Ok, now onto the next trick. I want to highlight the current category link in the navbar when viewing a post within that category, not just when the category "archive" page is being viewed.
Here's the current code I am using to pull category links in the navbar:
<?php wp_list_categories('sort_column=name&title_li='); ?>
Here's what I have and it works for all single pages, how do I specify if I want it active on category ID 2 only?
<li <?php if(is_single()){echo 'class="current-cat"';}?>>
in_category?
Got that to work, trying to make that work for in_category as well as is_category. Just need to rewrite this so it also has is_category(5)) but I don't know how to do both. Sorry Moshu, I'm a lame-o this morning.
<li <?php if(in_category(5)){echo 'class="current-cat"';}?>>
in_category should work on single
is_catgeory should work on cat archives
EDIT. Seemingly, we posted in the same time...
Right, that I know - but I'm hoping to get the blog link active when it's doing either or. On the Blog category/archive page or when it's a single post within the blog category. Make sense?
Posted 1 year ago #
Use an or statement
<li <?php if(in_category(5) || is_category(5)){echo 'class="current-cat"';}?>>
This is untested.
Jeremy, thanks man, this worked.
Posted 7 months ago #
what if I fulled categories with the following code:
<ul id="nav">
<li><a href="http://www.site.com/category1">Category1</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.site.com/category2">Category2</a></li>
</ul>I cannot pull all categories because there are too many. Is there a way to pull only main categories? Thanks
Posted 6 months ago #
Like I understand you have to manually enter:
<li <?php if(in_category(5) || is_category(5)){echo 'class="current-cat"';}?>>
for every category that you have, is that right?
But is there a way to do this automatically?
I mean, is there a way to edit 'category-template.php' file and do something with wp_list_categories function, that it would automatically generate list with the effect mentioned above?
I have almost the same problem. When i am on categories current category is highlighted...when i go to single post the category is not "current-cat" anymore.
Is there a workaround to use "wp_list_categories" on single post to highlight current category or at least parent category in which the post is?
Posted 4 months ago #
Hi everyone!
I was looking for the very same thing, but finding nothing on the web I built a fix myself.
So this is for you if:
- you are using wp_list_categories
- you want to add the current-cat attribute when reading a single post
What to do:
in wp-include/category-template.php
after line 313
add:
if ( is_single() ) {
$blork = get_the_category();
$r['current_category'] = $blork[0]->cat_ID;
}Result can be seen on www.quoteside.com
Regards,
JOAN
Does your solution brake something elsewhere on blog or is safe to use? Tnx
Posted 4 months ago #
hi joandiego,
Thank you for sharing. It's exactly what I'm looking for.
Thanks!
Works like a charm in 2.6 too.
Posted 4 months ago #
I'm glad it works on 2.6
Happy coding.
Posted 4 months ago #
joandiego - wonderful! Thanks so much for that.
The only problem I have now is the fact that the page_parent of a category page is the default posts page.
In my stylesheet I have:
#nav ul li.current_page_item a, #nav ul li.current_page_parent a, #nav ul li.current-cat a {
color: #AA0000;
}The parent menu item of a child page is still highlighted when on that child page, and the menu item of a category is highlighted when on a category page.
But because, when on a category page, the default posts page is marked with 'current_page_parent', it means the default posts page menu item is highlighted AS WELL AS the category, when on a category page.
Is there any way round this? So that I can still highlight parent menu items to a depth of 2 on both static pages and category pages, without the posts page highlighting when on a category page?
Posted 2 months ago #
joandiego,
Your code works great, but it seems to work only for one level of child nesting. Do you think you could get it to work for three or more, or an infinite amount of child nesting?
Thanks!
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