Navigation questions

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  kdubbie · Member · May 20, 2011 at 10:21 pm

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  Hello, I’m new to wordpress, and as I’m noodling around, I came across question that I need help with.

  I want to create a blog that has a horizontal navigation. I want categories to be the main tabs and sub-categories to be the sub-links in the drop down.

  (Just a note, I would like to avoid editing PHP code if I can, so basically the following questions are geared toward using the CMS)

  For example. On Twenty-Ten 1.2 theme WP comes with, there is a navigation bar. This navigation bar contains the static pages I create. Is there any way to change the navigation from displaying the Pages to the Categories without editing the PHP code? Or, is it possible to replace the current horizontal nav with a custom menu?

  I installed another theme Jarrah 1.7. Which also has a navigation bar across that displays only the static pages I created. And again, for the life of me, I can’t find the settings for it.

  Also I downloaded the Superfish plugin….It works great…It easily puts all of my categories as main navigation and sub-categories and sub navigation….But the only place I can put it is on the sidebar Is there a way to put this navigation at the top of the Twenty-Ten 1.2 theme?

  So again, just wondering how do I manage horizontal navigation? I’ll sum up my questions.

  1. In order to manage a horizontal navigation using only the CMS, do I have to have a theme that specifically allows me to edit it or am I missing something completely?

  2. Is messing with the PHP code the only way to change a navigation from displaying the pages to displaying the catories?

  3. Is messing with the PHP the only way to use Superfish as a horizontal Navigation?

  Thanks a lot for any help.
  kdubbie

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