stuck on wp_list_categories

Whats going on??

I’m trying to make a wp site for myself and am having a hard time finding info on how to do certain things. I’m not a php ninja, so wp being in php doesn’t help me too much.

Anyway, I’m trying to make a navigation bar populated with categories and if they have children have a drop down with those links.

Now, here’s my problem. I have a category for my portfolio, and several posts as children (resume, tools, sites, etc). I don’t want to provide a link to the portfolio page, because the posts are ordered chronologically and therefore don’t make much sence.

So is their a way to call wp_list_categories get the portfolio category (just a text no link), and still get its children as links?

I hope i didn’t make it too confusing!!

thanks!!