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Yep, this is possible and almost what I want.

Use wp_list_pages(‘title_li=&depth=1’). Put it in the header.php and style it with CSS. Now you have your horizontal bar.

The sub-categories is another story. (I want almost the same as you but instead of a vertical sidebar I like it horizontal beneath the main horizontal menu.) To do your trick, use wp_list_pages(‘title_li=’ . the_title() . ‘&child_of=<page ID>’) in your sidebar.php (it’s there already if you haven’t changed anything yet).

A few remarks:
1. Look up the function the_title() because it has several useful options you might like to use.
2. You have to change <page ID> in the page ID you would like to show the children (sub-categories) of. This can be just a hardcoded number, but that’s probably not what you want. What you need – to make it dynamic – is the ID of the top page (the one without a parent) of your current page ($page_id or $post->post_parent won’t do the trick). To be honest … I’ve been looking through all the functions but have no clue whatsoever how to find this ID. I really need it too! So anybody out there who can help us out here ??

Thanks Womby, this works great!

BTW I’ve been looking through all functions and serched the forum but seem not to be able to find what I’m looking for. I need a function that tells me the ID of the top page (the one without a parent) of the current page.

Why? Because I need this in order to present me a 2nd bar with all the first level children (wp_list_pages () with the option child_of) and to keep it there when I click the link. Any suggestions?

I want all of my top pages to look like a horizontal menu bar at the top of my screen. A bit like the menu at WordPress. If I do that with wp_list_pages(‘title_li=&depth=1’) I get an ugly space below my bar due to unneccessary ULs. With this modification they’re gone like they should.