I would like to hightlight the current category page that I am on instead of HOME always being highlighted. any suggestions?
Home is highlited all the time for usability reason. Easy to click and get to main page.
I just implemented highlight of current menu and category in v1.2 that is pending release.
There are many changes and it will take long to describe.
You can look into this commit history and copy changes manually.
Note: Do not copy files completely as they will not be compatible with earlier versions.
https://github.com/abantecart/abantecart-src/commit/d86a0d4ef8802fec5397a7741edb62fb5eb6e592
If it is in the works for the next release I will just wait on it :D