Am I structuring my site correctly?

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  jerremyniehaus · Member · Aug 19, 2015 at 7:48 pm

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  Please refer to the 2 top menu’s at the top of my site.

  Each of those tabs and their children link to a category and then a subcategory.

  For example:

  Clevelandparenting.com/category/education — This is a top level on the menu.

  Clevelandparenting.com/category/education/back-to-school/ — This is a sub level on the menu.

  So my question is, is this how I should be formatting my menu’s? I am new to this and am not sure if the top level should be pages or categories (or something to do with portfolio, which I don’t even know what that is)?

  Thanks in advance for your help!

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Aug 19, 2015 at 7:52 pm

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  For Portfolio set up see your detailed theme description here https://wordpress.com/themes/mh-magazine/
  All relevant support docs are at http://support.wordpress.com. See:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/portfolios/
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/portfolios/portfolio-shortcode/

  To create static pages that do not automatically update see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/

  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:

  • Assign Categories to your Posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/
  • Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu
  • 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
  • Create pages for static content, not for posts https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
  • Add any custom links and other items like static pages into your custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links and https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-pages

  Here are some tips that you may find helpful when it comes to assigning categories and tags to your posts http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/03/15/quick-blog-post-tagging-tips/