Add Home Link with functional active state to Menu Bar (Alternative Method):

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class="header-nav-container"> class="header-nav"> class="no-display"> class="home">"getUrl('')?>">  foreach ($this->getStoreCategories() as $_category):?> echo $this->drawItem($_category) ?> endforeach ?>  echo $this->getChildHtml('topLeftLinks') ?> refernce: http://jaseir.com/magento/add-home-link-with-functional-active-state-to-menu-bar-alternative-method/