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  hairsprayandhydrangeas · Member · Jun 3, 2016 at 6:42 pm

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  Hi, I just set up a blog hairsprayandhydrangeas.wordpress.com

  I am trying to set up different pages such as Home, About, Fitness, Gardening, Home, Fashion, etc. I somehow have ended up with two fitness pages now….. Earlier I had separate Gardening and Fitness pages on the site, but the Fitness blog post also posted to the Gardening page. Can you please help? I have been fighting with this for about 5 hours now today…. Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Jun 3, 2016 at 6:44 pm

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  We organize posts, not static pages, by assigning categories to them. Then we create a custom menu and add the dynamic category pages into 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

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  hairsprayandhydrangeas · Member · Jun 3, 2016 at 8:13 pm

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  I am not 100% clear on any of the information that you sent to me. Is there any way to have someone call me and walk me through this? I tried calling the number on your website and it is for a realtor in California…

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  timethief · Member · Jun 3, 2016 at 8:17 pm

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  There is no phone support here.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 3, 2016 at 8:18 pm

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  See here for all the support options when you have wordpress.COM technical support issues see https://en.support.wordpress.com/help-support-options/

  Those who have a paid upgrade for a wordpress.COM site can use the “Contact Support” form, http://support.wordpress.com/contact/ where they will receive a choice of having staff answer your question publicly or privately.

  The best WordPress.COM contact form to use now for Staff assistance is:
  http://wordpress.com/help/contact

  Live chat will be available there if we have Happiness Engineers available to chat. When they are not available using that link results in posting to this peer support forum. https://en.support.wordpress.com/live-chat/

  re: direct email support
  Also note, that you can email WordPress.COM Staff at:
  support@wordpress.com
  or
  help@wordpress.com

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  hairsprayandhydrangeas · Member · Jun 3, 2016 at 9:20 pm

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  Could someone please call me and walk me through what I need to do? The phone number on your website is for a realtor in California…

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  timethief · Member · Jun 3, 2016 at 9:34 pm

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  There is no phone support here.

  See here for all the support options when you have wordpress.COM technical support issues see https://en.support.wordpress.com/help-support-options/

  Those who have a paid upgrade for a wordpress.COM site can use the “Contact Support” form, http://support.wordpress.com/contact/ where they will receive a choice of having staff answer your question publicly or privately.

  The best WordPress.COM contact form to use now for Staff assistance is:
  http://wordpress.com/help/contact

  Live chat will be available there if we have Happiness Engineers available to chat. When they are not available using that link results in posting to this peer support forum. https://en.support.wordpress.com/live-chat/

  re: direct email support
  Also note, that you can email WordPress.COM Staff at:
  support@wordpress.com
  or
  help@wordpress.com