Title: Custom Theme Problem Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Custom Theme Problem * Resolved [darkgashx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkgashx/) * (@darkgashx) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/) * I have a custom theme at my website and it’s all great but for some reason if I click the category “Television Shows” or “Video Games” on the right it highlights“ Gamercard Generator” and “About Me” at the top as if we/you are viewing that page… but we/you are not! * I’m really stumped and I would like some help if possible :). * My Site: [http://www.darkgashx.com](http://www.darkgashx.com) . Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [darkgashx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkgashx/) * (@darkgashx) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517684) * I forgot to add, the code I am using for the navigation bar is: * `
  • /"> * * and on the sidebar for the categories: * `` * Hope that helps someone to help me.. if that makes sense (lol). * [Mauricio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infected-fx/) * (@infected-fx) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517693) * I have the same problem =( somebody has the answer? please! 🙂 * P.D. In this topic also they have the same problem [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/104401?replies=1](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/104401?replies=1) * Even in theme ‘default’ if I add this at the end of the file **style.css** * `#sidebar ul li.current-cat a {color:#FF0000;} #sidebar .pagenav ul li.current_page_item a {color:#FF0000;} * If the ID page is the same ID of the category is highlighted both * Thread Starter [darkgashx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkgashx/) * (@darkgashx) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517807) * I guess it’s a WP bug as no one has any answers mate. * Thread Starter [darkgashx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkgashx/) * (@darkgashx) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517878) * Can any WP coder or staff confirm this bug? * Thread Starter [darkgashx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkgashx/) * (@darkgashx) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517908) * Infected-FX any luck? This is bugging me now :(. * [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/) * (@root) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517914) * This is not a WP *bug* as if there ever were such a thing. It is theme dependent. Do I know the answer? Sorry. No I don’t. * Thread Starter [darkgashx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkgashx/) * (@darkgashx) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517916) * Oh, just kind of strange as it only happens with categories and if they have the same ID as a page. * [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/) * (@vkaryl) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517917) * It’s always been a bad idea to name cats same as pages or vice versa. Can break all sorts of things, as you seem to have discovered. * Thread Starter [darkgashx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkgashx/) * (@darkgashx) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517918) * No no, the same ID (i.e. 1, 2, 3 etc). You can’t change that. * [sadish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sadish/) * (@sadish) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517919) * I did check the WP code that gets executed when using wp_list_categories and is not causing any issue with wp_list_pages. are you using wp_list_categories? * Thread Starter [darkgashx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkgashx/) * (@darkgashx) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517922) * Yes I am, here is my code: * * [sadish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sadish/) * (@sadish) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517925) * This is really really strange and I dont know what causes the wp_list_pages to emit “class=current_page_item” while it is not the current page really. * This suggestion might sound stupid, but try it anyway. change your ul class=” menu” to ul id=”menu” and change your stylesheet to have #menu instead of .menu * also move the #menu styles to be above #sidebar styles. * see it if it helps. * Thread Starter [darkgashx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkgashx/) * (@darkgashx) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517926) * No luck for me, so I reverted it back. This is real weird, I don’t understand it :s. Does the WP team post on here? * [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/) * (@vkaryl) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517927) * Meaning the devs? No. You might want to hit [http://lists.automattic.com/](http://lists.automattic.com/), and check out/sign up for the hackers list. * Thread Starter [darkgashx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkgashx/) * (@darkgashx) * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/#post-517932) * Oh, well I’m not sure on what to do. You can see what I mean here: [http://www.darkgashx.com](http://www.darkgashx.com). Click Television Shows on the right and you will see a nav option at the top gets highlighted. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Custom Theme Problem’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [custom](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom/) * [problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/problem/) * 22 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [darkgashx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkgashx/) * Last activity: [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-problem-2/page/2/#post-517948) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics