Also, this question might seem silly, but I want to double check:

This code will allow subcategories specific to the category page you’re on to appear in the sidebar, correct? Phrased another way: I’m on the homepage. I click on the main navigation which says “Illinois.” That takes me to a (category) archive page for Illinois, that has a sidebar. In that sidebar is: Chicago, Evanston, Skokie (subcategories). Now, If clicked on “New York” in the main navigation, I’d go to a (category) archive page for New York, and in the right hand column for that page would be: NYC, Albany, Buffalo, Rochester.

Am I correct, or am I misunderstanding the application?

Thanks so much!

Main-Category

Sub-category-1, Sub-category-2, Sub-category-3, Sub-category-4, Sub-category-5,

Sub-category-6, Sub-category-7, and so on ………….

<Main Category>

<sub-category-1>, <sub-category-2>, <sub-category-3>, <sub-category-4>, <sub-category-5>, <sub-category-6>, and so on …

I have copied the same code provided in this article, but it’s not working … nothing is displaying in category page.

Please help.

Well having the continents does help to organise the blog as it will get pretty big eventually, its more like regions really, not exactly continents, which is why I’d prefer to include them . I would love to learn how to do the rewrite rule because that way i wont have to be constantly adding extra category IDs to the region pages every time a new city/country is added. The way i have it set with the destinations is perfect because i will never add any more regions so i never have to touch that page again,:) as it stands there are 9 regions thats it., but countries and cities will be added over time

i dont suppose you could point me in the right direction for the rewrite? I would be ever so grateful

Many thanks for all your help so far

hey guys, thanks so much for your advice last night, it worked a treat . I am however stuck on the permalink structure now and would be very grateful if you and any tips for me again

My final post is now at the end of a three tier category structure, ‘continent/country/city/post/’ (destinations as you recommended is now a page). But for the final URL of the post i dont want it to be four deep and would prefer it to only be three deep. so the permalink that i would like is country/city/post/… Is there anyway i can remove the top level parent category from the permalink structure? at the moment i have it set up like this ‘/%category%/%postname%-%post_id%/’ But it automatically grabs all parent categories. , Do i have to again make the top category a page or is there a better way round this? Many thanks in advance for your help

Cheers