Can't make my pages appear on my home screen?

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  dkgenius50 · Member · Mar 3, 2016 at 1:59 am

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  Hello. i am trying to make my pages that i create appear on my home page like the theme sample shows but I’m not sure how. when i go to add page, i can see that there is a URL created for a new page, but i can’t actually see it on the home page. any thoughts?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2016 at 3:45 am

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  I see these pages linked to in the menu bar:
  A Few of My Favorite Things
  About The Journey
  Places We’ve Been

  Those look like they ought t be categories and not static pages to me.

  This is a one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog

  (1) All posts on the front page.
  (2) Or a static front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ and all posts on a different page you create and designate as a front 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 and category sub-pages 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 in the order that you wish them to appear in https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus

  d. Create pages and sub-pages for static content that rarely changes like About, Copyright, Contact Info, etc. , not for posts https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/

  e. Add any custom links and other items like static pages and sub-pages for static content that rarely changes 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 in the order that you wish them that you wish them to appear in https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus

  Please see https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

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  timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2016 at 3:45 am

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  when i go to add page, i can see that there is a URL created for a new page, but i can’t actually see it on the home page

  re: my pages aren’t appearing

  Please see https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ first

  They must be public pages – not private and not drafts.

  Public – The page will be visible to everyone.
  Protected – The page is protected with a password you set. Only people who have the password can view a protected page.
  Private – Pages are only visible to blog Editors and Administrators. Private pages are not visible in Reader, feeds, or in any search. A page can be private without being password protected.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-visibility/

  See also:
  Creating a Custom Menu http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#creating-a-custom-menu
  Adding Pages http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-pages
  Changing the Order & Creating Sub-Menus http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus