formatting help with wp_list_pages() - php

Question

I posted this question on the wordpress forum but got no hits. Perhaps one of you might be able to point me in the right direction.
I am putting together a wp theme for a site I am working on. I want to get the layout to match the rest of the site as closely as possible and am running into trouble using the wp_list_pages/categories/bookmarks/etc() methods. I read through the documentation, but really don't see how to translate that into something that will work for me.
Calling the function with no args I get:
<li class="pagenav">Pages
<ul>
<li class="page_item page-item-2">About</li>
<li class="page_item page-item-5">Parent 1
<ul>
<li class="page_item page-item-10">Child 1
<ul>
<li class="page_item page-item-26">Grandchild 1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="page_item page-item-16">Child 2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="page_item page-item-7">Parent 2
<ul>
<li class="page_item page-item-22">Child 3</li>
<li class="page_item page-item-24">Child 4</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="page_item page-item-14">Parent 3
<ul>
<li class="page_item page-item-18">Child 5</li>
<li class="page_item page-item-20">Child 6</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
Whereas I would like something more like:
<div class="nav-link">Pages
<div id="Pages_children">
<div class="nav-link">About</div>
<div class="nav-link">Parent 1
<div id="Parent 1_children">
<div class="nav-link">Child 1
<div id="Child 1_children">
<div class="nav-link">Grandchild 1</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="nav-link">Child 2</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="nav-link">Parent 2
<div id="Parent 2_children">
<div class="nav-link">Child 3</div>
<div class="nav-link">Child 4</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="nav-link">Parent 3
<div id="Parent 3_children">
<div class="nav-link">Child 5</div>
<div class="nav-link">Child 6</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Is there a way for me to accomplish that with the args system? If not, is it possible for me to request an array from wp_list_TYPE() with the links and titles?
Is there a better way entirely to go about doing something like this?

Answer 1

Try looking at get_posts, which returns an array instead. Then you can loop through the array and print whatever you want from it.
For example:
<?php $posts = get_posts("numberposts=5&order=DESC&orderby=date"); ?>
<h5>Latest posts</h5>
<?php foreach($posts as $post): ?>
<?php setup_postdata($post); ?>
<div class="content">
<a class="title" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<span style="float:right" class="date"><?php the_time(__('F jS, Y', 'inove')); ?></span>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>