Trouble moving categories to nav bar

If you’re having a CSS issue then you need to link the page with the issue

Ugh I’m usually so good about including it! https://www.livelaughandplay.com

Is it the Home page that the categories are supposed to show up on the left-hand side briefly before disappearing?

No the current nav bar stays where it is but the categories I have set up show up on the left then go away quickly after. Do you need me to re-apply the code I used?

Yes please

I got it back up now.

This is the HTML of your categories, it is not valid HTML:

<li class="categories">Categories<ul>	<li class="cat-item cat-item-10"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/blog-resources/">Blog Resources</a>
</li>
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-3"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/challenges/">Challenges</a>
</li>
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-7"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/craftingart/">Crafting & Art</a>
<ul class="children">
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-186"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/craftingart/painting/">Painting</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-4"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/diy/">DIY Do It Yourself</a>
</li>
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-5"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/recipes/">Easy Recipes</a>
<ul class="children">
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-182"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/recipes/desserts/">Desserts</a>
</li>
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-183"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/recipes/dinners/">Dinners</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-9"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/freebies/">Freebies</a>
</li>
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-6"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/tutorials/">How To's and Tutorials</a>
<ul class="children">
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-174"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/tutorials/helpful-tips/">Helpful Tips</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-16"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/organize/">Organize</a>
</li>
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-35"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/totally-random/">Totally Random</a>
<ul class="children">
	<li class="cat-item cat-item-184"><a href="https://www.livelaughandplay.com/category/totally-random/editorials/">Editorials</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul></li>

And you are inserting it before the Doctype view-source:https://www.livelaughandplay.com/

I don’t have an html file to work with, actually. They’re all PHP :/

Yes, but the way your website works is it generates HTML. Which theme are you using?

I’m using Radiate. I know it generates HTML but I don’t know how to edit the files to affect the HTML other than with CSS. I don’t understand PHP enough, unfortunately. Could those categories’ HTML be a result of the code I pasted into my header.php file? I did it via instructions from Codex (link in opening post).

How many edits have you done by now? These changes should be made in a Child Theme: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Child_Themes

Then post on your theme’s support section here if you’re not sure how to modify something within a child theme: https://www.ads-software.com/support/theme/radiate#postform

All my edits are on the child theme, I haven’t done anything to the parent. I haven’t made any other changes.

I looked at the support page before but didn’t find a solution, and I hesitate to post on theme-specific pages since I never get any help on them.

Could those categories’ HTML be a result of the code I pasted into my header.php file

Yes.

<ul>
<?php wp_list_categories('orderby=id&show_count=1&use_desc_for_title=0&child_of=8'); ?>
</ul>

That’s exactly the sort of thing that would output what you’re seeing. It’s because you didn’t put it in the right place in your header.php.

I would remove it for now and then explain what you want to put and where. Don’t worry about the code part just yet ?? Explain in plain ol’ English like “I want to show my categories along a bar on the top of my site.” ??

I was looking around and I found that I can’t even add more than 3 things to the top menu bar…I have to buy the pro version. Looks like I’m changing themes yet again…Thanks for everyone’s help!