Categories as site sections

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  thelifeofthepartis · Member · Feb 1, 2019 at 4:49 pm

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  I think when I first set my site up I somehow did it so that the categories are the menu items, rather than pages. Is this okay? Now that I’m trying to add two new categories, the content I’m tagging with them is not mapping to those menu items. What am I doing wrong?

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  mywritingmuscle · Member · Feb 1, 2019 at 6:39 pm

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  Hi,

  As I understand , at the time of setting up your website, you have directly added categories to your primary menu rather than creating separate pages first. Considering Motherhood, travel, wellness, food, photography and contact are your primary categories; let’s say now you wish to add two more categories to the menu. Here is what you can try:

  You can try to add Categories to your site this way:
  1. Make sure Customiser is close by clicking x on the upper left hand side of the screen.
  2. Then click “My Site” in the upper left hand side.
  3. Click “Settings” in your left.
  4. Next, click “Writing” at the top.
  5. And click “Categories.”
  6. Then, click “Add New Category” button.
  7. Add all the categories you think you would need.

  Once you are done adding categories, you can now put them on your menu.

  1. Please click “My Sites” on the upper left hand side.
  2. Then, please click “Customise” in your left.
  3. Then click “Menus” on your left.
  4. Select “Primary.”
  5. Next, click “Add Items” button.
  6. This part is important: By default, “Pages” are selected. Therefore, make sure that you click “Categories”.
  7. Click each category you want to add.
  8. Don’t forget to click the “Publish” button when you’re done.

  I am hopeful this should work. Please write back if you need more help. Hope this was helpful.