Adding posts to Pages
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I’ve read some topics from timethief, but I’m still really not sure of how this works.
I wish to have my home page as solely my own posts, but I have set up a seperate page for guest posters. How do I re-direct a post from going from my home page to the guest page I’ve created?
Thanks, Mike.
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Having read another couple of advice pages, I’ve realised this is a topic most of you despise! Ignore the question, I’ll figure it out!
Thanks, Mike.
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Hi Mike,
You only get one dynamic post page. Here is Panos’s explanation about this topic: http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/posts-on-pages/
But you can use categories to organize your blog such as making these categories:
“Mike’s Posts”
“Guest Posts”
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/category-management/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-categories/Some of the newer themes will allow you to have a navigation tab to link to your categories, so readers who want to read only guest posts can click that tab and have access to only those posts.
There is also the custom menu option that wp.com is beginning to add to many of the older themes.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/custom-menu-widget/In my mind, the difference between a guest post and a post of your own is less significant than the topic. For example, if I am interested in “peace” I would be looking at posts on your blog about “peace” whether written by a guest or by you. Just my opinion there.
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You can’t.
In a blog we have only one page (usually the front page but this can be changed) that we can post to which will automatically display all posts we make in reverse chronological order with the most recent post on top. After publication the post will also automatically appear in the Archives pages and in the Categories pages you assigned to the post.
Static Pages sit outside the blog structure. Static pages cannot have Categories and Tags assigned to them. Pages do not appear in our RSS feeds. Pages can only be updated by editing.
See > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/05/12/better-blogging-at-wordpress-com-pages-and-posts/Create a Category for the Author by name or create an Umbrella Category called Guest Author and then create sub-categories for individual authors by name. Have the authors assign thae appropriate category to every one of their posts. Then put an Author’s widget in the sidebar. The authors widget is a good way to list the authors of your blog with a link to a page listing all of the their posts. http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/authors-widget/
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No, it’s not a topic we volunteers despise. And even if it were, you should ask your question. Volunteers are participating because we want to be of use.
But we are human:
It is a question that is often asked, and it becomes tiresome to answer it over and over and still be personal and fresh with the explanation. -
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I wanted to keep my posts seperate from guest posters though. I know it sounds a little selfish, but I’d prefer that people can straight away recognise one page of my own work, and a seperate page for the posts I appreciate.
I’m having a look at the widgets now.
I didn’t realise you could use sub-categories. That would be an excellent way of doing it, whilst keeping the guest authors seperate. Though do categories matter for a search outside of your own site? Or is it just tags?
Thanks for your help guys.
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Part of the problem of explaining this “post to more than one page” issue is that it seems complicated.
My point of view is that you should think of your blog as a blog: a dynamic list (usually called a page) of articles that you write. Your home, posting page, or blog is updated everytime you make a post. That is the heart and life of your blog.
But wordpress.com offers a ‘bonus feature’ of static pages that you can use for first time readers to learn about your blog: an about page for you; a page for jargon, technical definitions, ingredients, history, and so on; a page for a contact form; a page for an index.
To organize your posts, use categories.
There are a variety of ways you can allow/provide for your readers to access your categories.
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@mikey, if you set a static front page with no official “posts” page, and you are using a theme that supports custom menus, then you can put links to the categories for your posts and your guests posts right in the top navigation tool bar. Also, if the theme you are using does not have top navigation, or it hasn’t yet been updated to support custom menus for top navigation, you can also use the custom menu widget, which again allows you to put categories right in the custom menu. For all intents and purposes, it will be just like having multiple “post” pages.
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Though do categories matter for a search outside of your own site? Or is it just tags?
Categories and tags act the same way for seo. But cats give you more ways for you to organize your blog.
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Do be aware that static landing pages will get you less google juice than if the main page was was the continuously updating posts page. Search engines like fresh and new. Static, not so much.
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@mekymiller
This isn’t a despised topic. We post on it every day. The way I learned the answers was by trial and error but I am happy to provide words for those who ask for them. Maybe you will find my explanation here more understandble than Panos’s or maybe not.The bottom line is, setting Archives and Categories pages aside, there is only one page in a blog we can post to which will automatically display posts in reverse chronological order.
When we publish posts that’s where they go and copies are automatically posted to Archive and Categories.
We can use custom menus on some theme to create illusion we are posting to more than one page but we aren’t. If you delete any post the entry in the Archives and Categories disappears.
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It only appears despised because it is so complicated to explain and we have to explain it three or four times a day.
The Custom Menu feature is making it a lot easier.
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@Timethief
I didn’t realise you could use sub-categories. That would be an excellent way of doing it, whilst keeping the guest authors seperate. Though do categories matter for a search outside of your own site? Or is it just tags?Search engines treat categories and tags in exactly the same way > http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories-vs-tags/
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Super. I think I’ll keep the front page as it is and make a static guest posters pages, which I will link using the authors widget and categories. From what you’ve all told me, this should be possible and sounds the best way.
Thanks for all of your help.
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Mike or Brit please!
Hence me not quite understanding it, it sounded as if I needed to be a computer genius to get my head around it!
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raincoaster and I have been explaining this to many bloggers for 4 years now and I agree that custom menus makes it easier to explain.
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For seo juice, you could even make a post of your own announcing the guest poster with a short summary of the content, then link to the page.
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