Blog categories highlighted on the sidebar

Hi claraelisa!

On your custom css add the following

#top .widget ul li.current-cat { background-color: #f5f5f5 // the #f5f5f5 it's just an example, you can add color or change the background. }

Regards,
David

• This reply was modified 10 years, 8 months ago by David.

Hey!

This is not possible without additional code. You can try to use the code someone posted here: http://www.sk23.co.uk/code-snippets/php/highlight-current-post-category-in-wordpress-categories-widget-using-jquery-php/ . In single.php replace:

get_header();

with

get_header();
$post_categories = wp_get_post_categories(get_the_ID()); 
$script_out = '';

foreach($post_categories as $c):
    $cat = get_category( $c );
    $script_out .= "jQuery('.cat-item-".$cat->cat_ID."').addClass('current-cat');";
endforeach;

echo '<script>'.$script_out.'</script>';

and then you can use the current-cat class to highlight the current category like:

#top #wrap_all .current-cat{ color: #ff0000; }

Cheers!
Peter

Hey!

1) If the code doesn’t work you probably need to modify the category widget code somehow. I recommend to hire a freelancer if you’re not familiar with the widget/php code. WordPress and the theme does not support the “current category highlight” feature by default and thus I consider this request as customization which is beyond the scope of our free support forum.

2) You can change the post title at the top easily. Insert this code into the enfold/functions.php file or into your child theme functions.php file:

add_filter('avf_title_args', 'single_blog_page_title', 10, 2);
function single_blog_page_title($args,$id) {
$pt = get_post_type( $id );
if('post' == $pt){
        $cat = get_the_category($id); 
        if(isset($category[0])) $args['title'] = $category[0]->cat_name;
}
return $args;
}

Cheers!
Peter