Here is my navigation. Some are set up as blogs like news and events but other pages are in a template group called “site” .
<!-- top navigation -->
{exp:selected item="{segment_1}" replace="class='active'"}
<ul id="nav">
<li class="about"><a href="http://ritamcgrath.com/site/about/" {selected_about}>about</a></li>
<li class="blog"><a href="http://ritamcgrath.com/blog/" {selected_blog}>blog</a></li>
<li class="news"><a href="http://ritamcgrath.com/news/" {selected_news}>news</a></li>
<li class="events"><a href="http://ritamcgrath.com/events/" {selected_events}>events</a></li>
<li class="speaking"><a href="http://ritamcgrath.com/site/speaking/" {selected_speaking}>speaking</a></li>
<li class="consulting"><a href="http://ritamcgrath.com/site/consulting/" {selected_consulting}>consulting</a></li>
</ul> {/exp:selected}
<a href="http://ritamcgrath.com/" class="home">home</a>
So it “sticks” on the news and events but in the site group, the navigation doesn’t stick to it. I hope I am making sense haha.