How to properly build a navigation menu that highlights the current page

Question

I\'ve setup a menu for a fairly simple site based on icant.co.uk. It\'s fairly simple with maybe 5 pages. The small site is mainly a mysql browser for a few tables using MATE.

Answer 1

Here's a snippet from a project of mine. It it old ugly code, and uses tables, but you can just as easily use the idea for divs and cleaner markup. The trick is to make the navigation use a different class if the current page matches it's url.

    Billing Home
    Billing Schedules
    Outstanding
    List All
    Billing History
    Statement History