Adding Menu Items
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On my blog, I was able to create the menu items but now I’m trying to put my blog posts under those menu items. I know a few weeks ago they were there but now I’m not able to add more than one item to the items?
I’m trying everything. Is there a glitch in the system? Now it only seems to list the one item in each menu.
Thanks in advance.
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The custom menu is the whole bar of links to items that we choose to place in it.
This is a one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog
(1) All posts on the front page.
(2) A static front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ and all posts on a different page.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:
a. Assign Categories to your Posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories
b. Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu
c. Add only the dynamic category page links into the custom menu that you want to appear in that menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-category-pages and arrange them as you wish them to appear https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus
d. Create pages and sub-pages for static content, not for posts https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
e. Add any custom links and other items like static pages and sub-pages into your custom menu
https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-pages
and arrange them as you wish them to appear https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus -
ok so i thought this was going to be easy. i have no idea what a primary menu is, what a footer menu is, i dont know at all how to start creating my menu- this is like greek to me! Please help!!!i need detailed examples and step by step instructions if that is not too much to ask. the support page doesnt help at all, thats just more greek. i am struggeling! i am using Mofit theme.
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I believe you need to consult your detailed theme description page here https://wordpress.com/themes/motif/ as it has set up instructions that when combined with what I post above will provide answers to your questions.
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thanks for the help. can you please tell me the difference between a primary menu and a default menu? what would examples of this be?
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@claricelee2707
The default menu is what appears if you don’t set up a custom menu. It will list only published pages. Some themes don’t display a default menu at all.If you create a custom menu, to have your custom menu display instead of the default menu, you need set the custom menu as the Primary Menu.
Note that before creating a menu, you should first have content. In other words, first create the pages you want to be in the menu, and then set up a menu. If you do it the other way around you’re just going to make extra trouble for yourself, like the menu you have at the moment with four menu items linking to the same page.
My advice: delete the menu you already have. Then create the pages you want. They will automatically appear in the default menu the moment you publish them.
If you still want to use a custom menu after that, perhaps to add custom links or category pages, or to have some pages nested under others, then go to the Customizer (on the My Sites page click on Customize next to the Theme option) and add the menu from there. That interface is by far the simplest and won’t allow you to add anything that doesn’t exist yet.
Let me know if you need any more help with this.
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thank you, this has been a great help and i actually understand now…haha. but i might take you up on more help chances are ill need it.
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ok so thanks to your help i got the menu thing down and i set up my pages…now i want to make sub headings under a page. so like if you click one page say “products” then a drop down menu from there falls down with different catagories such as “printing, pabx,voip etc.”. how can i do this?
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You do that in the custom menu. Add the new pages to the menu, then drag each sub-page under its main page, and a little to the right so it’s indented. When you save the menu those will appear as child links in the menu.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menusNote that how it will actually display on your site depends on your theme.
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