Category as Nav Button

I would like to know how too..

Could hardcode the Category archive link in the template that houses your navigation.

Resources:
Stepping Into Templates
Template Hierarchy

just create a page called “category 1”

use a plugin called page links to to set the page to the category url.

you should be all set

Nice solution viceng, thanks.

https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/page-links-to/

It’s a great mod!
but…

the class of the menuitem that represents the categoy will not change to ‘active’ or ‘current-page-item’. My visitor cannot see wha page he is on.

Any thoughts on how to solve that?

Thanks

if (get_option('show_on_front') != 'page') {
                    $class = '';
                    if (is_home() || is_archive() || is_single() || is_paged() || is_search()) {
                        $class = 'current_page_item';
                    }
            ?>
                <li class="<?php echo $class; ?>"><a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>">Home</a></li>
                <?php } ?>
                <?php wp_list_pages('sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li='); ?>

May be the cause of eh above problem? I don’t understand it.

its a great plugin because i dont have to edit header.php (or any other) so if i change themes the navigation stays there (as long as i add appropriate css to the new theme)

also i dont have du uncomment the standard list_pages navi

but as kimmeehh pointed out the current_item highlight isnt working.

if anyone finds a fix please share!