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  brandirenee · Member · Nov 25, 2013 at 4:09 pm

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  I am trying to figure out how to create categories on my blog to archive?

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  brandirenee · Member · Nov 25, 2013 at 4:11 pm

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  I am trying to figure out how to create categories on my new blog. I know it’s in all the information and tutorial’s I am supposed to read but so much to read through and I just am looking for the solution. Any help would be great,

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  timethief · Member · Nov 25, 2013 at 4:13 pm

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  Hi there,
  See the support docs please which are all at this link http://support.wordpress.com
  Categories:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories-vs-tags/

  Archives:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/archives-widget/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/archives-shortcode/

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  timethief · Member · Nov 25, 2013 at 4:15 pm

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  Hi there,
  Please read this first Post vs. Page http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/

  (1) There is only one page we can post to in any blog.
  (2) The static pages http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ we bloggers create do not automatically update.

  Only the dynamic pages like Archives, Categories and Tags created by the software when we publish a post will update automatically update with new posts.

  By default the front page of the blog is the Page that displays all posts in your blog. You can create a static front page but doing that does not change what follows. http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

  Though there is only one dynamic page in a blog for posts (not pages) http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/ and we cannot post to more than that one page, we can create the appearance that we have posted to more than one page.

  We organize posts by assigning categories to them. You can create a custom menu and add the dynamic categories pages into the custom menu.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-category-pages
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus

  We can also add other items into a custom menu like static Pages http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-pages but as I said above no static Pages will ever automatically update.

  This may be helpful http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/07/25/create-a-wordpress-website-step-by-step/

  There are many common errors, misunderstandings and misconceptions when creating custom menus and there are some tweaks you can use to improve your custom menu as well.

  Custom menus

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  brandirenee · Member · Nov 25, 2013 at 6:09 pm

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  thanks I appreciate it so much “timetheif” clever a lot of information you sent I will have to digest it.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 25, 2013 at 6:10 pm

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  You’re welcome.

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  brandirenee · Member · Nov 25, 2013 at 6:12 pm

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  what’s your blog

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  timethief · Member · Nov 27, 2013 at 7:57 pm

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  Click my username and you will find my blog.

  Here’s how to link your username to your blog in your blog Dashboard -> Users -> Personal Settings -> then scroll down to Account Details. Then scroll down to where it says ‘Primary Blog‘ select the URL for your primary WordPress.com blog and then save changes. Then every time you sign into the forum we can all click on your username and your blog will be linked to it. And every time you leave a comment on a blog your username can be likewise clicked and your blog can be instantly located.