Broke my New Website, No Idea How

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  pdroberts1 · Member · Jul 9, 2019 at 3:48 am

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  Started a website on the old account, chose a theme, built three pages, all going well, then I must have done something wrong today because now when I go to the site I get my featured image, site name, no menu, and a notice that nothing can be found. All three pages are fine on the dashboard, but my expertise is very limited so I’m sure in my fooling around I’ve pushed the wrong button somewhere.

  HELP

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 9, 2019 at 8:55 am

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  Hi,

  I don’t find any indication that the site https://creatingyourimages.com is broken, but it may require a bit of building and modification to get it to look and work like you want it to.

  The “Nothing Found” message on the homepage indicates two things:
  1. The homepage is set to display the latest posts, and
  2. There are no published posts.

  You can get rid of that message by either publishing a post or switching to a static page on the homepage. Regarding the latter option see the Set a Static “Home” Page (Front Page) support page.

  All three pages are fine on the dashboard
  Here’s a page that was created on July 7, 2019: https://creatingyourimages.com/the-gallery/. The Twenty Twelve theme that is activated on the site would show published pages in a default menu in the header area in the absence of a custom menu in that location. The fact that there are no menu items displayed in the header area, therefore, suggests that you have a custom menu set to display with no items in it.

  You may add items to the custom menu as described in the Add Menu Items section of the Custom Menus support page.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 9, 2019 at 9:07 am

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  Hi there,

  You’re seeing the Nothing Found error on the front page, because the front page is set to show your latest posts and you don’t have any posts published.

  To have the front page show one of your three published pages, go to My Site ->Design ->Customize, click on Homepage settings, and set one of those pages as a static front page.

  Set the Homepage

  The site isn’t showing a menu because you have a custom menu set, but the custom menu is empty.

  So, after setting the home page, click back and still in the Customizer, click on Menus, and then Primary. Click Add Items, and add your pages to the menu.

  When you’re done, make sure to Publish the changes using the Publish button at the top of the Customizer.

  Let me know if you need any more help with this. Your Premium Plan also gives you access to live chat and email support via the help icon that appears bottom-right on My Sites.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jul 9, 2019 at 9:08 am

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  Also, you may automatically add top-level menu items corresponding to future published pages to your custom menu by checking the box labeled “Automatically add new top-level pages to this menu” at Customize > Menus > menu name > Menu Options.