Title: Custom Menu Issue
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Custom Menu Issue

 *  [fearkills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fearkills/)
 * (@fearkills)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-menu-issue/)
 * I’ve currently modified my header.php file so that it pulls both Pages & Categories
   for the menu.
 * [http://cmprssrmedia.com/abmusic/](http://cmprssrmedia.com/abmusic/)
 * However I cant get the categories to utilize the button design like the Pages
   do. I’ve been trying to modify my style sheet with no luck
 * Any advise would be very helpful
 * Thanks

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-menu-issue/#post-1399212)
 * on first glance at your code, I would bet that you put your list_cat command 
   under the `</ul>` instead of before it
 * should be like
 *     ```
       <ul>
       <li>home page code</li>
       wp_list_pages code
       wp_list_cat code
       </ul>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [fearkills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fearkills/)
 * (@fearkills)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-menu-issue/#post-1399227)
 * This is how I have it configured based on this tutorial
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/259662?replies=4](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/259662?replies=4)
 *     ```
       <div class="art-nav">
       	<div class="l"></div>
       	<div class="r"></div>
       	<ul class="art-menu">
                       <?php art_menu_items(); ?>
       <?php wp_list_categories('orderby=name&exlude=181&title_li=');
        	             $this_category = get_category($cat);
        	             if (get_category_children($this_category->cat_ID) != "") {
        		       echo "<ul>";
                             wp_list_categories('orderby=id&show_count=0&title_li=&use_desc_for_title=1&child_of='.$this_category->cat_ID);
        		          echo "</ul>";
        	}
       	?>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * Shouldn’t that be correct?
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-menu-issue/#post-1399232)
 * well….I’m not sure much what you need to tweak in that code…I just know that 
   currently you’r category `<li>` items in your source code are not wrapped by 
   any `<ul>` tags. Which makes them invalid as list items need to be within an 
   actual list.
 * Your wp_list_pages items and your home page items are within a list `<ul>` so
   they get the formatting.
 * You’ve got to get your wp_list_categories items within the `<ul></ul>` that the
   home and wp_list_pages are withion for the formatting to be all matched
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-menu-issue/#post-1399235)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_categories](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_categories)
 * have you read this page? I think you may have way more stuff in your code than
   necessary….
 *  Thread Starter [fearkills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fearkills/)
 * (@fearkills)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-menu-issue/#post-1399243)
 * I tried the
 * `<?php wp_list_categories( $args ); ?>`
 * But that just lists a categories link and all the items become drop downs. Still
   has the same issue as well. Am I missing something in my CSS?
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-menu-issue/#post-1399249)
 * `http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_categories#Display_or_Hide_the_List_Heading`
 * well, you would want to not display the List Heading (you can’t copy the code
   in the example exactly, as it also has some categories excluded….as does the 
   code you pasted above…)
 * nothing is missing from your CSS, because the rest of your list items work fine.
   You just need to get your code right, and in the right place. It will then use
   the css that your home and pages links are using
 *  Thread Starter [fearkills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fearkills/)
 * (@fearkills)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-menu-issue/#post-1399281)
 * Well, I’ve tried placing it everywhere. Here is my Header code, unadultered
 *     ```
       </head>
       <body>
       <div id="art-main">
       <div class="art-Sheet">
           <div class="art-Sheet-cc"></div>
           <div class="art-Sheet-body">
       <div class="art-Header">
           <div class="art-Header-jpeg"></div>
   
       </div>
       <div class="art-nav">
   
       	<div class="l"></div>
       	<div class="r"></div>
       	<ul class="art-menu">
                       <?php art_menu_items();?>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * Here it is as I currently have it now
 *     ```
       </head>
       <body>
       <div id="art-main">
       <div class="art-Sheet">
           <div class="art-Sheet-cc"></div>
           <div class="art-Sheet-body">
       <div class="art-Header">
           <div class="art-Header-jpeg"></div>
   
       </div>
       <div class="art-nav">
   
       	<div class="l"></div>
       	<div class="r"></div>
       	<ul class="art-menu">
                       <?php art_menu_items();?>
                      <?php wp_list_categories('orderby=name&exlude=181&title_li=');
        	$this_category = get_category($cat);
        	if (get_category_children($this_category->cat_ID) != "") {
        		echo "<ul>";
       wp_list_categories('orderby=id&show_count=0&title_li=&use_desc_for_title=1&child_of='.$this_category->cat_ID);
        		echo "</ul>";
        	}
       	?>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * I’ve put it before the ul class, immediately after but before menu items, and
   had all negative results.
 * Not sure where else it should be placed in order for it to display properly
 * Any other thoughts?

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