I've created a drop down menu with cssmaker and wondered if there is a way to modify the code so that when in a sub-menu the top/main category stays "highlighted" (either text, background, or both) so the user knows what main category they are in?

Solution...

Each category gets its own menu code which you apply to all pages in that category. In the link of the category add class="chosencategory" hence it gets

<li><a class="chosencategory" href="Your URL">Category name</a></li>

In the style_menu.css file add

.menu li a.chosencategory {
background: #2580a2 url("images/hover.gif") bottom center no-repeat;
color:#FFFFFF;
text-decoration:none;
}

This way the chosen category appears as if people would hover over it. This is if you're using the standard menu as found in the example on my website.

Regards,
Cédric

Many thanks!