Adding post to a static page

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  kefsenglishcorner · Member · Jul 16, 2011 at 9:22 am

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  I understand how to make a category page using the custom menu option.

  However, what I want to do is create a static page that will also display posts of a certain category.

  The reason I don’t simply create a category page is as follows:

  I want the page to have a written message (like most pages do), and I want to display a category of posts after that message.

  For example, my blog is a guide for learning English as a foreign language. On the Intermediate page, I want to write a constant message (or introduction to what the posts will be discussing) about the challenges of the intermediate level. At the end of the message, I would say something along the lines of “Check out these articles for help”. After that, I would like to display all of the posts I have with the category “Intermediate”.

  Is this at all possible?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 16, 2011 at 9:33 am

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  Static pages are just that, static. They sit outside the blog structure. You cannot put posts on pages. To organize and display posts, you use categories. If you go to a category page, it will display all the posts in that category either as titles, full posts, or excerpts depending on the theme you are using.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/posts-on-pages/

  If you want the categories to display in the top menu then you can create a custom menu.

  Menus

  If you want to include links to a certain category at the bottom of a post or a page, simply make a text link to that particular category at the bottom of the post.

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  kefsenglishcorner · Member · Jul 16, 2011 at 9:34 am

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  By the way, if this issue has been covered a million times, please accept my apologies. I am very new to this.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 16, 2011 at 9:40 am

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  It has, but yours had sort of a twist to it so don’t worry about that.

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  kefsenglishcorner · Member · Jul 16, 2011 at 9:44 am

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  Thank you very much.

  It would be nice to have a category description at the top of a category page, but if it’s impossible, I can’t argue.

  As an aside, is this possible with WordPress.org?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 16, 2011 at 9:51 am

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  With a .ORG install virtually anything is possible. It just depends on your depth of knowledge of wordpress core and themes, and your chops with PHP scripting. PHP is very powerful, but if you do not have a pretty good knowledge of it you can open up security holes that hackers can drive 18-wheelers through sideways.

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  kefsenglishcorner · Member · Jul 16, 2011 at 9:53 am

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  I see. I will most definitely keep that in mind in the future.

  Thank you for all of you help.

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  kefsenglishcorner · Member · Jul 16, 2011 at 9:55 am

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  I meant “your”.

  (And I’m supposed to be an English teacher….)

  Thanks again.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 16, 2011 at 9:58 am

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  At least you didn’t put you’re. :-)

  And you are welcome.

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  airodyssey · Member · Jul 16, 2011 at 10:34 am

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  It would be nice to have a category description at the top of a category page, but if it’s impossible, I can’t argue.

  I’ve seen some themes display the category description (under Posts > Categories), such as Twenty Ten and Twenty Eleven. I don’t know if there is a list, though.