I have about 20 pages/links I would like to directly link from my top level menu, and not simply be buried inside the blog. However, I don’t want to add 20 different menu items. I would rather add 3 menu categories, and have the specific pages popup under a sub-menu when the user hovers. Basically, like all the non-WP websites had a few years ago…. Can I do this?
Depending on the theme and your page structure this can be very doable.
For example, using a basic fallback function of wp_list_pages for the navigation menu; and having your pages structured in a parent-child relationship where the “parent” is the “category” I would imagine it would just fall into place.