A theme with tabbed pages?
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Hi – does anybody know of a theme that features internal tabs for pages?
At the moment my site requires a lot of scrolling to get all the info. So I was wondering if there was a solution to this like tabs?
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Go to the live demo site here https://edindemo.wordpress.com/ and click the 3 bar menu icon at the top.
By default the front page of a blog displays all published posts in reverse chronological order with the most recently published post on top. When we publish a post on WordPress software the software automatically creates the same entry in the Archives, and on the dynamic (automatically updating) Categories and Tags pages in accord with the Categories and Tags we assign to that post.
So when we create custom menu and add the dynamic (automatically updating) category pages to that custom menu we create the appearance (not the reality) of posting to more than one page.
You need to be aware that:
1. There are differences between posts and pages described here
https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/2. There are differences between static pages we bloggers create https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ that will not automatically update, and dynamic category pages created by the software when you publish a post which will automatically update https://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/.
3. We organize posts by category assignment prior to publication. http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/ and when we publish posts the dynamic category pages they automatically display on are determined by the categories we assign to them.
So the process you need to use is:
- Assign Categories to your Posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/
- Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu
- Add the dynamic category page links into the custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-category-pages
- And, add any custom links you chose to include https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links
You always have the option of switching to another more conventionally styled theme where links to pages appear in the header area and are hard to overlook. I refuse to use a theme that compels visitors to click links to locate any menus or widgets. They may be trendy , but they are NOT user friendly.
re: changing themes
Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do some work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme and have done any CSS editing.Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click the “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use when it appears.
After you change your theme all you need to do is go here Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > Inactive Widgets and re-install them where you want them to appear. The widget contents and settings will be the same as they were prior to changing themes.
Note that every theme will have a detailed theme description page with set up instructions and a live demo site page that you can consult. Here’s an example:
https://wordpress.com/themes/expound
https://expounddemo.wordpress.com/ -
Hi – thanks for the comprehensive response.
However I am not sure it quite answered my questions.
I am looking to add tabs to a page not a post (understand the difference).
SO wonder if there is a theme out there that allows tab in pages?
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@ ukcyclingholidays,
It sounds like you may be referring to “page jumps.” These can be added to any post or page on any theme. There are no themes that incorporate them by default, since the page and post editors always begin empty of content. I’m unaware of any theme that includes a shortcut means of creating them. Good idea though.
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The links used in what WordPress refers to as “page jumps” are known by various names, including “anchor links” and “jump links.”
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Not quite but have added them and they are a good compromise. So thanks for the reply.
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