wordpress nav help

I understand that I can have a nav menu in wordpress, with each link going into a different category (each post is under a specific category, so its just narrowing it all down). HOW would I be able to have a "current page"? For instance, you click on the "tutorials" link, but on your nav menu, it just looks plain, giving no sign of what page your on. With php, and only one index page, how can you accomplish this?

Sorta thing.

Basically that adds ' class="current"' to the <li>, if the user is viewing the category archive for 'Tutorials', or the post they're viewing is in the 'Tutorials' category.

Originally Posted by Garyrae Code: <li<?php if(is_category('tutorials') || in_category('tutorials')) { echo ' class="current"'; } ?>><a href="<?php get_option('home'); ?>/tutorials/">Tutorials</a></li> Sorta thing. Basically that adds ' class="current"' to the <li>, if the user is viewing the category archive for 'Tutorials', or the post they're viewing is in the 'Tutorials' category.

I understand that, but the problem is I don't know how to turn my "tutorials" category into an archive page. Not sure if thats making sense, but the closest thing I can think of is how Smashing Magazine is set up.

Just add a conditional inside the loop of the archive.php template.

Wordpress adds in a class on it's own, so you don't need to bloat it with more code.

wp_list_categories is the function you'd use within Wordpress.

That will simple just display all of your categories and will hide the heading that can be output.

The classes attached that would achieve the effect you need are li.current-cat {} and li.current-cat-parent {}. Styling those will show the "current" category you're in for your navigation.

ahhh Looks like I need to create an archives page first ahaha