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this is my third post related to a navigational issue - I can’t change the clients needs, I just need to find a way to make this work - if anyone out in EE land wants to consult on this, I’m happy to pay you for your effort..

here’s the deal

I have a large site with 7 weblogs - each weblog’s content is divided up categorically and navigation is purely categorical in the sidebar of the site I need to show just a given pages top level parent, and the subcategories

INTERNET ACCESS
—- wifi
———Access points
—- ethernet
—- fiber
—- P.O.T.S
COMPUTER SUPPORT
TECH NUMBERS
NETWORK PORTS

so if I was on any of those pages under INTERNET ACCESS I’d get the first level nav if I was on wifi or Access points I’d get Access points - if I’m on INTERNET ACCESS I don’t want ‘COMPUTER SUPPORT’ etc.

for example let say INTERNET ACCESS has a category id of ‘74’

<ul id="nav_categories">
{exp:query sql="select cat_id, cat_name, cat_url_title, cat_order from exp_categories where parent_id='74}' order by cat_order asc"}
<li><a href="http://{path=school/departments}C{cat_id}">{cat_name}</a></li>
{/exp:query}

will give me the
—- wifi
—- ethernet
—- fiber
—- P.O.T.S

but nothing I try brings back any sub categories of those 4 items
don’t be shy - give me your ideas -