main nav highlight, category, parent and posts highlight, sidebars,multiple blogs

I have the following queries when using the wordpress to create my website

1) while I open my website deepakraj.in, the About Main nav button should highlight in blue. I tried to change the CSS as said in some of the forums but it didn't work

But, when I click on About main nav button it highlights(blue color) because I have set the css for the .current-menu-item {background-color:#4f94cd;}

2) When I click on the Recent blogs in the about page, it should re-direct to blog(main nav) page and highlight in

blue. Or even if i click on the blogs present in the blog.php, the blog main nav button should enable to blue.

3) Same with the category and posts. While click on the category and posts the specific category should highlight.

4) i like to create different sidebars for all the pages. how do I do it?

5) Can i have multiple blogs? I like to have blog, photos and drawings, videos pages in blog format. is it possible.

Thanks Kevin.

1) Yes, using my server I have redirected my deepakraj.in to deepakraj.in/about/ so its working fine.

2 &3) How do I make the blog main nav selected. This is same for photos and drawings and videos page. If users click on a photo or videos they should be directed to the respective pages. Which CSS or function is hadling these in Wordpress.

4) I am trying it. but unable to see the sidebar. I have changed the below code present in sidebar.php

<?php if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('Sidebar Widgets')) : else : ?

<?php endif; ?>

into

<?php if (function_exists('generated_dynamic_sidebar') && generated_dynamic_sidebar('Sidebar Widgets')) : else : ?>

<?php endif; ?>

I trying to get it right. It asks which sidebar to be replaced with the generated one. I have added categories and posts. But I am not getting right.

5)I have understood a little what you have written, you say that the categories will help us to have different blogs.

thanks again kevin
-D

hi kevin

Thanks.

1) I have found out there is php file wp-nav.php I think I have to edit the file to get the main nav highlighted. So far I am unable to figure it out.

2&3) Yes that's correct. Current menu item. I shall go through the links you provided and get back to you.

4) This is working. I found some snippets in the net. Its working fine

5) I am unable to solve this. My webiste has two sections main content on right and in the left it has links(Recent Updates). (the other two, header and footer).

I created some categories in the left (recent updates) for all the four pages using sidebar. now the problem is when I click on the link it goes to seperate page(I think its singhle.php) and the sidebar goes away. I do not know how to fix it.

Thanks Kevin

-Deepak

I learn from web and YouTube tutorials from the Internet and also lynda.

I have already edited and customized child theme which is easier than creating a customized template (which is easier to control and customize accordingly. but needed more time)

And I know that header and footer are present in the WordPress themes. It uses get header, get footer, get sidebar in the pages and we have to specify the template name so the content displays correctly when page downloads.

I just got lost in the post and pages.

I have two options. 1) Wordpress custom theme. and 2) Editing the child theme (twenty ten theme). I have my design ready. I shall go second option. Which is working fine as I needed.