Adding second page, not second blog to first page
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I thought I understood the difference between a ‘blog’ and a ‘page’, but the difference ain’t working for me.
I am using one of the free themes.
I want to have three separate pages, with blogs running on two of them.
I created a “home” or “about me” page which is stationary.
I now want to add a second page – with a stationary description of it at the top, followed by a string of blogs.
However, when I hit “Aadd a page”, wrote text and published, the text of what I thought was a new page ended up as a blog at the top of what is supposed to be my stationary home page.Where can I find simple, step-by-step instructions on how to add a new page to the site, with a menu on the first page linking viewers to it?
(Yeah, I looked at a WordPress page on using menus; it didn’t help.)
(I am getting very frustrated with what I thought was supposed to be a newbie-friendly format. I found it easier when I learned HTML twenty years ago and created a site from the beginning.)
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Hi there,
Have you read Post vs Page? https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/Know that a blog is a website.
A blog is a post based https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/ website designed for interactive communication. As the posts are frequently updated and appear on the front page of the site it’s very attractive to search engines.
What most people call a website is merely a page based site https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/ that usually functions as a one way noticeboard. As the structure is page based and as pages are for static content that rarely changes, and as pages do not have RSS feeds, and as others do not backlink to pages but to posts, it is not as attractive to search engines as a post based blog structured site is.
Any WordPress blog can be restructured from being post based to being page based – no upgrade required. For greater clarity read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/
See also:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-blog-setup/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-website-setup/Be crystal clear on the differences between static pages that we bloggers create that will never automatically update, and the dynamic category pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/ that will automatically update when we publish and have assigned categories to our posts.
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-menusHere are some tips that you may find helpful when it comes to assigning categories and tags to your posts http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/quick-blog-post-tagging-tips/
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RATS! I made an error above by including the wrong link. The correct link is below.
” What most people call a website is merely a page based site https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ … ”
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Hi timethief,
Thank you for what looks like a very comprehensive response. I will go through it when I am a bit more chilled. :-)
I may get back to you with more questions! -
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Hi,
if it helps, have a look at our choir’s website, http://www.eastlondonchorus.org.uk, and my bullet points of how I made it, as I wanted to achieve the same thing.
I’ll use the “Hear Us” menu link as an example. That’s for posts I’ve categorised “concerts-this-season”.
– I wrote one post for each concert and gave them all the same category.
– I wrote a post for the introduction I wanted at the top of the page, gave it the same category and marked it “sticky.”Then I went to customise > menu and added a menu item.
– I titled it “Hear Us” because that’s part of our publicity slogan for the season, but could have titled it “Concerts.”
– I used the Category custom link (see one of the help articles tt refers to above, “adding custom links,” for how to do this.)That menu item takes you to a screen with the introductory post at the top and the rest of the posts below. The default is for them to display with most recent as the first after the sticky post and older posts as you scroll down. I tweaked the link to display oldest first (after the sticky post) as that makes more sense for a season of concerts.
As well as the menu item, I wanted something on the front page to draw attention to our concerts, with a link to take people straight there. So I have a static front page with short information about each of our publicity points. One is the “hear us” section and I’ve added a link to take people to the same concerts “page of posts” as the menu item.
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Hi elcwebwiz,
Thank you for your helpful reply and example. I haven’t gone through both together yet, but I think it will help me to do so.
(Entirely unrelated to blogging and WordPress – I wonder if I’ve heard the ELC via transatlantic airwaves? BBC Radio?)
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