navigation bar css help

[michell610]

I am trying to have the active page be a different color, this is what I did in the css:

#primary-menu > li.current_page_item > a {
	/* Style current active menu item on 1st level */
	background: #ffffff;
	color: /*#1a5a78;*/#579cba;

I commented out the default and put in my color choice, it works for all the pages except the home page. What am I missing.
Thanks in advance,
Michell

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[Jason Bobich]

Hello,

The only thing I can think of is however you added a home button to your main menu isn’t allowing WordPress to see it as the current page when on your homepage and add that “current_page_item” class? I’m not really sure what else it could be.

Do you have a live link to the issue?

[michell610]

Hi Jason,
I don’t have a live site. I created the homepage with the a custom layout and did this:
“Select the content you’d like to show on your homepage. Note that for this setting to take effect, you must go to Settings > Reading > Frontpage displays, and select “your latest posts.””
Would that cause WP not to see it as a page? It is not listed on my pages list.
Thanks in advance,
Michell

[Jason Bobich]

It sounds like under Appearance > Menus, you may have added the wrong item. While it’s not technically a “page” WordPress does always give you an item you can add that will always be at the top of your Pages list under Appearance > Menus; this is what you want to add.

[michell610]

Thanks Jason! Worked perfectly as usual!
Michell

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