how to present categories – not pages – as tabs for navigation, let me know.

I also have the main menu of tabs showing “Latest News” as current category, even though I’m on the events.php page.

I really enjoy the ease of WordPress from the publishing end but I’m concerned about the amount of PHP that a person must know in order to work with the system.

Oh dear. I had unexpected results.

WordPress isn’t including <div> tags I wrote, but at the same time it’s inserting code I don’t want. I’m sorting through my events.php page right now trying to uncover why <div> tags didn’t get published.

I just got server access this afternoon. I’ll try your solution and let you know asap the results.

Reading your last response a second time, I think your solution is far, far simpler.

I better get on that server access asap.

Mother Mary Magdalene, I got it to work!

I now have the active tab using the “on” state with the other two tabs using the “off” state, AND only posts associated with “news” are displaying on the homepage.

Now one last trick: when the user clicks on “events”

• how to hide the posts related to “news”
• how to highlight “events” with the “on” state tab

WP is really cool, I only wish so much of my questions weren’t dependent on PHP. :\ But thank you so much for all of your assistance, buddha trance! I couldn’t have made it this far without you. ??

Sorry for the multiple replies, WP didn’t show my first reply as posted.

I found a link via Google on a WordPress Navigation Bar and I am trying to adjust its use on the page.

<?php
if (is_page()) {
$highlight = "page_item";
} else {
$highlight = "page_item current_page_item";
}
?>
<div>
<ul class="tabs">
<li class="<?php echo $highlight; ?>"><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>">Latest News</a></li>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li='); ?>
</ul>
</div>

Can your solution be done within the default pages provided by WP? I’m only asking because I have limited server access.

I found a link via Google on a WordPress Navigation Bar and I am trying to adjust its use on the page.

<?php
if (is_page()) {
$highlight = "page_item";
} else {
$highlight = "page_item current_page_item";
}
?>
<div>
<ul class="tabs">
<li class="<?php echo $highlight; ?>"><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>">Latest News</a></li>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li='); ?>
</ul>
</div>

Can your solution be done within the default pages provided by WP? I’m only asking because I have limited server access.

I found a link via Google on a WordPress Navigation Bar and I am trying to adjust its use on the page.

<?php //highlight 'Blog' if not Page
if (is_page()) {
$highlight = "page_item";
} else {
$highlight = "page_item current_page_item";
}
?>
<div>
<ul class="tabs">
<li class="<?php echo $highlight; ?>"><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>">Latest News</a></li>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li='); ?>
</ul>
</div>

Can your solution be done within the default pages provided by WP? I’m only asking because I have limited server access.

I’m in the same boat as you, displayname. buddha trance has been kind enough to help me figure out how to display only one category on my main page, but I’m still puzzled as to how I can display all the categories as tabs that a user can click to view.

I’m about to try your secondary code, but have you had any success with the_category(', ')?

Holy Dhammapada, buddha trance, it worked! Now I can view only the News entries on the main page.

…Now I just need WP to display the “News” tab with the class “current_category”.