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I'm trying to replace each text string in the navigational list with a unique image (for example, I'm replacing "NEWS", "WRITING", "MUSIC", and "CONTACT" with images) using my CSS. I therefore need to give each list tag a unique class when the PHP calls the unordered list. I'm betting it would be easiest to edit the PHP to insert the section id when it writes the code.

I see how it was written to insert the "class='active'" string and have beeing messing around trying to get it to also call up the section id. Unfortunately, I'm not a PHP guru. So am basically asking if anyone knows the syntax for calling the section id.

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There are a few threads around here with some different ideas on this kind of thing - you should give them a read.

Personally, I would rewrite the nav and do some things with CSS and dynamic images but this is rather advanced.

You could edit the navigation code (found in /ndxz-studio/site/plugin/index.php and add the section_id to the output of the section titles...it's not a bad approach at all.

Also, another (and probably better) idea is to use Cufon...search the forum for it...

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I would rewrite the navigation, too but it's rather elegant the way it is. And I'm not sure I know enough about PHP to maintain all the editability.

Editing the navigation code and adding the section_id output is exactly what I was thinking. This would make it extremely easy to do the dynamic images in CSS, something I do regularly. I just don't know the PHP end of it.

I'll look around though at some other ideas. Maybe I'll prefer them.

I'm not at my normal computer right now or I would tell you exactly which line to look at - but I have posted it a few times around here in the past (and a few others have as well). Hopefully, you can find it.

Cufon is very nice...I think this is really the best way to go. Any typeface you want...oolala...

mm, Cufon doesn't allow hover states. That's a problem.

I've already edited /ndxz-studio/site/plugin/index.php so that I have the class (which I've filled at the moment with '$active' which now outputs "active" instead of the whole class string).

I just need the syntax to call up the section_id. Simple thing, really. I just know that little (I'm a designer, not a developer).

Cufon does...I've done it.

But, you don't need hover states for the section titles (unless I'm not understanding things).

Tonight I seem to be sucking at helping people around here.

;)

Oh, no, you're right. That's my bad (and I have no excuse--it's the middle of the afternoon here). I'm doing this for each link in the navigation. Not the sections. I guess that would mean I'm looking to call up the page ID. I suppose that would be the same as calling up the obj_name script if I was doing this in HTML.

For example, when on the NEWS page of the site, the li tag would have a class='active news'. While still on the NEWS page, the li tag for the CONTACT link would simply be class='contact'. This make sense? Frankly, I don't really care what the string is, it just needs to be unique for each navigation link.

Sorry for the confusion.

Also on the Cufon front, I guess I'd like to stay within CSS and away from using more Javascript than necessary. Just a personal preference. Spiffy script though.