Magento Category Navigation With Image or thumbnail
If you want to display Navigation with image, I am sure this post will helpful to you, Go to this location app\code\core\Mage\Catalog\Model\Observer.php Find this function in this file _addCategoriesToMenu($categories, $parentCategoryNode) and add image and thumbnail value 'image' => $category->getImageUrl('image'), 'thumbnail' => Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($category->getId())->getThumbnail(), on $categoryData array, after add this code you require 1 more edit as your requirement you need to add this code on Menu related Php file, if you want thumbnail image so call getThumbnail() function otherwise use getImage() $thumbnailUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl('media').'catalog/category/'.$child->getThumbnail(); and append $thumbnailUrl to your html variable. Thats it save your file and refresh page, you will see image on navigation.