Adding Home page to display latest blog post

gerhanusa · Member · May 10, 2011 at 9:15 pm
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Hi there,

As you will see from the blog, I’ve created a menu from the dashboard (Appearance/Menus/Categories). This is good, since, every time I create a new post and select the relevant category, I want those to appear on the Horizontal bar. This is my problem

1) How can I add a ‘Home’ Page so that I can return to the ‘home page’ At the moment, there’s no way I can do that
2) How can I remove the lines ‘ category archives XXXX’

Many thanks,

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thesacredpath · Member · May 10, 2011 at 10:08 pm
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1. On the custom menu page if you click on the “view all” tab in the pages module you will see a home page link which you can then add to your menu.

2. Are you talking about on the categories pages themselves? If so, that would require some CSS editing experience and the CSS upgrade. Before buying the upgrade, you can go to appearance > edit CSS and wordpress has provided a preview function where you can try out changes before you buy the upgrade.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-css/

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justjennifer · Member · May 10, 2011 at 10:17 pm
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Your blog doesn’t have any title, which is also used as a link back to the front page of your blog. By not having a title, you are also hurting yourself as far as people finding your site via search engines. Some themes here have the option to remove the site title but still have it appear in the page title. Twenty Ten is not one of them. Here’s a list you can check out for a better visitor experience. http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/header-images/

You can remove the category you don’t want to appear in the navbar by removing it from the Custom Menu.

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justjennifer · Member · May 10, 2011 at 10:19 pm
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Ah, thanks for the catch on the category archives pages, tsp.
gerhanusa · Member · May 11, 2011 at 11:12 am
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Hi both,

Many thanks for your help

1) DONE
2) If you access the blog, please click at the 2 different titles Meanwhile, in Africa, and the 2nd one. Just underneath that, you will see this:
a) category archives: Meanwhile, In Africa
b) category archives: MENA popular uprisings

It is those 2 lines I would like to remove.

Does that make it any clearer?

Many thanks again
justjennifer · Member · May 11, 2011 at 4:54 pm
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It does, and tsp has given you the answer under #2 in his reply above. Only with the CSS upgrade (and a working knowledge of CSS too).
gerhanusa · Member · May 11, 2011 at 8:23 pm
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Hi there,

Thanks… I already have the CSS upgrade, however, haven’t exactly got my head round the code I need to insert/modify so that those lines disappear. Is this something you can tell me?

Thanks again,
timethief · Member · May 11, 2011 at 8:26 pm
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I’m sorry but the only Volunteer who helps with CSS does not appear to be logged in and posting to the forum at this time. Please be patient while waiting for his help.
gerhanusa · Member · May 11, 2011 at 8:27 pm
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sure, thanks! Look forward to hearing from him/her
timethief · Member · May 11, 2011 at 8:30 pm
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It will take time and in between you are expected to search forum threads and determine if the same questions have been asked and answered previously, and equip yourself with the appropriate tools. Take advantage of your browser’s developer tools. Under Firefox, install Firebug. For Internet Explorer, install the Developer Toolbar. :)
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-css/#css-help
thesacredpath · Member · May 11, 2011 at 8:35 pm
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This will get rid of the page title on category pages.
```
.category .page-title {
display: none;
}
```
gerhanusa · Member · May 11, 2011 at 8:37 pm
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That’s terrific! I’ll try that out! Many thanks!
thesacredpath · Member · May 11, 2011 at 8:44 pm
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You are welcome.

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